We went out with dad and he was piling up old limbs and branches from the Maples that had fallen in storms through the years and then he lit a fire with them. We collies looked at that and backed up…. it was hot and we knew not to go by it and the older ones who had experience walked further back fand took a nap. We younger ones watched as dad kept the fire burning and then it went down till it glowed embers.
We could smell it still burning and felt the heat. Then, dad brought out a grate and put it on some logs and put on Bratwurst and hotdogs. Our mouths drooled and as he pulled them off he looked around and snuck us all a bite which we relished…. mmmmmmmm As we played in the pools he put on potatoes and corn on the cob wrapped in tin foil and let them cook over the glowing embers and soon they were done too. Mmmmm… they smelled so good and we watched as he cut one ear down to kernels and then gave us all some… mmmmmmmmmmm The taters he wouldn’t give us for they do not digest in a collie’s tummy well.
We loved the cookout experience using just fallen tree wood in our fire pit. The food sure tasted good and we heard dad mention they cooked like that so they would have enough food for the week cooked without having to turn on the stove and heat up the house helping it to stay cooler…. hmmm… sometimes he is sort of smart… sometimes… By the way, we relished the watermelon…..
-so that is how you make a big fire…. see that Squirrel? Fricassee coming soon… and next time I will dump[ ten gallons of gas on it to really make the neighborhood jump… muwahahaahah
Collies Of The Meadow 
We don’t often BBQ…though we do a lot of smoking of fish, pork and sausages….but each time we do a roast in the oven we have a semi circle of dogs in attendance…I suppose that in Great Britain it rarely gets too hot to make using the oven unbearable and we’ve carried our habits with us to Costa Rica.
That’s a real barbecue! It’s perfectly designed for road kill. ….or squirrels!
Our hooman says that BBQ sounds very yummy! Whee don’t agree as the food wouldn’t agree with our tummies but nom nom nom for you guys, eh?!
Mop, Dusty, Billy, Pip, Cupcake and Cocoa xx
Sounds yummy!!! 🙂 We usually do our cook-outs in the fall and winter.. too hot outside in FL to build a fire other times..