BBQ

at the beginning of June, i went and made a huge portion of my mother's famous BBQ sauce, in anticipation of all the BBQs i'd have on my balcony. i found out a little later that, my BBQ being of the charcoal type, i wasn't allowed to use it on a balcony. imagine my disappointment. summer is not summer without at least a BBQ a week! :( i tried cooking my marinated chicken in the oven, but it was a disaster: there was smoke coming out of the oven and the whole flat smelled of that for days.

and finally, being already nearly mid-July, i went to my first BBQ. my friend R. had organised it in his landlord's garden. his landlord being the owner of the vineyard R. lives on, and there are rows of vats down in the cellar, with what is called, in Switzerland, a 'carnotzet' (basically a basement where men can get together and drink themselves silly). we were served all the local wines, the grapes of which we could admire on the vines next to the garden. it was an experience!

but to get back to the BBQ theme, i ate loads. not because i was particularly hungry, but simply because i didn't know when the next BBQ food was coming my way and i thought i'd better stock up. it was great!