Cooking aboard or outdoors

Now that is a big yes... to cognac, cheese cake and the ciggie.

 

All your dishes look great.
I'm not a dessert eater. Sweets seldom appeal to me.
I love coffee.
Do you recommend different coffees for dessert?
Best coffee I ever had was from Ethiopia.
with or without the cigar.

 

You're the first person to have asked me this.

... And yes I do.

I'll offer stronger and more bitter coffee with deserts that are a little too sweet or contain coffee flavours. For example, a strong blend of 100% Arabica with a coffee-creme topped biscotti or cannoli

With stronger flavours such as a lime and chilli cheese cake or a chilli chocolate pot, I would offer a blend of 90% Arabica 10% Robusta.

 

Have you tried any of the roasted green bean coffees? More anti-oxidants and DEFINITELY a ton of flavor.
Green unripe coffee beans.

 

I'm kinda on the fence with both green tea and green coffee. You can imagine, I spend a lot of time thinking about food and ingredients, when I'm not daydreaming about my boat.

Anti-oxidants aside, I don't see much by way of flavour, aroma or any other sensory quality for that matter, that convinces me that green coffee is "better".

Honestly, I think its just a cleaver marketing stunt that reduces the "time to market" for coffee beans and increases the number of harvests per year.

Extra anti-oxidents can only be a good thing though.

 

In fact Yob, talking about anti-oxidants, you have just reminded me about a range of decisions I had to make when designing my cookbook.

I had a very funny meeting with my publisher many months ago about ideas as crazy as, halal on the high seas, vegan voyage, kosher cruising, among a long list of other stupid ideas.

In the end I opted for basic and simple meals that presented well, required little preparation, could be cooked without an oven from long-life products not requiring refrigeration and durable fresh ingredients.

Things like UHT cream, milk, and butter, pasta, rice, potato etc in sensible moderation with appropriate portions of protein to suit the energy demands of sailing for days or weeks was the goal which I think I've achieved.

No one has made the observation, but you'll notice not a single meal I've offered here was cooked in a pressure cooker or was a "one-pot" meal. This I think we are all sick of, and to be honest, I don't think anyone would be particularly interested in yet another cookbook of "one-pot" pressure cooker meals.

I've gone the skillet-BBQ-microwave trifecta for my results. With fall back positions for each recipe capable of being cooked on just a single burner hob.

The idea of a kosher cruise still makes me giggle. Could you imagine two galleys on a small yacht just to humour a religious conviction? I wonder if such a boat has ever been build.

 

Experimenting in the kitchen while posting backward and forward with Yob over the last hour or so in my crash-test-kitchen.

Doesn't everyone chat online while cooking?

Of particular interest to me was the canned beetroot used in the salad. Would it be as good as fresh oven backed and peeled beetroot required for this salad.

Short answer... yes.

The lamb cutlets were stuffed with parma ham and parma cheese before being crumbed and shallow fried.

Not convinced this is a workable meal aboard though...

For those interested:

Drain, rinse and quarter a small can of whole beetroot
Tear buffalo cheese (bocconcini) into quarters

Toss with bitter salad leaves and dress with olive oil and cracked black pepper.

Serve with red meat of your choice.

Wine recommendation: Shiraz (of which I am enjoying my third glass as I type).

 

OK----Hmmmmm,---- I think I know whats happening here.

I suddenly fancy a fairy cake and a cup of tea.

 

Well, HMS Bounty was 90ft 10 in long. Small ship. Big as yachts go. I imagine Royal Navy had smaller vessels. She had two galleys. One for officers and one for the men.

Actually, the very little I know about kosher, doesn't require two galleys. Just two sets of pots and dishes. One for meats, the other for dairy. Jewish homes I have been a guest in, only had the one kitchen.

 

along as you are taller than you are wide you should be okay.

 

Ive lost 2 kilos in 3 days. Porridge for lunch with honey. I had a full check up last Nov --not at the gym --at the Hospital, I had a camera up the arse and a scan plus a blood test.

Cholesterol very low with full functioning liver and kidneys.

Don't bother going if you smoke, youl'le only upset yourself and you are fat --just under obese at 28.5,------ 25 to 29.5 is fat- you are nearly obese.

Ille bet you cant take a sharp intake of breath and hold it, you will cough. Simple test of fitness , thats why the doctor tells you to do it as he listens to all the flem on your esophagus caused by nicotine.

You cant stop smoking --you wont be able to do it,--it takes will power --not denial.

Enjoy your ribs and sauce.

But your not on your own America is obese , I see it on the telly every night they waddle on Tv and sit in a chair --Oh My God --- whoooaaa huge fat people that think,--- well I have a bit of a problem.

Ironical you like to talk about food or should I say,--- as expected.

 

congratulations, Frosty

I'm not telling you anything you don't already know, but older men and women tend to lose bone mass, a calcium deficiency, bones get brittle and broken hips and the like occur.

take care of your skeletons calcium needs.

 

Do you think I cant remember that five minutes ago you were big boned and in perfect health after smoking for 50 years, now your claiming calcium deficiency. I cant keep up.

Smoking causes senility too you know?

Bos --wait for me in coming with you.

 

Frosty
Are you ever out of breath when you run?

My wife and I bike, walk, swim, but don't run. We DANCE!
Latin dances! Best aerobics in the world and very addictive fun!
Our picture top left was taken while we danced.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6DhgIyJVfU&feature=related

I don't have calcium deficiency. I was reminding...oh nevermind.

 

If you don't raise your heart beat above 100 your waisting your time --it is not exercise.

I generally run as hard as I can, then walk a bit to recover, it is also 100 degrees. Yes I get out of breath running is bloody hard work.

A bike ride has been as much as 59km in one go and yes it was a ball breaker too much.

No Pain no gain. Im a hasher ever heard of it, very popular with Americans and all nationalities, it makes running fun.

Don't do it without a check up --I don't want to be responsible for you croaking it.