Cola Roast
Cola isn’t healthy – it is one giant sugar bomb. My lovely husband and I are fully aware of that.
Still, we do like a little drop of cola every now and then. Only as a treat, of course, we mainly drink sparkling mineral water.
Why am I telling you this? Well, Harry likes to try out new things in the kitchen. And sometimes, he has done so by accident. 😄
My hubby once told me about an incident when he wanted to make a salt-crusted roast but accidentally rubbed the meat with sugar instead. And then ended up surprised that the roast still tasted really good. 🤣
So, we thought why not use cola when cooking a roast? Continue reading →
Bud Spencer’s Bacon & Beans
I don’t need to introduce Bud Spencer to my German friends because he was (and has continued to be) huge in Germany.
For everyone else: Bud Spencer (born Carlo Pedersoli) was an Italian Olympic swimmer turned actor.
In the latter role, he was one of my husband’s greatest childhood heroes as one half of the brilliant comedy-film duo Bud Spencer & Terence Hill.
Particularly, there are two movies – “Zwei außer Rand und Band” (“Crime Busters”) and “Vier Fäuste gegen Rio” (“Double Trouble”) – of which Harry can speak along Bud’s and Terence’s lines from the German edits start to finish. Continue reading →