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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2013 10:13:22 GMT 1
Evening event in the courtyard, where there's lighting and sound, BC...
If I staged it on the lawn the wimmin would winge about being cold!
We just can't win...
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Post by lib on Jun 22, 2013 10:28:16 GMT 1
For a truly French BBQ experience make your own Franco Fire. © ® lib 1966
Take one 2CV road wheel, (ideal for purpose as it is solid and there are no big holes for the embers to fall through; the 3 small stud holes allow some air to feed the fire), cut 3 equal lengths of angle iron, place the wheel onto the lengths making a tripod, ( works on uneven ground see), use an old wire mesh from an oven/grill or heavy bit of fencing mesh.
Fire it up without food, to burn off any paint, before first use.
Use wood or charcoal off your choice, I used to find apple wood gave an excellent flavour, make up a big bunch of dried herbs, to 'hit' the meat with as it cooks, and off you go.
If you do not tack weld the legs in place and leave them loose then you have a portable BBQ to throw in your transport.
PS for the comfort of annon's lady guests may I suggest bolting three long lengths of threaded rod through the wheel stud holes and placing his incinerator bin lid onto these rods. This will of course have a chimney effect and divert the smoke upwards and away from the delicate sensibilities of the Ladies.
PPS This will also increase the air flow over the fire giving a hotter fire.
PPPS The bin lid will also mean that you do not have to hold an umbrella over your fire when cooking in the rain.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2013 10:36:05 GMT 1
...but lib, I want to irritate the ladies. I'd have absolutely nothing to say to them if they weren't wingeing....
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2013 10:46:50 GMT 1
Us wimmen don't winge, we advise,cajole,soothe,encourage..................winge? never!
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Post by lib on Jun 22, 2013 10:59:54 GMT 1
May I respectfully request you invite me to your soiree, I may prove to be of assistance.
I have been told that I can be irritating to Ladies just by being. I always seem to be in their way, am incorrectly colour coordinated, am perfumed wrongly, smile at inappropriate females, say the wrong thing (the right thing really, just not out loud), talk too much, talk too little, and always get pointed looks if there is any suspicion of flatulence in the gathering.
Yes, without doubt I would be the stone in the clog, the grit in the oyster, the speck in the eye, and as such both an asset and irritant for your gathering.
Please choose me ..... Jake and I have a lot in common .....
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2013 13:15:45 GMT 1
Phew, lib, you are a master irritating male. You make me look like a novice...
My guests are my drinking chums. I feel duty-bound to invite their wives too. One of the wives is a rabid pit-bull terrier. In conversation she lands the odd (lucky) punch. I've had to sort her out more than once.
I'll have my hands full on the night, what with directing smoke towards the guests and what not, so I'd be grateful if you would take care of her. I'm sure that you could reduce her to a yelping pup, and I'd love to learn from you...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2016 11:37:53 GMT 1
Listen up! On the subject of Quorm I've been ploughing a lonely furrow on this forum.
Quorm comes in many forms. As a substitute for meat it's big on its low-fat credentials. It's also low on everything else. Derived from mushrooms, it provides vegetable protein (but not a lot), and texture, whatever that means....
Quorm sausage I can accept because it also has taste. Quorm chicken is acceptable because the texture's OK, and real chicken doesn't seem to provide much else, apart from white-meat protein...
But Quorm 'Peppered Steaks' are an abomination. If you've ever eaten a "steak au poivre" in a restaurant (and paid a pretty penny for it) you won't accept a Quorm version as being something on the same planet...
By producing things like 'Peppered Steaks' and 'Burgers' and even 'Minced Meat' Quorm has over-reached itself. These products don't come close to the real thing. Stick to real meat occasionally (we're omnivores, we're supposed to eat meat - we need red-meat protein - and don't let all those (girly) vegetarians tell you otherwise....
One day you'll thank me....
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2016 13:29:22 GMT 1
More ramblings about food. On the subject of Camembert I've previously mentioned that I favour leaving it out of the fridge for up to 10 days for it to ripen fully, and to become a runny mess.
Those 10 days are enough for flies eggs to hatch. Last summer three cheeses left out of the fridge, but still in their original packaging, were overrun with maggots.
There are two possible reactions. Yuk! is one. And "how wonderful that cheese producers in France can't control flies on their products, and that there's something comforting about artisan cheese-producers sticking with the old, tried and tested ways of not controlling flies...", is the other.
All I can say is don't buy camembert to give as presents, keeping it out of the fridge to develop its flavour, as I do, without checking it before you hand it over to someone else. I'm guessing that they won't appreciate the maggots, that they'll fail to value the authentic, traditional quality of the maggots, and that they'd rather just eat the unhatched, unseen eggs, oblivious to their presence....
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2016 15:08:44 GMT 1
You've been eating the wrong food Annon...it's "Quorn"...not "Quorm" LOL....unless you want to turn this into a "quorum"...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2016 18:49:07 GMT 1
I was kinda sorta hoping that you might've found something more to say than picking me up on not quite getting the spelling right, sp
How about 'camembert'? How'd I do?
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