I think I should open up a barbecue help-line for our neighborhood next year. People should be told that gasoline isn't a good idea for starting the charcoal. Even if they are careful, it smells really bad and will add that bad smell/taste to their meat. If they are smart enough to have starter fluid on hand, one does not need to use a whole bottle of the stuff to cook a dozen hamburgers. It smells really bad and will add that bad smell/taste t their meat.
Since the departure of our neighbors from . . . Oh, well, it seemed like they originated from a bad place, we haven't had it quite so bad re. the barbecue lighting. The first time the former neighbors started their grill, I spent an hour looking for a gas leak in and around my house. Their grill was on the opposite side of their yard but their generousitly with the starter fluid filled our home with the smell of gas. I'm sure their food must have been very tasty.
The neighbor behind us like to start his barbecue around nine in the morning but they don't eat until evening. I always wonder where they keep the cooked meat for those four or five hours? He is also the number-one building code violator in the neighborhood so I don't imagine he would be too concerned with his barbecue offerings.
Yet another neighbor (we have an interesting neighborhood) sets up his smoker and barbecue right behind the gas valve on his parked car. We wonder every year if this is the year the car explodes. It will take out his whole family as they have their plastic lawn chairs circling the cooking food.
Besides the trip to Walmart, my husband and I celebrated with a stop by a new frozen yogurt shop for a cold treat. I'm grilling our chicken on an in-door grill - no starter fluid need apply. I like quiet, boring Fourth of Julys!
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