The Great Kiwi BBQ

[Zardnaar]

Nice spring evening last night over here. Father in law's birthday and the family tradition is birthday person picks a restaurant or dinner. He chose BBQ.

As I understand it cultures do different styles of BBQ. Here's how we do it.

Spoiler BBQ :

Sausages and grilled onions.

Southern Style chicken and chops.

Spoiler Sides :

Caesar salad, bean salad, cous cous and falafel, kumura and blue cheese, coleslaw.

Troll away. Good night got a bit of a buzz, good food, good company got beaten up by a 6, 8 and 10 year old.

 

[Zardnaar]

Results

Spoiler The spread :

10 adults, 3 kids

Salad, sausage in bread

 

[Zardnaar]

Dessert and Refreshments.

Spoiler Fat bastard. :

Lammingtons. Sponge cake iced and rolled in coconut. Aussie/NZ food.

Chocolate brownie

Russian lagers and stout.

NZ craft beer. Pickle flavoured.

and chilli chocolate.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Most of that looks delicious.

I'm about to dig into a pepperoni & tomato pizza (my reward for being over par for NaNoWriMo; I will definitely hit the 50% mark tomorrow, which is exactly where I should be).

Now I plan to eat pizza, drink Coke, and read Harry Potter fanfic.

 

[Zardnaar]

Most of that looks delicious.

I'm about to dig into a pepperoni & tomato pizza (my reward for being over par for NaNoWriMo; I will definitely hit the 50% mark tomorrow, which is exactly where I should be).

Now I plan to eat pizza, drink Coke, and read Harry Potter fanfic.

Yeah it was one of our best ones imho. Cousin made 3 of those salads.

Giving pizza a break.

 

[EnglishEdward]

If you are trying to annoy us, by illustrating how you in New Zealand enjoy lockdown free barbecues, you may succeed.

 

[Kyriakos]

Put another covid-19 infected shrimp on the barbie

 

[Zardnaar]

If you are trying to annoy us, by illustrating how you in New Zealand enjoy lockdown free barbecues, you may succeed.

Didn't think of that. I like food so thought I would share how we do it.

I know in USA they do southern style ribs for example.

 

[Oerdin]

OP seems to be grilling (using direct heat) instead of BBQ’ing (using indirect heat).

 

[NovaKart]

Pickle beer sounds gross to me but I loathe pickles. I don’t like sweet liqueurs either. Baltika is always nice.

I didn’t see the chips, it looks like breaded chicken wings and another type of chicken. I don’t know what kumura is.

 

[Oerdin]

Google says it is the Maori word for the sweet potato (which is actually a type of yam). I am not sure how the Kiwis do it but I am generally not a fan.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Didn't think of that. I like food so thought I would share how we do it.

I know in USA they do southern style ribs for example.

It sounds like you had a great time. I'm glad it went well. I do have a couple of points of order though.

• That southern style chicken must be your south island, It certainly isn't the South as a part of the US. In the US the raw chicken is battered in flour (and more) and deep fried, not grilled. Google Fried chicken to see what that looks like. You ate grilled chicken.
• In most places in the US BBQ means covering/cooking meat (beef, pork or chicken) in a heavy red sauce. In others (US southeast) it is smoked pork with a vinegar sauce.
• Having a BBQ means having a party during which food (of all types) is cooked on an outdoor grill.

I think you had a BBQ.

 

[PhroX]

Looks like BBQ to me...I mean, it's food cooked on a barbecue. Why call it anything else? And it looks good. Could do with some burgers to round out the selection, but I'm certainly in envy of your ability to have a BBQ right now....

 

[thetrooper]

Looks great. Hard pass on the pickle beer though.

 

[Oerdin]

It was food cooked on a grill. BBQ is exclusive to people using indirect heat; normally smoke.

https://www.southernliving.com/food/how-to/barbecue-versus-grilling

 

[PhroX]

It was food cooked on a grill. BBQ is exclusive to people using indirect heat; normally smoke.

No, a barbecue or BBQ is an outdoor grill, such as in the OPs pictures, preferably burning charcoal, but there are gas versions. And food cooked on one is BBQ food.

 

[Zardnaar]

Pickle beer sounds gross to me but I loathe pickles. I don’t like sweet liqueurs either. Baltika is always nice.

I didn’t see the chips, it looks like breaded chicken wings and another type of chicken. I don’t know what kumura is.

Chops sorry not chips.

 

[Zardnaar]

It sounds like you had a great time. I'm glad it went well. I do have a couple of points of order though.

• That southern style chicken must be your south island, It certainly isn't the South as a part of the US. In the US the raw chicken is battered in flour (and more) and deep fried, not grilled. Google Fried chicken to see what that looks like. You ate grilled chicken.
• In most places in the US BBQ means covering/cooking meat (beef, pork or chicken) in a heavy red sauce. In others (US southeast) it is smoked pork with a vinegar sauce.
• Having a BBQ means having a party during which food (of all types) is cooked on an outdoor grill.

I think you had a BBQ.

The chicken is coated in spices etc and says southern on the packet.

 

[Zardnaar]

Google says it is the Maori word for the sweet potato (which is actually a type of yam). I am not sure how the Kiwis do it but I am generally not a fan.

Not a fan. It's a tuber and there's various types here.

Polynesian sweet potato is a bit different than elsewhere or so I've heard.

I like it in stuff like a salad. It's ok by itself.

 

[FriendlyFire]

That smokey BBQ chicken looks amazing
But only one variety of sausage ? I normally do a combination of pork, chicken and beef
Way too many salads, I do one basic salad / plate of vegtables