I’m happy to report 100% success at Our Humble O’Bode’s first cookout of the season. I wasn’t so sure I’d be able to pull it off at first when the Weber, which I had broken down to pieces to make it easier to store, stubbornly resisted all attempts to reassemble it, but when I figured out how the pieces went back together, the rest went smoothly.

Dinner was not great big fat meat patties on toasted buns, I’m a bit embarrassed to say. That would have been the right and proper way to start the cookout season, but we were hungry for fish last night, so I slapped a thick salmon steak on the grill and carefully cooked it to flaky perfection. Served with a side of rice and green peas. *bliss!*