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I read and hear about Yanks, Aussies & Kiwi's barbeque, particularly during summer months when the weather is nice and people eat out of doors. I have probably barbequed 90% of the evening meals for the past two months, salmon, chicken, tri tip beef, pork loin, veggies.

How about you folks in the UK----------do you barbeque much?
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Lon;1367304 wrote: I read and hear about Yanks, Aussies & Kiwi's barbeque, particularly during summer months when the weather is nice and people eat out of doors. I have probably barbequed 90% of the evening meals for the past two months, salmon, chicken, tri tip beef, pork loin, veggies.

How about you folks in the UK----------do you barbeque much?


I don't often personally due to wheat and gluten allergies. A British bbq is a male dominated affair that consists of cheap burgers in baps, sausages in finger rolls, the odd kebab and a soggy salad accompanied by cans of lager :wah:
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Barbecuers over here are regarded pretty much the same way as dedicated naturists. It's a lifestyle practised in private. We have special thick hedges for both groups, made of Leylandii if I remember right.

There are around three days a year on which any normal person would think the naturist or barbecuer might reasonably indulge his fetish. Hard-core practitioners are out between June and September regardless of the weather.

People who do that sort of thing just shake off the rain. Given the abuse they subject their bodies to I'm surprised they manage to procreate.
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Lon;1367304 wrote: I read and hear about Yanks, Aussies & Kiwi's barbeque, particularly during summer months when the weather is nice and people eat out of doors. I have probably barbequed 90% of the evening meals for the past two months, salmon, chicken, tri tip beef, pork loin, veggies.

How about you folks in the UK----------do you barbeque much?


No...just spend a lot of my summer closing my windows/getting the washing in etc. before everything smells of onions and cheap beefburgers.

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theia;1367309 wrote: No...just spend a lot of my summer closing my windows/getting the washing in etc. before everything smells of onions and cheap beefburgers.

Not that I'm grumpy old woman...at all


Don't forget the dragging the washing in because of the rain as well :wah:

We seem to bbq for get togethers, summer birthdays etc, we don't seem to make a habit of alfresco eating at all.

Probably due to all the rain and wasps :rolleyes:
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spot;1367307 wrote: Barbecuers over here are regarded pretty much the same way as dedicated naturists. It's a lifestyle practised in private. We have special thick hedges for both groups, made of Leylandii if I remember right.

There are around three days a year on which any normal person would think the naturist or barbecuer might reasonably indulge his fetish. Hard-core practitioners are out between June and September regardless of the weather.

People who do that sort of thing just shake off the rain. Given the abuse they subject their bodies to I'm surprised they manage to procreate.


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Oh Boy-------You guys in the UK are missing out on Orgasmic Delights in good eating.

Grilled Chicken Breasts with pears---------Tri tip beef-----------Alaska salmon------and voila!!, Baby Back Pork Ribs with secret herbs and sauces.

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Due to lack of sales the previous year, most supermarkets will begin to sell third rate BBQ's at £4.99 from around January that In the main consist of a tin tray with a thin rack.

During the one day of sunshine usually around 12th June between 1 pm and 5 pm, tattoo'd shaven headed Inhabitants of the British Isles rush to the local petrol station to snap up some charcoal.

Third rate pork sausages, chicken drumsticks and kebab meat are either burnt or under-cooked until the casualty department at the local hospital Is heaving with Salmonella poisoning.

The BBQ Is then confined to the shed or garage until the first car boot sale of the next summer.

That's British BBQ'ing for you.
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Betty Boop;1367306 wrote: I don't often personally due to wheat and gluten allergies. A British bbq is a male dominated affair that consists of cheap burgers in baps, sausages in finger rolls, the odd kebab and a soggy salad accompanied by cans of lager :wah:
You guys have salad with your BBQ??? :yh_youkid
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oscar;1367317 wrote: Due to lack of sales the previous year, most supermarkets will begin to sell third rate BBQ's at £4.99 from around January that In the main consist of a tin tray with a thin rack.

During the one day of sunshine usually around 12th June between 1 pm and 5 pm, tattoo'd shaven headed Inhabitants of the British Isles rush to the local petrol station to snap up some charcoal.

Third rate pork sausages, chicken drumsticks and kebab meat are either burnt or under-cooked until the casualty department at the local hospital Is heaving with Salmonella poisoning.



That's British BBQ'ing for you.


Ah---if I was only 30 years old again. I see a Golden Opportunity in launching Proper & Most Edible Barbeque Technique to the UK. Proper barbequing does not require any special meat from the market. In fact, I would avoid Pre- BarB Qued foods. Successful and delicious barbequing just requires any good cut of beef, pork, chicken or fish. It's all in the preparation (marinade) and cooking. In my case I use a NATURAL GAS OUTDOOR BAR B Q.
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Accountable;1367326 wrote: You guys have salad with your BBQ??? :yh_youkid


The salad is optional though common. The obligatory minimum is meat on a stick in a bun and any of several yellowish industrial wastes in a can, invariably served at the temperature of melting ice, which claims to be beer.
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Yep. Had a last minute barbecue yesterday evening. In the interests of health, safety, and the avoidance of much yelping, I'd point out that barbecues and naturism do not mix well. It's hard enough to persuade anyone to eat the sausages as it is.

It was accompanied by a homegrown yellow cherry tomato and spring onion salad and a pleasant enough pink wine, but heaven knows what the meat was. Cat, hopefully.

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Meat to an open flame is the best way to cook it...

Especially fish...
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Lon;1367327 wrote: In my case I use a NATURAL GAS OUTDOOR BAR B Q.


You have just gone down in my estimation Lon.......only wimps use gas, real men use proper charcoal and have singed eyebrows and arm hair.
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Bruv;1367382 wrote: You have just gone down in my estimation Lon.......only wimps use gas, real men use proper charcoal and have singed eyebrows and arm hair.


Yes, none of this controllable malarkey. Charcoal that won't light, charcoal that burns too quickly or too ferociously. The men of England need their excuses for the quality :-2 of food produced on their barbecue.

Salad is no doubt served in England with every barbecue as a way of adding colour to your otherwise 'black' plateful :wah:
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Bruv;1367382 wrote: You have just gone down in my estimation Lon.......only wimps use gas, real men use proper charcoal and have singed eyebrows and arm hair.


I gave up on the charcoal when the singed eyebrows and arm hair got into the meal and caused some indigestion. :wah:
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Well i'm in NE Scotland, there is less than a week of weather that is ideal to barbeque (due to midgies mostly) but yes we do embrace it as a social occasion and go all out with marinade, salad's are popular usually home grown from our gardens and greenhouses and some sort of sweet usually follows, everybody brings their speciality dish to add to the feast.

It's usually a musical occasion, guests bring a guitar, banjo, borat ect for a jam.
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buttercup;1367394 wrote: guests bring a guitar, banjo, borat ect for a jam.You move in distinguished circles!

That'll be the one you thump with a stick, I presume.

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buttercup;1367394 wrote: Well i'm in NE Scotland, there is less than a week of weather that is ideal to barbeque (due to midgies mostly) but yes we do embrace it as a social occasion and go all out with marinade, salad's are popular usually home grown from our gardens and greenhouses and some sort of sweet usually follows, everybody brings their speciality dish to add to the feast.

It's usually a musical occasion, guests bring a guitar, banjo, borat ect for a jam.


Sounds like our parties Buttercup....Everyone brings something to add to the event...guitars, banjos, flutes, sing a special song or read poetry...lots of seisuns!!
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Do you think a restaurant like this would be successful in the UK? Or do you have restaurants that specialize in Bar B Q?

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Bruv;1367382 wrote: You have just gone down in my estimation Lon.......only wimps use gas, real men use proper charcoal and have singed eyebrows and arm hair.


Oh you can get that with gas too ....I know cause I've seen it happen lol lol .

depending on the mood we use gas , rocks or wood.

Does anyone else bbq asparagus ? with a little virgin olive oil and sea salt? or egg plant?
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fuzzywuzzy;1367427 wrote: Oh you can get that with gas too ....I know cause I've seen it happen lol lol .

depending on the mood we use gas , rocks or wood.

Does anyone else bbq asparagus ? with a little virgin olive oil and sea salt? or egg plant?


I do not only asparagus but egg plant and most squash as well.
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Lon;1367432 wrote: I do not only asparagus but egg plant and most squash as well.


My understanding - from observation, you understand, I've never participated - is that the British barbecuers form an exclusively primal set of would-be old testament priests who rank themselves on the dead-weight of blood offered up to be consumed within the holy fire. Asparagus, egg plant and squash do not figure among the Levitical lists of what pleaseth the Lord and as such would be considered griddle-waste.A burnt sacrifice is so called from its being wholly consumed on the altar; no part of it is eaten either by the priests or the offerer. It is designed to propitiate the anger of God incurred by original sin, or by particular transgressions; and its entire combustion indicates the self-dedication of the offerer.
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here we go ...bringing religion into the simple bbq-ing of meat and vege.....and what's this of hamburgers??? do none of you know how to cook? holy crap ..megs cooking book is coming out soon and i expect you to bbq in the snow!!!!! I know it can be done I was in America when I saw it, it was new to me . come on do it ..ava go .

griddle waste? ...I"ll ****ing give you griddle waste!!!................. to die for ..damn it, I'll tie you to a tree and make you smell it ...and you'll be begging
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buttercup;1367394 wrote: Well i'm in NE Scotland, there is less than a week of weather that is ideal to barbeque (due to midgies mostly) but yes we do embrace it as a social occasion and go all out with marinade, salad's are popular usually home grown from our gardens and greenhouses and some sort of sweet usually follows, everybody brings their speciality dish to add to the feast.

It's usually a musical occasion, guests bring a guitar, banjo, borat ect for a jam.
Okay, I tried to look up what a borat is and was assaulted by lots of disgusting pictures from that stupid movie. What's a borat?
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buttercup;1367394 wrote: Well i'm in NE Scotland, there is less than a week of weather that is ideal to barbeque (due to midgies mostly).


was gunna say burn some gum leaves to get rid of them ...but ...never mind my bad
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Lon;1367432 wrote: I do not only asparagus but egg plant and most squash as well.


hhhmm not a squash person myself .....bit mushy.
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Accountable;1367446 wrote: Okay, I tried to look up what a borat is and was assaulted by lots of disgusting pictures from that stupid movie. What's a borat?


I have no Idea ACC but what ever It Is, I bet they deep fry It first.

What gets me about the English BBQ'ers Is that an English man who has never even entered his kitchen In his life and never cooks suddenly believes he Is some chef de cuisine the moment the sun comes out. They even go and buy themselves jokey little aprons to look the part. It all usually ends In tears and they send out for pizza by the end of the night.

I have never had any desire to have a BBQ nor accept an Invitation for one. Who wants food poisoning whilst dodging wasps and flies, drinking warm cut price supermarket lager.

In all, an un-savoury practice best left to those who do It best.... ie... foriegners.
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spot;1367436 wrote: My understanding - from observation, you understand, I've never participated - is that the British barbecuers form an exclusively primal set of would-be old testament priests who rank themselves on the dead-weight of blood offered up to be consumed within the holy fire. Asparagus, egg plant and squash do not figure among the Levitical lists of what pleaseth the Lord and as such would be considered griddle-waste.A burnt sacrifice is so called from its being wholly consumed on the altar; no part of it is eaten either by the priests or the offerer. It is designed to propitiate the anger of God incurred by original sin, or by particular transgressions; and its entire combustion indicates the self-dedication of the offerer.


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along-for-the-ride;1367518 wrote: britishbarbecue.co.uk


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Well, I grilled a breakfast treat this morning. Made my own dough in my breadmaker and used herbs from my garden...yummo...

Here's the recipe...easy peasy...



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Tonight I'm going to make stuffer grilled pork chops with spicy potato wedges...

Here's a recipe for the chops...

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I've actually grilled dinner for the last 3 days...

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Accountable;1367446 wrote: Okay, I tried to look up what a borat is and was assaulted by lots of disgusting pictures from that stupid movie. What's a borat?


hahahahaha so sorry Accounts should have given its proper name, affectionally locally known as a borat due to the uncanny resemblence of the player.

Correct name and info - Bodhrán - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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buttercup;1367892 wrote: hahahahaha so sorry Accounts should have given its proper name, affectionally locally known as a borat due to the uncanny resemblence of the player.

Correct name and info - Bodhrán - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
What a relief! I'd hate to try to play the Borat I found! :wah:
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