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

[-james-]

http://www.waitrose.com/shop/DisplayProductFlyout?productId=493022

We bought this recently. Fucking hell it's good.

[Disco]

We need a new official 'watch' so we know when Lewis is fatter than his dog.

[Lewis]

Brock is solid, and I'm not too bad either.

[randomlegend]

http://www.waitrose.com/shop/DisplayProductFlyout?productId=493022

We bought this recently. Fucking hell it's good.

I made some chocolate and blood orange marshmallows and they were the tits. It's a top combo.

[Baz]

The quite excellent Heron First time anyone's ever thought, said or wrote that.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I don't know what Heron is. Some sort of yeoman's Budgens?

[igor_balis]

It is how Nas pronounces heroin.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The quite excellent Heron are doing tubs of this (http://www.waitrose.com/shop/DisplayProductFlyout?productId=382284) for a quid. It is really good in its own right, if more like a frozen creamy thing than actual ice cream, but look at the nutritional value of it. Why hasn't it taken over the world? Even at its lol actual price you would expect wankers to be falling over themselves to buy it if that vitamin water bollocks has a market.

Bought their mint choc swirl today (at Waitrose because what even is Heron?) as they were sold out of the salted caramel one and I think it's brilliant. Especially when you get a nice bit of chocolate sauce on your spoon as they've used a really intense chocolate for it.

[Baz]

Says a lot about a man if he's never heard of Heron (http://www.heronfoods.com/site/store_locator?s=1&radius=15&per_page=8&offset=0&unit=M&country=UK&address=st+helens#wrapper-map-canvas). :nono:

[Disco]

He lives in a nice part of the country?

[Giggles]

Along with Morrisons, Aldi, and Waitrose, they must never have made it as far as NI either. Never heard of it.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

These go together rather well as it turns out-

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2411639/lemon-and-oregano-chicken-traybake

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/402620/dauphinoise-potatoes

The roast chicken tastes far better than I was expecting, that's without the bacon too.

[Giggles]

Five Guys has opened here and naturally everyone is losing their minds and queueing down the street. Just had a look at the menu, it's €18.90 for a burger, a cup of chips, and a milkshake. Sweet mother of Christ.

[Spammer]

Five Guys has opened here and naturally everyone is losing their minds and queueing down the street. Just had a look at the menu, it's €18.90 for a burger, a cup of chips, and a milkshake. Sweet mother of Christ.

I went there on Saturday. £10 for a burger and some fries. The burger was fucking nice in fairness, but not worth that much. Middle-class McDonald's, basically.

[Giggles]

It's madness when every second place is doing a big proper burger for far less these days.



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[niko_cee]

This chain should spread its wings and go international:

http://burgerbar.nl/

It's the only chain burger I've had in years and it was quality.

[randomlegend]

Bought this book a while ago (which is brilliant, as is his other one):

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Couture-Chocolate-Masterclass-William-Curley/dp/1906417598

and finally had my first go at making chocolates yesterday after the gf got me some equipment for my birthday.

Not perfect and definitely learnt some things for next time, but I was pretty pleased.

http://i.imgur.com/ELpcUni.jpg?1

Sorry for the crappy photo, only got my phone camera which sucks.

[Boydy]

Looks like a crap rolo.

[randomlegend]

Oh fuck off :D

[Lewis]

Tasteless mush held together by an even crappier shell. Call them 'Randrews'.

[niko_cee]

I'm sure they've been mentioned on here before, but these Snyder's pretzel pieces things are awesome. They're like vegetarian pork scratchings.

On the flipside, co-op spicy cheese is rank bad. Not a patch on the ASDA equivalent. Maybe it's just being blown out of the water by the jalapeno Snyder bits.

[phonics]

I've left a frozen pizza in the fridge a bit too long and it's turned into an absolutely doughy mess. I've turned it into some monstrosity of a wrap and shoved it in a baking tin. I can't wait.

[Giggles]

George Foreman is the king for that kind of shit.

[Adamski]

As a calzone Giggles? Sounds awesome.

[Disco]

I've left a frozen pizza in the fridge a bit too long and it's turned into an absolutely doughy mess. I've turned it into some monstrosity of a wrap and shoved it in a baking tin. I can't wait.

So what you've basically done is made it irrevocably worse rather than salvaging it.

[Adamski]

John Ian have you seen the Bread Meats Bread west end menu? :drool:

[Ian]

Bread Meats Bread is one of the burger places in Glasgow I've not been to (I was always a Burger Meats Bun man, RIP in pieces) but my Google-fu is weak, I've failed to find a menu that looks like it's specifically for the West End one.

Have any of the Glasgow lot tried Pizza Punks yet? The name/branding annoy me before I've even gone in but the food and drink itself sounds promising.

[randomlegend]

We went to bread meats bread when we stayed in Glasgow at New Year. It was roight good.

[phonics]

So what you've basically done is made it irrevocably worse rather than salvaging it.

It was so good, it was like home made garlic bread but with cheese and pepperoni and chilli's. I recommend it.

[Adamski]

Bread Meats Bread is one of the burger places in Glasgow I've not been to (I was always a Burger Meats Bun man, RIP in pieces) but my Google-fu is weak, I've failed to find a menu that looks like it's specifically for the West End one.

Have any of the Glasgow lot tried Pizza Punks yet? The name/branding annoy me before I've even gone in but the food and drink itself sounds promising.

Yeah burger meats bun was my favourite too. Gutted when it closed down.

West end menu is here: https://www.facebook.com/jamesvsburger/posts/1100420776732721

I haven't tried pizza punks yet, it sounds really annoying. It'll have to go some way to beat Paesano or Nomad.

[Ian]

Went to Slouch last night. Beer is overpriced but the food was decent. I had "The Whole Enchilada", which was just a massive bastard of an enchilada. Was nice.

[Boydy]

I've got some pork shoulder steaks I want to cook tomorrow night. Anyone got any ideas for something interesting to do with them?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Do Molton's chicken and pasta but with pork as the protein.

[Boydy]

I was hopeful you were gonna have something good for me when I saw you'd replied.

Dickhead. :moop:

Gonna make some sort of Szechuan pork providing I can find Szechuan peppercorns in Tesco or Sainsbury's.

[Lewis]

I tried a macaro[o]n earlier for the first time. How has that shit taken over?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Because they're amazing.

You probably tried a shit one, ask RL he'll make you some.

The added sweat will enhance the flavour.

[Lewis]

Whoever walks into a cake shop and orders those over actual biscuits/cakes is a complete cunt.

[Boydy]

They've 'taken over'?

[randomlegend]

They have got quite 'fashionable' recently I think. Good ones are nice but I'm not super fussed with them.

[Magic]

Anyone cooked Brown mince within its sell by date? Smelled ok.

[Pepe]

Rip Magic.

[John]

Bin it.

[niko_cee]

Isn't meat meant to be brown?

[Disco]

Beef mince goes brown once the air gets to it. Depending on how you've stored it it should be ok.

[Magic]

It was in the fridge the whole time until I made bolognese, which has subsequently been frozen.

[Disco]

You're going to die.

[John]

Mince is cheap, bin it and buy more. Is it worth risking food poisoning for the sake of a fiver?

[Magic]

If you take in to account the ancillary ingredients it probably is worth the food poisoning. Just because it's 'out of curiosity' I've invited my two sisters and my brother up. If they get sick too then it definitely was the mince.

[John]

Ah, so you used it first then decided to check if it would kill you. A good order in which to do things.

[Magic]

Well, I did check all the forums. Some saying bin and some saying use it's fine. It smelt 'mincier' and possibly more irony but definitely not acidic or sour.

[Pepe]

Those dates are bs anyway.

[igor_balis]

Realised that I'd been eating bullshit every day since my momz left to go on holiday (supermarket pizza and frozen chicken burger type rubbish) and I felt a bit grotty today so I've panic-bought about 30 of my 5 a day. Gonna make my classic loads of veg pasta sauce, and momentarily feel slightly better about myself.

[Magic]

Is your mother in a long term lesbian relationship? This makes so much sense to me right now.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I'd have eaten the mince, there will be nothing wrong with it.

Beef vindaloo tomorrow :drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Pepe, thoughts on chayote? A supermarket near me has started selling them, wondering if I should buy some and, if I do, what I should do with it

[Pepe]

Pepe, thoughts on chayote? A supermarket near me has started selling them, wondering if I should buy some and, if I do, what I should do with it

They're ok, nothing special. A bit on the soft side. Like some sort of soft potato. You can make a creamy soup out of it, that is good stuff, or some stuffed chayotes. You could also cook them and add some cream on top and serve as a side. I don't know, they're not all that great.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

You've sold it to me.

Fuck engineering mate, get into sales.

[Pepe]

:D

If you want to try some proper quality Mexican stuff, try tunas and/or nopales.

[randomlegend]

I initially read it as coyote, making Pepe's post a bit confusing.

[Adamski]

Weirder than a supermarket near Mahow starting to sell coyotes?

[Magic]

Lol Pepe isn't even Mexican. His family moved to the states in the days of Unforgiven.

[Ian]

They were big Kurt Angle fans so I don't blame them.

[Pepe]

Who?

My father never moved to the US. My mother moved when I was seventeen or so. I moved when I was twenty one. If that's not enough I also have a shit mustache that won't grow in the middle.

[Ian]

You're a member of Club Lewis and don't know who Kur Tangle is? Shambles.

[Magic]

I'm not dead! \o/

Though Mary Berry chocolate brownie might be about to change that! My diet, that is! Dead! Dead in the water. Yep.

[Lewis]

You're a member of Club Lewis and don't know who Kur Tangle is? Shambles.

Founder member at that.

[Pepe]

:cool:

[phonics]

So they've started doing artisanal English pies around the corner. I picked one up today and then saw the back of the box.

http://i.imgur.com/kfNpTxG.jpg

Who the fuck goes, "Ya know what I want as a side for my Steak and Ale pie, a salad."

[Jimmy Floyd]

The French.

[Samadini]

Better than putting it in a bap.

[Samadini]

It's not actually. I want a pie in a bap.

[Lewis]

Even with the salad and whatever 'local twist' foreign muck they have packed it with, you can't ever imagine pies falling to the nonces in the way that burgers (and to a lesser extent pizzas) have.

[Ian]

It's not actually. I want a pie in a bap.

That is a fairly standard thing in Scotland. I've never had one because I can't imagine why you'd want a pie surrounded by bread.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Bake Off made me want to try a Victoria Sponge for the first time, used Mary Berry's own recipe,absolute doddle-

http://s9.postimg.org/qxjo37x73/IMG_0587.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/h08na5pl7/)

If anyone's a fan of coffee cake then this recipe is great too- http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/8421/coffee-cake

I added blended walnuts to the sponge for something extra, it's very, very sweet if that's your thing-

http://s9.postimg.org/8g4ofk7pb/IMG_0571.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/d20snwt8b/)

[Giggles]

Coffee cake :drool: We're having it as one of the wedding cake layers.

[Adamski]

I thought you weren't getting married?

[Magic]

Bake Off made me want to try a Victoria Sponge for the first time, used Mary Berry's own recipe,absolute doddle-

http://s9.postimg.org/qxjo37x73/IMG_0587.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/h08na5pl7/)

If anyone's a fan of coffee cake then this recipe is great too- http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/8421/coffee-cake

I added blended walnuts to the sponge for something extra, it's very, very sweet if that's your thing-

http://s9.postimg.org/8g4ofk7pb/IMG_0571.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/d20snwt8b/)

Oh shit. :drool:

[Giggles]

I thought you weren't getting married?

I'm catering a wedding.

[Adamski]

She's chucked you but you can't get a refund so you're just eating everything aren't you.

[Lewis]

Coffee cake is probably the only shit cake. It's a disgrace.

[Giggles]

Coffee cake is probably the only shit cake. It's a disgrace.

It's 2nd only to red velvet.

[Magic]

Coffee cake is probably the only shit cake. It's a disgrace.

Fucking paedophile.

[randomlegend]

Red velvet cake is wank. :D

It's just chocolate cake with a fuck load of food colouring in.

[Giggles]

Red velvet cake is wank. :D

It's just chocolate cake with a fuck load of food colouring in.

I've made both recently and it really isn't. The coating/icing is also completely different.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Coffee cake seems to be a love/hate thing. The people who hate it are truly awful individuals though.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I imagine it's rank.

I've never tried it but I hate coffee.

[Giggles]

Coffee cake seems to be a love/hate thing. The people who hate it are truly awful individuals though.

What nuts have you on top? I normally do walnut but I must try a few others.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I've never had it, but combining as it does two fine things in coffee and cake, what could possibly go wrong?

You can't go around having food threads named after you if you don't like coffee, for goodness sake.

[randomlegend]

I've made both recently and it really isn't. The coating/icing is also completely different.

Ok, it has a cream cheese frosting, but the actual 'red velvet' sponge is just chocolate sponge with food colouring.

[Giggles]

Ok, it has a cream cheese frosting, but the actual 'red velvet' sponge is just chocolate sponge with food colouring.

Ok.

[Boydy]

I like coffee and while I don't hate coffee cake, it'd be one of my last picks if I was offered cake.

[Magic]

People who don't like coffee are just weirdos. Women fine but blokes? :sick:

[Boydy]

People who don't like coffee are just weirdos. Women fine but blokes? :sick:

What the fuck is that?

[niko_cee]

+1 for red velvet cake being shit.

Victoria sponge/sandwich though, now you're talking.

[Adamski]

People who don't like coffee are just weirdos. Women fine but blokes? :sick:

What the fuck :D. Since when was coffee macho?

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

What nuts have you on top? I normally do walnut but I must try a few others.

Walnuts.

[Giggles]

Walnuts.

I thought they looked too pale to be walnuts. Carry on so :D

[Giggles]

I would have always thought that tea stong enough to walk on was the more manly thing.

[Magic]

Than a black coffee? Fuck off. I'm not on about some chai latte with lo fat milk that even the poofiest of poofs would think is camp.

[Adamski]

A chai latte is tea, for fucks sake.

[-james-]

Did Bindhi Gosht (lamb and okra curry) tonight, was pretty good. The okra turned out pretty much perfect but the lamb was a bit disappointing. How do you make it not super chewy? Cooked it for fucking ages.

[Magic]

A chai latte is tea, for fucks sake.

Aha! You failed the test. Nice way to come out.

[Adamski]

The fake snob test? Oh...

[Magic]

No the gay one, doofus.

[Ian]

Every time I try coffee it just feels like a waste of time, despite it smelling amazing and being a good additional flavour in other things. I'm sick of workplace twats banging on about it too.

"Oh man I'm so tired, I haven't had enough coffee today."

No, what you have is a reliance on caffeine or not enough sleep. Fuck off.

[Adamski]

We were talking about this the other day. I wouldn't say coffee noticeably perks me up, certainly not to the extent that I couldn't function without it.

I'll have one in the morning and then that's me really, maybe the odd extra one at the weekend or if we're out after a meal but I don't get the addiction side of it.

[Giggles]

I get the aaaaaah buzz off it on the first mouthful, the same as that sweet drag on the first fag of the morning used to, but it doesn't make me any more awake.

[Magic]

It doesn't wake me up unless I've had a shit night or need to get up early, though that may be the placebo effect.

[Giggles]

I've had 4 so far, but the first one was a 6:10 so that's not bad really.

[Mazuuurk]

Real men drink whatever the fuck they want and dont givva fuck about anyone else Magic. I drink coffee but can easily slurp down a Chai latte if it's offered to me, it's quite nice once in a while.

Well except for Kopparbergs, Baileys and shit like that.
There's no excuse for drinking that at all, admittedly for anyone.

[Boydy]

Baileys is alright for certain things or occasions.

Kopparberg is sugary pish though. It's basically just an alcopop.

[Ian]

Borough Market is ace. Had a chicken shawarma wrap and it was delicious.

[Spikey M]

Brisket, mini jacket potatoes with garlic butter and root veg mash for dinner tonight. :drool:

Not sure what to do for a sauce. Thinking something red wine based but might just lump for gravy.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I'm going to be making my kimchi and steak fried rice tonight.

It's stunning.

[Pepe]

One of the cleaning ladies gifted me a tamal after I asked her where she got them from (turns out she cooked them herself.) It was delicious. :drool:

Now I want to go back home. :(

[Giggles]

They are so good :drool:

[igor_balis]

what should i have for dinner tonight

[Pepe]

Tamales.

[Pepe]

They are so good :drool:

It was a green one too, my favorite by far.

[mikem]

Outside of the weather, Phoenix's best quality is that there is almost always a colleague whose abuelita has a side business selling bags of tamales once a month. But I do miss the Mississippi version.

[igor_balis]

i had fish fingers hash browns and beans it was nice

[Giggles]

i had fish fingers hash browns and beans it was nice

That just reminded me, I see crispy pancakes are back :chief:

[Boydy]

Did they go away?

[Giggles]

Did they go away?

I hadn't seen them in years.

[igor_balis]

Did they go away?

I wish YOU'D go away!!

[Magic]

Crispy pancakes. :sick:

[Giggles]

Crispy pancakes. :sick:

You've been doing so well. Don't ruin your good name now.

[Disco]

I've never eaten one, what are they?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I've never eaten one, what are they?

Pancakes with mince beef inside, bread-crumbed and then frozen.

For poor people to feed kids, they're horrible.

[Giggles]

Mahow neglected to mention the absolutely epic chicken and bacon ones so pay no heed to a word he says.

Crispy pancake sandwiches :drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Mahow neglected to mention the absolutely epic chicken and bacon ones so pay no heed to a word he says.

Crispy pancake sandwiches :drool:

I've only ever been given the beef ones once at a friends house.

They were foul.

[igor_balis]

They're gross but good gross.

[igor_balis]

like a sexy girl's sweaty armpits

[Disco]

They do sound a bit grim, as kids I don't think we were ever subjected to anything lower on the scale than chicken kievs which probably weren't much better. Do things like Vienetta and arctic roll still exist? Arctic roll was really weird, a very real danger of wet cake with every bite.

I'm on board with the armpits for the record, probably after dinner though.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2445/12985492623_33d6da5c2d_z.jpg

They were part of the horse meat scandal.

[Giggles]

Vienetta definitely still exists, but Romantica was really where it was at.

[Disco]

That shade of grey that only frozen food can truly reproduce.

[igor_balis]

I'm on board with the armpits for the record, probably after dinner though.

my man.

big fan of the slightly-unkempt armpits. not full on bushy, but there's something very appealing about armpit stubble. just me?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

my man.

big fan of the slightly-unkempt armpits. not full on bushy, but there's something very appealing about armpit stubble. just me?

Where it's almost a shadow? I'm in.

[Ian]

Chicken crispy pancakes are boss but obviously the nature of them is such that if you make them you can put pretty much whatever you want in.

[Lewis]

Mahow neglected to mention the absolutely epic chicken and bacon ones so pay no heed to a word he says.

Crispy pancake sandwiches :drool:

The beef ones are wank, but the chicken and bacon ones work. In fact, I don't think I've ever had anything chicken and bacon-based (or chicken and ham) that was crap.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

In Poland they do krokiety which is effectively hand made, fresh crispy pancakes.

http://static.smaker.pl/photos//5/5/b/55b1af768852c638d500204a3358439e_220031_5140f8da11 c76_wm.jpg

Whilst it looks like cat food inside they're seriously delicious.

Meat, mushrooms and cabbage are the main varieties.

[igor_balis]

In fact, I don't think I've ever had anything chicken and bacon-based (or chicken and ham) that was crap.

preach

[Giggles]

I got a pack of chicken tortellini but there's no instructions on it. Do you just boil them til they float?

[Spammer]

https://thebraindumpsite.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/fry-up.jpg

My breakfast every Thursday. It's monstrous.

Edit: There's bacon underneath.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The impending heart attack comes free too, right?

[Spammer]

It's only once a week and I eat pretty well otherwise and exercise a fair amount. Be reyt.

It's my little treat each week. So fucking good :drool:

[Adamski]

Two slices of fried bread and 4 slices of toast? Jesus :D

[Giggles]

Is that fried sliced pan? That'd be like a sponge.

It still looks epic though.

[Giggles]

Two slices of fried bread and 4 slices of toast? Jesus :D

One slice of fried bread and two slices of toast (I think the fried ones look cut in half too).

[Jimmy Floyd]

I've never seen the point of having toast with fried breakfast. People just can't stop eating bread, as if it's the 1300s.

Fried bread, mind, is a very special thing.

[Giggles]

I've never seen the point of having toast with fried breakfast. People just can't stop eating bread, as if it's the 1300s.

Fried bread, mind, is a very special thing.

Is fried sliced pan a thing over there in most places?

[Jimmy Floyd]

I only know 'sliced pan' as impenetrable Manc Sean dialect, but fried bread - butter both sides and stick it in the bacon fat for a second - is a thing.

[Giggles]

There's a Keral Express on route.

Fridays :wub:

[Adamski]

I know pan is bread but is it a type of bread?

[Giggles]

I know pan is bread buy is it a type of bread?

I just mean normal sliced bread (that's not wholemeal or anything) as opposed to wheaten or soda bread that us or the northies fry with a fry-up.

[Dquincy]

Top tip: Cook sausages on a tray with potato waffles. The fat from the cooking sausages shallow fries the waffles. At the end you have delicious fried waffles. :drool:

[Baz]

I'm thinking of getting a NutriBullet. Are they any good?

[Giggles]

I'm thinking of getting a NutriBullet. Are they any good?

They're great for getting everything really fine anyway. I've never made drinks with it but I use it to make most of my curry sauce bases and sthe stuff comes out smoother than it does from anything else.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I like mine.

I've used it for all sorts and Giggles is on the money.

Makes a glorious puree.

[Baz]

That's me sold. Cheers. :thbup:

[Spammer]

I use it for milkshakes and general fruity drinks. It's great.

I've never used it for making sauces. Might have to look into that at some point.

[Baz]

I use it for milkshakes and general fruity drinks. It's great.I daren't think about what you class as fruity.

[Spammer]

I daren't think about what you class as fruity.

The best fruity drink involves eating an apple, an orange and a load of grapes, and then sicking them all back up into the nutribullet container. It comes up with some hydrochloric acid but that just adds a bit of kick. It being naturally processed by my body adds to the nutribullet's ability to blend them into a cohesive, single taste, and the acid helps break them down further. Best blended with crushed ice and a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

[Giggles]

I was dubious until the scoop of ice cream. I'm in.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Getting ahead of the game and going with James Martin's Christmas cake today-

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2607642/make-and-mature-christmas-cake

The thing is so dense, just hope the lining does the job of stopping the thing burning.

[Danny]

Well late to to the party but I forgot to have crispy pancakes when I was home. Fuck's sake :face:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I bought veal chops and I'll be serving it with sauteed potatoes, cavolo nero and squash & carrot puree.

[Disco]

Taste the cruelty. :drool:

[Foe]

I made tacos and had a toffee hoops crunch corner.

[Dquincy]

Did anyone hear about my fried waffles discovery?

[Adamski]

Does anyone watch these food video's posted by Buzzfeed/Tasty/Proper Tasty?

They're mostly a waste of time, however they've posted one this morning for chilli chicken which looks :drool:

[mugbull]

I've been in London the past two days and have seen "gherkin" on every menu so far. What the fuck is a gherkin? It sounds like a type of dwarf man or orcish creature

[Giggles]

I've been in London the past two days and have seen "gherkin" on every menu so far. What the fuck is a gherkin? It sounds like a type of dwarf man or orcish creature

A pickle.

[mugbull]

I googled it moments after making my post and i still cannot believe the "gherkin" industry puts up with such an awful name for their product.

Fucking gherkin

[Boydy]

You think that's bad? They named a building 'the gherkin' in London.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Getting ahead of the game and going with James Martin's Christmas cake today-

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2607642/make-and-mature-christmas-cake

The thing is so dense, just hope the lining does the job of stopping the thing burning.

https://s15.postimg.org/5m6jbz9rv/IMG_0606.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/3udkh2qev/)

Turned out looking the part, now to feed the thing brandy for the next month and a half. Immense discipline to leave it intact in the house.

[randomlegend]

That looks great :)

Made some more caramels recently, it's definitely something that's going to take time to get really good at but getting better. They were strawberry and balsamic flavour and were delicious.

Going to have a go at some layered, dipped chocolates next - cherry and orange blossom pate de fruits and dark chocolate ganache dipped in dark chocolate. Ordered all the bits (expensive hobby it turns out...) and should get to do them next week.

I'd like to get to the point where I can sell them at craft fairs or something on the side and see where it goes from there, but need to look at getting food safety approval and stuff.

[Boydy]

Did you drop out of medicine?

[randomlegend]

I'm going back in January to give finishing it off one last shot.

[Boydy]

Good luck. :)

[randomlegend]

Thank you.

[Boydy]

Will it just be January through to June?

[Lewis]

Waaaay make us a trifle dickhead.

[randomlegend]

Will it just be January through to June?

I still have to sit my year 4 resits, so it'll be January through June doing 2/3rds of year 4 again, and then fifth year next year providing all goes to plan.

[randomlegend]

First attempt at layered, dipped chocolates were a total disaster :D

They are way, way harder than the molded ones (and they aren't all that easy).

We try again.

[Lewis]

There is a 'chocolatier' in Hull who makes shit chocolate but amazing brownies, and I bet it winds him right up that people only go to his shop for the things he clearly considers beneath him.

[randomlegend]

Poor lad.

[randomlegend]

The pate de fruits has set properly this time, so we are on track. :)

[Dquincy]

Fried waffles.

[randomlegend]

http://i.imgur.com/jHcVwDK.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/z3A7WJd.jpg?1

Far from perfect, but pretty pleased for a first attempt.

Sorry for the rubbish quality photos as always.

[Adamski]

They look decent. Is that raspberry on top?

[Boydy]

What's in it?

[randomlegend]

Cherry 'pate de fruits' (jelly) at the top and dark chocolate and orange blossom ganache at the bottom. They taste really nice but it doesn't stand out enough as being cherry in my opinion.

[Boydy]

Did you take pictures as you went along? It'd be quite interesting to see it being put together.

[randomlegend]

Mmm maybe one or two on the ipad but not really, no.

Next batch I will.

[Adamski]

What's in orange blossom? Is it just a flavouring?

[randomlegend]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_flower_water

It smells and tastes awful when it's neat (like really shit old lady perfume) but a little tiny bit in the ganache I think is nice.

[Giggles]

Looks good to me.

[Magic]

Looks outstanding to me. Love anything cherry.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The satisfaction at turning out some of those things must be :drool:

[Boydy]

You should try these (https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/nov/19/walnut-whip-recipe-coffee-walnut-financiers-claire-ptak-baking), randomlegend.

The walnut whips, I mean. They look so good.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

You should try these (https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/nov/19/walnut-whip-recipe-coffee-walnut-financiers-claire-ptak-baking), randomlegend.

The walnut whips, I mean. They look so good.
There's no point though.

http://www.hahndorfsweets.com.au/content/images/thumbs/0000226_walnut-whip-nestle.jpeg

They're already perfection.

[Lewis]

I've got a Terry's Chocolate Orange, and it cost me fifty pence. For somebody with supposedly limited energy, Randrew, you seem to waste a lot of it.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I've got a Terry's Chocolate Orange, and it cost me fifty pence. For somebody with supposedly limited energy, Randrew, you seem to waste a lot of it.

I picked up 12.

Customer max is 6 but I guess my natural sex appeal worked on the old disgusting looking lady as she cancelled the max and allowed me to take all 12.

[Samadini]

ASDA :cool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

ASDA :cool:

Especially now that they're putting in some good butchers in shops too.

http://www.mcgeesfood.com/

I was actually able to get a shit load of beef shin last month, most supermarkets now only stock it in December.

[Lewis]

Their beef sausages are immense.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I'll need to try those.

I fucking love their meatballs wrapped in puff pastry though.

Perfect thing to shove in the oven.

[randomlegend]

You should try these (https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/nov/19/walnut-whip-recipe-coffee-walnut-financiers-claire-ptak-baking), randomlegend.

The walnut whips, I mean. They look so good.

Can't find a better picture unfortunately, but I want to have a go at these:

https://40.media.tumblr.com/823a2a02c8b2ff001b71b38e9467748a/tumblr_inline_nlrgpiKMdQ1rg0dir_500.png

Blackcurrant teacakes :drool:

[Foe]

Decided to bust out my slow cooker again today. Making a bit fuck off roast for one. :cool:

Also going to investigate how to turn the remains into stovies.

[Adamski]

Making this beauty tonight.

http://thewoksoflife.com/2015/04/spicy-meatball-banh-mi/

[Giggles]

Any form of fruit goo does not belong in teacakes. Biscuit, chocolate, cream.

[randomlegend]

Teacakes are marshmallow, not cream.

[Giggles]

Teacakes are marshmallow, not cream.

Yeah whichever. No fruity goo though.

Tunnocks > *

[Raoul Duke]

The Tunnocks caramel chew bars are out of this world.

[Giggles]

The Tunnocks caramel chew bars are out of this world.

With the red and gold striped wrapper? God yes :drool:

[Raoul Duke]

Yeah. More of a wafer I suppose. They're immense though.

[Magic]

It's a caramel wafer. Chew bar ffs. It's not a dog snack.

[Samadini]

All about the dark chocolate ones. They really are brilliant chew bars.

[Raoul Duke]

It's a bar. It's chewy.

Go fuck yourselves :moop:

[Foe]

Roast was magnificent.

'Managed to spill all my leftover gravy over my counter/floor/shorts though which was a move so clumsy it baffled me.

[Boydy]

You're wearing shorts in this weather?

[Foe]

You're wearing shorts in this weather?

You're aware of the difference between indoors and outdoors in Ireland? Or do you still live in huts with thatched roofs?

[Giggles]

You're wearing shorts in this weather?

In fairness, he hasn't put a top on since 2011.

[Raoul Duke]

Classic hipster

[niko_cee]

Are you contractually required to have the central heating cranked up to the max?

[Boydy]

You're aware of the difference between indoors and outdoors in Ireland? Or do you still live in huts with thatched roofs?

Yes but by noncing about in shorts you're wasting money on extra heating.

[Foe]

Are you contractually required to have the central heating cranked up to the max?

I live in a second floor flat, my heating is off.

I try to wear shorts as often as I can. I've basically reverted back to dressing like a child: shorts, caps (even indoors) and football tops.

Taps aff in summer.

[Boydy]

See, Magic? Definitely not a hipster.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I'm wearing shorts right now too.

http://asda.scene7.com/is/image/Asda/?layer=0&size=180,239&wid=180&hei=239&layer=1&resMode=sharp&size=180,239&src=is%7BAsda/5054622785833%7D&&defaultimage=default_listing_George_rd&qlt=75&fmt=pjpg

:cool:

[Foe]

I'm wearing shorts right now too.

http://asda.scene7.com/is/image/Asda/?layer=0&size=180,239&wid=180&hei=239&layer=1&resMode=sharp&size=180,239&src=is%7BAsda/5054622785833%7D&&defaultimage=default_listing_George_rd&qlt=75&fmt=pjpg

:cool:

Good thing Asda are successful selling food.

[mugbull]

Thanksgiving dinner tonight. I've never really fucked with it foodwise tbh, turkey is among the worst animals and stuffing is just not appealing at all. You're basically left with mashed potatoes, which are never going to set your world alight no matter how hard you try, and cranberry sauce, which is okay. When I have a family i'll strongly consider ditching the turkey and getting a family platter of KFC wings instead

[Disco]

Mash? What kind of deviant has mash with a roast rather than, well, roast potatoes?

[niko_cee]

Most aspects of the traditional thanksgiving dinner sound a bit of a textural disaster.

[Disco]

I could live with croquet potatoes but it still wouldn't be ideal.

[randomlegend]

Mash? What kind of deviant has mash with a roast rather than, well, roast potatoes?

Americans.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Roast chicken with mash is a glorious meal, I just wouldn't count it as an official roast.

[Kikó]

I love banoffee around Thanksgiving.

[Boydy]

Mash? What kind of deviant has mash with a roast rather than, well, roast potatoes?

Sensible people have both.

[Spikey M]

Root vegetable mash is the only mash allowed near a roast dinner.

[Giggles]

Root vegetable mash is the only mash allowed near a roast dinner.

Watery shite.

Roast spuds, mashed spuds, marrowfat peas if you just have to have something green or orange. Though it's best to fill the vegetable space with more meat.

[Spikey M]

If it's watery you're making it wrong/going to shit restaurants.

[Baz]

Sensible people have both.Indeed.

And sausages. :cool:

[Giggles]

Indeed.

And sausages. :cool:

That was one holdover from the northies that I still do. Never seen it before that.

[Raoul Duke]

2 x potatoes is absolutely mega :nodd:

[Adamski]

That was one holdover from the northies that I still do. Never seen it before that.

Eating sausages with potatoes? Or a roast in general?

[Ian]

Had this tonight.

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/oven-baked-ratatouille-sausages

Fucking spot on.

[Giggles]

Eating sausages with potatoes? Or a roast in general?

Having a few cocktail sausages with your Christmas dinner.

We don't do 'a roast' here. It's just dinner.

[Disco]

With bacon is a fine christmas tradition which we should roll out over the rest of the year. In fact full size sausages with an entire slice of bacon wrapped round them are fantastic with a roast.