Shawn > wrote in
netamerica:

> Chef Juke wrote:
>> Hey All,
>>
>> Your cheerful Pacific Northwest Lurker here with a query for the
>> group.
>>
>> So, I hosted a benefit Barbecue at my house a few weeks back and ran
>> into a situation which I ran into a few times at my old house, but
>> this was the first time I have come across it in our (relatively) new
>> digs.
>>
>> When I do a long cook of a lot of queue (in this case, 4 pork butts,
>> 2 briskets and a chicken or two), it seems that besides the
>> neighbors, the smoke is attracting a major amount of flies. I mean a
>> LOT of flies. Kinda like an update on Hitchcock's "The Birds" only
>> smaller.
>>
>> Now, I would really rather not whip out one of those yard sprayers
>> and tell everyone to cover their plates for a minute while I dose
>> them with DDT, so does anyone have any suggestions on how to minimize
>> these unwanted guests?


> You're not running anything on LP gas, are you?
>
> The reason I ask, is because whenever I fuel up the tractor down here,
> the process has me venting propane into the air for about 15 minutes.
>
> This attracts a huge amount of flies, which evidently think propane
> smells like a dead body, or something.
>
> Best cure I have ever found for insects is 25 yard-birds. Free
> ranging, they will clear out every fly, maggot, tick, (you name it) in
> about 3 days. (Then they can be the guest of honor at your next
> barbecue.)


oh gack! eating maggots 2nd hand and here I was about to try the
16 spice recipe