Grill This

Posted on October 12, 2008 by Troy

If you knew my dad at all, then you know that I was born to BBQ.

[Dad and me doin our thing]

For many, the grilling season is already over. But I am like my dad, I am not a fair-weather BBQer. Nope. I will shovel my way to the BBQ and fire it up all winter long. Neither rain..

or snow..

will keep me from my grill. Cold, however, will. It is mighty hard to cook food when it is -30.

Once I went out to get a tank refilled in the middle of a snow storm and the guy just looked at me with raised eyebrows as if to say “are you crazy, BBQing in this weather?” I informed him that my wife was away for a week, and with a knowing nod he filled the tank without further questions.

Normally it is a nice piece of meat that graces my grill, but on occasion we slip something else onto the flaming grate of goodness.. like pizza.

Talk about a great combination of two things I love.. pizza and BBQ. The only way to make this better would be to combine it with another favorite food group of mine, but I think deep frying pizza on a grill might be going a bit too far.

Best done with a thin crust, grilled pizza is pretty awesome.

Another great food to add to the grilling gourmet menu: Corn.

Just soak that sucker in water for a few minutes and you are ready to grill.

This was some of the best corn on the cob we have ever had!

Mmm mmm. BBQ goodness!

Ellie at a very special park

Posted on July 21, 2007 by Troy

We wanted to take Ellie to a very special park while we were back in Sackville. It is a park dedicated to a man who would have loved Ellie had they ever had a chance to meet.. Unfortunately they never did, having missed each other on this earth by about four years. Nonetheless, we took Ellie to a place named for her grandfather, the Bill Johnstone Memorial Park.

The park is a kids play area located in downtown Sackville, New Brunswick, and features many kids rides, swings, and two play sets.

The plaque reads:

The Bill Johnstone Memorial Park
Bill Johnstone
January 30, 1949 – January 14, 2001
This park is dedicated to the memory of Bill Johnstone, a life-long resident of Sackville. Bill attended school, married and raised his children here. He worked at his family grocery store and eventually took over the business from his father. Bill operated the store for twenty-six years.

Bill was known for his sense of humor, generosity, strong commitment to family, religious beliefs and his constant desire to help others. A strong supporter of Sackville’s youth, he not only contributed to many organizations and special events but often worked quietly behind the scenes.

Bill touched the lives of every resident of this area in one way or another in a positive manner, and because of him our community is a better place to live.

Thank you, Bill.

I plan to continue taking my kids there to play whenever we are in Sackville. Next year Adelaine will be old enough to get on a few of the playground sets, and someday they will be old enough to understand the significance of what this park means to me.