…or how not to ruin all this nice food…
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I’m serious; any ponse can take a whole load of nice food to the middle of a field just about anywhere and burn it until it is inedible.
The secret is to cook it well, and that generally means simply.
Although I have included a selection of different ways to cook things, all the recipes are fundamentally very simple.
This is because hopefully you will be on holiday or at a festival drinking with friends.
I for one don’t want to spend hours cooking something when I don’t need to.
Similarly I don’t want to spend very long at all on washing up afterwards.
We were once at a festival where someone made us all a curry in the biggest pot I have ever seen. After simmering for several hours the pot was pleasantly blackened and the clean up operation took on similar proportions to that following the Exxon Valdez disaster.
A bad idea and somewhere I do not wish to go.
For that reason, all recipe ideas give some idea of how much washing up there will be to do afterwards. If you are with friends determined to burn their sausages on a barbecue that they are not prepared to let warm up properly and then rush off to do something else.
You don’t want to be stuck with lots of cleaning to do.
If however you’ve paid for a luxury campsite with unlimited hot running water, I feel that it’s only polite to make use of the facilities and so you should take the time to cook something a bit special.
The recipes fall into three very simple groups;
- Breakfast
- Main meal
- And cold food
And that really is all that you’ll need.
A hearty cooked breakfast with plenty of hot strong coffee and fruit juice will set you up until lunchtime. Whether you choose to cook all three meals, have a cold lunch, a meal out or whatever, it’s up to you. It’s all here in these pages for you…
Recipes for;
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Disclaimer
Thanks to our new compensation culture, it is necessary for me to spell out what should be absolutely obvious. Consequently, visitors to this site are reminded that just about anything associated with barbecuing can be dangerous; hot metal, compressed gas, flaming coals and meat at ambient temperature all have the potential to become lethal.
Properly maintained equipment and the attention span of a gnat are pre-requisites.
Do not attempt to barbecue if you regularly lose arguments with your Ken and Barbie dolls, if you're very drunk or exploring recreational drugs again
Never barbecue during a fire ban, indoors or very near to anything flammable and try not to leave children alone for very long with a barbecue as their temptation to try to burn anything at hand (twigs, leaves, pets, siblings) can be slightly irritating.
Have Fun.