The Gentle Touch

The object of Gerry's attention

Or I could have called this, Gerry does Barbecue - and he does it very well.  Or Gerry is a pyromaniac - which he is, but we still love him very much. 

Many years ago when I was young there was a TV series about a policewoman (I'm talking before Juliet Bravo here) called The Gentle Touch starring the lovely Jill Gascoine.  Anyway although they otherwise have nothing at all in common, the fragrant Ms Gascoine came to mind as I watched Gerry at work on the barbie.

Mmm, go chilli, go.

Baste those bangers - local, pork and leek and not so local, chorizo.  Gerry's gentle touch paid off in the eating.

Bangers to the fore.

Le tout ensemble.  Gerry let me dice the onions for the potato salad (because they didn't need to be regular) and kindly offered to teach me how to improve my knife skills.  I'd had a glass of wine by that time so perforce declined, perhaps next time.

See the diced onion in the foreground.  It doesn't look too bad, does it?

Top right is Richard's home-made griddled aubergine preserved in extra virgin olive oil - delicious.  Borough Market eat your heart out.  Although there's a lot of trouble down t'market - that's been brewing for years, and here's not the place to go into why the trustees appear to be cutting off their noses to spite their faces - and customers' stomachs.

Instead, cop a load of this.



Burger à la Lane

You can buy them in the shops, but nothing is likely to beat Richard's home-made burger filled with a large knob of local cheese.

It was followed by raspberries and ice cream - yummy, yummy, yummy - it all went in my tummy.

You'll notice that pudding included some of the lovely peaches in brandy left over from before.

Quite perfect.