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1 minute ago, ckn said:

And a prime contributor to why life expectancy in Scotland is lower!

True, but what a way to go...!

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On 9/13/2018 at 9:42 PM, Futtocks said:

I have just been doing some gastronomic Googling about the area where I have recently started a new job. Things look good so far...

McKanna Meats

Terroni Deli

I think I'll be doing all right for now.

Just been to both of these for the first time.
McKanna: Gloucestershire Old Spot sausages, a brace of pigeon and a bag of their own glorious pork scratchings. Real pork scratchings, not those disappointing puffed skin ones you get increasingly more often these days.
Terroni: Taleggio, fennel salami, a bulb of smoked garlic and a cheese with flecks of chilli in it.

Not a bad haul. :cool:

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Nisses me off when people say they can't afford to eat.

I'm almost working out each meal's price at moment that I cook almost to prove them wrong!

Last night:

2 pieces of "Value" Fish. {Pollock} Bag cost £2.18 Frozen. Approx cost 60p

Poached them and made a Paprika Sauce. App Cost 7p!

Finished off bag of Spuds from Local Farmshop. 2kg for 99p. Did Mustard Mash . App Cost 20p

Handful of veg. AC 10p

Tasty, Nutrious and at a whopping 97p per portion :o

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52 minutes ago, Mumby Magic said:

Nisses me off when people say they can't afford to eat.

I'm almost working out each meal's price at moment that I cook almost to prove them wrong!

Last night:

2 pieces of "Value" Fish. {Pollock} Bag cost £2.18 Frozen. Approx cost 60p

Poached them and made a Paprika Sauce. App Cost 7p!

Finished off bag of Spuds from Local Farmshop. 2kg for 99p. Did Mustard Mash . App Cost 20p

Handful of veg. AC 10p

Tasty, Nutrious and at a whopping 97p per portion :o

Spot on about eating well on a tight budget. It can be done, but many people don't know how. At some of my tightest times, I'd have potato salad with crispy bacon bits, served in toasted pitta pockets. Cheap, tasty and filling.

  • Bag of salad spuds: £1.50 for a kilo (enough for many meals)
  • Pack of 6 pittas: £0.80 with two used for each serving, so the pack will do for three meals.
  • Bacon: £1.50 for Sainsbury's cheapest own brand (enough for many meals).
  • Mayonnaise: £0.75 (enough for many meals)
  • Optional salad leaves or baby gem lettuce: about a quid per pack.

But people really need to be taught basic kitchen skills at school. Nothing fancy; just understanding and carrying out a few elementary techniques that can be applied to lots of different dishes.

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1 hour ago, Futtocks said:

Spot on about eating well on a tight budget. It can be done, but many people don't know how. At some of my tightest times, I'd have potato salad with crispy bacon bits, served in toasted pitta pockets. Cheap, tasty and filling.

  • Bag of salad spuds: £1.50 for a kilo (enough for many meals)
  • Pack of 6 pittas: £0.80 with two used for each serving, so the pack will do for three meals.
  • Bacon: £1.50 for Sainsbury's cheapest own brand (enough for many meals).
  • Mayonnaise: £0.75 (enough for many meals)
  • Optional salad leaves or baby gem lettuce: about a quid per pack.

But people really need to be taught basic kitchen skills at school. Nothing fancy; just understanding and carrying out a few elementary techniques that can be applied to lots of different dishes.

100% right. It's the little things for me. Cheap, lets call them "Value" Baked Beans and Kidney beans. People say I don't like them etc. Fair enough if you are having them with a breakfast or salad (kidney beans that is), but to plump up a chilli that can feed four for an extra 50p??????

 

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On 9/20/2018 at 7:39 PM, Futtocks said:

Spot on about eating well on a tight budget. It can be done, but many people don't know how. At some of my tightest times, I'd have potato salad with crispy bacon bits, served in toasted pitta pockets. Cheap, tasty and filling.

  • Bag of salad spuds: £1.50 for a kilo (enough for many meals)
  • Pack of 6 pittas: £0.80 with two used for each serving, so the pack will do for three meals.
  • Bacon: £1.50 for Sainsbury's cheapest own brand (enough for many meals).
  • Mayonnaise: £0.75 (enough for many meals)
  • Optional salad leaves or baby gem lettuce: about a quid per pack.

But people really need to be taught basic kitchen skills at school. Nothing fancy; just understanding and carrying out a few elementary techniques that can be applied to lots of different dishes.

I think much of this discussion comes from the USA, where eating healthy food is very expensive.  They then repeat the discussion in the UK, where it is not true.

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2 hours ago, Bob8 said:

I think much of this discussion comes from the USA, where eating healthy food is very expensive.  They then repeat the discussion in the UK, where it is not true.

In one of Anthony Bourdain's books, he says that, as a sop to sexual equality, American schools stopped making cooking (domestic science, as it was known) a compulsory topic for girls, when what they should have done was make it a subject for boys as well.

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On ‎9‎/‎23‎/‎2018 at 12:04 PM, MattSantos said:

Wagyu a5 in Tokyo. I dont think ill stop dribbling. Sensational. 

 

On ‎9‎/‎23‎/‎2018 at 12:04 PM, MattSantos said:

Wagyu a5 in Tokyo. I dont think ill stop dribbling. Sensational. 

 

On ‎9‎/‎23‎/‎2018 at 12:04 PM, MattSantos said:

Wagyu a5 in Tokyo. I dont think ill stop dribbling. Sensational. 

Do they not have toilets?

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32 minutes ago, westlondonfan said:

I bought a Bulgarian Shiraz from Waitrose the other day. Very nice.

Wine-making is still spreading to new (to UK customers at least) countries. If you get a chance to try Croatian wine, it is worth it. The East of the country, by the coast, has the same geology and climate as Tuscany. But not, so far, the same sort of pricing.

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14 hours ago, Mumby Magic said:

 

 

Do they not have toilets?

Really complicated ones. Im in an air bnb and i can stand in the bathroom and touch the corners with my arms spread; the hot toilet seat in such a small room is a challenge. 

13 hours ago, DavidM said:

I bought some dandelion and burdock from home bargains today . Haven’t had it since I was a kid 

They do alcoholic d and b. Hoopers. Its a flipping joy

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I borrow cookbooks from the library, then photocopy the recipe that I like instead of buying a book and only using 10-15 recipies, I currently have Cyrus Todiwalas "Spice Box" I have a list of 30 of his I will copy, but my printer has gone and had a tantrum.

I have 325 copies, neatly filed & catagorised.

Oh, and please no comments about copyright infringement, they are only for personal use & I don't encourage anyone else to do the same.

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1 hour ago, Bleep1673 said:

I borrow cookbooks from the library, then photocopy the recipe that I like instead of buying a book and only using 10-15 recipies, I currently have Cyrus Todiwalas "Spice Box" I have a list of 30 of his I will copy, but my printer has gone and had a tantrum.

I have 325 copies, neatly filed & catagorised.

Oh, and please no comments about copyright infringement, they are only for personal use & I don't encourage anyone else to do the same.

You can get apps that will grab a recipe from the internet and arrange the ingredients/preparation steps automatically in your own personal recipe library. They can then scale recipes up and down in number of servings, perform conversions to and from different measurement systems and create shopping lists.

You can also search within your own library and add tags for different types of dish.

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On 9/28/2018 at 8:04 PM, Futtocks said:

Tomorrow, I will be cooking Fabada Asturiana for the first time. Looks simple, looks tasty. I shall report on the results.

It all went well. very well, in fact. 

Then, on the following day, I cooked wild rabbit with chestnuts, pied de mouton mushrooms and shallots, so it was quite the weekend.

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I just bought a selection pack of cocktail bitters; olive, peach, tonic, cucumber and chocolate. The ones I've tried so far are very interesting in a G&T, but there are some other suggested uses in the enclosed leaflet, which I may try out too.

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On 9/24/2018 at 8:54 PM, Futtocks said:

Wine-making is still spreading to new (to UK customers at least) countries. If you get a chance to try Croatian wine, it is worth it. The East of the country, by the coast, has the same geology and climate as Tuscany. But not, so far, the same sort of pricing.

Where do you find it?  I was talking to someone last night whose parents are Croatian and he didn’t know! 

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9 minutes ago, westlondonfan said:

Where do you find it?  I was talking to someone last night whose parents are Croatian and he didn’t know! 

I bought a bottle in Marks & Spencer a year or so ago, but I don't know if they still stock it. Waitrose do a red called 'Triade'. Otherwise, they have not made big inroads into the UK market yet, but I expect they will soon. So, not that easy to source yet, unless you have a good wine specialist locally who'll take a punt and buy a case for stock.

Failing that, there are mail-order companies.

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22 hours ago, Futtocks said:

they have not made big inroads into the UK market yet, but I expect they will soon

Until the tariffs ...taxes and other reminders of what we've lost!

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I am making something a bit like what Simon Rimmer cooked on today's 'Sunday Brunch' show: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/sunday-brunch/articles/latest-recipes/honey-glazed-lamb-shoulder/5997

Not exactly the same as above, but a halfway concoction between his recipe and one of my own regular ones. I've got M&S bubble and squeak potato cakes as accompaniment. Proper Autumn eating!

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41 minutes ago, getdownmonkeyman said:

I have to be careful as dairy is not my friend

Plenty of alternatives now though, the wife and I both have to make a detour round this too.

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