George Foreman Grill Review

After years of being bombarded with infomercials trying to convince me to purchase a George Foreman Grill, I finally broke down and bought one. While this is not a comprehensive review I figure I would still share my initial observations with you.

Cooking on a George Foreman Grill is pretty straightforward, you open the lid and throw down what you want cooked. I have mostly used it to cook sausage, hotdogs and a few burgers as well as some pork chops.

I think it did a reasonably good job with everything but the pork chops, which were sort of dry. I am guessing that the more fatty the food is, the better the George Foreman Grill performs.

While I don’t have a family, I still purchased the jumbo family size George Foreman Grill.

Pros: It’s pretty easy to clean, appears to cook food quickly, and fits in my kitchen cabinets when not in use.

Cons: My model does not have an on/off switch; it automatically turns on when you plug it in.

For what it is I give it a thumbs up! George Foreman Grills

Restaurants Cant Tell Salt From Seasoning

I don’t know if my taste buds are changing, or if restaurants are simply trying to increase profit margins by eliminating healthy seasoning altogether, but have you noticed that everything you eat tastes like salt.

I mean not just a little over salted, but soaked or dry rubbed kind of salted.

I live a busy lifestyle and tend to eat out a lot, mostly at name brand family restaurants, but I also frequent mom and pop places as well. I like a little salt on my food but lately I have had to either specify that they use no salt in my food or simply have to send it back.

The other day I ate at a place called On The Border which serves Mexican food, while I enjoy the made-at-your-table guacamole, the rest of the food sort of sucks. I swear that all of the meats use the exact same seasoning, which is 99% salt mixed with some unknown to me substance for “flavoring” and color. I had to send back the fajitas I ordered and asked them to replace it with fish tacos, how can you screw them up I thought.

Well to be brutally honest the fish tasted like it had more salt in it than the ocean the fish were once swimming in, yuck! But I must say that I am not out looking for free meals, I have plenty of money and spend it liberally, but the restaurant manager did take it off my bill and I really appreciated that.

A few days later I went to Applebee’s, a place I had not been to for a while because my last memories were that it was a noisy place. I ordered a steak with some sort of shrimp sauce, vegetables and mashed potatoes. Outside of the salsa for the chips, I firmly believe that they ran the entire plate of food through a salt spray before serving it to me. Do yourself a favor and forget that place even exists

Unfortunately unless I only feel like eating guacamole or salsa for dinner, I will need to seek out places that understand the difference between using healthy seasonings and screwing up someone’s meal with salt.

Applebees, On The Border = FAIL