There is no law that says all DH should have an outdoor grill!

[belovedgandp]

I feel your pain. It took me well into my adult years to discover that I really do liked grilled foods. DH does great things on our grill, but I was so scarred by my dad's charcoal tasting hamburgers as a kid that I was afraid to eat anything.

[gatorsmom]

I'm here to propose that any time your spouse hollers at you for a hose to um, "assist" his grilling, you've got the right, nay, the duty, to find a twisty straw and order takeout instead.

Make him eat the burnt food. For a week.

Yeah, he wont' admit he burnt the food but I noticed he didn't eat any. He did push second helpings on the kids, though.

"Get me a hose" really shouldn't be used in any sort of cooking.

You guys are hilarious. Though now I can laugh, DH still doesn't think its funny. I think he felt insulted when I pulled the fire extinguisher out of the cabinet and started reading the instructions. That was just as he was yelling for me to get the hose, though so apparently he was thinking teh same thing.

[StantonHyde]

Lisa; just remember PASS--pull the pin, aim, squeeze, sweep. I suppose you could use the same rule for a hose too;-)

[StantonHyde]

Wait a minute--he actually made th eat food that he had to use the hose on??? Yum--extra crispy and soggy at the same time...

[hellokitty]

This thread is hilarious! Esp the part about a hose being involved. I am lucky that my DH cleans up and takes care of the grill. HOWEVER, I have a friend whose DH is JUST like this and it drives her nuts. Her fil actually berated her for not cleaning the grill and she said that she almost went off on him that it's his stupid son that doesn't take care of the grill (and generally doesn't know how to grill well, I could see him doing the hose thing too, lol).

[arivecchi]

Lisa, I think your DH needs this t-shirt!

http://www.thatsmyshirt.com/the-simp...ite-tee-shirt/

[boolady]

Ugh. Grilling is a big issue in my house, because I grew up in a grilling family and DH did not. My FIL thinks grilling is not real food, and my MIL would drag the grill out once a year and try to have a cookout and that was about it; therefore, it is logical in my mind that DH doesn't know how to grill. However, this is one of the many things DH thinks "men just know" but "he doesn't and it's embarassing" including children's bicycle repair, large home improvement projects, and technological know-how of all sorts. I've tried explaining to him that no one was born knowing how to do those things and that he shouldn't feel bad and just learn how to do them. He's more on board with the "leave me be and I'll figure it out" approach, which resulted in a grill/hose interaction and burgers from Sonic instead of the backyard but a few weeks ago.

Ergo, to protect the ego and the backyard, I signed DH up for a manly BBQing class that he will be attending soon. It came in the form of a gift, so was not insulting, but we should all reap the benefits, considering that the other option, which is to just suck it up and let me grill, is apparently unspeakably mortifying.

[StantonHyde]

which resulted in a grill/hose interaction..... considering that the other option, which is to just suck it up and let me grill, is apparently unspeakably mortifying.

grill/hose interaction, I love it!!

I am thinking that the quote "Get the hose should not be combined with any form of cooking" will be my new siggie line.