My beautiful Weber!
If there is anyone out there seeking a change from bratwurst, find yourself a butcher that stocks boerewors, a sausage that comes from South Africa. Boerewors, translated, literally means 'farmer's sausage' (no sniggering at the back ...). Made properly, it contains a coarse-ish mix of quality meats together with aromatic spices such as coriander seed, cloves, nutmeg, pepper and allspice. It is perfect for barbecues. How do I know this? I may just have been born and raised in African climes.
Noooooooooooo! And there are always other sources of charcoal!
And what is that 'spike' in the lawn next to your 'racing red' Weber. Were you grounding the thing in case of lightning strikes, LOL? I also see the temperature gauge next to the lid handle - that was available on a 1988 model?
tdracer, it has long been an issue here in the UK that we have had to deal with the rip-off culture. Those prices I quoted are straight off the official Weber UK website. Hunting around elsewhere on the web can produce discounts, but not at the levels you mention. Which is why my trusty Weber kettle was purchased in a USAF BX! C'est la vie!
PS: The last time I was up in Everett, during a layover in SEA, I was taking a drive up to the Mt Baker area, and stopped in at the Future of Flight Aviation Center for a little visit. The weather was like it was here yesterday (and today!) - horizon to horizon blue and temperature in the mid-20s Celsius. I do envy your Washington state mountain and sea views when the weather is good ...... but there are other times when that Pacific Northwest weather is enough to drive a man to alcohol abuse!
Noooooooooooo! And there are always other sources of charcoal!
And what is that 'spike' in the lawn next to your 'racing red' Weber. Were you grounding the thing in case of lightning strikes, LOL? I also see the temperature gauge next to the lid handle - that was available on a 1988 model?
tdracer, it has long been an issue here in the UK that we have had to deal with the rip-off culture. Those prices I quoted are straight off the official Weber UK website. Hunting around elsewhere on the web can produce discounts, but not at the levels you mention. Which is why my trusty Weber kettle was purchased in a USAF BX! C'est la vie!
PS: The last time I was up in Everett, during a layover in SEA, I was taking a drive up to the Mt Baker area, and stopped in at the Future of Flight Aviation Center for a little visit. The weather was like it was here yesterday (and today!) - horizon to horizon blue and temperature in the mid-20s Celsius. I do envy your Washington state mountain and sea views when the weather is good ...... but there are other times when that Pacific Northwest weather is enough to drive a man to alcohol abuse!
If there is anyone out there seeking a change from bratwurst, find yourself a butcher that stocks boerewors, a sausage that comes from South Africa. Boerewors, translated, literally means 'farmer's sausage' (no sniggering at the back ...). Made properly, it contains a coarse-ish mix of quality meats together with aromatic spices such as coriander seed, cloves, nutmeg, pepper and allspice. It is perfect for barbecues. How do I know this? I may just have been born and raised in African climes.
"Braai is an art-form, BBQ is a form of cooking"
Chakalaka I can accept, but I have to admit that pap (sadza as it is known where I was raised) doesn't really 'turn my crank'. I suspect that your average Brit or American would not be overly impressed with it, but I acknowledge it's place in the southern African kultur! Horses for courses!
It is a marvellous day out today in the southern UK, is it not? Do I fire up the Weber again? Hmmmm. Those of you from elsewhere on our Blue Marble might wonder why we enthuse so much about a couple of days of warmth and sunshine - it is rare here to sustain such weather, that is why. Ordinarily we might awake to blue skies, consider a barbeque, followed by a long walk with the dogs, only to find that within 30 minutes the wind has picked up and there is 8/8 cloud cover. And it remains so for the rest if the day.
I do miss those wide open African skies and empty spaces ....... but I don't give a damn for African politics.
It is a marvellous day out today in the southern UK, is it not? Do I fire up the Weber again? Hmmmm. Those of you from elsewhere on our Blue Marble might wonder why we enthuse so much about a couple of days of warmth and sunshine - it is rare here to sustain such weather, that is why. Ordinarily we might awake to blue skies, consider a barbeque, followed by a long walk with the dogs, only to find that within 30 minutes the wind has picked up and there is 8/8 cloud cover. And it remains so for the rest if the day.
I do miss those wide open African skies and empty spaces ....... but I don't give a damn for African politics.
I must admit that it did cross my mind that MrBernoulli isn't the sort of chap I'd normally have thought would be overly fussed about barbi' cleaning....
Once the whirly spinny thing has got most of the ash into the catcher and I've emptied it, I just take off the grid, give the inside a quick brush down and then turn the black orb upside down over the wheelie bin.... Every few months being sufficient.
Regarding Saffa delicacies, there's a place near here called Farmoor Stores which sells boerewors, biltong, ostrich, buffalo and zebra steaks - even braai pap. Perhaps also popcorn, chewing gum, peanuts an' bubble gum, ice cream, candy floss an' eskimo pie? Or even n***** balls an' licorice, Pepsi Cola, ginger beer and Canada Dry?
Once the whirly spinny thing has got most of the ash into the catcher and I've emptied it, I just take off the grid, give the inside a quick brush down and then turn the black orb upside down over the wheelie bin.... Every few months being sufficient.
Regarding Saffa delicacies, there's a place near here called Farmoor Stores which sells boerewors, biltong, ostrich, buffalo and zebra steaks - even braai pap. Perhaps also popcorn, chewing gum, peanuts an' bubble gum, ice cream, candy floss an' eskimo pie? Or even n***** balls an' licorice, Pepsi Cola, ginger beer and Canada Dry?
Regarding Saffa delicacies, there's a place near here called Farmoor Stores which sells boerewors, biltong, ostrich, buffalo and zebra steaks - even braai pap. Perhaps also popcorn, chewing gum, peanuts an' bubble gum, ice cream, candy floss an' eskimo pie? Or even n***** balls an' licorice, Pepsi Cola, ginger beer and Canada Dry?
On my way home from a trip I sometimes stop in at Farmoor stores, to pick up a stick of biltong and some droewors!
Ag Pleez Deddy - VOETSEK!
A schoolmate in the late '60s was from Rhodesia and brought 'The Ballad of the Southern Suburbs' back to school one term.
Even then the expression 'n****r balls' wasn't allowed! Later, snowflake-friendly versions of the song use 'Snicker bars' instead...
Even then the expression 'n****r balls' wasn't allowed! Later, snowflake-friendly versions of the song use 'Snicker bars' instead...
Even then the expression 'n****r balls
surely there is an * missing? Or are we not on the subject of Gibson's dog lacking something?
surely there is an * missing? Or are we not on the subject of Gibson's dog lacking something?
PS: The last time I was up in Everett, during a layover in SEA, I was taking a drive up to the Mt Baker area, and stopped in at the Future of Flight Aviation Center for a little visit. The weather was like it was here yesterday (and today!) - horizon to horizon blue and temperature in the mid-20s Celsius. I do envy your Washington state mountain and sea views when the weather is good ...... but there are other times when that Pacific Northwest weather is enough to drive a man to alcohol abuse!
Around Paine Field in Everett there is the Flying Heritage & Combat Armor museum (Paul Allen of Microsoft fame's private collection turned into a museum) at the south west end of the airport. On the south east side of the airport is the Historic Flight museum - much smaller than the Flying Heritage museum but still has some really cool aircraft (mainly WWII vintage). My understanding is that Historic Flight is also some rich guy's private collection - but they're rather coy about who it is. They just don't have that outdoor deck view that the Future of Flight does (been to a few parties on that deck at the Future of Flight - it is a wonderful view on a nice day).
And if you do go to Seattle, visit Microsoft and give the geek who inflicts Windows 10 upgrades upon us a hearty kick in the slats!
Could it be another black orb day today? The weather-guessers are predicting showers later today, so who knows?
Could it be another black orb day today? The weather-guessers are predicting showers later today, so who knows?
Take no notice of them ............ all gone downhill since, shall we say, 1997.
Can't think why.
Can't think why.
On that note, Wrex Tarr would have been a hit too! Very non-PC nowadays............................
Clean it????!!!
That would eliminate 99 per cent of the seasoning and conditioning.
Once one fires up said outdoor oven - heat is increased to max briefly to kill any nasties.
Then smoke from accumulated barbies past lends delicate flavour to whatever is being cooked...
That would eliminate 99 per cent of the seasoning and conditioning.
Once one fires up said outdoor oven - heat is increased to max briefly to kill any nasties.
Then smoke from accumulated barbies past lends delicate flavour to whatever is being cooked...
Barbecues and Eggbeaters!
A nice day for a barbeque, was it not? With horizon to horizon blue, and the thermometer steadily climbing throughout the day, the answer was a resounding “Yes”! So the shed doors were flung open and out came Mr Weber’s finest 22-and-a-half inch kettle, and various charcoal arranging/lighting (none of your gas nonsense here!) and cooking activities ensued. We had already consumed the small pepper-encrusted steaks and pork and ginger burgers, and whilst I was working on the next round of minted lamb kebabs and sweet chilli sausages, I became aware of a low frequency beat, rapidly rising in volume, somewhere off to the east.
In just a few seconds our afternoon reverie was shattered as over the ridge came a loose, low level formation of HM’s RAF eggbeaters – 3 Pumas with 6 Chinooks right behind! A lone Puma trailed the formation at a short distance – perhaps this singleton was the camera/spare/whip ship? One of the Chinooks was clearly wearing the 28 Sqn 100th Anniversary scheme.
What a racket! They circled the village and disappeared back east over the ridge, and the now less obtrusive sounds indicated they had likely landed at RAF Little Rissington. Shortly thereafter the idling engines could be heard winding up again, and a repeat audio thrashing of the village ensued, but this time the formation of nine was much tighter and neater, and they continued west out of sight.
My attention had, of course, not been entirely focussed on the barbecue in those few minutes so the kebabs, in particular, suffered from being rather well done on one side, ha ha! No matter, as they ended up tasting just fine, and with the sounds of rural Gloucestershire returning to normal once more, we resumed our afternoon relaxation, finishing off the meal with a rather good rhubarb, strawberry and orange pavlova. The entire meal was, of course, helped down with a very pleasant bottle of medium dry cava!
Cheers to the rotary folks, and thanks for the chest-thrumming, ear-slapping flypasts! Do I need to put in a heads-up call to RAF Benson or RAF Odiham for when I next have a barbecue? ;-)
Looks like you bought the same set of barbi' tools from a BX which I once bought, MrB! The knife which came with the set looked like it would have been suitable for disembowelling a small dinosaur and would doubtless be illegal these days. Mine is no more as I broke it when trying to hack down an ivy branch with it. The burger flipping jobber and fork weren't a lot of use either and I've only got the tongs left now - another classically useless 'route steal'!
Those clattering things didn't come this way though, but quite a rare and unusual sight to see any 9-ship except RAFAT these days. On the subject of spinning things, Weber tell me that the excellent ash-catching device is no longer available on the 47 cm model (that's 0.00234 furlongs for Brex****ters who hate metric), which seems rather daft as it makes life very much easier than the infernal hubcap and finger pinching spring clips.
Anyway, the trusty black orb will be back in use again this evening!
Those clattering things didn't come this way though, but quite a rare and unusual sight to see any 9-ship except RAFAT these days. On the subject of spinning things, Weber tell me that the excellent ash-catching device is no longer available on the 47 cm model (that's 0.00234 furlongs for Brex****ters who hate metric), which seems rather daft as it makes life very much easier than the infernal hubcap and finger pinching spring clips.
Anyway, the trusty black orb will be back in use again this evening!
Looks like you bought the same set of barbi' tools from a BX which I once bought, MrB! The knife which came with the set looked like it would have been suitable for disembowelling a small dinosaur and would doubtless be illegal these days. Mine is no more as I broke it when trying to hack down an ivy branch with it. The burger flipping jobber and fork weren't a lot of use either and I've only got the tongs left now - another classically useless 'route steal'!
Those clattering things didn't come this way though, but quite a rare and unusual sight to see any 9-ship except RAFAT these days. On the subject of spinning things, Weber tell me that the excellent ash-catching device is no longer available on the 47 cm model (that's 0.00234 furlongs for Brex****ters who hate metric), which seems rather daft as it makes life very much easier than the infernal hubcap and finger pinching spring clips.
Anyway, the trusty black orb will be back in use again this evening!
Those clattering things didn't come this way though, but quite a rare and unusual sight to see any 9-ship except RAFAT these days. On the subject of spinning things, Weber tell me that the excellent ash-catching device is no longer available on the 47 cm model (that's 0.00234 furlongs for Brex****ters who hate metric), which seems rather daft as it makes life very much easier than the infernal hubcap and finger pinching spring clips.
Anyway, the trusty black orb will be back in use again this evening!
Boasting!
as for those spring clips, the wheeze is to rotate one around the Weber leg, thus freeing up the hubcap ready to drop ash all over the patio.
as for those spring clips, the wheeze is to rotate one around the Weber leg, thus freeing up the hubcap ready to drop ash all over the patio.
Woodists and charcoalists take note:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_relea...-cwc082318.php
Those that cook with the breath of Satan's bottom shall outlast ye...
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_relea...-cwc082318.php
Those that cook with the breath of Satan's bottom shall outlast ye...
Woodists and charcoalists take note:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_relea...-cwc082318.php
Those that cook with the breath of Satan's bottom shall outlast ye...
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_relea...-cwc082318.php
Those that cook with the breath of Satan's bottom shall outlast ye...
There have been several days where the air quality was so bad that charcoal/wood fire cooking was banned.
Satan's breath was still allowed...