Mahow's all new, all new, all new food thread

[Giggles]

Going to attempt slurry chips :drool:

[Lofty]

Running out of the free tub of coffee I was given when departing the office for home working back in March. It's a big tub of Douwe Egberts Gold, I went off coffee but am back on it with gusto now. Any recommendations of the best instant coffee about? Or is cafetiere the way forward? Minimal fannying about preferable.

[Spikey M]

We've one of those Tassimo machines now, but my Mrs used to swear by either these (https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/all-coffee/sainsburys-fairtrade-italian-style-coffee-bags-75g) or Azera.

[Lofty]

We have a tassimo machine too and I am doing a costco trip soon but they do irritate me a bit with the amount of waste that isn't easily recyclable. Might investigate coffee bags, the science seems sound but the first time I encountered them some absolute fuckwit colleague was using them so I took a dislike to them by proxy.

[Spikey M]

I don't drink coffee, but the bags always smelt amazing whilst they were brewing. If a coffee brews? I don't know the wanky language.

[Don]

Spikey's missus (:drool:) knows, Azera is what you want. Or, if you want to reach advanced level consumerism, Lidl's own-brand version which comes in an identical tin.

[Baz]

I've recently been drinking these, after initially turning my nose up at them when they came in the shopping:

https://digitalcontent.api.tesco.com/v2/media/ghs/4fcdaf8a-f3e0-4d99-a259-b2edebd48264/snapshotimagehandler_472824751.jpeg?h=540&w=540

Game changer. :drool:

[Jimmy Floyd]

I have sadly left the instant coffee world and gone to a better/poncier place now, but my favourite one used to be Sainsbury's own brand.

[Kikó]

I tried the Taylor's coffee bags recently and it wasn't that great to be honest. Azera instant was much better.

[Pen]

I’ve never understood the point of instant coffee. Making a cup of coffee is hardly an effort and the difference in taste is massive. Could be a cultural thing as I’ve never gotten used to it nor actually seen anyone drink it before living in England for a bit.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I think (though I could be wrong) that it is a cultural thing - coffee here is traditionally just an alternative to tea, which is something you drink all day while doing other things and would take 5 minutes to make. In the European cultures I am familiar with, coffee is more of a special thing that you would stop your day and take 10-20 minutes for, and they don't have tea.

Obviously in our more cosmopolitan / metropolitan areas, there is European style coffee in abundance.

[Don]

It's not just a drug, it's a cultural phenomena.

[Raoul Duke]

Speaking as a coffee ponce, those Azera latte things are great

[mugbull]

I’ve never understood the point of instant coffee. Making a cup of coffee is hardly an effort and the difference in taste is massive. Could be a cultural thing as I’ve never gotten used to it nor actually seen anyone drink it before living in England for a bit.

I mentioned this last time someone brought up instant coffee and I got the Socrates treatment. Instant exists purely for camping trips

[Shindig]

My only experience of coffee these days are in hotels. And I say 'these days' in a fairly distant sense. :(

[Pen]

I mentioned this last time someone brought up instant coffee and I got the Socrates treatment. Instant exists purely for camping trips

Might have been me then too. I have a vague memory of us finding the UK coffee culture very odd and not very good.

[Boydy]

There's loads of wanky coffeeshops around if that's what you want.

[Lofty]

Now I'm looking at aeropresses but not sure the difference will be tangible.

[Lofty]

There's loads of wanky coffeeshops around if that's what you want.

Oddly enough there isn't where I live, the wife remarked on this the other day. Don't think there is a chain coffee shop or even a Greggs in town, some wank local ones but even they were closing at a rate of knots pre Covid.

[Spikey M]

I seem to remember Pen going to London, where every other building is a wanky coffee shop with a wanky Barista with a wanky moustache selling Fair-trade, Rainforest Alliance approved, Colombian roast for £8.50 a cup.

[Spikey M]

Sorry, "8.5".

[Raoul Duke]

Now I'm looking at aeropresses but not sure the difference will be tangible.

It makes a great cup of coffee but can be a bit more of a faff than I can deal with on a weekday morning.

I recently bought a coffee machine (the Breville Bambino Plus, as recommended here: https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-coffee-maker/) and it's been awesome.

[mugbull]

Just buy a coffee filter ffs. I Can’t imagine anything less wanky

[Jimmy Floyd]

In Britain it's a thoroughly middle class, lah-di-da item. I can only apologise.

[mugbull]

Sounds right up your alley

[Jimmy Floyd]

I have a miniature one that only holds enough coffee to serve one person, which is very much a metaphor for my life.

[Spikey M]

I'm going to assume you mean you have a tiny penis.

[Jimmy Floyd]

If by assume you mean 'consume the joke as intended' then yes, you've had a solid Tuesday morning over there in Essex.

[Spikey M]

I'm going to assume you mean I'm stupid.

[Jimmy Floyd]

There was a guy I used to play cricket with who had a penis that was so small you basically couldn't see it. It was just a sort of tiny bean of a thing, sitting there above his normal-sized balls, and it barely protruded at all. I have since doubted the parentage of his daughter, as there's no way you could do anything with that, vagina-wise, it just wouldn't go far enough in.

When I saw it I thought of your bonce.

[Kikó]

It makes a great cup of coffee but can be a bit more of a faff than I can deal with on a weekday morning.

I recently bought a coffee machine (the Breville Bambino Plus, as recommended here: https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-coffee-maker/) and it's been awesome.

Heard it's banging but yeah, the faff is not worth it.

I've also got one of these bad boys now as well:
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61eVjqomSlL._AC_SX522_.jpg

I'm actually looking into buying something to distill water to complete the wanky coffee experience as London water is crap and I spend money on buying water to stop the machine scaling up within a week.

[Jimmy Floyd]

That is more or less the machine I have and it's a stonker. Might try some different beans in it, Taylor's are fine but I bet there's better out there.

[Spikey M]

There was a guy I used to play cricket with who had a penis that was so small you basically couldn't see it. It was just a sort of tiny bean of a thing, sitting there above his normal-sized balls, and it barely protruded at all. I have since doubted the parentage of his daughter, as there's no way you could do anything with that, vagina-wise, it just wouldn't go far enough in.

When I saw it I thought of your bonce.

He may just be 'a grower'.

There was a weird old man at my gym a while back, he was the type you get that walk around for unnecessary lengths of time wearing just t-shirts and socks. Anyway, one of his mates said "Is it cold in 'ere or sumfink Roy!?" And he responded by proudly standing hands on hips, micro-cock on full display, with 'from tiny acorns, mighty oaks do grow'.

Good Times.

[Kikó]

That is more or less the machine I have and it's a stonker. Might try some different beans in it, Taylor's are fine but I bet there's better out there.

I'm on the CafeDirect stuff (machu picchu is lovely). Give it a go.

[CJay]

Try Union. It’s stocked in Sainsbury’s, or you can order from them directly. Plenty of variety if you’re looking to try new things.

Don’t buy supermarket beans if you’ve got a good quality machine like that. They’ve probably been sitting around for months since they were roasted.

[Adamski]

Heard it's banging but yeah, the faff is not worth it.

I've also got one of these bad boys now as well:
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61eVjqomSlL._AC_SX522_.jpg

I'm actually looking into buying something to distill water to complete the wanky coffee experience as London water is crap and I spend money on buying water to stop the machine scaling up within a week.

Yeah I’ve got this too. Had it for 3 years and it’s absolutely excellent. I’m pretty lazy with the coffee beans since I’m always home now though.

Just a pack of these every month.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000FWHWGS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_MY8JFb2QMFKV9

[Giggles]

Can you put the beans directly into that? You put the beans into the top of my one but that's probably blasphemy. As are my beans being darker than Magics soul.

[Kikó]

I'm going to order a pack of that lavazza cheers.
Giggles - yep. Put them in, the machine will do the rest.

[Baz]

Is it not dead noisy?

[Kikó]

Not really, it grinds for 20 seconds, then makes the coffee for 20 seconds.

[Spikey M]

I doubt he takes it to the Library.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I ordered some deathly black Javan beans last night that claim to be 'extra strong', if I'm still the man I used to be after a couple of cups I will demand a refund.

[Adamski]

I'm going to order a pack of that lavazza cheers.
Giggles - yep. Put them in, the machine will do the rest.

Yeah, you can’t argue with the price tbf and it’s a decent cup of coffee. Maybe 3-4 cups of coffee per day and the bag lasts just about a month I’d say. I have it on a monthly subscribe and save and it’s just about right.

I do like to pick up a different bag if I’m in Glasgow and passing a shop but this is a really good regular one.

[Luca]

Lavazza is brilliant. Good work all around, ragazzi.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Getting back to food (fuck coffee), I did the bicarb soda roasties today and they were excellent.

[Lofty]

First chocolate apple of the season tonight, magic :drool:

[Smjffy]

Getting back to food (fuck coffee), I did the bicarb soda roasties today and they were excellent.

:cool: Game changer init.

[Giggles]

Is it not meant to be a toffee apple?

[Lewis]

You can usually pick a Terry's Chocolate Orange up for a quid these days, so making your own tramp versions seems like one of those things that should have gone out with coal fires.

[Spikey M]

Is it not meant to be a toffee apple?

Nonces prefer chocolate apples. The kids find them easier to eat.

[Shindig]

Deep fry one of those. That sounds like a good idea on paper.

[Spikey M]

We bought an air fryer today actually. Don't really know why, but it cooked the chips well enough tonight.

[Giggles]

Air fryers are dead handy. They cook everything quicker.

They should really be called mini power ovens but the “fryer” appeals to the slimming world crew. I cooked 22 minute nuggets in 15 yesterday.

[Ian]

I'm considering an air fryer because of the mess I make of my hob now I've discovered the wonders of frying chicken.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I can't shake the whole "Slimming World Crew" image off an air fryer to consider buying one.

[Disco]

I've been looking at getting one too, they sound pretty good.

[Giggles]

I'm considering an air fryer because of the mess I make of my hob now I've discovered the wonders of frying chicken.

If your coating the chicken then don’t get one of the ones that have the rotary paddle.

[Spikey M]

I'm going to try slurry potatoes in it this afternoon. :drool:

[Ian]

If your coating the chicken then don’t get one of the ones that have the rotary paddle.

Presumably so you can just leave the chicken still as I do just in a pan? Well, I turn it midway but otherwise it's left to its own devices.

[Giggles]

Presumably so you can just leave the chicken still as I do just in a pan? Well, I turn it midway but otherwise it's left to its own devices.

Yeah I just take the paddle out if I’m doing that.

[Lofty]

Got it from a greengrocer stall. They had toffee too but I credit my near perfect set of 34 year old teeth to swerving them.

[Lofty]

Wife wants an actifry for Christmas but I have seen complaints about the paddle breaking.

[Spikey M]

Mines just a bog standard one. You just give the basket a quick shake a couple of times during cooking.

[Lofty]

We have got a bog standard one somewhere (last seen before the move, £20 quid job from TJ Hughes) but she wants a new one. Ninja's are supposedly the daddy but price reflects that, and she wants one she doesn't have to shake apparently.

[Spikey M]

The high maintenance. :drool:

[Foe]

I’ve an actifry and paddle still in one piece.

Pal has one too and uses it very regularly and not heard any complaints.

Good piece of kit - found the chips work best with cheap baking potatoes too, rather than posh potatoes.

[Don]

I haven't the energy to sit through 15 minute youtube vids and multiple googling attempts haven't satisfied.

1) do these air fryers negate the use of oil completely or is it still just something for the obese and soon extinct?
2) how do they differ to ovens?

[Foe]

I’ve never added any oil when using mine.

[Giggles]

I haven't the energy to sit through 15 minute youtube vids and multiple googling attempts haven't satisfied.

1) do these air fryers negate the use of oil completely or is it still just something for the obese and soon extinct?
2) how do they differ to ovens?

They don’t really for (2). They’re just smaller and quicker for smaller items/batches.

You can cook fried tasting chips though if you give them a small spray of oil rather than dipping them in a litre of it. But then again, you don’t end up eating the litre.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Made this today:

https://www.sanjanafeasts.co.uk/blog/2014/09/melt-in-the-mouth-burnt-aubergine-and-spinach-curry/

I don't have a gas hob so I did the aubergines under the grill and I added chicken.

Was lovely but I only used normal green chillies and it wasn't hot enough but other than that it was great.

[Spikey M]

That looks nice, but I am saddened to inform you that aubergine is the food of the devil.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Thanks for informing me, I'll stick my fingers down my throat to purge myself from the taint.

[Lofty]

Looking into kitchen knives as the set we got for our wedding are nearly ready for the bin, one of them managed to break through it's plastic handle within a week of opening them :moop: now they seem to be at the end of their lifespan, I decided I was happy to spend some money on a decent set. Problem being I thought a decent set for a home kitchen would set me back about £100 but a brief search online suggests the funko pop vape collecting crowd have got their claws into it so I could spend more than that on a single knife.

Anyone got a set they'd recommend that wasn't some custom job forged in the shadow of Mt Fuji by Mr Miyagi's ghost?

[Spikey M]

You want randomlegend for assistance with knife noncery.

[randomlegend]

I only really know about Japanese style knives. With that qualification, my advice to anyone is buy a decent gyuto, a cheapo paring knife, and a whetstone and learn to sharpen (it's easy enough and quite therapeutic). That will do 99.9% of anything you ever want to do and with home use will last you probably 20 years (the parer will need replacing but they are like £8).

If you wanna know more PM me.

If you don't want to learn to sharpen you're better off going for a German knife and a steel but I don't have much knowledge on that front (happy to do a bit of research for you if you want to go this route). But again, just buy one good chef's knife and 1 smaller knife.

Sets are never good and as you've found are a false economy.

[Lofty]

Thinking Japanese, will shoot you a message.

[Don]

The wild consumerist releases that will be occurring in the coming month with all that useless money people have :drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Zelite Infinity are a great German knife maker. They're usually a little expensive but on Amazon they have sales a lot.

[Luca]

Honestly, if you want a reliable workhorse that isn't going to require you to have good technique (which the Japanese knives inevitably do), a Victorinox Fibrox 8 inch chef's knife is a kitchen staple for a reason. They're cheap, keep an edge, and you won't chip them trying to cut hard veg.

[randomlegend]

Honestly, if you want a reliable workhorse that isn't going to require you to have good technique (which the Japanese knives inevitably do), a Victorinox Fibrox 8 inch chef's knife is a kitchen staple for a reason. They're cheap, keep an edge, and you won't chip them trying to cut hard veg.

The technique requirement is overstated for all but knives you wouldn't be considering buying unless you know how you need to treat them IMO.

Regardless of that, Luca's suggestion is probably a good bet unless you really are set on trying a Japanese (/Japanese style) knife. The knife i would normally recommend is awkward to get because the site had upped their minimum spend for free shipping which makes the shipping cost pretty prohibitive IMO.

[Andy]

I have Victorinox knives and they're mint, I think they cost £60 each for the bigger knives and then I have a set of smaller cheaper knives also Victorinox.

https://www.victorinox.com/uk/en/Products/Cutlery/Knife-Blocks-Sets/c/CUT_KniveSets_Blocks?gclsrc=aw.ds&&gclid=Cj0KCQiAhZT9BRDmARIsAN2E-J1ZUJZoZ3ZxKJnDNgXA7S3l77SRbL2y0DL4zwIiuaiM8EVLMtm Q4hkaAjKdEALw_wcB&ScrollPosition=468.28570556640625&maxResults=60

I've had them a couple of years now and not needed to sharpen them.

[Giggles]

https://i.imgur.com/liEn6n4.jpg

[Adamski]

https://i.imgur.com/liEn6n4.jpg

Look at that chunky boy! Gorgeous.

[Spikey M]

Those Onion Rings must have pissed someone off, mind.

[Baz]

Did the TTH roasties earlier. Very nice.

[Luca]

What the fuck is that monstrosity Giggles has posted? :sick:

[neo_hippy]

Back onto knives, has anyone heard of zwilling?

https://www.brandalley.co.uk/16723414.html

[Spikey M]

What the fuck is that monstrosity Giggles has posted? :sick:

Munchie box. A Northern / Irish specialty dish in which anything beige is chucked in the deep fat fryer, covered in salt and pepper and served with a sauce. Giggles, what's the sauce? I would guess at curry sauce.

[Giggles]

Munchie box. A Northern / Irish specialty dish in which anything beige is chucked in the deep fat fryer, covered in salt and pepper and served with a sauce. Giggles, what's the sauce? I would guess at curry sauce.

It is indeed. And I got a satay on the side as an extra as I like to dip rather than pour.

[Disco]

In that situation, pouring is for maniacs.

[Giggles]

You’d be pouring it on the floor with a box like that.

[Spikey M]

Even with fish and chips I dip in the curry sauce. It just makes everything soggy otherwise.

[Luca]

Back onto knives, has anyone heard of zwilling?

https://www.brandalley.co.uk/16723414.html

Zwilling tends to be good quality, but anything that comes in those knife blocks is going to suck, and is going to be in excess of your needs. Get yourself a good 8-inch chef's knife (I've recommended the Victorinox above) and don't bother with the other stuff. Maybe a cheap serrated knife for bread. The block is a waste of time/space/money for knives you're probably never going to use.

[Luca]

Munchie box. A Northern / Irish specialty dish in which anything beige is chucked in the deep fat fryer, covered in salt and pepper and served with a sauce. Giggles, what's the sauce? I would guess at curry sauce.

I know what a munchie box is, but the one he's posted looks like a munchie box made from the stuff collected at the bottom of the munchie box fryer.

[Baz]

I’ve had this “dahl” twice now and it’s surprisingly tasty: https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/food-and-drink/fearne-cotton-vegan-recipes-happy-vegan-tomato-dahl-date-almond-cake-347302

[Giggles]

How many free ones do you get if we click that?

[Baz]

None. It's a link to a recipe.

[niko_cee]

So I've got this mother fucker drying out in the fridge at the moment:

https://i.ibb.co/PW69CST/IMG-20201128-151524.jpg (https://ibb.co/PW69CST)

It's a c.1.5KG bone in rib and I'm trying to figure out the best way to cook it. There seems to be some divergence. I've got a Tom Kerridge book with a Cote de Boeuf recipe which suggests slow cooking for a fuck off long time (3hrs+ @ 55 degrees) and then flashing it at the end, and I've got the preponderance of internet opinion which seems to want to go the other way - seal then in the oven for a short time (as if it's a massive steak, which, I suppose it sort of is).

I'm sort of leaning towards Kerridge as whenever I've had cote de boeuf out I've always thought the fat needs more time, but the meat can't take it if you want it anything other than crucified. My problem is my cooking thermometer has carked it so the low and slow approach will be a little bit hit and miss, and his timings are for an 800g piece.

What say you TTH?

[Ian]

What you having it with? Are you treating it like a steak in terms of sides or whatever?

[niko_cee]

TTH Slurry Potatoes™ and other roast bits (yorkshires etc).

[Giggles]

:drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The low and slow thing is also called a reverse sear.

J Kenji Lopez says it's the best way:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO8TUuSv7HA

If your meat thermometer is fucked though :\

Whenever I've done a rib in steak I've just cooked it in a pan and then in the oven though.

[Jimmy Floyd]

You'll have to give that thing some bananas at some point, if he's saying 3 hours for 800g (in his pro oven) then it'll take about three days for Godzilla you have there and still be raw in the middle (although some people seem to like it that way).

[niko_cee]

I don't think my oven can get down to a low enough temperature to actually follow his guidance, so it'll probably be in at minimum fan 80 (maybe non fan 80). I have a new probe thermometer though so I think I'll just stick it in at about 10.30 and wait until the probe says it's done.

[niko_cee]

Call that a steak?!?!?

https://i.ibb.co/6JT1R1q/IMG-20201129-150312.jpg (https://ibb.co/6JT1R1q)

Worked out alright. Think the oven was a bit high so even though it took about 4 hours to hit 52 degrees it probably got there a bit quick, and searing something that big is a bit tricky even in a big pan (I didn;t think it would fit in a grill pan but in hindsight it may have). Also Kerridge's "it's slow cooked so don't bother resting it" line was a crock of shit but hey-ho, it was still nice. *blood alert for Jimmy*

https://i.ibb.co/m4V6C25/IMG-20201129-151826.jpg (https://ibb.co/m4V6C25)

Slurry potatoes were probably a best effort yet as well, although no pics of them.

[Spikey M]

That looks great.

[Giggles]

Looks great to me.

[Jimmy Floyd]

It's great for pink people, which I'm not but the outside's stunning.

[Baz]

And a massive sausage for the littlun.

[randomlegend]

*blood alert for Jimmy*


https://i.imgflip.com/4o9y2z.jpg

[Lewis]

You should have cooked it.

[Lewis]

I had some essential business in London today, so I went to Bleecker and had a fantastic burger. Really top, top stuff.

[Giggles]

Accidentally opened a can of condensed milk instead of the caramel version this morning. Is it used for anything else or is it just for the bin now?

[niko_cee]

Use it to make a Borracho style coffee - espresso, condensed milk, some sort of liqueur/liquor (43 if you have it but I'm sure you could stick most things in there).

[Luca]

It'll keep for weeks in the fridge. Add it to coffee/tea, drizzle it on some fruit...actually, mix it with some dried coconut and bake it for macaroons :drool:

[Giggles]

I don’t even like milk in my coffee but I’ll hold on to it in case (heaven forbid) we have visitors over the Christmas.

[Lofty]

Pigs in blankets: store bought or home assembled?

[Spikey M]

Neither. Go to the butchers. Best of both worlds.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Gah. It's the time of year once again to bite my lip and try not to push the most controversial of all my held opinions.

[Giggles]

I tried the condensed milk in a coffee. Was woeful until I added some Coole Swan and Jameson.

[Giggles]

Gah. It's the time of year once again to bite my lip and try not to push the most controversial of all my held opinions.

Chardonnay is slightly too dry for turkey?

[niko_cee]

He's an anti-blanket man isn't he?

A true deviant.

[niko_cee]

I tried the condensed milk in a coffee. Was woeful until I added some Coole Swan and Jameson.

I've no idea what that first thing is, but your welcome. It's a winner.

[Jimmy Floyd]

He's an anti-blanket man isn't he?

A true deviant.

The most noble of all hills to die on.

[Spikey M]

I do like pigs in blankets, but as with all this stuff, if they were as great as everyone makes out we wouldn't just have them at Christmas. It's not as if you can only get sausages and bacon at Christmas.

[Giggles]

I've no idea what that first thing is, but your welcome. It's a winner.

It's a nicer alternative to Baileys.




Coole Swan is a unique blend of single malt Irish whiskey, Belgian white chocolate and fresh dairy cream.

[Baz]

Got a Double Big Mac on the way. YOLO

[Giggles]

I want one of those kfc gravy burger things.

[Spikey M]

The Gravynaise is an abomination.

[Giggles]

Does that mean the sauce is cold?

[Spikey M]

The gravy won't be. They do Gravynaise as a dip and I think it's in some of the burgers too. It's terrible.

[Giggles]

Is it not the peppery one like the yanks have? I love that.

[Baz]

KFC gravy is the one. :drool:

Used to have it on my Christmas dinner but for some reason the tradition has died off.

[Don]

There's some expose article on KFC gravy knocking about today as if we didn't all know the secret ingredient was pig's diarrhea.

[Giggles]

The best gravy’s use dried pigs blood, which tastes amazing.

[Spikey M]

KFC Gravy is great as long as it comes thick enough. It's been too watery on occasion.

But this shit:

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Is to be avoided at all costs.

[Giggles]

Oh yeah that gravynnaise thing looks horrendous. On the ad I seen they were putting the actual gravy on the burger.

[Spikey M]

That does looks great.

[Lewis]

I saw that gravy 'expose'. They take shit out of the fryer and mix it with water. What did people think gravy was?

[Giggles]

Supermacs have their festive burger out again here. From what I can see it’s a normal burger with some mushrooms added. That ever so festive of vegetables.

[Giggles]

:sorry:


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[Spikey M]

That doesn't look in any way good. The cheese isn't even melted. Is it that pre sliced edam shite you get in supermarkets? Leerdammer or whatever it is.

[Giggles]

It’ll be every corner cut knowing that McDonagh fucker that owns it.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Brands using that heart eyes emoji about their own product should be closed down and the social media manager summarily executed.

[niko_cee]

Isn't that just a mushroom double swiss which I'm fairly sure is (was?) a big chain burger (Burger King?)?

[Ian]

Hardee's isn't it? Or they definitely had a similar one.

[randomlegend]

Made Korean fried chicken bao and a mushroom risotto with chicken, pickled mushrooms and chicken and tarragon sauce.

https://i.imgur.com/uWbkbPo.png

https://i.imgur.com/ohNa6FT.png

Dessert to come.

[Giggles]

Are they slices of carrot? Both look class.

[randomlegend]

Yeah pickled carrot

[Manc]

Soulless.

[Giggles]

The coating on the chicken in that one looks :drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I love a good bao.

[randomlegend]

https://i.imgur.com/SjTpO1s.jpg

Dessert was lime posset, passionfruit jelly, white chocolate ice cream, meringue and coconut biscuit.

[Spikey M]

New Years Dinner > Christmas Dinner

https://i.ibb.co/5R7f6sR/20210101-135800.jpg

[randomlegend]

I love a good bao.

They are one of my favourite things.

[randomlegend]

New Years Dinner > Christmas Dinner

https://i.ibb.co/5R7f6sR/20210101-135800.jpg

That looks delicious.

[Adamski]

Can’t get my photo to post. Pain in the hoop.

https://ibb.co/SDgsMGc.jpg

[Giggles]

I had spiced beef. It was not nice.

[Adamski]

https://i.postimg.cc/15kjgvL2/35-FC0-E78-F641-420-E-901-F-5-ACDC85-DFF85.jpg (https://postimg.cc/dL9BpjQj)

[Spikey M]

Looks good, but I thought your Dauphinoise potatoes(?) Was a Lasagne there for a minute.

[Giggles]

You end up in a caff?

[Lewis]

All the nationalist crowd getting right into Fray Bentos because it sounds European.

[niko_cee]

There's something about 'claret' that really winds me up.

[Baz]

Vinegar on pie and mash.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

You end up in a caff?
Needed to spread it further.

[niko_cee]

Has the pie pic disappeared?

[Giggles]

Now it looks like we’re all insulting the nice beef wellington.

[niko_cee]

The pie looked good as well, for a posho chookter (I can't be bothered with the proper spelling) effort.

[Giggles]

The pie looked good as well, for a posho chookter (I can't be bothered with the proper spelling) effort.

If they hadn’t thrown the veg at it (and nearly missed the plate with the spuds) it was grand - pie looked bang on. You’d be delighted with it from a work canteen.

[Adamski]

Looks good, but I thought your Dauphinoise potatoes(?) Was a Lasagne there for a minute.

It is lasagne.

[Spikey M]

......... what.

[randomlegend]

Beef wellington and lasagna? Maniac.

[Adamski]

Kidding :D it’s a big old slab of dauphinoise.

[Shindig]

Glad I held my tongue. I thought it was an omelette. The fact it had no business being there made me reconsider.

[Luca]

Adamski’s Wellington is a top effort. Perfect in the middle.

[Ian]

I'd have questioned the decision but respected the fat boy energy if it had been a heap of lasagne next to a beef wellington.

[Giggles]

Has the pie pic disappeared?

And the one where he called us pricks too now :D

[Spikey M]

What / who was it?

[Lewis]

And the one where he called us pricks too now :D

I've just had a death threat over the phone.

[Giggles]

What / who was it?

Keeks posted a pie (which looked the part) with some pea juice and the worst mash ever and then got stroppy when everyone didn’t gasp in amazement. The group is more culpable than us.

[Lewis]

Giggles lad we pied him off. :lol:

[Giggles]

It was Niko insulting the claret.

[Spikey M]

Teehee

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'd have questioned the decision but respected the fat boy energy if it had been a heap of lasagne next to a beef wellington.

That could be a meal, I reckon - just. Call it the Anglo-Italian Cup and carve a Port Vale crest into the pastry.

[Giggles]

That could be a meal, I reckon - just. Call it the Anglo-Italian Cup and carve a Port Vale crest into the pastry.

Then you wouldn’t be having dauphinois potatoes though, which are better than lasagne.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I have a downer on them because my mum always used to undercook them through laziness, so you'd be forking through a watery sauce into a slice of rock hard potato. The proper gooey edition I'm with you.

[Kikó]

The post was deleted because I can't be arsed with the complete bollocks from petty twats who want to pile on.

[Spikey M]

Gosh.

[Giggles]

I have a downer on them because my mum always used to undercook them through laziness, so you'd be forking through a watery sauce into a slice of rock hard potato. The proper gooey edition I'm with you.

I made that very same error with a cauliflower cheese the other day.

[Spikey M]

That could be a meal, I reckon - just. Call it the Anglo-Italian Cup and carve a Port Vale crest into the pastry.

It's a fair post Christmas meal to be fair. A true legend of the "eat it before it goes out of date for fuck sake" genre.

[Giggles]

Tried a new naan tonight, can’t remember the name, but the cunt was stuffed with little pieces of red onion and peppers. Bastard.

[randomlegend]

Bone apple tea

[Luca]

randomlegend I picked up 3 new knives over the break. A CCK Large Slicer and Small Slicer (Chinese style cleaver) and a Masamoto 240mm Gyuto (White #2 Steel).

The Masamoto is a fucking delight. :drool:

[Giggles]

Horrible curry went clean through me in the night too. Had been looking forward to one for so long and all.

[Adamski]

Just had a roll and square and a roll and bacon.

[randomlegend]

randomlegend I picked up 3 new knives over the break. A CCK Large Slicer and Small Slicer (Chinese style cleaver) and a Masamoto 240mm Gyuto (White #2 Steel).

The Masamoto is a fucking delight. :drool:

Nice knives. I still want to try a cleaver at some point.

I also bought another new knife:

https://i.imgur.com/i53pp8t.png

Kamon 240mm s-grind gyuto in 1.2519 monosteel.

[Kikó]

Smart to not leave DNA evidence on the knife.

[randomlegend]

We got some of those black gloves supplied at work during the worst of the PPE shortfalls earlier in the year. They do NOT look good in a medical setting I can tell you.

[Shindig]

If they don't fit you must acquit. Remember that one for your tribunal.

[Kikó]

Horrible curry went clean through me in the night too. Had been looking forward to one for so long and all.

Inspired by this, we're getting a ruby tonight.

[Spikey M]

Had pork chops for lunch/dinner today. Not had them in years and I know why now. Bit shit really.

[Ian]

Yeah pork chops are pretty rubbish as it goes.

[Pen]

Made burgers for the fifth time this year. Really like them and they are so easy to make. The sauce in the pic is the stuff of gods.

https://pasteboard.co/JJ0bE6u.jpg

Edit: the picture doesn’t work for me, so here’s the link: https://pasteboard.co/JJ0bE6u.jpg

[Giggles]

Cockney rhyming slang isn’t very Italiscotuguese.

[Giggles]

I love a pork chop, a good thick one with the bone in it is a dream of a meat.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Made burgers for the fifth time this year. Really like them and they are so easy to make. The sauce in the pic is the stuff of gods.

https://pasteboard.co/JJ0bE6u.jpg

Edit: the picture doesn’t work for me, so here’s the link: https://pasteboard.co/JJ0bE6u.jpg

Looks quality.

[Spikey M]

I love a pork chop, a good thick one with the bone in it is a dream of a meat.

It was just a bit tough and flavourless. Could well be operator error.

[Spikey M]

Made burgers for the fifth time this year. Really like them and they are so easy to make. The sauce in the pic is the stuff of gods.

https://pasteboard.co/JJ0bE6u.jpg

Edit: the picture doesn’t work for me, so here’s the link: https://pasteboard.co/JJ0bE6u.jpg

That does look good. Bonus points for the brioche bun.

[Pen]

I think it’s a must. Luckily we have decent ones in the sho nearby as I really don’t enjoy baking.

[randomlegend]

Burger looks great but controversial burger opinion; brioche buns are shit.

Also Pen give this burger sauce recipe a try next time, it's really nice.

[niko_cee]

Not liking pork chops should be a capital offence.

Brioche buns can largely go in the bin as well (although I do have some in to eat later).

Edit o/

[Baz]

Cockney rhyming slang isn’t very Italiscotuguese.

Careful, he’ll delete it.

[Kikó]

Lamb chops > Pork chops tbf.

[niko_cee]

I have just learned that a Barnsley chop is indeed a lamb chop.

Both chops are great.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Lamb chops > Pork chops tbf.

The sky is also blue.

[Spikey M]

Lamb chops > Pork chops tbf.

There's not much that Lamb Chops aren't better than. Duck may be the only exception.

[Kikó]

Is this the first agreement ever?

Duck chops sound terrible. Unsubscribe.

[Spikey M]

We agree on Liverpool. :nodd:

[Lewis]

Scotch rolls/morning rolls/whatever you want to call them are the best for burgers. Didn't brioche ones become the norm because they keep for days and restaurants can buy a million at a time?

[niko_cee]

I don't mind a bit of sweetness in the bun in the style of fast food joints but full brioche is just way too cakey and prone to disintegration.

Scotch rolls are pretty much the best rolls full stop, with a notable mention for Portuguese ones.

[Ian]

Morning rolls are meh.

Gimme a crusty roll any day.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

A crusty roll for a burger? Madness.

[Kikó]

Crusty rolls are surely only vehicles for bacon?

[Giggles]

Morning rolls?

[Spikey M]

Morning rolls?

Super soft and dusted with flour.

[Kikó]

Aka barms.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Bring back the sesame seed sawdust buns from the 90s. And the grey oily burgers too.

[niko_cee]

Can't beat a burger van burger.

[Giggles]

Ah, a bap or a blaa then.

What’s a cob?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

A blaa? Is that a typo?

[Jimmy Floyd]

One of the privileges of being a southerner is you don't have to try and keep up with the innumerable number of pointless words/variations that northerners have for bread rolls.

[Giggles]

A blaa? Is that a typo?

It’s one only made in Waterford. Think it’s protected like you get some cheeses and drinks are around the world.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaa

[Ian]

A crusty roll for a burger? Madness.

It was a general comment, not specifically for burgers. For a burger I'm really not that bothered beyond the fact that there was a point when Glasgow was about 90% "gourmet" burger places doing identikit burgers in brioche buns.

[randomlegend]

Pork chops can be good but pork is definitely one of the harder meats to cook well and is bad when it's not quite done right.

[Lewis]

It’s one only made in Waterford. Think it’s protected like you get some cheeses and drinks are around the world.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaa

I can see the case for not letting any old shite be sold as champagne, but protecting things like that is pretty lol. Who would even want to try ripping it off?

[Giggles]

No idea. Someone that knows more than us decides but I’d wonder why anything should be myself.

[Luca]

Nice knives. I still want to try a cleaver at some point.

I also bought another new knife:

https://i.imgur.com/i53pp8t.png

Kamon 240mm s-grind gyuto in 1.2519 monosteel.

Ooof. That is very, very nice. The big dimple must be brilliant for release. Looks like there's some upwards curvature on the tip (oi oi) as well, which probably is pretty forgiving.

I've loved the cleavers so far. Needed some care out of the box (quick sharpen and oil/wax treatment on the handles) but they work like a dream.

[Spikey M]

Made burgers for the fifth time this year. Really like them and they are so easy to make. The sauce in the pic is the stuff of gods.

https://pasteboard.co/JJ0bE6u.jpg

Edit: the picture doesn’t work for me, so here’s the link: https://pasteboard.co/JJ0bE6u.jpg

This is your fault.


https://i.ibb.co/zhRV7xb/20210110-185025.jpg

[Pen]

Enjoy making them for a week as you’re always left with some ingredients as leftovers and it just makes sense to buy the missing stuff again.

[Luca]

I thought that was a jar of tomato sauce/puree for a moment before I Googled whether Mutti makes ketchup. Still, Heinz or bust.

[Luca]

Had pork chops for lunch/dinner today. Not had them in years and I know why now. Bit shit really.


Yeah pork chops are pretty rubbish as it goes.


It was just a bit tough and flavourless. Could well be operator error.

I think most people tend to overcook pork based on some misguided, 60s-housewife-tale nonsense that it can't be pink in the middle. This is compounded by the anatomy of chops which, unlike much the rest of the animal, are very very lean. Pork chops can/should be pink in the middle, so cooking them to about medium (140F) will get you a good result. Here's the obligatory Kenji analysis (https://food52.com/blog/18501-j-kenji-lopez-alt-talks-to-himself-about-crown-roast-of-pork-the-king-of-the-holiday-table#:~:text=The%20key%20is%20to%20get,uneven%20y our%20roasting%20will%20be.).

It also helps substantially (but is ultimately not fully necessary) if you brine the chops beforehand.

[Giggles]

Best ones I ever had were smoked and weren’t pink in the middle, so SHOULD is probably not quite true. Though fair play if that’s your preference.

[Luca]

Actually, as I think about it, you (Spikey) should probably be targeting ~130 (which is where it's still pink in the middle). 140 is also juicy chop but mostly white (which is probably what Giggles had, and can also very good, but makes it easier for the temperature to run away from you into dry territory).

Usually smoked pork chops are brined beforehand as well, which does wonders.

[Adamski]

I love a brioche bun. Burger place near me does a burger with doughnut instead of a bun which is sickly but great. .

My favourite is probably a pretzel bun I’d say, but they’re not as widely available.

[niko_cee]

Had some burgers tonight.

Didn't take any photos, because, well . . .

Reckon replacing the bun with potato waffles could be an interesting divergence. Might be somewhat impractical.

[Lewis]

Replace the bread with those little Chicago Town pizzas.

[Luca]

The potato bun is the best burger bun, followed by a brioche. But I agree with the assessment that brioche buns fall apart easily - just need to eat the burger quickly. :D

[Don]

Who tf is Tim Hortons and why is there a queue that puts the Maccy-Ds drive-thru (directly next door to it) to shame in the new one near my yard?

Menu (https://timhortons.co.uk/menu.php)

Going off that, it just looks like Ronald was furloughed and has had to start some shit rip-off.

[Luca]

Do not speak ill of this Canadian icon or I will slash the tires of your child bike.

Canada’s biggest coffee chain. :drool:

[Luca]

Tbf all the menu items that aren’t breakfast or doughnut related are shit.

Get yourself an Iced Capp in the summer though, and you’re flying. :drool: