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| The Cooks for the day! |
Well today
you are not going to find a great recipe, just a fun story about our bacon epic
failure.
The picture is myself the foodie with this blog, and my son Sammy who
graduated from culinary school and is a pretty good cook. So you might ask
yourself how could they burn the bacon?
Our son, his wife, and our two beautiful
granddaughters came last weekend for a visit, to attend Sammy’s class reunion.
Whenever we
have everybody together it’s a tradition to cook a huge family breakfast. When
we're all together my son and daughter dub our house “The Hotel Monaco” and feel
it’s a must to post our happenings to Facebook.
It was a
beautiful cool, sunny morning here in Western New York. I like to cook the
bacon on a cookie sheet in the oven, I find this so much easier. On this
morning I decided not to use the oven so I wouldn’t heat up the kitchen.
So I
proceeded to line a cookie sheet with tin foil and place the bacon on it. I
took this out to the deck and fired up the grill on the low setting.
Fran was out
there playing with our four grandchildren. I asked her to watch the bacon, and
she did for a while.
While Sammy
and I made the pancakes, eggs, and sausage in the house, Fran was watching the
bacon, at least we all thought so.
Just about the time everything was coming together, Fran yelled from the deck “the bacon is burned”.
Just about the time everything was coming together, Fran yelled from the deck “the bacon is burned”.
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| The burned bacon! |
The moral of
this story is, don’t put your bacon on the grill and expect your wife to watch
it while she is playing with the grandchildren.
Needless to
say “The Hotel Monaco” got some very bad reviews for the day. I hope you
enjoyed our bacon failure.
As always
thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy!
Bacon can be easy to burn. My kids eat it anyways.
ReplyDeleteI tried to eat it Sandy, but it was too far gone!! Thanks for stopping by:)
ReplyDeleteThat looks pretty serious. :( On the bright side, though, you have a new family story! "Dad, remember when grandma burnt the bacon?" That should be good for repeating at Monaco family breakfasts for the next, oh, 40 years or so!
ReplyDeleteYou are so right Susan, now I can't stop laughing!!! It will be a great story for many years to come. Thanks for stopping by :)
ReplyDeleteIt happens, playing with the grandchildren is so much more fun than watching bacon cook.....lol and it's still edible in that range of blackness.lol
ReplyDeleteI do agree Olivia, playing with them is much more fun. It was a total loss for everybody except me, because I agree on your second point, I was the only one that would eat it. I do like my bacon crisp!!! Thanks for stopping by.
ReplyDeleteHa! Grandma's can't help it when the grandkids are involved. I am sure the bargain price of the hotel will help keep the reviews friendly ;-)
ReplyDeleteBargain prices for sure Carlee!! Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteGrandma gave the good bacon to the grandchildren. It was a bacon switch I tell you! ♡
ReplyDeleteI think you're right Ginger! The kids got the good bacon and I got the burned stuff!! Thanks for stopping by :)
DeleteGrandma gave the good bacon to the grandchildren. It was a bacon switch I tell you! ♡
ReplyDeleteYour story reminds me of a time I was BBQing ribs. I had to run into the house to do something and asked my mother in law to watch the ribs. I came back outside to a flaming mess. LOL. It's funny now but at the time it wasn't.
ReplyDeleteThese funny stories will last a life time Susan! Thanks and have a great week :)
DeleteSometimes it is the "failures" that are the most fun. They give us all something to laugh about for years to come and remind us that we can all make mistakes, even the very experienced. You know, if it had been me and my husband, I simply would have said, "I was watching it! I watched it burn didn't I?" lol
ReplyDeleteThis is one Cynthia that we'll laugh about for years!! We had a lot of fun with this one already! Thanks for stopping by :)
DeleteBeen there done that, Sam! Let's hear for all of us who have lost track of what we're doing. We can both sip a wine or a beer and toast our "brilliance".
ReplyDeleteWe're still laughing about this one David!! it is so easy to lose track!! Thanks.
DeleteBacon is very easy to burn, even when you are watching. I usually pan-fry mine.
ReplyDeleteEven easier on the grill Barbara!! Thanks and have a great week :)
DeleteOh no! What a tragedy. Burned bacon is the worst! I agree that I like to bake mine in the oven, too...so the grill seemed like an excellent idea. That reminds me of the time I grilled some bread for bruschetta. I ran to the garden to get some fresh basil, and by the time I got back the bread was completely black. There was no saving that one! Glad you had fun with the grandkids at least! :-)
ReplyDeleteWell at least I was able to eat some of the bacon, although nobody else would, I do like brunt toast!!! Thanks for stopping by David :)
DeleteI love that you dub your home House Monaco!
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