Traditional English Lunch

Today, I enjoyed traditional British lunch with my host parents and their families and friend. I was so stupid because my host mother made a traditional English lunch, but I forgot to take a picture of it.  Now I will describe it roughly. The main was roast pork with apple souse. The accompaniments were roast vegetables, boiled potatoes, and mashed suede. Suede is a root vegetable, which looks like white carrot. The taste was new to me. The cooking way of roast vegetables was simple, healthy and convenient. You need just cut several vegetables such as a courgette (Zucchini), pepper (in Japan it is called Paprika, but why?), onion, carrot, after that, put olive oil and salt& pepper on, and place it in oven. That’s it.
My kind host mother allowed me to watch how she made a traditional pudding called chocolate Roulade. The ingredients are bellow.

1.    dark Chocolate 100g

2.    5 eggs

3.    white sugar 75g

4.    brown sugar 75g

5.    a table spoon of pure cocoa

6.    a table spoon of brandy

7.    double cream 300ml

8.    a small amount of icing sugar

A)    Melt chocolate by putting the bowl in hot water.

B)    Separate eggs to white and yellow parts.

C)    Put both white and brown sugar into the bowl with yellow part of eggs, and mix.

D)    Put together A and C, and mix them. After that, pour a tablespoon of brandy into it.

E)    Add pure cocoa in D, and mix

F)      Beat egg whites to stiff-peak stage, and mix it with E, first by a spoon and later by a machine.

G)    Turn F into an oven plate, spread F evenly into the corners. And bake for 15-20 min. in the oven (180C?)

H)    Remove from the oven and leave to cool for a few minutes

I)    Make a cream by whisk double cream by a mix machine

J)    Roll up the cake with the cream.

It was really delicious, so I will try to make it later. It is different from what Japanese people imagine as a pudding. This chocolate pudding does not use flour but the texture is similar with a chocolate roll cake in Japan.
Anyway, it was a productive day. I could learn cooking, and practice English conversation with wonderful people.