Adding Salt:

Meat salt 30 minutes before cooking

Fish and Vegetables salt 15 minutes before cooking.

1. Place the food for marinating in a wide bowl, preferably large enough to allow it to lie in a single layer. (Always use a noncorrosive bowl if the marinade contains wine, vinegar or citrus juices.)

2. Mix together the ingredients for the marinade thoroughly.

3. Pour the marinade over the food and turn the food to coat it evenly.

4. Cover the dish and refrigerate it for 30 minutes or up to several hours, depending on the recipe. As a rough guide, marinate red meat, poultry and game for two hours at room temperature or 24 hours in the refrigerator. Fish, seafood and vegetables should be marinated for between 30 minutes and two hours in the refrigerator.

5. Turn the food over occasionally and spoon the marinade over it. If marinating for longer periods, add salt as above.

6. Remove the food with a slotted spoon or lift it out using tongs, and drain off and reserve the marinade. Allow the food to come to room temperature before cooking.

7. If basting or brushing the food during cooking, make sure the last coat is added in time for it to be well cooked before the food is serven.

If you are catering for larger numbers of people, careful planning will ensure a relaxed event. Have all the preparation completed in advance, and if you are cooking away from home everything will need to be easily transportable to the picnic site. Make sure you have plenty of equipment for carrying raw food (as well as keeping it cool) and clean equipment for the food once cooked.

You can make life easy by preparing certain foods the day before- Breads, pasta, marinades, sauces and desserts will all be much appreciated and are easy to make in advance.

Be Adventurous

Once you learn how versatile your barbecue can be, you can enjoy a world of different flavours and textures. Not only can you cook up your favorite burgers and other quick, simple but nevrtheless delicious meals, but you can also create tasty kehabs, steaks, parcels of fish wrapped in leaves or foil, whole grain chicken, and also griddled main courses or side dishes of meat, fish and vegetables- flavored in all kinds of different ways!

And if you want to stay healthy and keep trim for the summer, barbecued food can be made healthier and low in fat simply by replacing oily marinades with low-fat ones and misting oil, and by using lean meat or fish.

Getting Started:

Whichever type of barbecue you are using, always ensure it is stable before lighting it. For a gas barbecue, check that you have enough fuel in the gas bottle before lighting up and follow the manufacture’s instructions carefully.

Once switched on the barbecue will be ready to use within about 15 minutes. Ensure that an electric barbecue is safely connected away from any patches of water before switching it on.

Charcoal barbecue are a little more involved to get started; understanding the properties of different types of fuel will help to ensure success. Lumppwood charcoal and charcoal briquettes are the most frequently used types of fuel and are ideal for all uses. Wood however, is less easy to use.

Lumpwood charcoal is usually made from softwood and comes in lumps of varying sizes, although larger sizes are best. It is easier to ignite than briquettes but tend to burn up faster.

Charcoal briquettes will for a long time with the minimum of smell and smoke although they can tae a little while to ignite. Use charcoal from sustainable managed forests; these will carry the FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) logo.

Self-igniting charcoal is simply lumpwood or briquettes that have been treated with a flamable substance. Always wait until the ignition agent has burnen off before cooking, or the smell may train the food.

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Barbecuing food gives it a delicious smoky taste, but it is not the charcoal that flavors the food. When the food cooks, melted fat is released and drips onto the heat source. This then creates smoke, which permeates the food.

If you marinate the food first in herbs, or in spice and oil combinations, they will contribute to the taste, as will aromatic wood chips ar herbs strewn over the charcoals or used in smoking box in a gas barbecue. So whether you chose a charcoal or gas barbecue, you will still achieve fantastic flavours.

The main thing to consider when chosing your barbecue is how often you intend to use it. If you enjoy regular family meals alfresco or party barbecues in the backyard, a larger one might be best for you. If, however, you like to act spontaneously and light up a barbecue on the beach or in the country side, you will need something portable– And this small kind of barbecue would also be perfect if you plan to use the barbecue at home only occassionally.

Remember that the larger barbecues will need to be stored somewhere dry when not in use, so you will most likely need a shed or corner of the garage to tuck them away into.

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Even a disposable barbecue or an old grill rack over coal on the beach will do the trick, but if you want to barbecue more often or cook larger cuts of meat or whole birds, it’s worth finding out about all the different kinds of barbecue available.

This section includes gas, electric, and charcoal barbecues with tips on how best to use them, as well as the additional equipment you will need for easy and safe cooking outdoors. Hints on what food to buy and how to prepare it will also be discussed as well as techniques and recipes for giving food aextra flavor by marinating or adding butter, and how to cut down fat while keeping food flavorsome.

If you continue to visit this blog, you will be provided with some of the best barbecue recipes that will leave anyone begging for more.

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