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Jul
Top Tips for the Best BBQ Ever
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If the past few days have been anything to go by, anyone would think summer is here. That’s right – finally. So, make the most of the gorgeous sunshine, high temperatures and good spirit and get a BBQ going with your friends and family. To ensure it goes as best as can be, follow these tips on an illness and hassle-free day:
• If there’s one thing you take from this, ditch the meat and opt for veggies and faux-meats. You don’t want to end with your head down the toilet all night (and let’s face it, the Food Standards Agency said it all with that classic ‘When will I see you again’ pork TV ad they did, remember that?)
• If you are cooking up a plateful of meat, be sure to invite a doctor. You never know who might fall prey to food poisoning (again, the FSA says it all). Don’t forget that with all that saturated fat and cancer-causing slop being consumed, heart attacks and other nasty issues could arise at any moment.
• Soya sausages, ‘chicken‘ fillets and veggie burgers make great BBQ food, but why not spice things up a bit with some sweet-chilli glazed tofu and veg skewered kebobs? Oh and don’t forget lashings of ketchup and supply of beverages!
• Invite some of your meataholic friends (if you’re blessed with them) and give them a burger or hot-dog, waiting to see if they can tell it’s not meat – soooo much fun! Nine times out of ten I best they can’t tell the difference.
• Keep cats, dogs and other companion animals well away from the BBQ. Frazzled tails and burnt noses will just not do. But I’m sure sneaking them a teeny bit of your burger won’t go amiss.
• I hope this goes without saying, but don’t just stick the barby anywhere anyhow. Avoid under trees and too near bushes – the heat will scare your garden wildlife and crispy branches have never been an in look.
Invitations are gratefully accepted. Check out more recipes from the folks at VegCooking.com
It’s interesting that you talk about how often meat is tainted, but you don’t go on to mention any of the last year’s massive crop recalls on tomatoes or spinach. Kind of fallacious, isn’t it? Conspicuously presenting particular information about the dangers of the option you oppose while ignoring wholly the dangers of the alternative you recommend takes away from your credibility.
Also, are you actually trying to convince meat eaters to stop eating meat, or are you content with preaching to the audience that you’ve already brainwashed?