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Bernieboy Sep 20th 2010 10:29 pm
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
Originally Posted by iamthecreaturefromuranus (Post 8864391)
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
Oh he's in for a nasty surprise:D

mikeco1 Sep 20th 2010 11:15 pm
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
Originally Posted by mikeco1 (Post 8863878)
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
So I take it from all your very interesting replies that the "typical Aussie Barbie" is just a myth and no different from the "UK POM" barbie. No joke, but in some top restaurants there is, Ostrich steaks, Crocodile and Kangaroo and I presumed that this was part of a typical Aussie Barbie, but I'm sure if it was, you would have informed me. So its just Sausages, burgers, beef steaks with salad. hmm, very interesting

Mike

Kim67 Sep 20th 2010 11:20 pm
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
Originally Posted by Amazulu (Post 8863915)
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.
Just had my first poicy a couple of nights ago with a pile of Saffa's.

Wendy Sep 20th 2010 11:20 pm
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
Originally Posted by mikeco1 (Post 8864546)
So I take it from all your very interesting replies that the "typical Aussie Barbie" is just a myth and no different from the "UK POM" barbie. No joke, but in some top restaurants there is, Ostrich steaks, Crocodile and Kangaroo and I presumed that this was part of a typical Aussie Barbie, but I'm sure if it was, you would have informed me. So its just Sausages, burgers, beef steaks with salad. hmm, very interesting

Mike

There were some Kangaroo steaks at the last BBQ I went to. It wasn't an Aussie's BBQ though, it was with my English mates :D

fish.01 Sep 20th 2010 11:48 pm
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
Originally Posted by mikeco1 (Post 8864546)
So I take it from all your very interesting replies that the "typical Aussie Barbie" is just a myth and no different from the "UK POM" barbie. No joke, but in some top restaurants there is, Ostrich steaks, Crocodile and Kangaroo and I presumed that this was part of a typical Aussie Barbie, but I'm sure if it was, you would have informed me. So its just Sausages, burgers, beef steaks with salad. hmm, very interesting

Mike
Chicken, fish and prawns are popular too.

Amazulu Sep 21st 2010 12:41 am
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
Originally Posted by Kim67 (Post 8864560)
Just had my first poicy a couple of nights ago with a pile of Saffa's.
It's a potjie but close enough. ;)

Did you enjoy it?

joeyballantyne Sep 21st 2010 12:56 am
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
Originally Posted by Sandra (Post 8863895)
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.

i agree with sandra on this ...

•Bring a plate: means you phone up hostess and ask what you can bring to eat

apparently it does NOT mean 'bring a plate' :rofl: i will never live it down!

:D

Sherlock Holmes Sep 21st 2010 2:22 am
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
I use a webber for roasts and a small charcoal one for steaks. I make sure any Aussie guests NEVER bring any meat ESPECIALLY sausages. I use rib-eye or sirloin, not blade or assorted rubbish that passes for bbq meat. :eek:

They are welcome to bring home made pavlova though :) oh, and booze.

rasen78 Sep 21st 2010 6:32 am
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
Originally Posted by Sandra (Post 8863895)
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.


Sounds much like the BBQs at ChezRasen, except swap the female for male and vice versa:D (except for point 1). I do a mean BBQ, (even if I say so meself) and as long as hubby keeps me plied with vino, I'm happy to keep it that way:thumbup:

Alfresco Sep 21st 2010 10:44 am
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
Originally Posted by iamthecreaturefromuranus (Post 8864391)
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
Yes I believe it will be like that with the flies. :(

Bernieboy Sep 21st 2010 10:45 am
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
Originally Posted by rasen78 (Post 8865894)
Sounds much like the BBQs at ChezRasen, except swap the female for male and vice versa:D (except for point 1). I do a mean BBQ, (even if I say so meself) and as long as hubby keeps me plied with vino, I'm happy to keep it that way:thumbup:
Nottingham here we come yiiippppeeee:thumbsup:

Pollyana Sep 21st 2010 10:46 am
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
Originally Posted by Bernie Barfly (Post 8866572)
Nottingham here we come yiiippppeeee:thumbsup:
Make it next month and we coukld catch a game at the same time :sneaky:

Bernieboy Sep 21st 2010 10:47 am
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
Originally Posted by Pollyana (Post 8866574)
Make it next month and we coukld catch a game at the same time :sneaky:
I'm not going to watch that pileoshite:thumbdown:

Pollyana Sep 21st 2010 10:51 am
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
Originally Posted by Bernie Barfly (Post 8866579)
I'm not going to watch that pileoshite:thumbdown:
Just a passing thought.....maybe I should just let it pass :lol:

bcworld Sep 21st 2010 11:04 am
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
Originally Posted by Alfresco (Post 8866567)
Yes I believe it will be like that with the flies. :(
Actually I don't think Brisbane is really blighted by those types of flies.

Bernieboy Sep 21st 2010 11:09 am
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
Originally Posted by Pollyana (Post 8866585)
Just a passing thought.....maybe I should just let it pass :lol:
Like a very large turd:D

Pollyana Sep 21st 2010 11:14 am
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
Originally Posted by Bernie Barfly (Post 8866611)
Like a very large turd:D
:ohmy:

Originally Posted by bcworld (Post 8866603)
Actually I don't think Brisbane is really blighted by those types of flies.
Not as bad as some other places, is it, but the flies still manage to find any food thats around:(

Bernieboy Sep 21st 2010 11:43 am
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
Originally Posted by Pollyana (Post 8866622)
:ohmy:



Not as bad as some other places, is it, but the flies still manage to find any food thats around:(
They'd starve round yers then:lol:

Pollyana Sep 21st 2010 11:45 am
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
Originally Posted by Bernie Barfly (Post 8866659)
They'd starve round yers then:lol:
I have a fridge full of healthy food right now so :p even have enough to feed the bush turkeys with as well, though they don't seem too keen on pickled onions :eek:

Bernieboy Sep 21st 2010 11:54 am
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
Originally Posted by Pollyana (Post 8866667)
I have a fridge full of healthy food right now so :p even have enough to feed the bush turkeys with as well, though they don't seem too keen on pickled onions :eek:
You may find that healthy food is for transport to blighty:rolleyes:

Pollyana Sep 21st 2010 11:58 am
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
Originally Posted by Bernie Barfly (Post 8866684)
You may find that healthy food is for transport to blighty:rolleyes:
You can't talk, all there was in the fridge in London was half a tin of baked beans :p

Bernieboy Sep 21st 2010 12:18 pm
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
Originally Posted by Pollyana (Post 8866692)
You can't talk, all there was in the fridge in London was half a tin of baked beans :p
That wasn't my fridge:lol:

Pollyana Sep 21st 2010 12:22 pm
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
Originally Posted by Bernie Barfly (Post 8866712)
That wasn't my fridge:lol:
You didn't even have a fridge, just half a tin of beans squatting in someone else's :lol:

Pollyana Sep 21st 2010 12:26 pm
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
Originally Posted by mikeco1 (Post 8864546)
So I take it from all your very interesting replies that the "typical Aussie Barbie" is just a myth and no different from the "UK POM" barbie. No joke, but in some top restaurants there is, Ostrich steaks, Crocodile and Kangaroo and I presumed that this was part of a typical Aussie Barbie, but I'm sure if it was, you would have informed me. So its just Sausages, burgers, beef steaks with salad. hmm, very interesting

Mike
I think the clue there is the phrase "top restaurants"which are quite a long way removed form your average BBQ. I quite liked crocodile, tastes like chicken, but I've only had it in restaurants. Had kangaroo at a couple of BBQs, but it was mainly there for the novelty value of feeding it to the poms.
Food at most of the BBQs I've been to consist of burnt sausages and incinerated pork chops, the best BBQs are the ones cooked in the kitchen on the groill and just carried outside to be eaten :lol:

JoeBloggs80 Sep 21st 2010 12:32 pm
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
The key to making nice food on a bbq is the marinade. There's no point just chucking a bit of plain meat on there and expecting it to taste good (with the possible exception of a good bit of steak).

I did an absolutely fantastic rack of chilli-plum ribs on the barbie the other night. It was fingerlickin' good :cool:

scottishcelts Sep 21st 2010 12:52 pm
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
We only just bought a bbq a few weeks ago, however I HATE eating outside (flies and other insect bastards) so I will take mines into the house and eat :o:thumbup:

LouiseR Sep 21st 2010 1:03 pm
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
Originally Posted by Pollyana (Post 8866733)
I think the clue there is the phrase "top restaurants"which are quite a long way removed form your average BBQ. I quite liked crocodile, tastes like chicken, but I've only had it in restaurants. Had kangaroo at a couple of BBQs, but it was mainly there for the novelty value of feeding it to the poms.
Food at most of the BBQs I've been to consist of burnt sausages and incinerated pork chops, the best BBQs are the ones cooked in the kitchen on the groill and just carried outside to be eaten :lol:
What's kangaroo like? I keep meaning to try it and I chuckle to myself when I see it in Woolies, Kanga Bangas! Easily pleased! :o:)

Alfresco Sep 21st 2010 1:25 pm
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
Originally Posted by LouiseR (Post 8866788)
What's kangaroo like? I keep meaning to try it and I chuckle to myself when I see it in Woolies, Kanga Bangas! Easily pleased! :o:)
You need to cook it well otherwise it hops off your plate. ;)

We tried some kanga kebabs the other night and it's a very dark rich meat. Will take some getting used to for me.

I'll stick with beef and lamb and chicken for now.

Scubaemma Sep 21st 2010 1:31 pm
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
Originally Posted by Alfresco (Post 8866823)
You need to cook it well otherwise it hops off your plate. ;)

We tried some kanga kebabs the other night and it's a very dark rich meat. Will take some getting used to for me.

I'll stick with beef and lamb and chicken for now.
I love kangaroo, eat it quite regularly. As long as you're careful not to overcook it, it's absolutely yummy. And very healthy. :thumbup:
(edit - and I'm talking generally, not necessarily on the barbie)

Bernieboy Sep 21st 2010 2:20 pm
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
Originally Posted by LouiseR (Post 8866788)
What's kangaroo like? I keep meaning to try it and I chuckle to myself when I see it in Woolies, Kanga Bangas! Easily pleased! :o:)
Scottish celts told me that once she was kanga banged she's never looked back:ohmy:

Kim67 Sep 21st 2010 2:53 pm
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
Originally Posted by Amazulu (Post 8864771)
It's a potjie but close enough. ;)

Did you enjoy it?
Very nice, we were in the middle of packing up our villa and had no cooking facilities and were eating disgusting takeaway burgers, so it was lovely to have a nice cooked meal, even the kids loved it. It was at our neighbours so we went back the next day and had left overs for lunch.

scottishcelts Sep 21st 2010 2:58 pm
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
Originally Posted by Bernie Barfly (Post 8866884)
Scottish celts told me that once she was kanga banged she's never looked back:ohmy:
:o

It wasn't 'kanga', it was 'rasta' :rolleyes:

Pollyana Sep 21st 2010 4:27 pm
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
Originally Posted by scottishcelts (Post 8866943)
:o

It wasn't 'kanga', it was 'rasta' :rolleyes:
Its his age, his hearing is going :lol:

Alfresco Sep 21st 2010 4:32 pm
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
Originally Posted by Kim67 (Post 8866932)
Very nice, we were in the middle of packing up our villa and had no cooking facilities and were eating disgusting takeaway burgers, so it was lovely to have a nice cooked meal, even the kids loved it. It was at our neighbours so we went back the next day and had left overs for lunch.

It's always better the next day as the sauce has really soaked into the meat/food.

I always make extra so there is some for the next day because of this reason.

Oxtail done this way is awesome. Haven't been able to get oxtail in the UK for years because of F&M :rolleyes:, but I saw some in Oz the other day.

Just waiting for my pot to arrive on the ship now then it's happy days.:thumbup:

Amazulu Sep 21st 2010 5:30 pm
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
Originally Posted by Alfresco (Post 8867074)
It's always better the next day as the sauce has really soaked into the meat/food.

I always make extra so there is some for the next day because of this reason.

Oxtail done this way is awesome. Haven't been able to get oxtail in the UK for years because of F&M :rolleyes:, but I saw some in Oz the other day.

Just waiting for my pot to arrive on the ship now then it's happy days.:thumbup:
I'm thinking of getting one - the Saffa shop in Osborne park sells them.

What do you use as a heat source? I was just going to put it on the Webber.

Alfresco Sep 21st 2010 5:45 pm
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
Originally Posted by Amazulu (Post 8867167)
I'm thinking of getting one - the Saffa shop in Osborne park sells them.

What do you use as a heat source? I was just going to put it on the Webber.

Yeah the weber will work fine, just take the grill off and build a small fire. The old brikettes work best for potjies.

A number 3 size is minimal size to get in my opinion. We also have a platpotjie number 2 which is great on the stove for when the weather is bad. Feeds a family of four easily.

A number 3 will feed about 8 hungry mouths.

scottishcelts Sep 21st 2010 9:49 pm
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
Originally Posted by Pollyana (Post 8867059)
Its his age, his hearing is going :lol:
:rofl:

Wol Sep 22nd 2010 9:48 am
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
>>Aussies, like Poms, do not have a clue how to barbecue properly and Aussie barbecues are pathetic affairs.<<

No need to be so a - brai - sive :p

bruce67 Sep 24th 2010 9:02 pm
Re: A typical "Aussie Barbie?"
 
Originally Posted by Amazulu (Post 8863915)
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.
I'll second that :thumbup: We've also got a great butcher down the road that makes a mean wors (spices from RSA and all).:)


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