Butt-Naked Chef
I don’t know exactly how this came to be, but I remember a degree of nagging and flattery emanating from Courtney, and a degree of arm-twisting from Julie at the Co-op. The upshot is that on February 16th 2006 I will be teaching a course on how to make Cornish Pasties and Chicken Tikka Masala. Here’s my class description:
How to Eat with a Stiff Upper Lip
British cuisine is underrated! Join Liam Creighton to learn to cook two perennially popular winter warmers. From England’s rural past, the Cornish Pasty, and from multicultural modern Britain, Chicken Tikka Masala, the nation’s favourite dish. This class features meat, but is totally free from jellied eels, pickled eggs and black pudding. Vegetarian versions of both recipes will be demonstrated.
I hope no-one I know turns up. That would be really embarrassing.
Quisine?? Surely cuisine……….
Yes, yes. Quite correct. Amended.
Ooo … I think I need to show up. Me, Courtney, Amber, and her roommate will hold up letters spelling out your first name. You should wear a spiffy, shiny chef’s hat like on Iron Chef too.
It could get worse, Lig. Thursday is the day I do my volunteer hours, and the class falls on a Thursday. This could mean… Julie will make me… YOUR ASSISTANT.
So Tom, you’ll need to hold up my letter. Or you could do his nickname, “Lig.” Actually, I say you all paint your stomachs and go topless. That’d go over well with the health department.
As we all know, C-O-U-R-T-N-E-Y actually spells “culinary disaster.” Oh dear.
Just don’t make the “tika” you made us when we were up visiting you in Rochester (the other one). It was nice and all, but not truly representative of a lovely tika.
Are you getting some Cobra lager in for the tasting?
I didn’t know you knew how to make pasties. You must send me a recipe. I’ve been craving them for about four years.
By which I mean it was tika-flavoured chicken, but not a chicken tika as such. Not that it wasn’t nice. Just so you know.
Oh, and I’m getting that weird error again. I’m going to screenshot it this time.
Having experienced the delectable pastie this past week, a creation of Chef Liam with all of his clothes on, I can attest that this cooking class is one worth attending.
Gidget