The Great Chicken Wing Debacle of 2009

 At the 2009 Summit, Torey "WoJo" Hooper, graced us with his presence for the first time on a Wednesday in many years.  He did however show up with only bed linens, but no structure of any kind. A great Wednesday evening was had by all.  The next morning dawned clear and warm.  WoJo decided to trek back to Gary and retrieve his house.  (He was living in a travel trailer at this time.)  When he left he informed the group that he would return with chicken wings and do the cooking that night.  The wind came up and he called several times from the road saying that the wind was bouncing him all over because the small truck he owned wasn't up to the task of pulling his "house".  He finally arrived and after joking and talking and setting up his quarters, he began sipping a brew.  Then another and then maybe a few more. He finally began moving around looking for a couple of pits on which to cook his "Special Recipe Wings".  He chose two steel pits of the same size and placed them on the picnic table.  The charcoal was fired up and he commenced marinating the wings.  Meanwhile Tracy "WooWoo" Hooper got worried that there might not be enough to eat so he went and got some frozen smoked sausage.  The pits were ready and you could hear the wings sizzle when he slapped them on the respective grills.  You have to understand that he continued to sip brewskies all this time.  At some point he decided to check the chicken in one of the pits and threw back the lid.  The lid kept going and carried the pit off the table with it.  Torey's BBQ pics.  As you can see from the picture we all stood dumfounded as our supper lay there on the concrete.  After much discussion, some of it down right derogatory as to WoJo's intelligence, he gathered up the half cooked, dirt and ash covered, morsels of yard bird.  After a good cleaning, they were installed on the other pit to continue cooking.  When the wings were done and the smoked sausage ready to eat we all sampled the delicacies offered to us.  The chicken was actually tasty, but did have a slight taste of concrete and charcoal to it.  Wojo however now has a bottle of ground concrete and charcoal in his spice rack.  He claims it gives the food an "exotic flavor".  I don't know about that, but I do know that one of the pieces of chicken that was not eaten was thrown out and the resident coon gobbled it up.  He was later seen down at the water's edge trying to wash the taste out of his mouth.

                                                                                                                                                                           Faithfully submitted this 6th day of May, 2009

                                       Tom "Catfish the Younger" Hooper, FF