The time has come, the walrus said, to grill many things...

By Grant

Well back in the olden days when we were in high school, we were a silly bunch. Not to say that we aren't anymore, just more lazy. Anyway, occasionally my parents would go away for a weekend or a few days on vacation. I had reached the point that if I didn't want to go I didn't have to. So I would hold down the fort. Home alone baby! It became quite an event when this took place. The crew would be immediately notified. And action was taken. Days were taken off from work, alibis were produced, etc.

I lived in a secluded area, so late night noise wasn't much of a problem per say. At some point near the beginning of these happenings, we came up with the idea of cooking large amounts of meats on an open flame well into the late hours of the night, often in the dead of winter, which was even more of a taboo. Why you may ask? BECAUSE WE COULD!!! A large part of freedom is doing something you normally would not. It proved to be quite entertaining.

Thus the Midnight Grill was born. We somewhat derived the name from the Billy idol song "Rebel Yell" It contains the lyric "In the midnight hour she cried more, more, more" When we sing it we substitute "hour" for "grill. It has a nice ring to it. Try it for yourself at home.

Nowadays we have our own places and can grill anytime. But it seems we will always be drawn to odd hours and inappropriate weather conditions.