What I Found Unusual

[jennyjoan]

Not once this beautiful summer did I smell a barbecue. And where I live they buy anything and everything - yet no gorgeous smell.

Had you a lovely smell

[jennyjoan]

no not one round here - a little disappointing

[Baldric]

Had lots of BBQs, but it would need a good breeze to get the aroma to you from North Kent

[Minkyme]

Bbq’s, the smell of freshly cut grass and fresh sweat with a hint of perfume or aftershave signify summer to me

[woofgang]

round here they always seen to barbecue cheap sausages and it stinks

[tiggerblue10]

There have been a few bbqs near me and I've had a few aromas wafting over but its mostly been smoke from bonfires.

[Minkyme]

//round here they always seen to barbecue cheap sausages and it stinks//

My friends neighbors keep barbecuing a horrible fish which smells like a mix of burnt nappies and toxic waste.

Whatever it is I wouldn’t eat it if you paid me.

Does anyone know what species it might be?

[andres]

No thank goodness. Can't stand barbecued food.

[Minkyme]

Really Andres? Maybe you haven’t had the real deal made by real southern states bbq Kings.

[Minkyme]

Not bbq Kings but PITMASTERS as they’re known

[andres]

Having spent a holiday in Turkey in the 80s where you couldn't escape the smell of charcoal. Also the health warnings re barbecued food and carcinogens. You can keep your barbecues.

[Rockrose]

andres have you ever heard of anyone dying from eating bbq's?

[Rockrose]

Oh and we have had them nearly every night, chicken, fish and steaks are our favourites

[andres]

Rockrose --- Read up on this topic. It was in the news a lot about 12 months ago.

[Rockrose]

Thank you I don't need to read up on it - it was in the news for 5 minutes of scaremongering then nothing since.
More chance of me being hit by a bus that dying from eating to much bbq's imo.

[Minkyme]

//andres have you ever heard of anyone dying from eating bbq's?//

Agreed , I’d like to see proof, links and stats proving this.

[andres]

Who mentioned dying? I didn't. I don't do links but it shouldn't be too difficult to read up about barbecued food and the links to cancer.

[Mamyalynne]

I'd say this year has brought the usual smells associated with summer, including the occasional barbecue nearby.

I love the smell of sun drying laundry myself.

[237SJ]

https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/diet/cooked-meats-fact-sheet

[andres]

237SJ--Thanks.^^^