Compact Barbeques from Gunni
23 September 2009
“Hit Me with Your Best Shot”
“Then there was the bad weather. It would come in one day when the fall was over. We would have to shut the windows in the night against the rain and the cold wind would strip the leaves from the trees.”
That’s how Ernest Hemingway began A Moveable Feast, and it’s a passage that comes to mind this time of year. Oh, the sun is still shining, but not as brightly, and it still warms, but not as much, and the evenings, well, they’re cooling now. And soon, like Hemingway in Paris, I will turn up the collars on my coat and await the Spring.
All of which necessarily means that, as the leaves turn to gold, and the air gets crisper, and plans are being made for major league baseball playoffs, and football season is beginning, we are obliged to put away our barbecues and all the glories that attend thereto. But you know what would be really slick—watch for the clever segue now!—what would just be slicker than slick is some way of bringing the barbecue indoors. I mean, not the actual barbecue you use outdoors, of course, because the charcoal fumes are rather toxic, but if there were such a thing as an indoor barbecue, wouldn’t that be just the thing? Well, now, funny you should ask!
Gunni is a Spanish distributing firm that has come up with moveable kitchen island cart that comes with just about everything a body could ever want in such a thing. It’s a food preparation center and a wonderful place to store kitchen knives. They’ve even included space for your favorite spices. But what I particularly like is what you get to do after you have done all your slicing and dicing and I don’t know what all. You get to barbecue on the slide-out, built-in, designed-for-inside-the-house barbecue.
It’s a wonderful wood and steel work of art that is going to complement just about any home in which it resides, but what really seals the deal for me is that it’s a year-round barbecue. Man, these are amazing times, aren’t they?
These people show it with some kind of brisket roast but, for me, a barbecue that doesn’t do hot dogs and hamburgers is pretty much useless. But, hey, do one, do them all—and do them inside in the winter months—that’s the main thing! You know, this winter thing may not be such a bad deal after all. I can’t very well do outdoor maintenance work in the rain, so that baby’s off the table. And with this little honey from Gunni, I could end up with a very sweet setup. Bit of barbecue, cold beer, and a football game. That’ll work. Bring it on, winter!
Joseph
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