People tend to make barbecues meat-fests, but I think many vegetables benefit hugely from chargrilling - corn-on-the-cob, skewers of cherry tomatoes, onions or shallots, mushrooms, chunks of courgette & cloves of garlic. Stuffed baked spuds can be finished off in foil. And there's no risk of food poisoning.
Council-run parks tend not to allow BBQ, but the principle is true enough.
you're going to the wrong barbecues for point 1, and for point 2 see my previous post to truffy plus the social point others have made.
Ooh yes, Halloumi good. Halloumi with chilli.
At this point I feel I should mention Australia (especially Brisbane/Queensland) where there are public electric barbeques in all the seaside parks. They're only electric - I assume because Australia has a few issues with open fires - but someone from the local council goes round and cleans them every morning. Brilliant idea.
wow! I didn't see any of those in WA. What a great idea!
I agree that a gas BBQ is not the same as a kitchen gas grill, but the difference is pretty insignificant in terms of the flavour, social/smell stuff aside. You get all that with a proper BBQ, plus a different flavour, plus plus PLUS ... playing with fire. It's the stuff of manhood!
And chicken and sausages too! Don't forget those!
Get to America where you belong!
Yeah, I agree really, I still won't have one myself.
Ooooh, get you, Mr /Mean/ :(
TFFT...that's the best thing you've said since you joined here.
(fail)
Teh mean just oozes out of you doesn't it?
It's in the sig. Do you need someone to read it to you?
(hug)
No, I think I got it now ;)
I didn't mean it. And Shieldsit doesn't want you there anyway.
I'll take the mean bastard, maybe I can instill some colonial niceness in him!
I'm cooking chicken and potatoes on my /gas/ grill and it's going to be /fucking/ delicious! :-P