Although I believe chum may well be an gender inclusive term.
The day has been devoid of BBQ goodness today as I am feeling the effects of a splendid game of cricket in Gloucestershire yesterday which has left me substantially less bendy than is ideal. So have sat musing instead
So I mused on easy access BBQ goodies, now I know the forum is awash with "I ordered the banana rach chipotle ancho bbq sauce from oohQforyou.com and it was a bargain at just under £9 with £5 P&P" but for most of us our BBQ cost base has to fly under the radar of our significant others so this sort of purchase has to be sneaked in along with "oh yes cover for the BBQ, important to protect the investment......<gulp>....err expensive? well a bit more than ideal but top quality you see...." I am sure this is an familiar picture.
So I put it to you what are the BBQ goodies that a man, or woman, could pick up on their average high street or out of town shopping centre? I think for me the bestest thing you can buy from an supermarket is Franks hot sauce, which is chemically addictive, but I urge other members not to snort it in line form it shall do you good and proper wrong.
So with an alledged bbq revolution going on in the uk does anyone know if Aldi now stock yardbirds born to be wild dinosaur rock cliché pork rub? or is lidls deep south hellfire in yo mouth bbq sauce the very thing to moisten your equipment with? Surely they must be out there?
In terms of meat I think the Tesco value pork shoulders are tippy top value for everyday pulled pork, one of the things I am particularly interested in is can you get a quality hot dog sausage? I wanted to pursue an interest in german sausages, but I fear the wurst.....boom boom, aha I thank you, but seriously the hot dog, most evocative, growing up I watched non league football and when I got home Saturday tea was a tin of Ye Olde Oak hot dogs, prepared in the traditional method, drain fill can with boiling water from the kettle, refill and then fish out muttering the ancient incantation, "ooh ah ya bastad" as you fished them by hand from the near boiling water. They were then lovingly wrapped in Chemical white bread, 2 per slice with a line of ketchup and "that funny posh yellow mustard in a bottle".........As I grew from fat lad to fat man I knew that the tinned Hot dog was not so much a thing of beauty, if it were an girlfriend you wouldn't take her home to meet your Mum, you would tell your mates there was nothing really in it but deep down there was something a bit wrong but special.....so if I continue my girlfriend metaphor does anyone know of an supermarket sourced hot dog that you would be prepared to take home to meet your parents?
Apologies for the broad length and occaisional smutty innuendo in the post but in terms of where you get your BBQ goodies I am buy curious, ooh matron.....
Cheers
Tiny
Now genuinely off for first beer of the evening
