Friday, August 21, 2009

A Glimpse of Home Cooked Food (Part 1)

Home Cooked Food

Wednesday night was sunny and warm, so it was decided that we should take things out into the garden and have ourselves a little bit of a barbeque.

Home Cooked Food

There's nothing quite like the smell of chargrilled peppers and chilies to set the stomach rumbling and the mouth watering...

Home Cooked Food

However, before the main event, we started off with something simple. Smoked salmon, lemon, black pepper and some warm crusty bread.

Home Cooked Food

A simple mix of chicken legs, thighs, wings and a few chipolatas (small pork sausages).

Home Cooked Food

Chargrilled courgettes and peppers. Note to any non-British readers - I say courgette, you say zucchini; I say aubergine, you say eggplant; I say aluminium, you say aluminum... let's call the whole thing off....

Home Cooked Food

And here is the finished plate. Simple and delicious...

For dessert...

Home Cooked Food

Strawberries and sugar. Now those of you used to the delightfully sweet Korean strawberries may be surprised by this combination, but fear not for I shall reveal all. Growing up in the UK, our strawberries were always delicious, yet quite small and sharp enough to make you wince. So a small pile of caster sugar on the side of the plate helped to tone down the natural sharpness and lift the flavours. Today's strawberries are a little sweeter, but old habits die hard and dipping your finger into the juicy red melted sugar at the end is one of those little pleasures that everyone should try at least once.

Thus endeth the barbeque...

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