[dd74]

Okay - I've finally found the core difference between men and women - it comes down to "rare" and "well done."

I don't know about the guys on this board, but I'm a kind of "rare" guy. If you don't know what I'm talking about, I'm touching on barbequing.

I mean, what is this? Some sort of science I'm just not in tune with?

I try smoking up some steaks and salmon for the wife and our friend - another woman - and they kept complaining about how rare everything was. Plus I get this line of dialogue...

Friend: "the kids won't eat it!"

Guess what? They ate it. And wanted more.

Ever try digesting a well-done steak while in your late thirties? It takes at least two days.

By the time I finished cooking the meat, it was practically "uncuttable" (maybe a word, maybe not - I don't care). As I write this, I'm suffering mightily.

Am I wrong? Am I still a cave man enamored with the newness of fire and it's ability to make something a little more tasty at a temperature a tad above body warmth?

I don't get it. Everything was burned through though.

It took me nearly a whole bottle of red wine to rinse the Kingston charcoal out of my mouth.