The Kitchen and Drinks Cabinet

[ItsRalphy]

With the weather giving us blue skies and sunshine and 23c heat this last few weeks, we have been barbequing a lot. Pork chops is one of my favourite on the BBQ with barbequed new potatoes and a green side salad. We have recently enjoyed the introduction of s'mores on the bbq and those of you within the Americas will know what they are.

I have been tempted to do a lot of posts in this section as not only am I a cookery teacher but also I entertain a lot and do a home made meal for my family every night. A three course meal for 20 every couple of weeks is great fun if not exhausting and highly satisfying!

whereabouts in the world are you, sounds fantastic, and what are s'mores?

 

[Blue Jay]

whereabouts in the world are you, sounds fantastic, and what are s'mores?
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Ooh s’mores - marshmellow, layer or chocolate or something like that in a cracker type sandwich. Had them a lot when i was in Canada. Go great with a beer or 6

 

[Chazzy999]

Yes, @Blue Jay is right but our version is marshmallows and chocolate chips melted on a bbq fryingpan and then scooped up and put between two digestives! Totally indulgent and a great way to end a bbq meal!

 

[Chazzy999]

You won't believe this @ItsRalphy but here in Ireland we have been having the most beautiful weather for weeks now.

 

[ItsRalphy]

oh wow - @Blue Jay and @Chazzy999 - they sound amazing, and must try them. We have had some really hot weather, especially great weekends, but only a couple of days and then wind or cold comes in for a day or two, then hot again! - still only late spring so fingers crossed for the summer. Managed 2 BBQ's so far this year.

Found one!

 

[Dafsade]

oh wow - @Blue Jay and @Chazzy999 - they sound amazing, and must try them. We have had some really hot weather, especially great weekends, but only a couple of days and then wind or cold comes in for a day or two, then hot again! - still only late spring so fingers crossed for the summer. Managed 2 BBQ's so far this year.

Found one!
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I would love living in UK ! I love the English weather ! But maybe in Scottland because it is too hot in the South of UK !

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

With the weather giving us blue skies and sunshine and 23c heat this last few weeks, we have been barbequing a lot. Pork chops is one of my favourite on the BBQ with barbequed new potatoes and a green side salad. We have recently enjoyed the introduction of s'mores on the bbq and those of you within the Americas will know what they are.

I have been tempted to do a lot of posts in this section as not only am I a cookery teacher but also I entertain a lot and do a home made meal for my family every night. A three course meal for 20 every couple of weeks is great fun if not exhausting and highly satisfying!

Welcome to The Kitchen and Drinks Cabinet - I enjoyed reading your post. The words 'cookery teacher' just leaps up from your post. Cooking and entertaining family and friends, on a regular basis, is such great fun and something we, as a family, enjoy very much.

Regards
Captain WH Rollins

 

[Chazzy999]

The words 'cookery teacher' just leaps up from your post.

I made it sound like I am actually still teaching but haven't for about a year now although I am on standby at a nearby private school in the area.

It will be another BBQ dinner later and the family seem to want to go out for a BBQ picnic tomorrow. We have a 'Cobb' BBQ which is very portable and versatile and is excellent for a day out - you can cook breakfast, lunch and dinner on it and make the day in the sunshine a long one!

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

I made it sound like I am actually still teaching but haven't for about a year now although I am on standby at a nearby private school in the area.

It will be another BBQ dinner later and the family seem to want to go out for a BBQ picnic tomorrow. We have a 'Cobb' BBQ which is very portable and versatile and is excellent for a day out - you can cook breakfast, lunch and dinner on it and make the day in the sunshine a long one!

Yes, I know of the Cobb BBQ range, they are indeed portable and versatile, not found anything quite as good for outdoor countryside cooking. Always managed to get good cooking results from the Cobb.

Regards
Captain WH Rollins

 

[ItsRalphy]

I would love living in UK ! I love the English weather ! But maybe in Scottland because it is too hot in the South of UK !

too hot - are you having a laugh?

 

[Blue Jay]

too hot - are you having a laugh?

Sun , rain , snow in the same day every day lol

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

Late pub lunch for today - pan roasted swordfish steak with mixed peppercorn butter, steamed mixed vegetables and a bottle of chilled white wine.

Regards
Captain WH Rollins

 

[Chazzy999]

it is too hot in the South of UK

There's no such thing as too hot, surely? We do find that in the UK we do cherish the heat and dry, as it isn't a guarantee at any time of the year!!!

 

[Dafsade]

too hot - are you having a laugh?

Ah ah ah ! You could believe it ! But no ! I dream of living in Normandy, on summer, it is 25°C maximum ! In Toulouse, on the summer it can be 37°C... it makes 28°C in the bedroom, so, sleeping is really hard ! Whereas in Normandy, you can sleep easily all year along !!

I love cold !!!

 

[Dafsade]

There's no such thing as too hot, surely? We do find that in the UK we do cherish the heat and dry, as it isn't a guarantee at any time of the year!!!

Ah ah ah !

Yet, you are lucky ! When I have been in Edinburg, I fell in love with the climat ! I wanted to stay there ! But I had to go back home... hot is hell ! Grass is not green here, it is yellow ! Which is uggly !

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

Sunday lunch for tomorrow - slow braised beef cheeks in red wine sauce, creamy mash potatos, steamed green beans and carrots, fresh baked bread and something suitable to drink with the meal. It is quite some time since last making this meal, some what long winded a process, but well worth it, a family favourite.

Regards
Captain WH Rollins

 

[ItsRalphy]

Sunday lunch for tomorrow - slow braised beef cheeks in red wine sauce, creamy mash potatos, steamed green beans and carrots, fresh baked bread and something suitable to drink with the meal. It is quite some time since last making this meal, some what long winded a process, but well worth it, a family favourite.

Regards
Captain WH Rollins

Sounds amazing.

We are at the RAF air show at RAF Cosford celebrating 100 years of the Royal Air Force, so making a pack up with Bacon and Egg rolls for breakfast when we arrive, then Cornish Pasties, filled rolls, fruit pies, basically carb heaven!!!!! - still don't do it often.

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

Sounds amazing.

We are at the RAF air show at RAF Cosford celebrating 100 years of the Royal Air Force, so making a pack up with Bacon and Egg rolls for breakfast when we arrive, then Cornish Pasties, filled rolls, fruit pies, basically carb heaven!!!!! - still don't do it often.

It sounds like a wonderful day planned, smart of you to take your own food and drinks. Such events can be an expensive day out, for a family.

Regards
Captain WH Rollins

 

[ItsRalphy]

It sounds like a wonderful day planned, smart of you to take your own food and drinks. Such events can be an expensive day out, for a family.

Regards
Captain WH Rollins

Yup, big family tradition since my son was born, he buys me an airshow ticket every year to whichever we think will be the best one, we buy my father in law one, and us three boys have a fantastic day out. My daughter, Mrs Ralphy and her mother treat themselves to a shopping day so win win all round. My son is now 25, so this is the silver anniversary of our tradition!

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

Pub lunch for today - saffron coated chunky chips, oven roasted sausages, a bowl of medium spiced haraka beans and a bottle of Haywood Farm apple cider - could not resist after a busy morning cleaning my fountain pens.

Regards
Captain WH Rollins