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Mixed cheeses, cooked meats, smoked salmon, some cold new potatoes, coleslaw, chopped salad, crusty bread and butter, fruit and maybe home made muffins? Water and wine - one of you will be driving most likely. A picnic is a good idea and is less pressure than being in your home - you can...

I agree buckytom - great thread - it's turning out to give me several laughs a day - as well as useful information :-) Liz www.find-a-seafood-recipe.com

Hi Shunka That's really interesting - I didn't know that - thanks :smile: Liz www.find-a-seafood-recipe.com

Buckytom Thanks for that - I spend my time dreaming of all the things I can make with all sorts of seafood - so maybe I have something in common with Bubba :-) Liz www.find-a-seafood-recipe.com

Hi Buckytom I haven't seen Forrest Gump - is it good or bad, my site? I'm enjoying building it - the research is great fun and I get to cook lots of good things. Liz www.find-a-seafood-recipe.com

Thanks Buckytom - that's really nice of you - it happened very quickly and although we expected it, he was supposed to be coming out of hospital the next morning - less than 6 hours to go, I got a call to say he'd died. Big shock but thankfully I'd been with him that day and my mum was with him...

LOL All very funny - I wouldn't want to plunge a knife into a lobster - I'm a bit squeamish and they flap around a bit apparently, which could be very unpleasant. That's why if I'm grilling or barbecuing lobster, I freeze it, then into boiling water for just a minute and a half to kill it -...

Hi All Thought I'd add my bit here. I love lobster and fresh is definitely best - even if the fishmonger says it's fresh, you don't know how fresh. Plus, if you want to split and grill it - it needs to be raw (ish) Good method Into a plastic bag and then in the freezer for two hours -...

Hi I just empty what I want into a sieve (colander) and put that over a bowl - then let them defrost naturally. Of course, if you are pushed for time, then running them under a cold tap is the best idea - putting them into a bowl of cold water defrosts them to begin with, but then the whole...

Shrimp Bisque from shells Hi A good way of using up those bits of tail and shells would be to make a bisque out of them - the flavour comes from the shells as much as the shrimp meat - frugal food - two meals for the price of one and it also works if you use crab shells, lobster shells -...

Hi Tassierose Well - I normally cook salmon by wrapping it in oiled foil (a la dishwasher method :smile: ) put it in a pan, cover it with cold water and bring it to the boil on the stove top. Cover the pan and leave to cool - this works no matter what size the piece of fish - the time taken to...

This is one dear to my heart - I live in the UK and if we waited for reliably fine weather - we'd never cook at all - in fact I'm buying some salmon steaks this week - hopefully it will be dry enough to cook outside this weekend - if not, then I'll grill or bake them :chef: Liz...