I love to cook, the outcomes are sometime dubious!
And something I like to do is when there is a public event, like a royal wedding or the G7 summit in Cornwall, is to copy the recipes, maybe invent cheaper, budget versions
I’ve made tray bake versions of all the royal wedding cakes and the a cheats Jubilee trifle
So I was looking forward to seeing the recipes for the Coronation and having a bash
What a let down!
There’s Ken Homs rack of lamb, which is probably tasty but I always think lamb rack is expensive and too much bone, and you’re not exactly going to knock it up for a street party, are you?
Yes, looking at those choices, I see what you mean.
When you think of how the last Coronation gave us the novel dish of Coronation Chicken, which has embedded itself into being a firm favourite ever since, one expects someone to come up with another unique dish that will become a national favourite.
I suppose we have now tried so many different cuisines and fusions of flavours in recent decades, that it becomes more difficult than it was 70 years ago to find a totally new idea.
Although, saying that - I believe Coronation Chicken wasn’t a totally new dish when they first made it, either - I think I remember seeing somewhere that it was a re-hash of an older recipe first made for George V’s Jubilee in the 1930s.
When it comes to easy-to-make recipes that find favour with the majority, perhaps all the best food flavour-pairings have already been discovered!
The Strawberry & Ginger trifle looks nice - but I wouldn’t fancy either of the other two recipes.
I think chicken is probably a safer option to appeal to a wider public - lamb has a distinctive flavour which people either love or hate - some kind of “Coronation Special” vegetarian dish would be good but I know lots of people who say they don’t like aubergine - I hate both of those ingredients.
I wont be cooking anything special, I shall watch the Coronation on Tv , and thats about it …
I very much like the Royals , but there was nothing on my road as in Street Parties for the Queen , so I dont see anything happening for King Charles …
The Tricentenary of the Royal Welch at Powys Castle, 21st April 1989, not long after the IRA Bombs at Tern Hill Barracks.
Not a million miles away, I was part of the planning for the Castle and immediately behind the Queen and others at the top table, only a canvas screen away.
Powys Castle was my problem, I lived In Shrewsbury, so got caught up in both.
Vlad should be able to confirm the dates, I know he thinks I am a WALT.
Powys was on a private water supply, identified as a risk, so my problem.
The Doggie Bag, well that was the Colonel.
What would happen if a squaddie pissed in the wine?
Don’t worry, it will all go for Organoleptic testing.
Which, in a nutshell, meant that it was all taken away for testing.
