Small Making a Comeback - Jucy Lucy's - No Membership Restaurant Depot

My small has sat idle for months and months... and months. I bet closer to a year. The main reason was mobility. I don't grill on the deck so I roll my eggs in/out of the garage. I was fortunate to win my Fantasy Football league 4 years ago and used the winnings towards a small egg. It wasn't enough for the small egg with a nest but covered majority of the egg. So I went home nestless. For a while the small found a home in a cart that I had planned to turn into a home for my large egg but decided against it. The cart ended up being too big and hard to maneuver around when vehicles are parked in the garage. So my large stayed in the nest and the small took its spot in the cart. The small saw limited action since the cart was parked in front of my wifes vehicle in the garage. It wasn't worth the hassle of tracking down my wife's keys and moving her car when I can roll the large out to the driveway without any issues. My miter saw eventually kicked out the small egg from the cart. The small egg found a spot on the old kitchen island in the garage. This spot pretty much put the small egg to sleep. Anytime I wanted to use the small egg I would need to pick it up and set it on something in the driveway. This only happened a few times. Why use the small when I can roll the large out to the driveway? Even the mini saw more use during this time. Call me cheap for not paying the $130+ for a nest. I've bought 4-5 nests off Craigslist in the past and never spent more than $40. I couldn't get myself to spend $130+ for something that's essentially less material and 3x the price of what I paid for the other nests. So I figured I'd just buy a small nest on Craigslist. I waited and waited... and waited for a small nest to pop up on Craigslist. Nothing. Nada. Should have known. Small eggs are rare around here. My local Ace stopped selling the small because the one they had sat on the showroom floor for 3 years. No wonder I wasn't having any luck. After watching Craigslist for 6-8 months I kind of gave up. Before completely throwing in the towel and spending $130 for a nest I listed a "wanted" ad on Craigslist. Must have been the third week after listing the ad I get an email from a guy saying that he might have a small nest available. After an email or two he and I start putting the pieces together that we may not be so much of strangers. Next thing I know I'm talking to @minnemoh from the forum. Small world. So anyways, my small found a new home and wanted to give minnemoh a shout out for helping me find my nest. Good to be back in the small egg saddle. The small almost feels like a new egg again. It's been forever. I even had a new KAB for it that I purchased many moons ago.

Since the small was begging for attention I needed to find something to feed it. I've heard on a couple different occasions that the Restaurant Depot in Brooklyn Center, MN was membership free. It has something to do with the city not allowing membership stores within its city limits. My wife and I walked right in. Sweet! It's been 3 years or so since I've been in one. Man I love that place. I'm glad I live far enough away that it's not a weekly occurrence. My wife was excited to find a big chunk of prosciutto there. Now I really need to tune up those slicers I picked up last weekend.



My wife and her mom love all the National Lampoon's Vacation movies so we invited her mom over to watch the newest Vacation. She's a hamburger person so we decided that Jucy Lucy's were in order. Took a couple pictures of the small back in action. The Jucy Lucy itself had lettuce, tomato, bacon, pickles, jalapeños, sautéed onions/green peppers, and Sweet Baby Rays Sweet Chili bbq sauce. (Love that stuff.) No sides needed. Full stomach and the Vacation movie was much better than anticipated. Good times