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As they went in. Just some chicken salt rubbed on the left and Portugese chicken spice on it's neighbour.
Regrettably the only place where one can buy Bratwurst in this neck of the woods is a certain LoCo German owned supermarket....
Where I briefly went today, to buy more bratties for tonight's Feast of the Black Orb.
But I'm sure I spotted some lard-ar$ed Untermensch females waddling around the store with little Kylie and little Chlamydia in tow and another fairly imminent for both, who were the spitten image of those 40 DCOE creatures perched on the barbi'!
Where I briefly went today, to buy more bratties for tonight's Feast of the Black Orb.
But I'm sure I spotted some lard-ar$ed Untermensch females waddling around the store with little Kylie and little Chlamydia in tow and another fairly imminent for both, who were the spitten image of those 40 DCOE creatures perched on the barbi'!
I don't think there is anything to replace a brattie eaten standing at a schnelly, but the L*dl versions are acceptable.
The Morrisons ones would be disgusting if they tasted of anything at all. Never tried the competition though.
As a digression, German packet soups are in a class of their own. When we come back into UK after a Germany excursion, we import substantial numbers of bottles of sekt, and of Asbach. In addition to their superb taste, German soups make excellent packing to cut down the death-rattle of several dozen bottles ...............
The Morrisons ones would be disgusting if they tasted of anything at all. Never tried the competition though.
As a digression, German packet soups are in a class of their own. When we come back into UK after a Germany excursion, we import substantial numbers of bottles of sekt, and of Asbach. In addition to their superb taste, German soups make excellent packing to cut down the death-rattle of several dozen bottles ...............
Even here in the Fatherland, Bratties from that certain LoCo chain are popular with the locals. The choice from other purveyors of Wurst are varied and one is doing ones best to sample the lot. However, Weisswurst and Sweet mustard is a taste experience that has so for defeated me 
Regular Bratties do need assistance from echte Mittlescharfer Senf for that genuine Schnelie experience though.
Regular Bratties do need assistance from echte Mittlescharfer Senf for that genuine Schnelie experience though.
On the subject of varieties of wurst, there is [used to be?] a wicked variety which included cheese. An incautious prod with a fork could project a jet of molten cheese all over the victim. Never offer one to the boss, or the boss's wifey.
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That'd be Käsewurst. A danger to anything it comes into contact with. A local supermarket (southern Germany) also offers the things as pigs in blankets, and my daughter can't get enough of 'em.
Fellow Weber afficionados I have some sad news and I am in one hell of a quandary. Read my plight and please offer advice;
I have been planning my upcoming retirement (4.5 years hence) and made the decision to sell everything, buy a whacking great motor home and re-invade Europe. I intend to spend at least 18 months touring before returning to Blighty. I have picked my steed of choice (Burstner Elegance i910) and I am well into the research of the legalities of insurance, residence etc. All this is unimportant because I have noticed a perplexing option on the vehicle which is causing me extreme doubts about continuing the process.
I can have installed an "external gas point" which the salesperson explained was to facilitate the easy and regular BBQing which will inevitably take place. A gas powered BBQ? Laughingly I dropped him with a flurry of blows and left his establishment. However on returning to the house I did some reading and it became increasingly clear that a lot of camp sites are not too keen on proper BBQ'ers using the correct fuel. The correct fuel can be hard to find and is difficult to transport back to the vehicle on a bicycle. Ye Gods!
My options are now:
1. Purchase the option and a suitable BBQ thus accepting I am a turncoat and will probably need to wear a dress and attend a gender reassignment clinic in Thailand. Additionally the public use of said BBQ will admit to Europeans that I am one of them.
2. Ignore the option and maintain my natural English masculine superiority yet exclude myself from many sites.
Please help.
PS The option also includes a set of scatter cushions and 2Kg of pot pourri.
I have been planning my upcoming retirement (4.5 years hence) and made the decision to sell everything, buy a whacking great motor home and re-invade Europe. I intend to spend at least 18 months touring before returning to Blighty. I have picked my steed of choice (Burstner Elegance i910) and I am well into the research of the legalities of insurance, residence etc. All this is unimportant because I have noticed a perplexing option on the vehicle which is causing me extreme doubts about continuing the process.
I can have installed an "external gas point" which the salesperson explained was to facilitate the easy and regular BBQing which will inevitably take place. A gas powered BBQ? Laughingly I dropped him with a flurry of blows and left his establishment. However on returning to the house I did some reading and it became increasingly clear that a lot of camp sites are not too keen on proper BBQ'ers using the correct fuel. The correct fuel can be hard to find and is difficult to transport back to the vehicle on a bicycle. Ye Gods!
My options are now:
1. Purchase the option and a suitable BBQ thus accepting I am a turncoat and will probably need to wear a dress and attend a gender reassignment clinic in Thailand. Additionally the public use of said BBQ will admit to Europeans that I am one of them.
2. Ignore the option and maintain my natural English masculine superiority yet exclude myself from many sites.
Please help.
PS The option also includes a set of scatter cushions and 2Kg of pot pourri.
This is indeed a tricky situation for someone intent on becoming a new age gypsy...
First, make sure that the vehicle is kushti and not some cast off from the Third Reich when the external gas point was used in the opposite direction. Perhaps placarded "Achtung! Nur für Zyklon B!". Use of an orifice in other than the maker's intended direction would seem to be common amongst gas users though...
The aversion to the only true fuel in some parts of Europe is probably because, as the summer progresses, the sites can become more inflammable than a London tower block as the trees and general bondhu become tinder dry.
There must be some website which lists those sites which allow you to use the only true fuel provided that you also take a couple of red boys, stored pressure water, for use in case of emergency? But if not, then I'm afraid that you'll be stuck with recycled bottled ar$e exhaust and getting in touch with your gay side? Or just say that you're temporarily using your kitchen cooker in the open air?
But you'll probably meet some 'interesting' friends who will admire your scatter cushions, pot pourri and chintz curtains....
First, make sure that the vehicle is kushti and not some cast off from the Third Reich when the external gas point was used in the opposite direction. Perhaps placarded "Achtung! Nur für Zyklon B!". Use of an orifice in other than the maker's intended direction would seem to be common amongst gas users though...
The aversion to the only true fuel in some parts of Europe is probably because, as the summer progresses, the sites can become more inflammable than a London tower block as the trees and general bondhu become tinder dry.
There must be some website which lists those sites which allow you to use the only true fuel provided that you also take a couple of red boys, stored pressure water, for use in case of emergency? But if not, then I'm afraid that you'll be stuck with recycled bottled ar$e exhaust and getting in touch with your gay side? Or just say that you're temporarily using your kitchen cooker in the open air?
But you'll probably meet some 'interesting' friends who will admire your scatter cushions, pot pourri and chintz curtains....
I should bite the bullet, concentrate on the product, not the production process.
Find a way to disguise the gas thingy: I suggest a strap-on replica of a big Weber to place between the onlookers and the thingy. Or, the cheapo option is a placard, saying in several relevant languages:
"This may look like a gas BBQ but it is an authentic charcoal-burning Weber in drag".
As a footnote, some 20 years ago [as a long-time Weber afficionado] I went to stay with friends in Australia. Not only did they have an ELECTRIC BBQ, just about all of their neighbours had lecky or gas ......... I never saw a proper BBQ either then or in 4 subsequent holidays.
Find a way to disguise the gas thingy: I suggest a strap-on replica of a big Weber to place between the onlookers and the thingy. Or, the cheapo option is a placard, saying in several relevant languages:
"This may look like a gas BBQ but it is an authentic charcoal-burning Weber in drag".
As a footnote, some 20 years ago [as a long-time Weber afficionado] I went to stay with friends in Australia. Not only did they have an ELECTRIC BBQ, just about all of their neighbours had lecky or gas ......... I never saw a proper BBQ either then or in 4 subsequent holidays.
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Even here in the Fatherland, Bratties from that certain LoCo chain are popular with the locals. The choice from other purveyors of Wurst are varied and one is doing ones best to sample the lot. However, Weisswurst and Sweet mustard is a taste experience that has so for defeated me
Regular Bratties do need assistance from echte Mittlescharfer Senf for that genuine Schnelie experience though.
Regular Bratties do need assistance from echte Mittlescharfer Senf for that genuine Schnelie experience though.
Grilling on a Weber heated by that evil substance is still better than most kitchen prepared food - just don't call it BBQ (BBQ is slowly smoked over low heat for several hours - not what you do on a grill).
I'd suggest you get something like a Weber Smokey Joe:
Weber Smokey Joe Portable Charcoal Grill-10020 - The Home Depot
When you're somewhere that they allow proper charcoal grilled food, break it out. Otherwise make do with that propane powered thing - it's still better than frying...
BTW, best brats I ever tasted was when I raced at Road America, Wisconsin many years ago. After we were done racing for the day, they had a brat feast. I was late - I had to address some mechanical issues in preparation for the next day's racing - and they were closing up but I still managed to get one brat. Brat, bun, a touch of good mustard - fantastic! Sadly I have no idea where they sourced their brats so I don't know where to get more.
I'd suggest you get something like a Weber Smokey Joe:
Weber Smokey Joe Portable Charcoal Grill-10020 - The Home Depot
When you're somewhere that they allow proper charcoal grilled food, break it out. Otherwise make do with that propane powered thing - it's still better than frying...
BTW, best brats I ever tasted was when I raced at Road America, Wisconsin many years ago. After we were done racing for the day, they had a brat feast. I was late - I had to address some mechanical issues in preparation for the next day's racing - and they were closing up but I still managed to get one brat. Brat, bun, a touch of good mustard - fantastic! Sadly I have no idea where they sourced their brats so I don't know where to get more.
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Definitely get the external gas connection - plus a lengthy gas pipe so you can position your BBQ downwind such that the smoke drifts onto your neighbour's pitch, rather than detracting from the smell of your pot pourri.
Bit worried about this bicycle thing though - if it's a proper sized motorhome, you really should be towing a Smart.
Bit worried about this bicycle thing though - if it's a proper sized motorhome, you really should be towing a Smart.
Put a "Sittin Chicken" (aka beer butt chicken) in the smoker about an hour ago, along with some chicken/bacon sausage I picked up at Costco. The sausage is strategically placed such that any drippings will fall on the Sittin Chicken 
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Planning for a four hour smoke at ~100 deg. C - it should be tasty!
. Planning for a four hour smoke at ~100 deg. C - it should be tasty!
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Sitting,
Similar problem while being stationed in Japan and living out in town. Wood was not allowed due to fire hazards (plus hard to obtain).
My solution was a three burner gas grill with both regular gas burners and IR burners. Add wood smoker boxes with wood chips of choice. Mostly steak, beer butt chicken, and pork ribs.
Set up one side with gas burner and smoker boxes. Put meat on far side over IR burner.
Use only the gas burner underneath the smoker boxes for majority of cooking.
Beer butt chicken and rice I take out burner underneath the chicken and collect the drippings in a pan to reduce and add to the rice. When the chicken is done take it off to let rest. Re-install IR burner and heat up drippings for sauce of choice, let’s you burn excess off the grate, reduce/finish the drippings, and rest the meat.
Steak and ribs similar. Just use the IR grill for final sear.
Enjoy the experimentation.
S/F, FOG
Similar problem while being stationed in Japan and living out in town. Wood was not allowed due to fire hazards (plus hard to obtain).
My solution was a three burner gas grill with both regular gas burners and IR burners. Add wood smoker boxes with wood chips of choice. Mostly steak, beer butt chicken, and pork ribs.
Set up one side with gas burner and smoker boxes. Put meat on far side over IR burner.
Use only the gas burner underneath the smoker boxes for majority of cooking.
Beer butt chicken and rice I take out burner underneath the chicken and collect the drippings in a pan to reduce and add to the rice. When the chicken is done take it off to let rest. Re-install IR burner and heat up drippings for sauce of choice, let’s you burn excess off the grate, reduce/finish the drippings, and rest the meat.
Steak and ribs similar. Just use the IR grill for final sear.
Enjoy the experimentation.
S/F, FOG
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As a regular charcoal using Weber owner (two actually) my last two caravans have had one of the plug-in gadgets. In a weak moment I purchased a Safari Chef and I am ashamed to say it is very good. Webers are all very well but where do you put it in a motorhome/caravan? If you have a Go Outdoors handy they are not very expensive and are very convenient to use. Recent trip to Normandy it was used every night excluding the one with a Mother of All Thunderstorms.
ACW
As a regular charcoal using Weber owner (two actually) my last two caravans have had one of the plug-in gadgets. In a weak moment I purchased a Safari Chef and I am ashamed to say it is very good. Webers are all very well but where do you put it in a motorhome/caravan? If you have a Go Outdoors handy they are not very expensive and are very convenient to use. Recent trip to Normandy it was used every night excluding the one with a Mother of All Thunderstorms.
ACW