Topic: Let it all hang out,tell us how you really feel and what pisses you off.

[mick7504]

Hey Kev
Another good way to cook a leg of lamb is in a cast iron pot in a hole in the ground filled with glowing embers.

We use to do that a lot out in the bush.
The biggest challenge was to find a volunteer to dig the hole after a few beers.

We've also had a few Hungis (I think that's how you spell it)
That idea originates from Kiwi Land.
That's what our Kiwi mates tell us anyway.
Truth be known, it was probably an Ozzie that thought of it first. 

[demon78]

Mick I need a little more info on hole in ground pot cooking, thanks.
Bill the demon.

[krusty]

Here you go Bill.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C4%81ngi

[mick7504]

Bill, the camping shops sell a cast iron pot with a lid.
We'd dig a hole about 3 foot deep and about 3 foot wide, then get some logs burning in the hole until they burnt down to glowing coals.

Then chuck the lamb in the pot with some oil, salt, garlic and a sprinkle of herbs.
About 1 1/2 to 2 hours cook time and the tucker is better than a flash restaurant.
You can throw in some potatoes and carrots or whatever other vegetables you like.
That's one of the best feeds that a bloke can knock up.

[petercb750]

Thanks Mick, I had fkn cheese and vegemite on toast for tea.

[trueblue]

Terry, what's going to become of the old Trumpy now? .

G'Day Andrew, well we delivered the mighty green Subaru to my Ma yesterday and she took to it like a duck to water, we took her out to the old Aerodrome where she would have a bit of space to get used to the car, and she hopped in and drove us back to her place! She was really impressed with electric mirrors, power steering, decent brakes etc, and had a laugh when my son showed her how to open the passenger window on the move and yell "Wanker!" at unsuspecting pedestrians, ha ha!

My cuz and my sister have been pressuring her to get rid of the Triumph, but she has an emotional attachment because my dad loved it, so I told her that when she's had enough of it we'll just park it in the driveway, and once Ma leaves the planet, then I'll decide what to do with it. I'll be quite happy to give it away eventually, just as long as I don't have to pay someone to take it away...........

If you need a spot in a shed to park the old trumpy I know where there is one.   Would be a shame to see the old girl go to scrap.

[mick7504]

Thanks Mick, I had fkn cheese and vegemite on toast for tea.

Sorry 'bout that Pete.
Better come for a cruise to Darwin and I'll knock up a feed for you mate.
Seriously, that Weber is the Ducks Nuts.
I charcoaled a few things when I first got it but got it sorted out now.
No more sh1t to clean up in the kitchen anymore except for a few plates and knives and forks.
Doing the dishes pisses me off but the missus agreed to a deal that she'll do 'em and I'll cook while having a cold beer. 

[vfourfreak]

Thanks Mick, I had fkn cheese and vegemite on toast for tea.

Sorry 'bout that Pete.
Better come for a cruise to Darwin and I'll knock up a feed for you mate.
Seriously, that Weber is the Ducks Nuts.
I charcoaled a few things when I first got it but got it sorted out now.
No more sh1t to clean up in the kitchen anymore except for a few plates and knives and forks.
Doing the dishes pisses me off but the missus agreed to a deal that she'll do 'em and I'll cook while having a cold beer. 

Sounds like a fair deal to me !

Kev

[demon78]

Thanks guys, Pete gotta be Gods punishment for something. I'm trying to avoid building an oven for baking bread maybe I can use the information to bodge something together.
Bill the demon.

[Retro Rocket]

Bill, the camping shops sell a cast iron pot with a lid.
We'd dig a hole about 3 foot deep and about 3 foot wide, then get some logs burning in the hole until they burnt down to glowing coals.

Then chuck the lamb in the pot with some oil, salt, garlic and a sprinkle of herbs.
About 1 1/2 to 2 hours cook time and the tucker is better than a flash restaurant.
You can throw in some potatoes and carrots or whatever other vegetables you like.
That's one of the best feeds that a bloke can knock up.

Mick, I put some flour into the juices in the pot , sit it back on the coals while it all thickens back up, add a little water and salt and pepper if needed, and you have the best gravy going, I love me a good camp oven feed..., ever done a lump of pork in one mate..? crackling to die for.. where's the drool smiley  !! 

[Terry in Australia]

If you need a spot in a shed to park the old trumpy I know where there is one.   Would be a shame to see the old girl go to scrap.

No worries Andrew, seriously, it's not a bad old beast, Dad had it re-sprayed a few years ago and my cuz "cut and polished" it a couple of months ago, and it came up like new! It wouldn't be English if it didn't have a little rust coming out, but nothing that can't be fixed. I reckon it'd make it up to FNQ if I replaced all the coolant hoses too!

[Terry in Australia]

All that "Bush Tucker" is fine, God knows I've cooked food in all sorts of places around this wide brown land, but I bought Ma a little bench top turbo convection oven a couple of years ago and it is without doubt, the best device for cooking a leg of lamb or a shoulder of pork, bar none.

The good thing is that you get a 360 degree view of the roast while it's cooking, it's faster and cheaper to run than a conventional oven, and if you need to be a manly man and cook outside but your poor old back is knackered like mine, you can take it out to the shed and cook it on your workbench, and just tell everyone you dug a fcuking hole and cooked it in your camp oven.

I just searched eBay for one so I could post a pic and I saw a brand spanker for 50 beans, so I bought it, which'll piss my missus off (she hates me buying kitchen gadgets) until I cook the best fcuking roast leg of lamb in the free world, and then she'll shut right up!

[Don R]

 A neighbor was test riding my 850 yamaha, It did everything except throw him to the ground and run him over. Neutral light quit, engine died, wouldn't restart, reserve didn't work. Popped, sputtered, backfired,  I pushed it three blocks home and then it started right up.
  The worst part was he was trading my old 77 cb400f back to me.  Shucks!@#$%^& yamaha.

[seanbarney41]

Don, I told ya about them #$%*boxes, didn't I...not trying to piss you off....more

[bear]

Here you go Mick and Bill.
Me bloody bread baked on me bloody Webber.
Two birds with the one stone.

Cheers,
Brian

[Terry in Australia]

That's fcuking brilliant Brian, I might have to try cooking a loaf of bread in my new turbo convection oven when it arrives, I gave my bread cooker and my pizza oven to #1 son.............

[Terry in Australia]

Don, I told ya about them #$%*boxes, didn't I...not trying to piss you off....more

Yep, those fcuking horrible Yammy triples were a POS when they were new, and nearly forty years on certainly haven't improved. Yamaha have just released a new 850 triple which is a brilliant bike by all reports, obviously no relation to it's ugly-arsed ancestor...........

[bear]

I gave my bread cooker and my pizza oven to #1 son.............

"There is no greater love than a father's for a son"
No bastard get's their mitts on my bread maker.

Cheers,
Brian

[mick7504]

Bill, the camping shops sell a cast iron pot with a lid.
We'd dig a hole about 3 foot deep and about 3 foot wide, then get some logs burning in the hole until they burnt down to glowing coals.

Then chuck the lamb in the pot with some oil, salt, garlic and a sprinkle of herbs.
About 1 1/2 to 2 hours cook time and the tucker is better than a flash restaurant.
You can throw in some potatoes and carrots or whatever other vegetables you like.
That's one of the best feeds that a bloke can knock up.

Mick, I put some flour into the juices in the pot , sit it back on the coals while it all thickens back up, add a little water and salt and pepper if needed, and you have the best gravy going, I love me a good camp oven feed..., ever done a lump of pork in one mate..? crackling to die for.. where's the drool smiley  !! 

The pork is another favourite Mick.
Funny how everyone's you best mate when they spot the crackling. 

[mick7504]

I gave my bread cooker and my pizza oven to #1 son.............

"There is no greater love than a father's for a son"
No bastard get's their mitts on my bread maker.

Cheers,
Brian

I wouldn't let 'em get their bloody mits on the bread either mate.
Bugger 'em. 

[Retro Rocket]

Bill, the camping shops sell a cast iron pot with a lid.
We'd dig a hole about 3 foot deep and about 3 foot wide, then get some logs burning in the hole until they burnt down to glowing coals.

Then chuck the lamb in the pot with some oil, salt, garlic and a sprinkle of herbs.
About 1 1/2 to 2 hours cook time and the tucker is better than a flash restaurant.
You can throw in some potatoes and carrots or whatever other vegetables you like.
That's one of the best feeds that a bloke can knock up.

Mick, I put some flour into the juices in the pot , sit it back on the coals while it all thickens back up, add a little water and salt and pepper if needed, and you have the best gravy going, I love me a good camp oven feed..., ever done a lump of pork in one mate..? crackling to die for.. where's the drool smiley  !! 

The pork is another favourite Mick.
Funny how everyone's you best mate when they spot the crackling. 

Many a fight was started over crackling...Or a race at least...

[bear]

The "Lovely Evelyn" did a nice leg of pork last week.

Then went out to get a bottle of wine and some bastard had eaten all the crackling by the time she got back.

I tried putting the blame on "Jack the dog" but that didn't fly.
Once again I came very close to a good stabbing.

She was mightily pissed off.

Cheers,
Brian
 

[petercb750]

You need to give that bloke a damn good talking to Brian...

[demon78]

Thanks Bear it's also nice to know that you've dedicated your life to living dangerously.
Bill the demon.

[trueblue]

If you need a spot in a shed to park the old trumpy I know where there is one.   Would be a shame to see the old girl go to scrap.

No worries Andrew, seriously, it's not a bad old beast, Dad had it re-sprayed a few years ago and my cuz "cut and polished" it a couple of months ago, and it came up like new! It wouldn't be English if it didn't have a little rust coming out, but nothing that can't be fixed. I reckon it'd make it up to FNQ if I replaced all the coolant hoses too!

It's a good job I'm in southern Qld.
They are a nice old car, I damn near bought a stag with a 3.5l rover engine in it when I was 18. Was a nice car but the v8 rego up here is a killer. If it still had the original 4 cyl in it I would have probably bought it.