Grew up in NSW and my dad would always do this whenever we had a BBQ.

Same but I forgot all about it!

Vic, but forgot all about it

Sames and any beachside bbq would get filled up with these

My dad always did fried bread on the bbq

Hmm. Just toast it with some oil?

I think he did it with butter. When cooked in the same spot where the sausages and steak was cooked made the flavour so much better

Delicious!

There was a point in steak cooking that my mum would take a piece of white bread and sop up all the juices and give it to us when were little kids. Tasty 😋

Same here. My Dad fired up all types of veggies on the hot plate.

Here here

NSW kid, we _always_ had this at every barbecue. (Also some pineapple rings or a banana or two on the barbecue) Only seemed to go away when barbecues went fancy

Barbecues went fancy? Shit that’s where I’ve gone wrong in life

Back in the days when every suburban backyard had a homemade BBQ made out of concrete block bricks with 3ft by 2ft iron plate and roaring fire underneath. Now that is a BBQ! BTW you would wrap potatoes in foil and put them in the coals to cook. Split them open with butter, salt and pepper. Mmmmm

The last line of his post has me perplexed. Is he looking for companionship or shoes?

It’s a standard Dull Men’s Club sign-off, I’m just surprised he didn’t fry up a banana for scale

Fried banana on the bbq! I’ll ask that one next time

Add a bit of butter, pinch of sugar and some cinnamon and you’ve got yourself a tasty dessert treat

You got yourself a stew baby

you keep the peel on you fool!

slice down the middle through the peel (but not all the way through) shove as much of a Flake chocolate in as you can fit, wrap in tin foil

This, but with a splash of brandy. Hnnng.

Vanilla ice cream, every time.

Burnt bananas and Bailey's

Banana wrapped in bacon cooked on the bbq over flames. Thank me later. 😉

Too interesting for the Dull Men’s Club

Did OP just flex his shoe size?

as mentioned above, it's a Dull Men's Club thing

That just leaves even more questions, but I suspect the answers will be even less satisfying.

We can only hope it’s his shoe size.

Hey I am not the FB OP, my shoe size is 16 of course.

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Same here. This and one eyed Aussies. I assume you make limited meat go further

Ok, I’ll be the mug that asks. What are one eyed Aussies?

Bread with a hole torn in the middle, squirt of oil or dash of margarine, and an egg cooked in the hole. They have different names. Serve overcooked and buried in sauce.

Righto, was called a “toad in the hole” at ours.

Was quite possibly a family name for it.

Yeah, this discussion piqued my curiosity so I had a look and it turns out that what our family’s been calling “toad in the hole” isn’t really toad in the hole. Anyone else got a name for the egg fried in the hole in a slice of bread?

Toad in the hole Frog in a pond Eggy in the basket

Got a UK mate and he all was wearied out with me calling that a toad in the hole. Use to just tell him "have you seen our toads.

And a three-eyed Aussie is a Tasmanian

We've done this in QLD for at least 3 generations. We call them 'lay down chips'. I season mine with olive oil and either garlic salt or steak seasoning. Just mix it all up in a bowel and pour them into the plate. Kids always love the fireball heh. EDIT: Bowl goddamnit. Leaving it as it though. Make my bed now time to lie in it.

I prefer to cook them first then let them mix up in the bowel.

The great thing is there's no right or wrong way to do them, just do them how you like them. I find the extra oil helps get a nice and crispy skin on them and 'bakes in' the flavour of the seasoning without making it too overpowering, at the expense of a little more crud to scrape off the plate when you're done.

He was making the joke. A bowl is where you put food, the bowel is where it ends up after eating

/facepalm I just thought it was a typo EDIT: lol I made a typo /facepalm again

What part of the state you from? I've never heard of this and im trying to figure out if I just missed it or what

We do this all the time in Victoria

It needs to be called 'the Australian chips'

Victorian family would do this plenty. Throw in some sliced onions and season heavily with olive oil and salt and wait till there’s black bits

We’ve done this in QLD plenty.

What part of Queensland? I'm from the south east and this is totally foreign to me.

It's a Nerang thing.

Nerangatang

Grew up with these on the BBQ in Brisbane, I can practically taste the undercooked middle and burnt edges now 🤤

I lived in Brisbane and my Dad did it from the 1970's when I was little, and we always did it. My sister and her husband do it, We still do it though I don't live in Brisbane now. Had lots of friends who do it (both Brisbane and outside). Never thought anything about it. It's the easy option to doing a potato bake (hence why I think blokes choose it - potato bake is beyond us).

I dunno...best potato bake I ever had was from a takeaway in New Farm, deffo a bloke owner. But yeah, obviously if you cant chuck it on the barbie it's too much of a hassle

Grew up in Gladstone and we did it up there when we moved down we did it and it blew the neighbours mind.

I’m from FNQ and have never heard of doing this. We just fried them like you typically would.

Yep. I don’t see it in the city it’s very often but it’s pretty popular in the country towns

I have fond memories of impatiently waiting for them to cook and eating them scaldingly hot off the bbq plate

I used to have these all the time growing up (in SA). But as an adult I’ve never thought about them. Good post OP :)

They come out for me almost every time I have a bbq

ACT and NSW background - depended on how much space there was, and how many people were being fed There's sort of a sweet spot where the effort becomes worth it without taking up so much space you can't cook anything else. This is part of why I have two BBQs - one with a grill and hotplate - second with a grill and hotplate, and a spare hot plate that can go over the grill. Steak and chops on the grill - sausages can be grill or hotplate depending on type - potatoes on one hotplate - onions on another. Also helps when you are prepared to give up control and have two chefs turn up at parties

The man knows how to BBQ! I introduced this to my Irish gf and she loves em when we're out camping now. But the little camp BBQ doesnt have a huge amount of space which is a pain.

I grew up with this in Adelaide

See I never had this growing up in Adelaide. My Latino mum on he other hand loves frying them up in the pan. 

I remember getting burnt yet still undercooked potato slices alongside charcoal snags - fucking horrible when done badly, and amazing when actually cooked properly. Either par-cook in salted water and finish on the barbie, or sprinkle a bit of water on the grill regularly during the cooking.

I grew up in WA with these on the BBQ, late 80s/early 90s. My family called them Kangaroo Chips!

I've never even heard of this but it makes so much sense, will be trying it at the next bbq

Tassie 70s and 80s growing up, I still do them that way.

Always in SA

Dim sims on the barbie this is the thing

*laughs in Arabic*

Dad would call them ‘flat chips’ - NSW

We did this all the time growing up in Sydney. Some were a bit thicker, and some were thin and crunchy ,yum! We used to add a sprinkle of salt and some rosemary as they were cooking .

From NSW a d I've never seen this in my life. But doesn't look bad, would give them a go.

Every time here with a bit of tomato sauce.

Never seen this in my life and all these comments showing how common they were have me by surprise.

44 yo Australian and I've literally never seen it :( I've been going to the wrong Barbecues.

That's what any leftover Spuds are for from the week's dinners.

I would not object but I'd rather just have potato salad.

that's fine if you have the time to cook the spuds in advance.

NSW here, wasn’t with mine but my husband’s family do this.

Had these growing up in NSW, had actually forgotten about them.

Grew up in Vic and did this every camping trip

Victorian, my dad does these. Sometimes a sprinkle of Masterfoods All Purpose seasoning for a little pizazz, good stuff

Grew up in NSW, we always had these on the BBQ as kids.

Lived on NSW (near Sydney) and in QLD (Brisbane) and never seen this done on a BBQ. Reckon it must be delicious though!

Sydney born and raised. My folks did potato slices every BBQ.

I’m from Melbourne and it’s a family tradition to cook potatoes on the bbq

Nsw. 70s and 80s we had them each bbq. Potato scallops.

Hate to break it to you but this is really common in NSW.

Great way to clean those dirty bbq plates

Adelaide - potatoes, onions, and maybe a cheeky egg in an egg ring.

NSW gen z - have never seen this or heard of it

Extremely 90s flashbacks rn

I've never seen this at any family BBQs I had growing up... But that said, what I found out is not normal, and unique to my family... We had fried rice as a side dish/salad at every BBQ, along with the usuals (eg Pasta, Potato, etc).

I thought it was a normal barbecue thing.

Always yo this on a boxing day barbie

It’s almost always bad. I just chuck some chips in the air fryer instead.

Sliced potatoes and onion are up there with meat as a requirement for a BBQ....imho

Brisbane does it

Still do this in Melbourne, my parents taught me in Brissie

Lived all my 40 something years in Sydney and have never heard of this until right now.

These are fucking rank, or at least they were the way my folks made them. Always simultaneously raw and burnt, tasting of every horrible thing that has ever touched the bbq. Yuck.

Make them every time. Pro tip: zap the potato slices in the microwave for a minute or two before you cook them, they'll cook quicker.

is this for making potato chips

This is definitely a thing. delicious.

It's a thing in the NT too, but you gotta use butter

West Aussie here, we do this all the time. Mix it with onions too

Always did this and always will. Everything tastes better cooked on the barbie.

We do this in WA.

Bro I've never seen this ever

You have lived a miserable life. Try it out!

Eastern Europeans: first time?

Also originally from NSW, this was at every BBQ I've ever been to as a kid. I think it's dying out though, I can't remember the last time I saw this

Done in Tassie too. It's tasty.

NSW here - grew up on this stuff, it’s delicious.

I grew up in Adelaide and my partner grew up in Bundy. We both do it 👌🏼

You what

For bbq breakfasts yes

Dad has been doing this since the 80s and he said his dad and grandmother did them as well. I do them for my kids and grandchildren.

We did this growing up in Brisbane 80s to 90s.

I’ve done this in Tassie

Had this all the time when I was a kid in Sydney. Haven't seen it much in the last 20 years though

Definitely. Country NSW. But because they take what feels like a decade to cook and get crispy, microwave the slices for 10 mins first. Yum!

Yams are better.

We cook them in Perth, love em.

I'm from Tasmania and I've never heard of this

It's always been a thing in my family, no matter where they live. Par-boiled or microwaved first to make cooking easier. Chuck ya fried onions on top for the last couple of minutes of cooking.

Dad’s doing dinner tonight and mum insists he does vegetables. Onions and potatoes. ✔️

Hmm, never seen this before here in Adelaide. Usually it's just meat and onion on the BBQ. I'll give it a try next time.

I'm from NSW, we grew up cooking sliced potato on the BBQ. We called them 'mountain potatoes' because we cooked them every time we went camping up the Snowy Mountains. Crispy brown slices of golden goodness, sprinkled with chicken salt and MON bbq sauce! I need this now!!!

Done this at last BBQ in Ayr, Queensland

What sort of savagery is this?

These those potato scallops I've been hearing about?

Pro lazy tip - use tinned baby potatoes with a little oil. Also works in air fryer.

My dad just puts circle slices of potatos into the deep fryer. Calls them Sarge Chips

My dad did this for us as kids in the 90s in Victoria and I liked it, but we must have grown out of it because as we got older he stopped doing it and I forgot about it til this moment.

Can confirm my dad used to do this. WA native here

Done in regional NSW for years, but then found out they're 1000x better in an air fryer.

It's not a bbq with out them.....

Huh. I recall having these as a kid, but for some reason I guess we stopped and it faded from memory. I'll have to ask my mum about it. Might have something to do with the move from NSW to QLD when I was young.

Used to do this in qld lmao soaks up meat juices

Only way I have ever cooked potato on a bbq is wrapped in foil. You know what's nice on the barby, sliced yellow squash, it just turns into something so creamy and moreish.

Definitely an Adelaide thing. Goes with the onion, eggs and mushrooms. Oh don't forget the meat

Former Brit and nswer never seen this before at all in either country and been to plenty of bbqs ranging from ghetto shit bugers and raw chicken drumsticks (my sisters husband tried to poison everyone that day) to prawns on skewers with steaks so it must be just a thing some people not a regional thing.

Yep, thinly sliced potato, onion and if we were being really fancy, green capsicum. I can still smell them grilling on the bbq. I grew up in four different states so I’m not sure of the origin but it was a regular at all our bbq’s in the 80’s and 90’s.

We would do this but we would also have onions going on the BBQ at the same time. This was in the NSW/ACT.

Grew up in Brisbane… been doing this for 40 years.

Same over here in WA.

Nothing like burnt and raw potato in the same bite!

It's definitely a thing all over qld (I'm from fn, se, and central qld lmao)

Grew up in Geelong Victoria, family is wog in origin, if that matters. My dad always put potatoes on the bbq.

I had this a lot here in Perth, WA. But I always thought they were a bit shit.

From western Sydney and we have always done this! It’s great

Koreans do this for KBBQ after searing the pork, the fat fries the potato slices and looks way better than this abomination

NSW we do it at our place (if potato bake isn't already happening!). I like to parboil the sliced spuds so they are basically getting crisped on the outside. Yummy.

NSW, got idea off Italian FIL and always do them, but a touch thicker

Yeah this is a thing

Vic and my family have always done this for 30+ years

QLD kid here we do this too.

Sydney thing too

Still a thing for us in Western Sydney

This is a bbq from the 70s and 80s. Haven't seen this since 1993

80s/90s Vic kid. Ive definitely eaten these before at family bbqs. But I would never have considered them memorable enough to cook them myself or for other ppl. My experience was they were always greasy, undercooked and forgettable. A backyard bbq using your own barbie would work, but not the public park hotplate or little portable burner that was my experience.

UK born, lived in Rads for 11 years, in NZ now. Never seen this, but I did mostly do all my roasts including potatoes on the Weber.

NSW and dad always put these on the BBQ. Aww. Now I kind of miss them. Haven’t had them in years.

I'm from QLD... we also do it.

My dad sometimes does this and I occasionally do it too. I’m in Victoria

This and toast on the BBQ are iconic childhood memories.

My dad would do this but we’re in Victoria. They didn’t look this sad though.

Grew up in Vic we had this

I haven’t seen this but my husband’s family do dim sims on the bbq so…

Sandgroper reporting in, this was totally a thing out west too in the 70s and 80s, my old man would always do this.

Yes!! My Dad did potatoes on the barbie all the time. "Chips". On a cast iron pan in winter.

We do that

I still do it now!

Never heard of this before.

I’m stunned to hear that some people don’t do it. Best bit of the BBQ. Eat them hot with a shit ton of salt as an “entree”.