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I got to the grill.  It needed some attention.  So I heated it, then went out with the duck fat.  Bleh.  Either the duck fat is rancid, or was just too strong?  Whatever the case, I decided not to continue with that.  Butter doesn't work, ghee perhaps, but I haven't made any.  Then I remembered.  Buckets of coconut oil.

But those are really old.  A decade?  Maybe.  Maybe more?  Kept sealed, in the basement.  What, about gallon or two gallon sized?  Something.  Organic, cold pressed, and as mentioned still sealed.  I had no idea how well that would work, but it's what else I had.

Takes a bit to open those.  Sealed, and wrapped in plastic as well.  Which... is... probably a good thing.  Sure, plastic will seep in?  Maybe.  But if you have nothing else, that would be the last of one's problems?  Anyway, so opened, with a prybar, which was needed twice.  A whiff.  And?  Smelled... pretty fresh to me.

So I slathered the griddle, once, twice.  To clear and clean.  And again.  I will probably do it again, in a bit.  Letting it cool, soak in the fat.  Then I'll heat it up in a bit again, slather, clean, to smoking, then shut it off again.  And, finally, get to cooking on it.

I am all but sure the coconut oil is still good.  The nose can trick one, while things are cool.  But when heated, if it is rancid, it... it'll stank hard.  The duck fat didn't smell all that good, but I pushed it.  Won't do that again.

Anyway... after another tempering and cleaning, I'll get to cooking the burger.  The griddle should smell and be fresh too.  And be clean down to the metal, or thereabouts.  I haven't checked the romaine lettuce, but with the new fridge, and a drawer made just for veggies, and it being in that, I have some hope.

I think I read that it was down to 64 already, yet tonight?  That probably and hour or so ago?  Half an hour?  Well before midnight.  All good.  The front door and extra windows are open.  The night windows, I should suggest.  I do keep other windows open right through the day.  It allows the house to breath and stay cool, even into the 90s, even the low 100s so far?  Hmm, I may have felt the want to close them one day, but I think that was with hot water leaking from the dishwasher.  So... not a fair fight, and not a natural heating problem.

Starting to get a bit weary, achy, again.  But I'll get some food in, then on to bed, as swiftly as possible.  All good?  Food may help.  Later, or most likely goodnight.