Food and drink thread

[EggFace]

Having the rest of last nights dirty doner kebab meat in a brioche bun and brown sauce and bloody lovely it was but please don't pita me.

[Futtocks]

9 minutes ago, EggFace said:

Having the rest of last nights dirty doner kebab meat in a brioche bun and brown sauce and bloody lovely it was but please don't pita me.

Nothing wrong with leftovers, most of the time.

My problem is leaving enough for next day's breakfast. Mixing the selected remains of a Chinese takeaway into an omelette (aka "Egg Foo Breakfast") is a dish I haven't done in ages.

[EggFace]

22 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

Nothing wrong with leftovers, most of the time.

My problem is leaving enough for next day's breakfast. Mixing the selected remains of a Chinese takeaway into an omelette (aka "Egg Foo Breakfast") is a dish I haven't done in ages.

Egg Foo Breakfast I have to give that a try as I find Chinese better on the day it's delivered unlike Indians which taste so much better on the 2nd day.

[Futtocks]

1 hour ago, EggFace said:

Egg Foo Breakfast I have to give that a try as I find Chinese better on the day it's delivered unlike Indians which taste so much better on the 2nd day.

It depends what you've ordered of course, and some dishes might need the sauces scraped/rinsed off before stirring the meat & vegetables into the eggs, to avoid making things too sloppy. It is very much an improvised dish.

[The Hallucinating Goose]

I tried Cornish Yarg cheese for the first time yesterday. I prefer a stronger cheese but did really like how creamy this one was. The taste of the nettles was very subtle, I would have liked that to be more prominent. Despite the tastes only being subtle I did like it and have some left to finish today. 

[Futtocks]

1 hour ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:

I tried Cornish Yarg cheese for the first time yesterday. I prefer a stronger cheese but did really like how creamy this one was. The taste of the nettles was very subtle, I would have liked that to be more prominent. Despite the tastes only being subtle I did like it and have some left to finish today. 

Yarg make a wild garlic variant, which I didn't like at all, but the original is really nice.

[CanaBull]

These popped up in my local Asian store a while back. Had to give them a go. Reminded me of old Seabrooks Roast Chicken but with that hint of lemon. Top notch flavour!

[Futtocks]

A new Spice Tailor kit, Coastal Mango Curry, appeared on the shelves my local supermarket, so it would be rude not to investigate.

I made it with a pack of diced venison* and did a slow cook instead of the timings they recommend for chicken. Served with a sort of pilau rice recipe. Very rich and satisfying.

*the UK's venison population is at a high not seen in centuries and, while the price isn't too dear (yes, I couldn't resist), more cuts of the meat should be more widely available.

[Futtocks]

Crosta & Mollica gluten free pizza. The nearest thing to a real pizza base I've found yet in the GF world. It doesn't hold a candle to real pizza dough, but I have to accept certain strictures or stay awake all night in pain.

I added torn-up shreds of fennel salami and a light spray of olive oil, then gave it a going-over with the blowtorch after cooking, just to get the salami crispy and the cheese bubbling.

The main hitch is that it seems to be only available frozen and, not having a freezer, I have to buy it on the afternoon of the day I eat it. In my first experience of this, I let it sit in the fridge for a day and it started to fall to pieces.

Edited December 16, 2024 by Futtocks

[Futtocks]

Late night drams over the Festive period so far:

• Maraschino cherry liqueur
• Salted liquorice vodka
• Pea pod vodka
• Jaffa Cake rum
• Peanut butter whisky liqueur

[Futtocks]

My air fryer was delivered 10 minutes ago.

All it took was a 33% discount for me to join a religious cult.

[Farmduck]

1 minute ago, Futtocks said:

My air fryer was delivered 10 minutes ago.

All it took was a 33% discount for me to join a religious cult.

I don't get it. Who eats fried air anyway?

[Bearman]

I made some mince biltong this afternoon in my air fryer.

To flavour it, I made a marinade with  Worcesterhire sauce, dark Soy Sauce, some brown sauce, mustard, salt and pepper and a few dried chilli seeds.

[sam4731]

6 hours ago, Futtocks said:

My air fryer was delivered 10 minutes ago.

All it took was a 33% discount for me to join a religious cult.

This.

I refuse to get an air fryer. It's just one big cult. The same people that just a few years ago would have you believe that you'd need nothing but a slow cooker to do all your cooking in.

Dress it up however you want but air fryers are just mini ovens. Yes they are cheaper to run than conventional ovens but they are not the wonder miracle appliance that will solve all of our cooking problems.

[Futtocks]

2 minutes ago, sam4731 said:

This.

I refuse to get an air fryer. It's just one big cult. The same people that just a few years ago would have you believe that you'd need nothing but a slow cooker to do all your cooking in.

Dress it up however you want but air fryers are just mini ovens. Yes they are cheaper to run than conventional ovens but they are not the wonder miracle appliance that will solve all of our cooking problems.

As my kitchen won't accommodate a double oven, this gives me two different heat zones - my regular fan oven and the air fryer. Being much smaller than a full-sized fan oven, it also heats up much quicker, thus wasting less electricity.

I suspect the temperature control will be more accurate too, although I'll be testing that with my thermometers and logging any offset I need for future use.

I gave it a first run in 'dehydrate' mode today, drying out the unused part of the bunch of thyme I used for the Sunday roast. First proper cook tomorrow.

Only a total lunatic would claim that a slow cooker was a universal cooking solution. It is a brilliant bit of kit, but only for specific purposes.

[The Hallucinating Goose]

I've had a couple of tasty lunches in a row! Yesterday I had Haggis for lunch and today I've had Doner Kebab!