Safety While Grilling

Speaker 1: Let's kick off summer grilling season with a recipe the whole family can enjoy together. Banana boats are a creative way of bringing children into the cooking process, and most importantly, they're delicious. Now, to help out, I brought my friend James, a patient ambassador with Shriners Children's Ohio to help build our boats. Now, James, we talked about some important safety lessons when it comes to grilling. What are they?

James: Never cook without an adult watching, you don't touch pots and pan without permission because they may be hot, and first bite always goes to the youngest chef.

Speaker 1: Can we negotiate that?

James: I'll think about it.

Speaker 1: All right. The first step is to prep our banana butts. We're going to go ahead and cut a slit in it with a sharp knife, the key is not to go all the way through the banana, and once we have the slip made, it's your time squeeze together and make a pocket. Perfect. Take some marshmallows. We're just going to put them right inside that pocket. What do you think goes next?

James: Nuts.

Speaker 1: You better believe it. I like marshmallows, how about you?

James: Love them.

Speaker 1: Guess what the last thing is going to be.

James: Chocolate.

Speaker 1: Chocolate it is. All right, James. The bananas are stuffed. We're going to get the grill set for indirect medium heat. And this is where those rules that we talked about earlier are really important. We've set up a circle of safety. It's about a three-foot ring around the grill where James and other kids should never cross when the grill's in use. The burn care experts at Shriners say this is a good rule of thumb for campfires and even indoor fireplaces. Metal grates or embers can still cause serious burns even hours after the fires have extinguished.

James: Mike is going to grill the bananas until the peel has darkened and a chocolate and marshmallows have melted. It should take around 15 to 20 minutes.

Speaker 1: All right. While we're waiting, James, why don't you tell me how you became an ambassador for a children's hospital?

James: I was burned in a big fire when I was a baby. The doctors and nurses at Shriners took care of me until I was ready to go home. It may look a little different than most kids, but I can do the same things they can do.

Speaker 1: I think you have what it takes to be a grillographer. Now, tell me, do you still go to Shriners?

James: Yep, they'll take care of me until I'm a grownup. For now, I tell families how amazing Shriners is now doctors and nurses can help them too.

Speaker 1: That seems like a really important job, but you know what? I can see why they picked you. Now, most importantly, let's go check on the bananas.

James: Yes.

Speaker 1: What am I missing, James?

James: Ice cream.

Speaker 1: Of course. Let's try it. Oh, there you go. Is this something you'd make with the family?

James: Yeah, and I know exactly what I want to grill next.

Speaker 2: Learn more about our specialty pediatric care at shrinersohio.org.

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Speaker 1: One take. James, good job. One take James.