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They're called Azeris, not Azerbeijanis.

Hovdv wrote:
> The absolute best barbecue I've ever had was served at 'The Wise
> Shepard' in Azerbeijan. However I can't post the methology used;
> ingredients; types of rubs; marinades. It's not because I never went
> through a series of arguments, fights, duels as well as an arm
> wrestling contest to obtain information; I was also sold to the
> Corsicans so they could hold me for ransom. I excaped and went back to
> 'The Wise Shepard' and demanded recipes. So now they honour me and
> give me this 'mi casa es su casa' chit but of course they say it in
> Azerbeijani. Not many men excape Corsican kidnappers so I became a
> guest of the President and presided over many of his political
> detainees torture. Eventually after a few months I bowed out and took
> recipes out of the country and back into mine. I won't make these
> available on this NG though because the clique here thinks that it all
> ends with 'Southern Style' barbecue.
> You've never had sheep stomach stuffed with congealed blood, fat, lungs
> and various meats from the head and face of sheep until you've had it
> done the Azerbeijani way. They don't use a grill but rather an open
> fire. Two political detainees hold this dish over the smoke and flame
> and rotate as neccessary. They don't use a rotatable spit because the
> Azerbeijanis believe in purism. Some won't even use a stick stuck
> through the stomach. They just hold it with their hands and when their
> hands are toast others are placed into this most important role.