I think 2012 must be the year I didn’t go. There was no snow in February – and it was 80° in March.
This year, I made chili dogs, with the chili I made for the super bowl party, lugged to Chicago, by car and train, and when the party got blizzard-ed out, lugged back by cab and bus. It seemed ultra easy this year – my grill was in the garage, so I didn’t have to dig it out of a snowbank. I’d cleaned it the last time I used it, so I just had to take the legs off and stick it in the car. Of course, there was a bit of negotiation with the legs – the Weber grill tripod that if you don’t want the legs to come off, they oblige by falling off immediately, but if you want them off, have to be yanked. I had an opened bag of charcoal with just the right amount, and remembered to take the chimney to get it started. Since it was chili dogs, they were small to pack – just that one white bag, and the foil pan of chili. And when the grilling was done, my grill seemed to cool off in no time at all, so I could pack up and go home – the advantage of grilling in snow.
2014 looks like I just made brats. And somebody else’s hot dogs and it was pretty cold and I melted my right mitten. And didn’t mention it on the post, but Toni, our exchange student from Germany, was with me and seemed to have a great time talking to the other high school kids there – who went to Memorial, rather than West, Toni’s school, but knew or knew of, a bunch of the same kids.
2013 was sliders with cheese inside, and a few brats.
2011 brats & iPhone movies.
2010 was stuffed flank steak.
2009 was the wet year.
2008 the original – I made grilled bread.
