How Could I be Mad ?

[triplebq]

Last evening I get home from work and I smell our kinda smoke in the air ! Damn someone is quing and it ain't me . I walk up to my front door and my house is full of smoke .... seems my 12 year old daughter ( I raise her alone ) is cooking us burgers on the smoker with the water pan full of apple juice ... I mean dang she asks if they look done and I say yeah they are looking good ... I then asked her to step out to my car in the frt yard to fetch me something I knew wasn't there . While she was doing that I slipped off the top of the smoker , converted it to a grill and dropped them babies down and put some heat in them ...meanwhile I called my daughter on the cell and kept talking to her until the burgers reached temp and no blood was present ... converted smoker back to the way she had it and told her I think her burgers are done ... she started crying as she was so happy she had cooked just like daddy ... I could not be mad and I couldn't tell what I had done ... You just had to be there to appreciate this effort ... the house was full of smoke as she had left the sliding glass above the smoker open like daddy does when he is soaking wood ...next up I must tell her about cooking times and what I had done ....

 

[pandemonium]

lol thats funny, like you said at least she tried.

 

[Dutch]

Well, you gotta do what you gotta do, 3BQ! Nice that she wants to cook like daddy, so she's gotta start somewhere. Build up her confidence slowly, cuz if you build it up too fast, she'll be wanting her own smoker!!

 

[seenred]

Very touching story, thanks for sharing it. Thank God for Kids!

 

[smokebuzz]

wish my dots would do that, they just circle the smoker and grill like a couple volchers

 

[triplebq]

She has read and re read about your beans and she has a list to get the items you have listed at the next trip to store ... that is one of the many reasons I like SMF .... my kid can read anything I read without fear. Thanks for all you do to make SMF good for us and our kids. Dang she already wants one like Cool Smoke .... she says if WoodChicks can do it so can she !

 

[werdwolf]

Gotta love it when kids are into cooking.

Reminds me of when I was young and I made "fluffy scrambled eggs" from a library book recipe. Followed the directsions to a T, including the misprint of 1 TBSP salt (instead of 1 tsp) The look on my parents faces when they tried it!

 

[the dude abides]

That's a great story. As long as she doesn't burn the place down, it's a happy ending.

 

[Dutch]

Well thanks 3BQ, one of the main goals that TulsaJeff established and one that we Mods keep a close eye on is keeping SMF a family friendly site. We try to be pretty quick about keeping spam and sexually oriented stuff off of SMF.

And your little girl has got the right idea, if WoodChicks can do it then she can too!

 

[scarbelly]

TripleBQ that is a great story. I love it when kids want to cook. My wife and I have the honor of teaching a gourmet cooking class to the local 4H kids and it is really heartwarming when they tell us they cooked what we did in class.

Let me know via a PM if you would like some of the recipes we do in class to keep her going
Gary

 

[chefrob]

great story!

 

[bmudd14474]

That is a great story.

 

[mulepackin]

Great story! Everything turned out well, you got some good food for dinner, a great memory, and a child who wants to help you out and emulate what you do. Can't ask for more than that. Way to go dad.

 

[jirodriguez]

Way to go Dad! Great way to recognize all the effort she went through and letting her feel proud! I gave her a point!

Maybe start her off with a little ECB, something fairly easy to use.

 

[eaglewing]

That's Awesome, I can't believe you really pulled it off without her running back to check her burgers... too funny.

Sometimes parents just have to improvise!!!!

 

[new vision]

Great story!!! Our 9 year old boy was out with me for my first smoke checking everything out. I hope one day to come home, and see him BBQ'ing.

 

[meateater]

Thats a great story, glad your daughter likes to cook,

but ya forgot the qview!

 

[nwdave]

That's just great. But, how are you going to keep her from reading this thread?

to you for excellent Parenting skills.

 

[acemakr]

Your hands are full and she'e making it easy. You're blessed.

Gary

 

[triplebq]

Naw she took a picture