Everyone has been remarking on what a good summer Britain has enjoyed this year. A stark contrast to last year, when, apparently, it rained non-stop apart from about three nice days. If it had done that this year I think we would actually have been on a plane back to Texas by now! As it was, we got to enjoy an English summer at its best - and that includes seizing the opportunity to eat outdoors. At least one of my Texan friends had never heard of a disposable barbeque (which of course would be called a grill over there). In general Americans are masters of disposable everything , so this may be surprising. But no park there is complete without a couple of grills and a picnic bench, so I guess if you have somehow failed to purchase a gigantic three-canister supercharged gas grill - or indeed installed an entire outdoor kitchen in your back yard - this is what you resort to. As we did on several occasions. But anyway, back on this side of the pond, our outdoor cooking experien
Getting through life one cake at a time.