Originally Posted by Kim67

Just had my first poicy a couple of nights ago with a pile of Saffa's.

Originally Posted by Sandra

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.

Originally Posted by Sandra

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.

Originally Posted by iamthecreaturefromuranus

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.

Originally Posted by rasen78

Sounds much like the BBQs at ChezRasen, except swap the female for male and vice versa (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

Originally Posted by Bernie Barfly

Nottingham here we come yiiippppeeee

Originally Posted by Pollyana

Make it next month and we coukld catch a game at the same time

Originally Posted by Bernie Barfly

I'm not going to watch that pileoshite

Originally Posted by Alfresco

Yes I believe it will be like that with the flies.

Originally Posted by Pollyana

Just a passing thought.....maybe I should just let it pass

Originally Posted by Bernie Barfly

Like a very large turd

Originally Posted by bcworld

Actually I don't think Brisbane is really blighted by those types of flies.

Originally Posted by Pollyana

Not as bad as some other places, is it, but the flies still manage to find any food thats around

Originally Posted by Bernie Barfly

They'd starve round yers then

Originally Posted by Pollyana

I have a fridge full of healthy food right now so even have enough to feed the bush turkeys with as well, though they don't seem too keen on pickled onions