BBQ
Dad likes a barby - nothing unusual about that. A good size piece of kit makes the whole event much easier to manage than squeezing all the food onto something too small. Here is mine – not posh or hi-spec, just a large pit and a lot of cooking space. The main advantage is that you [...]
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On the subject of copper pans – see previous post about ratatouille – here is a photo of four pans of my mother’s that I have just had re-tinned for her. The pans are at least fifty years old and have not, as far as I know, been retinned before. They now look [...]
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Ratatouille
My tall French friend, who I first met up a ladder in Ladbroke Grove many years ago when he was painting a ceiling, and is now a proper art dealer in Paris, once complimented me on this ratatouille I cooked for him and his family. I love this dish, which clears out a whole [...]
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Uninterrupted
One of dad’s co-bloggers at Kennet Creative is Girl Uninterrupted. Mostly her posts are of marginal interest to Dads – lots of stuff about lovely ditzy girls and useless, heartless men – but this entry is very delightful (well they all are, really) – Aubergine Cake. If that’s not Dad, I don’t know what [...]
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Grated Cheddar
My little boy didn’t fancy either of the suppers I offered tonight – yesterday’s cassoulet warmed up with fried potatoes and salad. Sounded good to me, but the mighty sandwich with a salad didn’t find his favour either. So, because he’d had a rough day at school involving his new teacher and a [...]
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Butter beans
Dad was snooping round a supermarket recently and found some very handsome looking duck legs in the poultry fridge at a very reasonable price. After a couple of weeks in the freezer, we got them out last night to make a warm and nourishing dish for a cold spring evening after coming home [...]
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