Category: General

Cheers, Ferret – Here’s the  results of the experiment.  I’ve taken the liberty of making a few improvements on the septic’s video.

Take one raw chicken.  Season inside.  Insert a half-full can of beer up its bottom and set the can on roasting tray.

Rub skin with olive oil, season with rock salt, freshly ground black pepper and dried thyme.

Add some scrubbed, whole potatoes to the tray, in my case one large one.

Place the tray in a pre-heated oven at 180ºC for 90 minutes.

Eat.

The chicken was tender and moist, but to be honest not better than I regularly produce on the barbecue.  It is, however, simple and foolproof, which is probably why it is popular across the pond where a bucket of McNuggets is the norm.

OZ

Carreras – Carmen

Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.
Ovid

Goodnight everyone, sleep well.

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We are the champions – Queen

Ooookay!  We’ve all been there.  The British barbecue.  Charred supermarket sausages, raw burgers, soggy, processed buns, possibly some limp lettuce leaves and warm beer all consumed under a dripping umbrella.

Here’s just one alternative Portuguese version.

Continue reading “A Barbecue for Claire and Rick”