This is our Thanksgiving Weekend and the turkey is waiting in the fridge downstairs. Maybe that's what made me notice the Lakeshore Living ad in my emails. This store is a luxury patio furniture store nearby with a special sale this weekend on The Big Green Egg.
Do you have a Big Green Egg? Aren't they somehow magic with the pictures of that huge green egg shape sitting on the patio next to the traditional BBQ? That seems to be what they think. The website page says:
Welcome You've landed where The Big Green Egg is hatched.
What is the special moment about The Big Green Egg? It originates 3,000 years ago from a long tradition of wood-fired clay ovens in East Asia. The round clay ovens are called 'kamado' - meaning oven or hearth. American soldiers serving in Japan took home their flip flops and their kamado ovens as souvenirs.
In 1974, Ed Fisher started Big Green Egg - importing kamado ovens. But then he went on to develop them further with contemporary knowledge and techniques, such as ceramics specially developed by NASA. The Big Green Egg (BGE) today is a charcoal barbecue specially shaped with doors that contain the heat and control the air flow and updraft. This means temperatures can be up to 650 degrees celsius. It is green, of course.
Everything cooked in a big green egg is extra juicy and and delicious. So there are articles on chefs who love The Big Green Egg. There is a culinary partner program that highlights restaurants who feature 'a wide range of EGG menu items'. It is HERE. Near us is Mildren's Temple Kitchen in Toronto. I think their Roast Chicken Biryani picture shows us a big green egg cooked chicken.
I don't find any negative reviews at all: Here's the typical quote: "I think a more fitting name would be ‘the big golden egg’. There are dedicated users who support each other with BGE information like: "Tighten the bolts on the stands after the Egg has been used five times" and "If you have a problem with grease sticking the felt shut when it's cold, slip a Weber paraffin charcoal lighter cube in the bottom and wait for the warmth to release the opening. Then change the gaskets."
Today's image is one of my digital designs titled The Shape of Colours, and the products one can purchase with the design - Redbubble has added bath mats, shower curtains and coasters. The print is also on Spoonflower, a fabric, wallpaper and house accessories site, so we can have table cloths, placemats and napkins.
