MNFBBQ Debacle

Tonight I was the host of MNFBBQ.

Tonight, I dropped the ball.

To say that the MNFBBQ is the highlight of the month is an understatement. For five years, every fourth monday night (adjusted for the three weeks, and the start of football season) we get together at one of our homes, to eat BBQ and celebrate life. When football season ends, we switch to movies, preferring American Pie types to West Side Story.

Normally, my BBQs can be counted on for their consistency in movie gretaness, and most importantly, the highest rated food in the group.

Tonight, though, it was all bad. I could blame the snow, which was falling, but that would be an oversimplification of the disaster.

Unlike most members of the group, I make my own hamburger patties, rather than buy the flat ones that shrink down to the size of an adult meatball. That usually means nice juicy burgers. Tonight, though, i put too much ketchup and eggs into the ground beef, and that made the whole thing too loose, which led to them being crumbly on the grill, which forced me to overcook them so they wouldn't be crumbly, which made them taste burnt.

Then there was the fries, which I left in the oven for well over an hour, and when I finally remembered them, they looked like they had been raised in Africa. The corn dogs that I made from scratch came out OK, and the baked beans striaght from the can came out fine, but overall the BBQ was not very good.

I loved the movie Zoolander, but the group did not. They felt the gay vibe was too strong. I thought it was hilarious. They were bored.

So I came up empty. But I'll be back. My next chance to host is just 24 weeks away.