London Fires
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Geez man these are pretty crazy.
Major incident declared across London after 'huge surge' in fires and homes destroyed on UK's hottest-ever day
Dozens of fire engines and hundreds of firefighters have been involved in tackling at least 10 separate blazes, as London Mayor Sadiq Khan called the situation "critical".
Aussie on the news saying he's astounded people are allowed to have barbecues. Is that really a big issue in Australia for starting fires?
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@Bones said in London Fires:
Geez man these are pretty crazy.
Dozens of fire engines and hundreds of firefighters have been involved in tackling at least 10 separate blazes, as London Mayor Sadiq Khan called the situation "critical".
Aussie on the news saying he's astounded people are allowed to have barbecues. Is that really a big issue in Australia for starting fires?
I think it's just the British are so incompetent at barbequing, that they just shouldn't be allowed them. Everyone just turns it on full bore for black outside, raw inside food.
But yeah in NZ BBQ allowed even in fire bans
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@Machpants said in London Fires:
@Bones said in London Fires:
Geez man these are pretty crazy.
Dozens of fire engines and hundreds of firefighters have been involved in tackling at least 10 separate blazes, as London Mayor Sadiq Khan called the situation "critical".
Aussie on the news saying he's astounded people are allowed to have barbecues. Is that really a big issue in Australia for starting fires?
I think it's just the British are so incompetent at barbequing, that they just shouldn't be allowed them. Everyone just turns it on full bore for black outside, raw inside food.
But yeah in NZ BBQ allowed even in fire bans
I blame too much coal for that. Was at a BBQ some 20 years go in London and as one of two kiwi blokes there we were automatically handed the tongs and put in charge. Our first lot of chicken ended up exactly how you describe before we got a bit more pissed and did a lot better on the steak before finishing with some chicken wings that turned out much better. I think the trick was to move them before the coals really fired up and scorched the shit out to them like they did the first lot.
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@Bones said in London Fires:
Geez man these are pretty crazy.
Dozens of fire engines and hundreds of firefighters have been involved in tackling at least 10 separate blazes, as London Mayor Sadiq Khan called the situation "critical".
Aussie on the news saying he's astounded people are allowed to have barbecues. Is that really a big issue in Australia for starting fires?
is it a case of the are more likely to have a small wood/coal bbq rather than a gas one you have more control over...people that dont often bbq start to by dropping a match on a pile of paper and lighter fluid? in Aus you hear about open flame bans alot
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@Machpants said in London Fires:
@Bones said in London Fires:
Geez man these are pretty crazy.
Dozens of fire engines and hundreds of firefighters have been involved in tackling at least 10 separate blazes, as London Mayor Sadiq Khan called the situation "critical".
Aussie on the news saying he's astounded people are allowed to have barbecues. Is that really a big issue in Australia for starting fires?
I think it's just the British are so incompetent at barbequing, that they just shouldn't be allowed them. Everyone just turns it on full bore for black outside, raw inside food.
But yeah in NZ BBQ allowed even in fire bans
Poms, bbqs and hot dry weather ?
All are are massive red flag.
As soon as the sun shines the run down the park with a pack of sausages and a tin foil tray of charcoal soaked in lighter fluid purchased from Tescos for five quid.
May as well give them flame throwers -
@Crucial I will never forget being invited around for a slap up bbq about 7 years ago. Turn up and hold on.....he had two foil trays! Bourgeois fluffybunny. 3 hours after starting cooking I was munching down on some delicious, sloppy, raw burgers while I waited for the peri-peri chicken to cook.
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@Crucial said in London Fires:
@Machpants said in London Fires:
@Bones said in London Fires:
Geez man these are pretty crazy.
Dozens of fire engines and hundreds of firefighters have been involved in tackling at least 10 separate blazes, as London Mayor Sadiq Khan called the situation "critical".
Aussie on the news saying he's astounded people are allowed to have barbecues. Is that really a big issue in Australia for starting fires?
I think it's just the British are so incompetent at barbequing, that they just shouldn't be allowed them. Everyone just turns it on full bore for black outside, raw inside food.
But yeah in NZ BBQ allowed even in fire bans
Poms, bbqs and hot dry weather ?
All are are massive red flag.
As soon as the sun shines the run down the park with a pack of sausages and a tin foil tray of charcoal soaked in lighter fluid purchased from Tescos for five quid.
May as well give them flame throwersSlightly off topic but whilst we are considerably better than the Brits on the whole ( when I say ‘we’ I’m referring to NZ and Australia and we’re better in that our food is far less likely to give you food poisoning or cancer from too much charcoal ) we don’t really do much other than “cook outside”
South Africa and Argentina absolutely shit all over us in this regard with the flavours they produce.
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Poms I know here are good at bbq - use all the latest weber, green egg snd kamodo tech so it’s not surprising.
Poms in HK were all over charcoal and raw.
@Crucial said in London Fires:
But yeah in NZ BBQ allowed even in fire bans
Poms, bbqs and hot dry weather ?
All are are massive red flag.
As soon as the sun shines the run down the park with a pack of sausages and a tin foil tray of charcoal soaked in lighter fluid purchased from Tescos for five quid.
May as well give them flame throwersHad many a great afternoon around one of those things. Not for many a year tho, but I still see them for sale.
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@MN5 said in London Fires:
@Crucial said in London Fires:
@Machpants said in London Fires:
@Bones said in London Fires:
Geez man these are pretty crazy.
Dozens of fire engines and hundreds of firefighters have been involved in tackling at least 10 separate blazes, as London Mayor Sadiq Khan called the situation "critical".
Aussie on the news saying he's astounded people are allowed to have barbecues. Is that really a big issue in Australia for starting fires?
I think it's just the British are so incompetent at barbequing, that they just shouldn't be allowed them. Everyone just turns it on full bore for black outside, raw inside food.
But yeah in NZ BBQ allowed even in fire bans
Poms, bbqs and hot dry weather ?
All are are massive red flag.
As soon as the sun shines the run down the park with a pack of sausages and a tin foil tray of charcoal soaked in lighter fluid purchased from Tescos for five quid.
May as well give them flame throwersSlightly off topic but whilst we are considerably better than the Brits on the whole ( when I say ‘we’ I’m referring to NZ and Australia and we’re better in that our food is far less likely to give you food poisoning or cancer from too much charcoal ) we don’t really do much other than “cook outside”
South Africa and Argentina absolutely shit all over us in this regard with the flavours they produce.
That’s a very good point.
We have a SA butcher nearby which we go to. The bbq stuff we buy from him is off the scale. Best lamb chops on the planet.
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@MajorRage said in London Fires:
@MN5 said in London Fires:
@Crucial said in London Fires:
@Machpants said in London Fires:
@Bones said in London Fires:
Geez man these are pretty crazy.
Dozens of fire engines and hundreds of firefighters have been involved in tackling at least 10 separate blazes, as London Mayor Sadiq Khan called the situation "critical".
Aussie on the news saying he's astounded people are allowed to have barbecues. Is that really a big issue in Australia for starting fires?
I think it's just the British are so incompetent at barbequing, that they just shouldn't be allowed them. Everyone just turns it on full bore for black outside, raw inside food.
But yeah in NZ BBQ allowed even in fire bans
Poms, bbqs and hot dry weather ?
All are are massive red flag.
As soon as the sun shines the run down the park with a pack of sausages and a tin foil tray of charcoal soaked in lighter fluid purchased from Tescos for five quid.
May as well give them flame throwersSlightly off topic but whilst we are considerably better than the Brits on the whole ( when I say ‘we’ I’m referring to NZ and Australia and we’re better in that our food is far less likely to give you food poisoning or cancer from too much charcoal ) we don’t really do much other than “cook outside”
South Africa and Argentina absolutely shit all over us in this regard with the flavours they produce.
That’s a very good point.
We have a SA butcher nearby which we go to. The bbq stuff we buy from him is off the scale. Best lamb chops on the planet.
A South African mate of mine came and cooked at a piss up we had for around 30 or so blokes. Naturally every kiwi there talked up their own BBQing ability but his carefully prepared Braai was nothing short of outstanding. Lots of work goes into it but shit it tastes nice.
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It's true, in general we are not the world's best BBQers, but by the cringe the standards are varied. For many the idea of a BBQ is simply shit food cooked badly outside. This is usually instead of shit food cooked badly inside.
There is a large element of die hard "it must be charcoal/wood" and I count myself in that camp although even here there are some differences, the main one being those that feel a BBQ is simply a grill and those that look at the option of long and slow.
But yeah, we're not that flash overall.
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@MN5 said in London Fires:
@MajorRage said in London Fires:
@MN5 said in London Fires:
@Crucial said in London Fires:
@Machpants said in London Fires:
@Bones said in London Fires:
Geez man these are pretty crazy.
Dozens of fire engines and hundreds of firefighters have been involved in tackling at least 10 separate blazes, as London Mayor Sadiq Khan called the situation "critical".
Aussie on the news saying he's astounded people are allowed to have barbecues. Is that really a big issue in Australia for starting fires?
I think it's just the British are so incompetent at barbequing, that they just shouldn't be allowed them. Everyone just turns it on full bore for black outside, raw inside food.
But yeah in NZ BBQ allowed even in fire bans
Poms, bbqs and hot dry weather ?
All are are massive red flag.
As soon as the sun shines the run down the park with a pack of sausages and a tin foil tray of charcoal soaked in lighter fluid purchased from Tescos for five quid.
May as well give them flame throwersSlightly off topic but whilst we are considerably better than the Brits on the whole ( when I say ‘we’ I’m referring to NZ and Australia and we’re better in that our food is far less likely to give you food poisoning or cancer from too much charcoal ) we don’t really do much other than “cook outside”
South Africa and Argentina absolutely shit all over us in this regard with the flavours they produce.
That’s a very good point.
We have a SA butcher nearby which we go to. The bbq stuff we buy from him is off the scale. Best lamb chops on the planet.
A South African mate of mine came and cooked at a piss up we had for around 30 or so blokes. Naturally every kiwi there talked up their own BBQing ability but his carefully prepared Braai was nothing short of outstanding. Lots of work goes into it but shit it tastes nice.
I like my bbq's better.
But there's something fucken ace about setting up a potjiekos in the back yard on a (dry) winter's day, sitting around it drinking some beers, watching the rugby and then tucking in afterwards.
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@Bones said in London Fires:
@MN5 said in London Fires:
@MajorRage said in London Fires:
@MN5 said in London Fires:
@Crucial said in London Fires:
@Machpants said in London Fires:
@Bones said in London Fires:
Geez man these are pretty crazy.
Dozens of fire engines and hundreds of firefighters have been involved in tackling at least 10 separate blazes, as London Mayor Sadiq Khan called the situation "critical".
Aussie on the news saying he's astounded people are allowed to have barbecues. Is that really a big issue in Australia for starting fires?
I think it's just the British are so incompetent at barbequing, that they just shouldn't be allowed them. Everyone just turns it on full bore for black outside, raw inside food.
But yeah in NZ BBQ allowed even in fire bans
Poms, bbqs and hot dry weather ?
All are are massive red flag.
As soon as the sun shines the run down the park with a pack of sausages and a tin foil tray of charcoal soaked in lighter fluid purchased from Tescos for five quid.
May as well give them flame throwersSlightly off topic but whilst we are considerably better than the Brits on the whole ( when I say ‘we’ I’m referring to NZ and Australia and we’re better in that our food is far less likely to give you food poisoning or cancer from too much charcoal ) we don’t really do much other than “cook outside”
South Africa and Argentina absolutely shit all over us in this regard with the flavours they produce.
That’s a very good point.
We have a SA butcher nearby which we go to. The bbq stuff we buy from him is off the scale. Best lamb chops on the planet.
A South African mate of mine came and cooked at a piss up we had for around 30 or so blokes. Naturally every kiwi there talked up their own BBQing ability but his carefully prepared Braai was nothing short of outstanding. Lots of work goes into it but shit it tastes nice.
I like my bbq's better.
But there's something fucken ace about setting up a potjiekos in the back yard on a (dry) winter's day, sitting around it drinking some beers, watching the rugby and then tucking in afterwards.
You weren’t there so you can’t say for sure
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@Crucial said in London Fires:
@Machpants said in London Fires:
@Bones said in London Fires:
Geez man these are pretty crazy.
Dozens of fire engines and hundreds of firefighters have been involved in tackling at least 10 separate blazes, as London Mayor Sadiq Khan called the situation "critical".
Aussie on the news saying he's astounded people are allowed to have barbecues. Is that really a big issue in Australia for starting fires?
I think it's just the British are so incompetent at barbequing, that they just shouldn't be allowed them. Everyone just turns it on full bore for black outside, raw inside food.
But yeah in NZ BBQ allowed even in fire bans
Poms, bbqs and hot dry weather ?
All are are massive red flag.
As soon as the sun shines the run down the park with a pack of sausages and a tin foil tray of charcoal soaked in lighter fluid purchased from Tescos for five quid.
May as well give them flame throwers -
When I first arrived in London a few years ago I did some contract chef work as an on call emergency/troubleshooter. Basically when places were screwed for a night/week through absences or needed someone to clean up and sort out a kitchen after someone else's mess.
Any I got asked to rush to a building site at Canary Wharf where they were going to compensate me well to cook up a BBQ for post work feed/drinks to appease a grumpy workforce.
I got there to find tons of raw chicken legs and uncooked sausages, a split 44gallon drum, half a dozen bags of charcoal and some lighter fluid. When I asked what the timings were they looked at me strangely and said 'half an hour- they'll be hungry'
They couldn't understand why I was pissed off as they truly thought that cooking over big flames was how a BBQ was meant to be.
I managed to get food out by setting up a makeshift 'oven' on one side of the grill using foil containers and scraps of steel but FFS...... -
@Crucial said in London Fires:
When I first arrived in London a few years ago I did some contract chef work as an on call emergency/troubleshooter. Basically when places were screwed for a night/week through absences or needed someone to clean up and sort out a kitchen after someone else's mess.
Crucial Ramsay.
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@Frank said in London Fires:
@Crucial said in London Fires:
When I first arrived in London a few years ago I did some contract chef work as an on call emergency/troubleshooter. Basically when places were screwed for a night/week through absences or needed someone to clean up and sort out a kitchen after someone else's mess.
Crucial Ramsay.
The language used was often similar.
Mostly it was emergency fill ins at 'gastro pubs' and the like. Just needed to be able to get in there and run the kitchen on short notice. I had one or two where I refused to work there unless the kitchen was shut for a complete clean and decontamination as there was no way I was going to serve food to people from such cesspits. Funnily enough they all had 3 star health safety ratings and I'm not super fussy.
Punters really do not want to know what the average kitchen is like.
