{"id":721,"date":"2006-05-17T06:25:00","date_gmt":"2006-05-17T06:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/05\/works-for-me.html"},"modified":"2006-05-17T06:25:00","modified_gmt":"2006-05-17T06:25:00","slug":"works-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/05\/works-for-me.html","title":{"rendered":"Works for Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rocksinmydryer.typepad.com\/shannon\/2006\/05\/works_for_me_bo.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px;text-align: center;cursor: pointer\" src=\"https:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/736\/2127\/320\/22430720_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>We missed Shannon&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/rocksinmydryer.typepad.com\/shannon\/2006\/05\/works_for_me_cl.html\">Works for Me Wednesday<\/a> last week because I had to study for finals and I stayed up late last night to make sure we didn&#8217;t miss another week.  I&#8217;ve got something that I think is very useful if you grill.  I grill all the time.  Every weekend throughout the year, even when it&#8217;s snowing!  I love the taste of hickory cooked meat.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/736\/2127\/1600\/weber_chimneystart.0.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px;float: right;cursor: pointer\" src=\"https:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/736\/2127\/320\/weber_chimneystart.0.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>But one thing I hate is the fire associated with the grill (and don&#8217;t even mention a gas grill to me because it&#8217;s not the same).  When we were first married my husband was the one who did all the grilling.  He would use a coffee can to start the charcoal instead of charcoal lighter fluid.   We had great tasting food but it took a while to get the fire going and it was hard to get the charcoal out of the can.  I found a chimney at Brookstone that worked the same way as the coffee can and had a handle which made dumping out the charcoal much easier (the one pictured here is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weber.com\/bbq\/\">Weber<\/a>).<br \/>\nOver time it <span class=\"illustration\">deteriorated<\/span> and recently I found a much cheaper one at Home Depot.  I got it for about $10.00.  They are much safer to use than the lighter fluid.  One problem with them is that they are very hot after you&#8217;ve removed the charcoal and remain hot for awhile.  When my daughters were younger I would worn them against touching it or the grill.  But one day, I was preoccupied and Samantha decided to touch it to see if it was hot.  She was not young (she was 5 at the time) and had been around it for years without even going near it.  I was shocked that she did it since it had never been a problem before. I asked her why in the world she would touch it and she said she wanted to see if it was still hot.  I had to take her to the emergency room and they had to wrap up her hands.  I thought for sure she would have scars for the rest of her life.<br \/>\nThis leads to the second product that I want to share with you, Neosporin.  She had blistering burns on both her hands.  Everyday I would change the bandages and put on fresh Neosporin.  When it was time to take the bandages off, no scars. It&#8217;s great stuff for cuts and burns and if the cut is getting infected, it will clear it up.<br \/>\nSo, if you use the chimney starter and your kid burns her hand remember to use the Neosporin so it won&#8217;t scar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We missed Shannon&#8217;s Works for Me Wednesday last week because I had to study for finals and I stayed up late last night to make sure we didn&#8217;t miss another week. I&#8217;ve got something that I think is very useful if you grill. I grill all the time. 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