A food bore writes
Ah! Now then. I like food, no not like, love. I love it The appreciation of food was instilled into me by my old man. Many of my early memories involve the two of us sitting at the table eating simple great food.

Mussels and crusty bread.
Scallops and black pudding…25 years later it turns up on master chef as ‘a new thing’
Smashing open just cooked crab and eating the flesh along with very ripe sweet tomatoes.
Rabbit from the hill next to the house.
A mound of steaming lambs tongues fresh from the ‘harvest’
Lobster taken from the sea 30 minutes ago
Mackerel char grilled on the BBQ – you’ve got to try this one
Salt Mackerel and creamy buttery mash – probably an acquired taste

When I go and stay we spend hours and hours every day discussing planning , catching, preparing and sharing our food.

Favourite meal is a toughie to choose. The Crab and Tomatoes when I was about 8 years old was the first time I realised that two simple things could go together like that to make perfection. But top of the shop has to be the a meal we made a couple of years ago. We took friends, wives and kids out on the boat, lifted some lobster pots and stopped off on one of the small islands with the ingredients and a portable stove. I made posh scampi; whole lobster tails with a hint of lime juice and chillies in a tempura. My old man did a tomatoes and green been salad. While we where cooking, the kids were exploring the island, wives chatting and sunbathing. It was perfect.

The Worst? The pickled hens feet and sweet potato served to me by my father in law. A meal with no redeeming features.
( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Fri 27 May 2011, 10:36, 4 replies)

Sorry to be a pedant, but do you mean 'Mussels'?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Fri 27 May 2011, 10:49, closed)

yes

( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Fri 27 May 2011, 10:55, closed)

After living with a vegetarian for many years
that list made me drool.
(leviticus no longer likes the cut of your gib on, Fri 27 May 2011, 10:53, closed)

Are you...
Jamie "Facking 'Ell Cor Blimey Guvnor" Oliver in a poor disguise? It sounds like it.

Apart from that - the food sounds lovely. Well done - keep up the good work.
(LittleJonnyBoy, Fri 27 May 2011, 13:13, closed)

Simple food
is severely underrated. Those combos sound awesome, I particularly like the crab/tomato combo. Fresh fish straight out of the sea is is one of my faves, it's so different to the aged rubbish we get in supermarkets.
(robbersdog, Fri 27 May 2011, 23:31, closed)