Prawns ala gambas means 'Prawns in the style of prawns'.....

Shouldn't that read 'Gambas al ajillo'? A true Catalonian delight - big juicy prawns sizzling in garlic, oil and chilli in a cazuela. All you need to go with that is some chilled vino blanco and crusty bread to mop up the garlic and oil after you've woofed the prawns.

And absolutely NO rabbit food!

Anway, time to fire up the blackfellow tonight - looks like the UK might have a few days of summer Wx this week.

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The Portuguese manner with chili, olive oil, garlic and a drop of beer on a flat metal plate is also good. Camarao and lulas on tomato rice with a good sprinkling of parsley and a chest full of cold cervesa while overlooking the Bazaruto archipelago. Not much to beat it...:ok:

Planchas
 

The Twotter is spot-on.. we've just invested in one of these
Chariot plancha Forge Adour. Plancha basque, chariot plancha, accessoires plancha
At the risk of winding up all you BBQ addicts, these are the dog's bollards..
Sardines, ice-cold rose, crusty bread...
aah..
sv

:hmm: Cazuela - the area in a tavern where women were segregated in the Spanish Golden Age.

Did they stand behind a one way view (from the outside) glass wall with numbers on them ? :E They still have those in Macau. Must be the Portugese way of serving without the terracotta dish.

Just purchased a weber in Manila...I know I should have bought a new one before I left but it was 100 pounds (equivelent) well spent.

sidevalve, that piece of froggery appears to have rotary control knobs and a suspicious looking pipe connected to it in one of those pictures of jolly grenouilles.

Which can only mean one thing....

GAS

:eek:

Perhaps that's why they're hugging eachother so gaily....:ooh:

All I'd say is don't knock it until you tried it..!
Always thought gas barbies a bit naff but this jobby moves al fresco dining into a new era (or sumfink!). And yes, it is powered by gas! And those are rotary control knobs..!
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sv

In need of the vast array of collective knowledge shown on this thread. Finally entered the 21st Century, turned to the dark side and bought me a gas Weber (some-one could have warned me that it was a 2-man lift and a complete bugger to try and get in the hangar on the ship!).
However, it says that it comes with a gas regulator. Will this fit any UK gas bottles, and if so what type? If not, where can I get one that will or can I just steal the one off Mrs RNGs patio heater?
Hopefully we'll get back in time to test fire it before the British Summer ends (or have you already had both sunny days?)
Thanks in anticipation.

'Gas', 'bugger', '2-man' and 'ship' all in the same sentence....:ooh:

Can't help with your queery, I'm afraid. But ask around the next time you're in the Blue Oyster and I'm sure a 'friend' could help....:hmm:









OK, enough banter. See Number of briquettes The name of that link is misleading, but it takes you to a page which covers your fuel requirements.

Took mine out for a last hop (probably) for the season.

Chops, pineapple slices, while consuming spiced rum/pineapple juice. (Leftovers from a Hawaiian party, you see.)
The salad maker kept the fluid level topped off, perfect weather, a good ending to the summer.


A toast to all those out ending another of their summers in not so pleasant places in the service of their country.

Judging by the solitary purple wildflower that has suddenly appeared on the 'south lawn' here at BEagle Towers, spring must surely be in the air.

Time to wake the spherical blackfellow up from his winter hibernation soon - anyone been tempted yet?
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Must do an inventory check of the fire making apparatus - although I suspect that the charcoal might have become a bit damp.

You could always use gas :p

Gas! you heretic. ;)

Having successfully cooked the turkey at Christmas on old faithful, it really was time to retire it. 3 Handle repairs and support to a dodgy leg meant that 24 years service finally came to an end.

It has been replaced by an upgrade (the one with table attached) however still relies on proper fuel. First run out was today for some half time snorkers and bratties during the Croke Park debacle. At least the grub and the copious Fiddler's Elbow was enjoyed!!!

phew, thank goodness - little talk of being GAY on the thread just now, does my head in, keep your gas to yourselves laydeeez ....

Oh GOD!.....here we go again..........

What's wrong with a half oil drum with a steel grid over the top? Furshlugginer metrosexuals and their Webers. Too chicken to bend over to get a beer out of the cooler with you lot on the loose.

I dunno... youth of today.... grump.... mumble.....

Size isn't everything, is it Mostyn?

Four inches of snow expected today. :{

Carry on without me, gents...

Its persisting hard gain today here on the left coast which means that my hard-wired GAS burning weber will STILL be in use without me starting any other fires in the neighborhood, thus avoiding p1ssing-off the locals and avoiding lawyers.
Lamb chops yesterday, ribeye steaks tonight.
Enjoy you all.:ok:
f:E

California. San Fagkissco, I presume, judging by the fuel used by your Weber.......:eek:

No gas, no briquettes, hwz about aviation MEK?
 

So anyway, I picked up a 55 gal drum to turn into a cooker. I cut a door hole in the top and a vent hole in the side and put it on end in my Dad's driveway. It still had oil residue in it so I grabbed a tin of MEK, sloshed it around the side, and threw in a match.

FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMM (not poof!)

A tornado of fire, oil smoke, MEK, and burned hair spiralled into the night. This was a crowded suburb. I estimate the height approached 15 feet. After about five minutes, the bottom of the barrel started to glow red and it slowly sank into the asphalt driveway. It took about 20 minutes to go out. The ring mark stayed in the driveway for a good ten years.

Fun, fun, fun.:ok:

Excellent!

Fire, smoke and fury - that's the way. But preferably without the China Syndrome of your thermonuclear device!

How exciting! Time to dust off the trusty Outback then - just a flick of a switch, eh Beags?!

Shirt sleeve weather (finally!), some filets wrapped in bacon, some sort of lemony drink with vodka courtesy of 'her indoors,' fire, smoke, another lemony drink with vodka while on fire watch.


It's a good day...

Chaps,

If I may; does anyone know how much a nice Weber '1 Touch' Silver retails at in the US of A? Or even if they're available in BXs? Unfortunately I don't get out and about as much these days and Google as not been my friend. I wonder if its worth grabbing a bargain?? :cool:

Ta.

$89.70 + tax at Home Depot.
Weber One-Touch Silver 22.5 In. Black Charcoal Kettle Grill - 741001 at The Home Depot

Regrettably bargains are few and far between in the States at the moment.....exchange rate is a killer.....

Flip. Its looking like I'll have to fork out £100 of Her Majesty's Finest then, to join the Weber club... Hey ho.:eek:

Co-Captain

22.5" One Touch Silver, BX, $85 just recently. Still dollars for pounds and the exchange rate is back to $1.5:£1.00, so still a reasonable bargain.

Cheers Roland :ok:

Perhaps worth noting that, to fill the blackfellow with charcoal to the same level, a 22.5 in needs nearly twice as much as an 18.5 in model....

Hissing down here again, so the little black chap will stay cold for the weekend.

Glad to see that your new job has a few perks still, Roly!

I have got Twin Webers and I am having trouble inserting the sausages. Any ideas........?:)

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/l...f_DSC03760.jpg

Ah, twin '40 DCOEs.

Like most things Italian, a sexy-looking and overcomplicated method of turning fuel into noise and a marginal power increase.

But hell, they look good!

Double wrap in foil then place in the valley next to the plugs about 20 miles in a Land Rover, about 80 miles in that.:)

What a great thread. Missed it before.

My trusty is now 23 yrs old. These days it gets used once a year and sits out in the weather for the rest of the time.

However, when the Boxing Day Test comes around it gets pressed back into service. Large piece of pork, large piece of beef - both size huge; troops for the use of. Plus, on the side, dozens of fresh bread rolls and salad on a 35 deg day.

The esky, which is a small 180 litre variety, and only gets used as often as the Webber, gets stacked with 15 cartons of cans and 10 bags of ice.

The drunks from my son's grade club, plus 50 hangers-on, turn up to watch the first ball and spend the rest of the day gorging themselves, falling in the pool, and draining the 'small' esky. However, for the most part it's about the cricket and we have a TV outside so that everyone can eat, drink, swim, drink, eat, swim and watch us hammering the opposition. Well, that was until those bloody South Africans taught us that we may not be as good as we thought we were. Bustards!

Notwithstanding, the success of the day, which my son says is now a tradition (8 yrs worth- and he started it), is all down to that glorious piece of metal. Nothing cooks finer than a joint on the Webber. Or two joints.

Any true believers in the real game (one-day sucks and 20/20 is for the mentally challenged - those that use gas Webbers), who may be travelling the world are welcome to drop in next Boxing Day. However, if you are South African, please keep gloating to a minimum. And don't bring any of that p1ss you call beer.

Great thread!

Usually those are used as compensation for a lack of sausages, aren't they? :}

....and that's why it's called an old banger :}

OLD BANGER!!

How dare you Sir.

I enclose a picture of The real Old Banger in the Pyrenees..........

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/l...Pyranees12.jpg

Also my Twin Weber is one of the fastest ways to go and get more bangers, and I do not need to lay mine down along the top of the engine to get it started - the banger I mean not the car...............I think...........?:)

Keep oiling your bangers chaps...............

I'm sure that you enjoy your ride very much sir.

......and I hope that you avoid burning your banger :ooh: