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Thermometers

Pretty much everywhere you look, the accepted wisdom of the BBQ/Live Fire/Meat Cookery world is that a way of finding out the internal temperature of what you are cooking is a must. There are 2 main reasons for this: 1. Food poisoning is not fun. 2. Good meat is expensive and you don’t want toContinue reading “Thermometers”

Big Green Egg rEGGulator cap

The new and the old. On the right is the original daisy wheel cap that came with the Egg. It’s seen a lot of action. It’s never let me down and once set it holds a stable temperature for hours. Lots of people seem to complain that it slides open or closed when the lidContinue reading “Big Green Egg rEGGulator cap”

Knives

I recall that as a young chap making his way in the world of the kitchen, a hankering after quality knives was a pretty keen emotion. Early on, I had a Kitchen Devils cooks knife (still got it in fact) which sharpened well and had a nice heft to it. It still comes camping andContinue reading “Knives”

Cote de Boeuf + Bearnaise

We’ve been getting a regular meat box from Phillip Warren in Launceston, Cornwall – everything they’ve sent us has been amazing and this slab of beef was no exception. About 2 inches thick with a beautiful marbling of fat throughout. I sliced away a bit of the fat on the outside and brushed on aContinue reading “Cote de Boeuf + Bearnaise”

The Live Fire Journal

So, a new year full of the best intentions. Ordinarily the intentions of Polly and I would revolve around enjoying life to the full, pottering about in the garden, doing up the house, getting away and travelling and planning what to eat that day. But our plans have been sent awry by the virus andContinue reading “The Live Fire Journal”