People who are doing it WRONG

[GloGirl]

My Dad loves to talk about how he enjoys a good barbecue in this weather, once he even invited a lot of family round for one.

His version of a BBQ is a George Formby grill (natch), and in nice weather he plugs it in outside to cook a burger or sausage on. He is quite evangelical about how clever it is to barbecue that way.

It gives me the gritted teeth rage.

Anyone else who is doing it ALL WRONG? Offload here

"My DH puts the milk and teabag in the cup before the water."

Noooo, it makes the tea taste like paper. Tea needs boiling water which can't happen if there's milk already in the cup.

People who put pasta in cold water and then heat the water. No, boil the water first then add the pasta!

"Inlaws drink tea with every meal. Roast dinners, fish and chips, Chinese takeaway. Everything."

Mug of tea with fish and chips is fantastic; not with the other meals though.

Hello, my name is Toasted or Fresh and I swivel my bra. That's the way my mother did it. Learned behaviour you see. I need to see the hooks and eyes, my aim isn't all that great so I can't be playing guessing games and making it difficult for myself by fastening round the back.

I once saw someone on a group camping holiday years ago put butter and marmalade on a Weetabix. How inventive thought I. I didn't realise it was a point of order !

Tea with fish and chips, plus bread and butter. No problem. Tea with any other meal that's not, um, tea i.e. sandwiches and cake, that sort of thing. Wrong.

One ex-bf used to make a cup of tea to go with Sunday roast

MIL will serve lunch at 3pm, as it's her idea of posh. Wrong
Crackers and dips for snacking beforehand, even if she thinks it's the right thing. No it isn't. It's wrong.

Marinade of any sort on meat to be barbequed. Wrong. (It's a fucking barbeque for Christ's sake. The clue is in the title. What's the deal with sweet and sour or Chinese flavour marinate prior to barbequing ? Yes, MIL, that includes you soaking inferior cuts of meat in vinegar to tenderise it. Just buy the right cut of meat in the first place, it's not like you can't afford it.)

And breathe.......

Oooo love this thread. So many things to remember.
MIL cookd mince on toast.... Now that is definitely wrong! Sometimes it is even on BROWN toast. I have always politely declined

People who post multiple times due to the failure of late night MN. Plain wrong.

I'm a bra swiveller. My arms aren't bendy enough to fasten at the back.

One of my friends used to make interesting concoctions for lunch... My favourite was a wrap with raw courgette, cucumber, cheese and raw mushrooms. She just couldn't be arsed cooking.

Oh god and you know how on cucumber you get the dry bit at the end that you cut off and chuck away? This same friend used to just include that in her sandwich

My mum eats cold beans straight from the tin (if nobody is there to question it).

My mum also introduced me to peanut butter on digestive biscuits but that's not wrong, it's delicious.

We also had a gas BBQ when I was growing up. Took me years to understand why none of our food tasted like other people's BBQ food.

I've been thinking about this. I don't know a single Aussie who doesn't own a gas BBQ. some also own a charcoal but most only own gas.

I had a manager who bit both ends off a twix bar and then proceeded to use it as a straw to drink his coffee. I don't care what else you think, its just plain wrong.
Anyone who eats an Oreo like a normal biscuit. You're supposed to twist apart and eat the middle!
My dad likes to have the odd bit of fried bread. He puts butter on it.
My mum went to a French restaurant and ordered a medium to well done steak. They almost refused to cook it. I could imagine the chef was weeping.

cigars I want tro try the twix thing now! I do the same to TimTams

Heathens!

The thread has been torture!

Cigars, it's better if you do it with a Time Out than a Twix

Yes I left the towels on the line all night.

They appear to be the same. Not sure if it was dark enough, that can be the only sensible solution to why darkeding didn't occur.

My brother would delight in making a peanut butter and jam sandwich and dip the whole thing into a pint of squash. He'd then put the entire squishy mess into his mouth and start chewing. Lovely.

And yy to microwaved bacon. Mum said it was healthier.

Thank you! This thread has made me smile

As kids in the sophisticated late '70's early '80's of Ireland my DM gave us spaghetti cooked in a bovril cube and told us they were noodles, truly boak.

She also used to microwave rashers, must have been a thing at some point.

My son loves bagels, but won't eat them if they're toasted. Boiled, chewy bread, mmmm!

Joining this thread to come to the defence of the gas BBQ. With lava rocks, of course. It's definitely BBQing and can be done whenever you like. I'm a recent convert and I love it (I consulted with some Australian self-styled-experts before making this call).

I also was definitely NOT a sandwich-butterer (ooh er) but DP actually converted me and now I am.

Boiling water on the tea bag. no additions until the brewing process is complete.

Arms in and bra done up at the back. The rest of you are making work for yourselves.

I have been known to make bolognaise with Campbell's condensed tomato soup, and add also crisps to a tuna & pasta bake. Mostly when resurrecting my mother's 80s recipes for the purposes of nostalgia and comfort

"People who post multiple times due to the failure of late night MN. "

Yeah, what is it with all those gateway timeouts after 12am?

Crisps on top of tuna noodle casserole is doing it right, Tango!

'If you could see what I can see,
When I'm grilling bangers'

Sorry, gotta call bullsh*t on the gas BBQ naysayers.

Live some place hot, someplace where people BBQ and grill a lot because of the heat. They ALL have gas BBQs. If you live somewhere like Britain where it isn't hot that often, and the summer isn't that long, then faffing around with charcoal is fine. It's part of the fun, part of the occasion. But I think it is pretty difficult to say that folks from Texas to Florida to North Carolina are doing it wrong when it comes to barbecueing.

Tango you appear to be easily swayed, gas "barbecues" and buttered sandwiches, you'll be swivelling before the end of this thread I tell ye

God knows what she'll be getting up to with her Weetabix!

My Dad likes to make toast with butter, then peanut butter, then cheese and then banana. It's all types of wrong. They're all together, one one slice of toast. Wrong. So Wrong.

I also once had a friend who liked to dip wotsits into rasberry yoghurts...