Ok Here goes!
The start of a journey in which I hope to enrich both myself and anyone who is fortunate enough to read my blog!
The blog will be centered around what I am cooking, what I am drinking, what I am listening to, what is going on between my son and I.
But mostly to do with the food I am preparing for my family!
How the world has changed, I don't think I am alone in saying that I was one of many that grew up with Mom preparing the family meals in the kitchen. The smells, the flavours and the memories taking me back to my childhood. I wonder what it was, in the world that made the little girls of my generation look up at their Mom's and think "there is no way that is my path", yet the boys of my generation must have thought "that doesn't look too bad hey".
Most of my male friends are the cooks in the home yet the majority of the ladies aren't interested in being in the kitchen? What changed?
I must say there is no resentment, I really love cooking dinner for my family! I really like watching cooking programs on TV. My favourite was BBC food until they ruined the channel by putting, parenting crap, "how to look good naked" etc. To BBC: "No one cares!!". Give us back endless repeats of Gordon, Jamie, James and Nigela!!
My favourite thing at the moment is the new Jamie Oliver App for the iPhone. Sheer brilliance, it even gives you video tips on how to buy ingredients! The man is a genius.
I will be sharing many of my insights into his many recipes that I have cooked, and loved, and on very rare occasions not liked at all.
Let me just say upfront, I am no chef or in anyway qualified to criticise the greats, there is also the possibility that I might have got something wrong in the recipes that I shall be commenting on, but that just leaves the door open for you to comment and tell me where I went wrong.
Most of the posts will be on recipes from the greats, I will very rarely post one of my own creations, the majority will however be from my valued cookbooks that I will be commenting on.
So as `I started the post ... Here goes Ladies & Gents join me on a journey of discovery...
Regards
Darrel
Hey Big D, great blog. Greetings from Mud Island. Got some Pork Cheeks I am going to do sometime next week. A cut I have never used before but have eaten at a good place down the road from me. Hope it all goes well. Cheers, Pistolpete !
ReplyDeleteThanks Pete. Let me know how the pork cheeks go. I have never heard of it, cooked it or eaten it so I would like to hear all about it! Send us the recipe and comments and I will post it on the blog.
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