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From: T i m on 5 Jun 2010 13:55
On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 15:25:36 +0100, jim(a)magrathea.plus.com (Jim) wrote:

>Ian McCall <ian(a)eruvia.org> wrote:
>
>> And under no circumstances try to hold a barbecue after misreading the
>> tide information. It only leads to swimming to fetch the beer and a
>> crowd of onlookers giving helpful 'advice' as you lift a rock with fire
>> still burning on it and sausages still cooking and then try to carry
>> that rock back up onto the higher cliff section without letting
>> anything fall from it.
>
>I generally consider barbecues to be Darwinism in action. I don't do
>them.

Aren't they just. We spend fortunes fitting out our kitchens with all
the latest high-tech food preparation and cooking devices and then go
and try and do the same amongst the flies and (often in the UK) the
wind or rain on gear that has no volume controls and needs firing up
the previous day.

I will do it when it's an appropriate solution, like when camping or
when someone else is outside doing it and I'm indoors. ;-)

Cheers, T i m


From: Pd on 5 Jun 2010 16:17
Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote:

> I generally consider barbecues to be Darwinism in action. I don't do
> them.

Good idea. I started one this evening for some stupid reason. I allowed
half an hour to get it out, get it loaded and get it going, and half an
hour to let it burn down to be ready to cook. By then Sarah had made the
salad, boiled the potatoes, grilled the sausages and laid the table.
There was nothing left to cook, so there didn't seem any point in
letting it simmer away. I poured a bucket of water on it.

--
Pd
From: T i m on 5 Jun 2010 17:17
On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 21:17:15 +0100, peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid (Pd)
wrote:

>Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote:
>
>> I generally consider barbecues to be Darwinism in action. I don't do
>> them.
>
>Good idea. I started one this evening for some stupid reason. I allowed
>half an hour to get it out, get it loaded and get it going, and half an
>hour to let it burn down to be ready to cook. By then Sarah had made the
>salad, boiled the potatoes, grilled the sausages and laid the table.
>There was nothing left to cook, so there didn't seem any point in
>letting it simmer away. I poured a bucket of water on it.


Pale face make heap big fire.

Pale face put out heap big fire.

Pale face heap big stupid.

TwoDogs.
From: zoara on 6 Jun 2010 15:58
Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote:
> Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote:
>
>> I generally consider barbecues to be Darwinism in action. I don't do
>> them.
>
> Good idea. I started one this evening for some stupid reason. I
> allowed
> half an hour to get it out, get it loaded and get it going, and half
> an
> hour to let it burn down to be ready to cook. By then Sarah had made
> the
> salad, boiled the potatoes, grilled the sausages and laid the table.
> There was nothing left to cook, so there didn't seem any point in
> letting it simmer away. I poured a bucket of water on it.

One word: gas.

-z-

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From: David Kennedy on 7 Jun 2010 03:54
Pd wrote:
>
> And yeah, a gas barbeque seems to make a lot of sense.
>
You can then do it on the cooker and save all the bother of going out doors.

--
David Kennedy

http://www.anindianinexile.com
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