That crazy spring BBQ...
It's a Given and Gotta-Have! As obligatory as oranges in Chinese New Year and as compulsory as carols around a Christmas tree. 
Spring is the sound of lawnmowers and laughter; the smell of freshly cut grass and the taste of charcoal. Spring is Pimms and baskets of strawberries. Spring is a kite on a string... a dog straining against his leash. Spring is the strum of 
guitar and the dance of flowers.
Spring is a garden Barbecue... with all the boisterous fun that comes with it!
The sunshine is sufficient reason to go Ga-Ga with the grill, but when you have a friend running his first marathon on the day; a hankering to house-warm your new bachelor pad and a 35th birthday slapping you in the face... pray tell me, what more of an occasion do you need to go positively wild!?
So what happens when you put together a mowed lawn; lots of fresh air; three disposable barbecue trays and a confusion of chow-n-scads-of-swig? Here Reader, is the happy result:
(in 5 easy steps)
I have decided that in honour of 3 special events (in no particular order)...
Weather permitting, we will spend most of the day outdoors in the garden, and eat up a small supermarket's worth of steak, fish, prawns, squid, chicken wings and sausages and corn on the cob. For those more inclined to a liquid diet, the menu will consist of Pimms, wine of every colour from every continent and whatever poison you wish to supply... (And oh yes, I will supply coke and water for religious fanatics and spoil-sports!)....
The things I need are:(a) Food Food Food! - fish, fowl or "foul", crustacean etc! Bring some - bring all!
(b) plastic plates, cups, cutlery - because nobody wants to wash up after having fun!
(c) Ice - a bag or two from the Tesco just down the street.
(d) Beer - for the "men" who refuse to hold those sissy wine glasses! ...
... no matter how rudimentary..
STEP 5: Sit back and let it all happen...
... and then let it continue all the way into the night...
... to a lullaby of jazz and folk...
...until nobody can keep their eyes open...
... and everyone can't wait to crawl into bed...
...and dream of the next Barbecue... just around the corner...
And before the riverman~~~ signs off this week:
Here's to good friends and old memories! Thank you Steffie for coming a-calling this week in London! Too bad you missed the before-mentioned event, but the year is still young... and let's really get that September trip to France planned and settled! Take care of you and safe trip home.
And as for a certain "Doctor" who can't seem to leave a comment on this blog because of a "dodgy Chinese website" that I can't for the life of me locate... I can only say:
Ta ta!
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