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Hawkgirl, ever try boiling water or frying eggs over a charcoal grill?? My grill has a side burner that's just perfect for stovetop type cooking. THAT'S why the propane, it's not for "flavour". The new propane grills kind of suck. I really liked the ones with the ceramic inserts or lava rocks. I could get some decent flavour out of those types.
I never tried to cook eggs on my grill..but I don't see why I couldn't...I'd just use a heavy cast iron pan.
And I could probably use that method to make stews from inexpensive cuts of meat (hey, we're in a depression....every penny counts!) When we were younger, after we ate and the fire burned out, we'd throw in artichokes at the bottom of the grill, close the hood, and in an hour we had amazing smoked artichokes. I could live on stuff like, easily.
I'd imagine in a recession, gas/propane would either be hard to come by and extremey expensive....so why not use fire for your cooking method...ya know, like the old days....
