Yes I know Courtney ... just wanted to wind up BEagle really :ok: He'll no doubt come up with some suitable Latin at some point ...

See you all when we are back off leave ;)

Have a wonderful time. :ok:

Perhaps this thread might be re-named the --

BEagle-Courtney-Coff Love-In

I'm going to be burned at the steak --

Not so, cuefaye.

But your sentiments are correct - this thread needs some revitalisation.

May we anticipate such from you?

Here goes. My/ our BBQs without guests are getting a bit staid.

Suggestions please for a menu: grub and booze not to exceed £40. Sweets/afters are for poofters.

Have trusty redboy, also gas 4 burner with rotisserie, so wide horizons.

Nothing French, please.

Answers on a postcard to reach me by yesterday.

BomberH
 

Gosh Bomber, you turn your back for five minutes ......OK 20 years..... And suddenly Bomber is not only Uk No1 in Gas but there is talk of a Gas Squadron and your supporters are touting you as Squadron Commander!
It seems a long way from 1972 when Mr W and I spent hours in deep and meaningful discussion as to what we did with that Box of Matches we found on you. He prevailed and this is obviously the result.
How I wish we could turn back time!!!!!!

Best Wishes
GH

( Gas since 1982 )

OK - l******b******

I have used gas for over 30 yrs - so my recommendation is based on that. It should work on charcoal, but I cannot offer cooking methods for that medium.

Buy Large Loch Trout from your favourite supermarket. It looks like salmon, but isn't. Don't use farmed salmon - it doesn't taste as good as the large Loch Trout.

Heat the BBQ to max - 15 mins for gas - put the fish skin-side down on a metal grid - or foil if you don't have a grid - and switch the heat off under the bit of the BBQ that you have put the fish on. Keep the side or front/rear burners on max - wood chips to smoke are good for added flavour - cook the fish for 8 mins - you may need to adjust the time to suit your taste and the BBQ you are using. Do not turn the fish over.

Do not overcook.

In the winter, it does take a little longer.

I do this frequently - summer and winter - and it is a winner with SWMBO!

Ideas and inspiration here.....



And here's one the knuckle scraping poo burners should relate to,



Carnitas (Mexican pulled pork :ooh: ) for this weekend's tropical BBQ - on the Outback Hunter - GAS of course :ok:

Margaritas to accompany.

Have a good one all.

K

Bought a new BBQ today:

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Hmm ... what to try first?
Northwest style plank-smoked salmon?

Florida style hot-smoked Mullet?

(East) North Carolina slow charcoal-smoked loin/belly of pulled pork with a sugar/cumin/pepper paprika rub and a vinegar/pepper "Mop Sauce"?

(West) North Carolina slow wood-smoked hog shoulder with a sugar/cumin/pepper paprika rub and a Lexington style "Dip Sauce" of vinegar/pepper/ketchup?

South Carolina style hard-wood smoked hog with a yellow mustard BBQ sauce?

West Kentucky slow wood-smoked mutton, with a garlic/rosemary rub and (vinegar/Worcestershire based) "Kentucky Black Sauce"?

Tennessee Dry pork ribs with a sugar/paprika/chili & garlic powder rub?

Tennessee Wet pork ribs with "Bourbon Whisky BBQ Sauce" (ketchup, molasses, lemon juice & Jack Daniels)?

Texas 18-hour slow smoked Beef Brisket, with a black pepper dry rub and "Texas Mop Sauce" of vinegar, chilli, cumin, onion, and a touch of ketchup?

Kansas City Sweet sauce ribs (the "classic American sauce"!!), with a rich tomato, molasses & vinegar glaze?

Alabama lightly dry-wood smoked BBQ chicken with Alabama white sauce (mayo/vinegar based)?

Grilled sea food with Louisiana Hot Sauce?

Char Siu chinese pork or duck glazed with red soy bean, hoi-sin, honey, five spice and rice wine?

Grilled burgers? Steak? Hamburgers?
Spiral-cut hot dogs? Shish-Kebabs?
Shashlicks (marinated in Dad's recipe)?

S/E Asian Satay?

Tandoori Chicken? Naan?

Bread, cookies?

Pizza? http://bigspace.celerity.co.uk/canto...ys/hungry2.gif

You need to be careful with those. If you bash it too hard one day it may reveal a recorded message to you that is of great importance to the rebel alliance. Imperial forces may come after you. Good luck and may the Force be with you.

A mere snip at around £1200...... Even the cheapest is about £400 - and will cook 2 chicken breasts, 2 pork chops or 1 steak.


Think I'll stick with the black orb.

Blimey Checkboard, you'll have the Ruskies peering over the fence asking for their Sputnik back.

Buy Large Loch Trout from your favourite supermarket. It looks like salmon, but isn't. Don't use farmed salmon - it doesn't taste as good as the large Loch Trout.

Many thanks ......... will do asap.

Just spent a pleasant afternoon carrying out a Cat 4 repair on my 20 year old Weber kettle (Nellis BX - where else?) having found it with a heavy dose of corrosion and seized air paddles. Repairs carried out 'satis' and Weber reluctantly donated to No2 Son as he helped me out a few months ago..... sad to see it go ....... but a good excuse to visit him so he can do the cooking ;)

HH2 - but wot about the safety case............I'll get my coat

Cat 4 you say ... So that's a flattened Coke can and a few pop rivets :ok:

Third one today. A little inebriated experiment took place. Very thick rib-eyes, laid in my aluminium Canadian BBQ dish thingy. But instead of just olive oil, I also threw in a whole slab of Brie - which of course melted quickly, the meat cooked in it, and the whole affair took on a wonderful amber colour. The taste was exqui, ecsqu, exic - sod it, it was brill!

Well played Cuefaye ... Beer on this end to join you ... Cheers :ok:

Courtney cooking his bangers.. :O

The next step in Britain's space programme!

The Azores High is on it's way next week ... PPRuNe BBQ Squadron to RS15 :ok:

Which is good ... because Mrs Coff will be glued to Wimbledon for the next 14 days :oh:

I have to admit to presiding over my first gas 'BBQ' for a birthday party at the weekend :O. But in my defence it was to cook a whole Gloucester Old Spot and I don't think I could have got a whole Old Spot onto my trusty black orb. Pleased to report that gas-fired contraption has been returned to the hire company and normal service will be returned ASAP. Now where's those recipes for pork curry, pork stroganoff, pork stir fry, pork sandwiches, .........

Gas is best for those big jobs :ok:

Roly - Gloucester Old Spot is the fruit of the farm. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, sauté it. There’s Gloucester Old Spot kebabs, Gloucester Old Spot creole, Gloucester Old Spot gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple Gloucester Old Spot, lemon Gloucester Old Spot, coconut Gloucester Old Spot, pepper Gloucester Old Spot, Gloucester Old Spot curry, Gloucester Old Spot stroganoff, Gloucester Old Spot soup, Gloucester Old Spot stew, Gloucester Old Spot salad, Gloucester Old Spot and potatoes, Gloucester Old Spot burger, Gloucester Old Spot sandwich. That- that's about it.

With acknowledgements to Forrest Gump's Bubba Blue!

Noticed this today during a visit to Tangmere Aviation Museum ... a Gas BBQ I'm sure BEagle will approve of :ok:

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Best ...

Coff.

My Mission Tally since 6th May (delayed start of play date) ... 8. Will be taking advantage of the HIGH this weekend to achieve 9 or 10 depending on Mrs C's preferences ...

Still on last years Tank (12 Kg) ... outstanding fuel consumption/burn rate :cool:

Weighed the Tank yesterday ... did a few Fuel Calculations ... still good for another 4/5 sessions with a sufficient Diversion Reserve factored in :hmm:

Up the Gas Flight :ok:

Have a great weekend ...

Coff.

The fact you only act according to the beat of Mrs C's drum says much about your level of manliness and subsequent use of bottled fuel.

I am ill. Been to the doctors, got a prescription and taking the tablets ill.

Despite this I have purchased a garden structure specifically to house the Black Orb of Muchness, driven a 120 mile round trip to collect it, erected (stand down the Gas Flight) it, and put it to use; twice!

I am great!!!

May I offer you some salad sir, with a suitable dressing?

:)

SS ... Get well soon mate ...

Typical Charcoal Flight behaviour ... you need a garden "erection" to support your Black Orb Homage :eek:

PS. Recipe for successful/stress free 30+ marriage ... allow Mrs C to think ... etc. etc. :E

My marriage will be hitting the 24 year mark this Oct. Usual ups and downs of course.

With a mere 30+ mins of time served Coff I can't really take you seriously. Please feel free to advise once you hit the hour mark :)

Your use of the term HOMage is most revealing.

Charcoal Flight:

Weapons Free
BDZ Active

SS ... Banter ... the best :ok:

PS 30+ Years ... Murderers get less :rolleyes:

Well I've been married for 20 years. But not to the same woman :)

Roadster are you saying that she was a he for a while? Coincidence regarding the first and second digits of your username? :}

Gas Flight have a spot on their ORBAT for you. :ok:

Unfortunately my trusty blackfellow has been in solitary confiment at the back of my garage this week - a team of Polski chapskis has been repainting the exterior rendering and woodwork of BEagle Towers and I let them use the front part of the garage to store their paint, equipment etc.

But they finished earlier this evening, so the beautiful black orb will be working for its living again tomorrow!

Re. the Polish painters, what a great crew! Fully accredited local firm who've put in 10-11 hours per day to do a brilliant job. Boss Kris wouldn't declare himself happy until 'his boys' had met his personal standards and attention to detail. So if anyone in British West Oxfordshire needs any painting, decorating, refurbishment, garden maintenance or landscaping done, drop me a PM. Incidentally, my neighbour and I had also asked a local British chap for a quote, but he didn't bother to reply to the e-mail querying whether his quote included VAT. Which pretty much says it all really.....:rolleyes:

Nice job BEagle ...

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When is your Country Life feature due for publication ?

Best ...

Coff.

So tacky - and it's in the pretentious city suburbs too.

Summertown Villa - probably sold to a banker by now...for £7.75M+

Being qualified on both types - gas & charcoal - for the next 2 weeks I will be relegated to the disposable type for some CSAR BBQing on the beach. All washed down with a pint of Tribute :ok:

LJ

A bit of experimenting with a disposable BBQ a coupe of evenings back -worked well with a sheet of cooking foil over the food and folded down the sides made a respectable kettle BBQ for the cooking phase, removed for "browning". Six sausages wrapped in bacon, 2 large beef burgers and asparagus wrapped in foil - done to a turn. Happy BBQ-ing in this lovely weather but not much good for gliding, at least in Devon - no thermals at all yesterday.

Over the weekend, Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service has had to issue warnings about gas barbecues...

It seems that some gas-fags have been adding charcoal, the only true fuel, to their devices, causing dangerous fires.

It is not known whether they indulged in this activity in an attempt to conceal their orientation :ooh:, or whether they simply wanted to stop their food tasting of the vile breath of Satan's bottom....:(

Then they are idiots ...

Adding lava Rock is a perfectly acceptable/safe modification to a gas BBQ (I don't use it myself) ... adding charcoal is just numskull stupid.

BEagle ... I thought the general inhabitants of Oxfordshire were a bit better equipped "up top" than this episode would suggest :uhoh:

LJ ...

You'll be needing a Trappers Check Ride soon then :}

Best ...

Coff.