My Little Grill Master

Pacen loves to grill!  He grills mostly hot dogs, but he's willing to grill just about anything if someone lets him.  I call him the Grill Master.  :)  Saturday was National Grill Day and every True Value (my family owns a couple True Value stores) was giving away a very nice, very large grill.  We grilled hot dogs for the public for lunch.  Many people showed up to eat, which was rather surprising because it was a miserable bitch of a day.  It was SUPER windy and very cold.  Apparently, the person that decided National Grill Day was April 30th doesn't live in the Midwest.

Pacen did all of the grilling and he did a great job.  It was funny to watch people tell him how good his hot dogs were  He'd thank them, but then he'd act rather "cocky".  Haha!  He must've thought he did a good job too.  :) 

Now I must tell you a funny story about Pacen grilling.  My dad has a cabin North of where I grew up.  It's in the woods and it is a beautiful place.  One of these days I'll have to do a post about the cabin.  Anyway, Pacen goes out to the cabin quite a bit with my dad.  The first thing they do is check the mouse traps.  If there is a mouse in the traps my dad lets Pacen dissect it (they are already dead, after all).  Yes, it's gross, but I guess he's kind of learning about anatomy and I can only hope this helps him pass high school level Science.  :) 

Well, a couple weeks ago the boys headed out the cabin.  They checked the traps and sure enough there was a mouse.  Dad gave it to Pacen and then went to work on a corral.  When it was about lunch time dad asked Pacen to grill some hot dogs.  While they were eating my dad made the comment that he hadn't noticed any mouse guts laying around, as is the norm when there is a mouse in the trap and Pacen has dissected it.  Pacen just looked at him and said, "Oh, I grilled it."  My dad said, "You grilled it?"  Pacen said, "Yeah".  Dad said, "Whole?"  Pacen said, "Yeah."  Dad then asked, "Was this before or after the hot dogs."  Pacen said, "Before, but I scraped the grill very well before I grilled the hot dogs."  Haha!  I don't think I'll be eating anything that comes off that grill.  Oh, and please keep in mind that Pacen is not cruel to animals.  He just has a somewhat morbid fascination.  I believe he will be a Scientist of some sort in the future.  Who knows, maybe he'll find the cure for AIDS or Cancer. 

"Grilling means good times, good friends, and hopefully, great food." ~ Bobby Flay