"Alan S" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:56:52 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>"Tiger Lily" > wrote in message
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>>> we 'bake' our food on the BBQ
>>> it has a themostat and works like any other gas stove, you have to learn
>>> what temp the marks will drop you to
>>>
>>> tonight, we had "Shake N Bake" Cajung pork chops on the BBQ
>>> boy, that was good!
>>
>>I never understood the concept of BBQs. Generally you use them outdoors
>>and
>>that is about the last place I want to be on a hot day. I also dislike
>>the
>>flavor of food that has been on a BBQ.
>
> Here, part of the concept is that on hot days Dad is outside cooking
> on the BBQ and playing with the kids; which means that Mum is wherever
> she wants to be and not inside in a hot house (not all have air-con
> here) over a hot stove.
>
> Despite the implied sexism of that scenario, it is pretty true for
> many families.
>
> I use ours two or three times a week, summer and winter. It has
> several advantages. Minimal washing-up, fat drains off the meat well,
> chops don't fill the house with smoke or smell when cooking, simple to
> use and I'm outside in the fresh air (and BBQ smoke) sipping a glass
> of wine and watching a glorious sunset while she watches the gloomy
> news of the day.
>
> Tonight will be a shared pork chop with tomatoes, potato slices,
> pumpkin slices, onions and peas. Simple but delicious.

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Hmmm... Perhaps it is just because we didn't have it much when I was
growing up. When we did, it was always a big deal. Oooh! Daddy is
cooking. We only ever had hamburgers. Perhaps hot dogs. I don't remember.
I would never eat hot dogs so if they were served, I ignored them.

We had a BBQ maybe once or twice a summer. I actually thought somehow that
my dad liked to do it!

Last year or maybe it was the year before, we got my dad a new set of BBQ
tools and some cookbooks, only to find out just recently that he never liked
it!

Perhaps one reason why we didn't do it often is that we generally only get
one really hot week out of the year. We're having it now. It was much
nicer just to go to some air conditioned restaurant than to have to sit
outside in the smoke of the BBQ. We didn't have the gas kind that many
people do these days.