I love to experiment/modify recipes to suit me and my guests. My mother & grandmother were excellent cooks who sometimes had to deal with a scarcity of ingredients (WWII and the Depression) - they inspire me! I just wish I could create pastry like Mum though! All vegetables. Barbecued, smoked and grilled foods. Indian curries. All meats especially fish. Yorkshire Pudding, Roast Beef and Brussel Sprouts. Smoking a beef brisket, this was a labor of love as I was up at 4:00 a.m. to start it and it took 10 hrs - this was for a family & friends get together and it turned out pretty darned good as everybody liked it. Roasting a goose for Christmas Dinner, I took it out of the oven when finished and dropped the whole thing, grease every where and the dog hunting the bird across the floor!