Tis the season

Dhavlos · Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 6:58 pm Post subject: Tis the season

Tis the season for yes, SOUVLA!!!!

what is the best meat? imo, i love pork, but lamb has me i think, unless youve got taramasalata, which pork goes with liek bread and butter ....

mmmmm

damn stupid englezi have just burgers and sausages Rolling Eyes

Crash Test Dummy · Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 7:18 pm Post subject:

i resent that.
i did an english BBQ last night.

going to have souvla soon hmmmmmmmm

Khan · Deputy Joined: 13 Nov 2005 Posts: 1092 Location: London

English BBQ..... Laughing

Dhavlos · Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 3:11 pm Post subject:

english bbq is an oxymoron Laughing

brother · Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:36 am Post subject:

I have managed too have a BBQ almost every week for the last 4, my usual is lamb shish, sheftali (lambs mince), hellim (haloumi) and if any room left some pastirma.

Now thats a good BBQ. Very Happy

Marina2005 · Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 12:45 pm Post subject:

I must say Cyprus smells wonderful on the weekends thanks to souvla. Wink

depurple · Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 1:55 pm Post subject:

Hey the Aussie BBQ is the best:
You just arrive before the food is ready and eat most of it and then drink his beer and screw his wife and then blame it on STRESS!

Leyla · Mukhtar/is Joined: 14 Apr 2006 Posts: 612

Nooo way! Cypriot BBQ's are the best..that smell is something else...you know you're in a Cypriota area in North London when the same sort of smells waft past and you can't wait to get home to start your own one Laughing

I tell you I just got back from Malta and after the first few days I felt a similarity with Cyprus (babutsa trees all around, they have these pastries called Pastizzi which are like nor borek - puff pastry with ricotta cheese shallow fried), fresh calamari...and rice and salad with everything (!), then felt something was very, very wrong - not one BBQ aroma for the whole 2 weeks! I was slightly traumatised by this but then explored the resort some more and came across 3 doner kebab places but it's not the same Laughing

PS I didn't sample the local doner kebabs so I can't comment on their quality or authenticity BUT having sneaked a quick peek at the owners they appeared to be Turkish Laughing

PPS Seftali kebab with decent pide with fresh onions and parsley is the best Very Happy

Alexios · Mukhtar/is Joined: 20 Oct 2005 Posts: 976

The Paphian BBQ is the best!!! Evil or Very Mad

First you dig a hole in the ground and light a fire in it with real wood chunks.No coal nonsense. Then you chase the fattest piglet around the farm till it gets really tired. You catch it and cut it's throat while it's shrieking in fear (this is to get the meat tastier) Then you take it's guts out and give the bladder to the kids which they blow up and use it as a football.Then, using boiling hot water and an abrasive stone, you scrub the skin of the piglet to get rid of all the hair and finally rub it with lemons and salt inside out. You put the whole animal on a skewer (arse to head) and roast it over the fire turning the skewer by hand (no BBQ technology allowed as this reduces the taste) It's important that the heat from the coal is medium to low.Served with jacket potatoes thrown into the fire and freshly cut salad with tomatoes, cucumbers and onions from the nearby orchard. (If you stumble on your horny newly wed brother and sister in law in the orchard you make sure you dont say a word or else you get a really bad beating)..Kali oreksi...!!!!

Really, i have been the witness of the above so many times as a kid... Confused

PS. If the coal flames up while roasting the piglet, you ask a kid to piss on the fire.... Laughing

Alexios · Mukhtar/is Joined: 20 Oct 2005 Posts: 976

wrong entry Embarassed

Marina2005 · Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 10:12 am Post subject:

Alexios, your description leaves much to be desired!

Truth be said I also had a similar experiance as a child and I did n't touch any of the food in the evening, especially that poor pig I watched being killed.
We came on holiday for a couple of weeks and my mums relatives invited us for dinner and they did it the old tradition way, I was mortified!
I had never seen anything even similar to the slaughtering of an animal and I hated every minute of it.

Alexios · Mukhtar/is Joined: 20 Oct 2005 Posts: 976

brother · Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 11:52 am Post subject:

Leyla · Mukhtar/is Joined: 14 Apr 2006 Posts: 612

Tell me about it!! Laughing

According to my Mother I was once offered the opportunity to "choose" a chicken to go with the makarina one evening and when I realised what was going on I chased the farmer with a stick to see how he liked it (I was about 5 apparently)...I must admit that it didn't put me off chicken - in fact far from it - trips to Cyprus wouldn't be the same without a trip to Ezic Laughing

Alexios · Mukhtar/is Joined: 20 Oct 2005 Posts: 976