Saturday 8 August 2009

a bucketful of mackerel

Mackerel is a cheap, plentiful, sustainable fish, and when it is super fresh you can't beat it for flavour. We were give a big bagful of freshly caught mackeral by the skipper of the 'mary-kate' in Padstow. Which immediately made us think beach barbeque. We gutted the makeral and gave them a swish around in some olive oil, a squeeze of lemon, some chilli jam and a few sprigs of thyme.
I think camping brings out a certain make-do-and-mend in one, so the bucket had been making sandcastles all day, but was just the job for mackeral!


A sprinkle of sea salt, a disposable barbeque.

A spritz of lemon, and alot of napkins for sticky fingers.


We took a big bag of french bread, a bowl of ceaser salad a bag of fresh prawns and lots of cold wine down to the beach, and a good time was had by all, impromptu beach cooking at its best (and a little bit of a headache in the morning!!)

4 comments:

  1. Mmmm, it's making my mouth water!! Hope you had a lovely trip, I did think of you in all that rain! We didn't go camping in the end, settled for a couple of days with the folks in Devon - drier and infinitely more comfortable!

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  2. Don't worry Kirsty, the sun shone on us in Padstow. With perfect weather and our very own Martha Stewart (Sarah) we had a wonderful time!

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  3. AAAAHHHH thanks jacks very sweet of you!! however if you could see our house at the moment and me at the computer in my pjs you'd know that i am no martha stewart!! glad you're all back safe. xx

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  4. As ever you are making me hungry! Cornwall looks lovely, I miss it this summer as we havent managed it down there. You do make everything look so lovely!

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