A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 

This is a GENUINE question.

Does a typical "Aussie Barbie" exist as it is so widely believed or is it just a myth for the tourists and if it truly does exist what does a typical barbie consist of, and is it just a rural meal or is it included in the city areas.

Mike

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Pratically every park in Brisbane has free barbecues. But what I don't understand is when I go to the park with the kids there are 40 people sitting around this barbeque. How did they know it would be available?:blink:

Cos I'd bet if I arranged a family party at one of the parks, there would not be a spare barbeque. You cannot book them. And the families seem settled there for the day.

So everyone just assumes there will be a spare barbeque for them? Or do they camp there at 7am to 'book' their barbeque?

It's really weird, we go to Wellington point late afternoon sometimes for the kids to have a paddle in the sea, and I see these huge parties around free barbeques, and I think, one of you has been here since 7am:rolleyes:.

JTL

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You will get various responses; the area I am in they are very informal but can follow a few stereotypical processes.

• Bring a plate: means you phone up hostess and ask what you can bring to eat. This has to be female to female questioning only.
• Host cooks and stands by flaming big outdoor oven and uses gas
• Females work in kitchen and get to bring out utensils and anything else the male cook requires when he requires it, including a beer.
• They can appear later when bringing out the salads and sauces
• Large eskies are propped around the garden filled with ice and guests bring own beer along though host may have supplied a couple of cases.

this is only a few of the minor points of BBQ etiquette I am sure there will be more along to add details.

I actually enjoy the long summer days and enjoy lazy BBQs but all my close friends do not split on male vs females lines and I have avoided going to anything that does after the first few times.

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I reckon they sneak out late at night and put their BBQ utensils out to bag them!;)

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Aussies, like Poms, do not have a clue how to barbecue properly and Aussie barbecues are pathetic affairs.

Ask a Saffa if you want to know how to barbecue properly - we are barbecue Gods.

Come and worship at our barbecue altar.

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May the Wors be with you! :thumbup:

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I wish they were - I'm hungry.

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Oh and here is the thing - most informal BBQs you bring your own meat. Host normally supplies salads and whatnot, but you bring your own stuff to chuck on the barbie.

If in doubt, phone ahead. As said above bring a plate you phone the host to check what dish your contributing to the spread.

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I don't get in to that.

The females "say": Is that burnt... and we have to patiently explain to them that while it may look burnt, it is still raw on the inside, and explain the joys of charcoal coated food once it is also burnt inside.

And anyway, they've made a big bowl of salad, so if they don't like my cooking they can piss off and eat that, I'm busy cooking some burgers to perfection, crisp on the outside, crunchy on the inside.

Me and the dog will eat them. Yeah right you munch away on your salad, hope your happy. Another bloody barbeque ruined.:p. Why do I bother.

JTL

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Ok tell us what time and I'll be there. :D


Most BBQ's you take some food along to share and whatever drink's you want, if you don't be prepared to eat lots of red meat and piss tasting beer. Daytime barbies tend to be at the waterfront, evening barbies at someones house.

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Thats funny because at our local rugby club, the only 2 people allowed behind the barbecue are Kiwis.

In relation to the public barbecues, Ive seen it nearly come to blows when a bloke arrived with his 10 kids and a tray of snags and tried to nudge his way into the queue in front of about 3 other families. :frown:

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Never been to a barbie and don't intend to start now....it is a truly awful way to cook and eat:thumbdown:

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Ah the life and soul of BE has come out of winter hibernation,welcome brother Grayling:thumbsup:

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G'day Bernie

When are you back in this neck of the woods?

I will have to have a get together for a few people in the garden......no BBQ though:frown:

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End of feb/early march and will def catch up for a beer:thumbup:

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You must pop around to ours one time mate;) You can do the cooking while we eat and drink :sneaky:

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Maybe get a few of the 'regulars' to come over for a beer

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Okey Dokey neighbour

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How close ? ;)

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about 10 km at the most?

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Your airing cupboard.

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Must be pretty close to a golf course then ? :) Are you an avid pitch and putter ?:fingerscrossed:

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a bit further on than that.....in the posh part:lol:

Never played golf....my wife thinks I have too many other expensive hobbies:o

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Thats the end of the barbecue discussion then. :sneaky:

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Sounds about right to me.

Bring a plate - sometimes the message is passed on through the male... but is invariably targetted for the female..

I have never seen a male/female split at BBQs in Melbourne - only in the country.

What I see and like is that sometimes meat is cooked as it is convenient on the BBQ and is then brought inside and augmented by other products.

I like BBQing as a means of cooking, but I don't like the whole bung meat on a paper plate and smother it in sauce which is probably stereotypical. Infact, BBQs are not the only thing around here, and in general people get invited for dinner. BBQs tend to be done as a sort of cover on occasions when something else is happening like a football match.

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Ah yes a fine steak cooked slowly over the coals,yes indeed;)

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Soooo....

I can either use the $99 kettle drum BBQ and share my food, which is coated with half a pound of charcoal, with a billion flies, while standing in the boiling hot sun as my beer goes warm, or....

sit in my air condition kitchen with beer direct from the fridge, no flies and use my $2000 oven to cook the food to perfection.

Hmmm.. it's a tough decision isn't it?

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And no wimmin to bother you,bliss:thumbup:

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Tough call.

Personally, I'm more of George Foreman man but thats a story for another day.

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:thumbup:

A marinated chook done nicely on a Weber can be a real treat but not any old plonker can do it.

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That's cause yer single and live in a bedsit:rolleyes:

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Based on your description on how to BBQ, I think Amazulu has proved his point. :lol:

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True. Just glad I dont have to cook toast with matches anymore.

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You had toast:ohmy:posh b'stard.

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Nothing beats a nice bit of toast, none of this BBQ rubbish, I'll stick to my nice toasted sandwich maker :wub:

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Enjoy til feb:sneaky:

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You want it BACK? :eek: :eek::cry_smile:

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Box n all;)

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:cry_smile::cry_smile:
Could you get me one from Argos then ;) I'll pick it up next month :o

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I suppose you could go out and spend three grand on a mains gas powered, plumbed in, BBQ... but you would still be spending your time fighting the flies for your food.

You just wait until your first Summer here, when the blow flies arrive from the interior, you might reassess that eating round the BBQ... they are persistent little bastards and will spend all their time trying to get in your mouth, up your nose, in your ears, in your eyes... and any other orifice you expose. :D