Meater+ – Live Fire Journal

From Chinatown to Table: Making Jianbing at Home

This week we made Jangbing, those delicious spicy crepe breakfast snacks from China (or a place near Leicester Square)

Glamping Adventures in Northumberland: Fires, Food, and Fun

The last knockings of 2023 are upon us and we find ourselves glamping in beautiful Northumberland. It’s freezing and the wind is blowing the rain sideways, but we are having great time and looking forward to seeing in the new year by watching the nearby Allendale Fire Festival where 45 brave (foolhardy?) men each carryContinue reading “Glamping Adventures in Northumberland: Fires, Food, and Fun”

How to Prepare Monkfish Like a Pro

The Mighty Monkfish Stuck, as I am, watching the rain (absolute stair rods as Paddington might say) batter the windows of the departure lounge in a Balkan airport, I have been afforded the opportunity to write a new blog. We’ve been in Montenegro for a week; a land of unbelievable beauty and whose people haveContinue reading “How to Prepare Monkfish Like a Pro”

Saddle up pardner!

I have written before about my love of Venison – it is flavourful, easy to cook and cost effective. In my mind it is as good as beef and is generally higher in protein and lower in fat. This week I had a crack at Venison saddle for the first time; this cut comes fromContinue reading “Saddle up pardner!”

Season of Mists and slabs of Venison

I have a friend called Guy who is a very good chap to know indeed. Amongst other things he is a very keen apiarist, which means that every so often he drops round large quantities of honey that his bees have produced. He is also the kind of bloke who gets a massive venison haunchContinue reading “Season of Mists and slabs of Venison”

Porchetta

I often need to have a good long think before setting out on a new blog post. Is it to be about a new dish I’ve cooked, a new piece of kit or a party we’ve held? Mostly, they seem to end up being a bit of a combination of all three, but there isContinue reading “Porchetta”

A word on time (not the Stephen Hawking kind)

I noticed with a degree of horror today that is now 6 months or so since my last post here. I’ve wracked my brains and cannot really come up with any particular reason for the hiatus other than sometimes real life gets in the way. In this case my professional life has been pretty all-consumingContinue reading “A word on time (not the Stephen Hawking kind)”

Getting started on your Live Fire journey

Last month it was my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary. We had a family get-together in their beautiful garden; my brother supplied the booze and Polly and I did the catering. It was great fun and, even if I say so myself, the food turned out brilliantly. As I was cooking, I got a couple ofContinue reading “Getting started on your Live Fire journey”

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”