I moved from Lancashire England to Ontario only a couple of years ago - I love cooking here ... so many beautiful veggies and excellent quality meat to choose from and experiment with - much to my Canadian husband's delight. Since moving to Canada I love experimenting with the crock pot - I'd never used one in England, on a constant mission to find really good pork recipes as I am not a big fan of pork but my husband loves it so I am always looking for something that might tempt me too! Lasagne, Spaghetti Bolognaise, Chilli can do blindfold without a recipe My childhood memories were of very traditional English staple food - meat and two veg! I'd never eaten pizza until I was in my 20's and fast food or takeaways were unheard of, so apart from my mum's wonderful lancashire hotpot or cottage pie, I learned most of my skills from the excellent Delia Smith. I think the greatest challenge I ever had was to cook Chilli con Carne & rice for 75 people. The first time I ever made Moussaka I fried the aubergines in olive oil and they absorbed the grease - it tasted awful. I didn't make Moussaka again for a many years, until I read a wonderful suggestion in a book, to place the aubergine in boiling water for just 2 minutes - wonderful works everytime and became one of my favourties - finding minced lamb in Ontario is quite a task though!