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Went to a barbecue on Saturday, why do we bother, food not cooked properly through, sharing with all sorts of flying bugs. Eating from paper plates with plastic cutlery. Wasps dive bombing your beer.
We sent our convicts to Australia and they sent us barbecues back not a fair exchange.
We sent our convicts to Australia and they sent us barbecues back not a fair exchange.
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Hateful things, barbecues. People that think they can cook & can't, stupid pointless insects, nowhere to sit, having to eat standing up while balancing the delicious warm beer you've been given & indulging in fatuous chit-chat with someone you've never met. Thank goodness no-one invites me any more.
17:03 Mon 18th May 2015
I have never understood the appeal of barbecues!
For all the reasons above - just why do we torture ourselves by eating bad food outside in Third World conditions, and telling ourselves we are having a good time.
Out of good manners, I have attended any and every barbecue I have been invited to, and I have yet to even vaguely enjoy the experience once!
For all the reasons above - just why do we torture ourselves by eating bad food outside in Third World conditions, and telling ourselves we are having a good time.
Out of good manners, I have attended any and every barbecue I have been invited to, and I have yet to even vaguely enjoy the experience once!
EcclesCake - // good BBQ is a thing of joy, it's just a shame that it is such a rare beast, rather like the chicken drumsticks that get served up so often...... //
I can only assume that I have never attended a 'proper' barbecue - but that would probably mean a trip to Australia.
Some things just don't import well - barbecues are one - skateboarding is another!
I can only assume that I have never attended a 'proper' barbecue - but that would probably mean a trip to Australia.
Some things just don't import well - barbecues are one - skateboarding is another!
Cooking on a BBQ is not an exclusively Australian talent!
The mistake frequently made in the auk is buying low quality produce and believing you can feed the hungry hordes within 15 minutes of lighting the charcoal.
There seems to be something built into the British psyche that a BBQ must involve vast quantities of meat, far beyond what we'd normally entertain. Panic quickly kicks in as the 'chef' realises they cannot give everyone a sausage, burger, drumstick, steak, kebab in a timely fashion. They then have another beer and don't worry so much about the botulism burgers :-(
The mistake frequently made in the auk is buying low quality produce and believing you can feed the hungry hordes within 15 minutes of lighting the charcoal.
There seems to be something built into the British psyche that a BBQ must involve vast quantities of meat, far beyond what we'd normally entertain. Panic quickly kicks in as the 'chef' realises they cannot give everyone a sausage, burger, drumstick, steak, kebab in a timely fashion. They then have another beer and don't worry so much about the botulism burgers :-(
I wholeheartedly agree about barbecues....in fact I do not enjoy eating outside much at all.
It is always either too hot or too cold (the weather I mean, the food is invariably too cold, burnt on the outside and raw on the inside).
On the few occasions that I have had a barbecue outside abroad (Spain or Portugal ) I haven't enjoyed it much either. Again the food was burnt and raw, there were loads of biting insects and the weather was too hot...especially for the cook. (Not me...I refuse to give anyone food poisoning by accident.....intentionally now, that's a different story ;-))
Fish and chips out of the paper is as far as I will go.
Don't even like picnics .....the sandwiches are squashed, the hot drinks are cold, moan, moan, whine, whine....I'm best left indoors.
It is always either too hot or too cold (the weather I mean, the food is invariably too cold, burnt on the outside and raw on the inside).
On the few occasions that I have had a barbecue outside abroad (Spain or Portugal ) I haven't enjoyed it much either. Again the food was burnt and raw, there were loads of biting insects and the weather was too hot...especially for the cook. (Not me...I refuse to give anyone food poisoning by accident.....intentionally now, that's a different story ;-))
Fish and chips out of the paper is as far as I will go.
Don't even like picnics .....the sandwiches are squashed, the hot drinks are cold, moan, moan, whine, whine....I'm best left indoors.