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TASTES LIKE HOME

Screeched Ceremony - Jan Houston, Keith Vokey and Catherine Fulvio  Tastes Like Home, Series 4, Ep 4 - Image Name: Screeched Ceremony - Jan Houston, Keith Vokey and Catherine Fulvio Tastes Like Home, Series 4, Ep 4 -
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Series 4 – Episode 4

Chef Catherine Fulvio meets Claire Auld and her family at Hook Lighthouse, as they have a tour of the oldest operational lighthouse in the world. While soaking up the spectacular view from the balcony, they discover a sign which tells them it’s 3,264 km to St. John’s in Newfoundland, which is where Jan Houston, Claire’s sister lives . They chat about Jan who is in need of a taste of home as she emigrated Ireland back in the 80’s so Claire teaches Catherine, how to make Jan’s favourite dishes, Smoked Mackerel Pate & Snowy Mountain Apples. 

Claire Auld said “The pate was something our Mother used to make for us when we were young so it’s quite a sentimental dish and ‘The Snowy Mountain Apple’ was only as a special treat as our Sunday lunch desert sometimes, I think this dish was definitely one made up by my mother, as I have never heard of anyone else eating it, both she and Jan weren’t big desert people but Jan really loved this dish.”

Catherine then travels to a place which has strong ties to Ireland, St. John’s Newfoundland, Canada in the hope of replicating Claire’s dish and making it taste like home for Jan and her husband Bill.  During the episode, Catherine goes Whale watching with the O’Briens, she meets Dublin man Kevin Massey who owns “The Old Dublin Bakery” in St. John’s, he also acts as a Food Tour Guide at the local ‘Night Market’ and he introduces Catherine to some of the unusual artisan producers attending.

Catherine gets a tour of a local museum called ‘The Rooms’ which houses an exhibition on the Irish in Newfoundland. Catherine & Jan visit the Cape Spear Lighthouse and they get a tour of the lighthouse and the National Historic Site.  In Chafé’s Landing, a local restaurant she tastes Cod Tongues, before kissing a cod and being “Screeched In” by local Master Screecher Keith Vokey. She also visits the nearby Quidi Vidi village to dine in Mallard Cottage, which was modelled on the old Irish cottages when it built in the late 18th century.  Jan and Catherine also have a go at the sport of Axe Throwing in Jack Axes.