The Barbie

We must be the only Australian residents who still do not have a BBQ ("barbie") after almost three years in this country. I am glad having a barbie is not a requirement for anything other than maybe socializing. When we moved from New York to LA, we were told to put a BBQ first thing on our shopping list. If in NYC we could not fit even another burner on the stove, in LA we had a large apartment, good-sized terrace, enormous kitchen and decent stove. Yet, we could not make ourselves buy a BBQ... (I can feel your disappointment at reading such a thing) The apartment complex had a BBQ for public use, by the pool, and it could accommodate a dozen burgers and a dozen steaks in the same time, but we still never used it. I know you're already questioning if we are vegetarians, although grilled veggies are YUMMY. No, we are not, but I guess we are not "grill-ians" either. Aussies love their barbie even more than Californians. They love to put meat, fish and prawns on it. Lots of them! I know meat is cheap in Australia because there is not much land suitable for agriculture and vegetable gardens, but there is plenty of grass for the approximately 27 million cows and 100 million sheep that live in Australia at any time. Voila! In the picture below you can peek at some sheep (before barbie!)