Ropa Vieja Roulade

Another recipe inspired by the collective motivation of the Internet BBQ and food communities I participate in. This week’s challenge was “cook something Cuban”. Ropa Vieja literally means “old clothes” and the traditional way of cooking this is “as a stew” probably in a Dutch Oven or similar. I found this updated recipe and thought I’d give it a go.

Chicken Tabaka Niortskali

This is a dish from Georgia…the country in the ex Soviet Republic, not the State in the Deep South. There’s a new Georgian Spice Blend, a Georgian cooking technique and a Georgian sauce involved here, so lots to experiment with…

Catch35’s Chilean Sea Bass (kind of)

Catch 35 describes itself as an “Asian -accented seafood destination” which is a fairly good description. This dish is inspired by their popular Chilean Sea bass menu item but with some last minute changes…not least of which is that it does not contain Chilean Sea Bass !

Siôn’s 72-hour pizza dough

I only call this mine because I can’t attribute it to any single source and the list of contributors would be too long. It’s technically more accurate to claim to be the editor of this recipe rather than the author. I’ve taken a few ideas on techniques from different places and this seems to give me the best results. Neapolitan pizza dough, naturally.

Joe Junior’s Smoked Queso

Queso is Spanish for cheese. This dish is really easy, very forgiving, and exceptionally tasty if you’re a cheese fan. If you can clean out the fridge and melt cheese, then you can make queso. Baked potatoes are optional.

Brit(-ish) Bacon

…well, technically “Canadian Bacon” as far as the cut of meat is concerned, but the end result looks, tastes, sounds and smells exceedingly British. A hit with the family and really easy to do. The biggest challenge really is in the slicing !

Bourbon Cherry Glazed Pork

Costco. Fantastic place for meat but you need to go with an open mind. You might come away with a beef bargain, or chicken or even lamb. On our last trip it was pork…a HUGE loin for a low, low price which I cut into three. One’s destined to become Canadian (almost British) bacon, but this one was going on the rotisserie…

Giordano’s Take Away for the UK

Well, here it is. THE Giordano’s Pizza and if I say so myself, this was awesome. We love Giordano’s, and the thought of going back to the UK without being able to get hold of one of their pizzas is distressing, to say the least. Armed with this recipe we can relax !

Crumpets from Home at Home

Crumpets are a quirk of UK (specifically Welsh !) cuisine and have often been a breakfast or tea-time treat back home. We occasionally find them in the US stores, but during the 2020 quarantine lockdown, one of the major purveyors of crumpets, Warburtons, published the recipe.

Kamado Tamales

Cinco de Mayo came and went with less fanfare in 2020 due to a “Shelter in Place” order (stay at home !). Irrespective of quarantine, and aside from Margeritas and tequila in general, order of the day would seem to include Tamales. Here’s our first encounter with this Mexican street food.

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