My six months old daughter got sick pretty much immediately. Couple that with the jet lag and sleep has been limited at best.Originally Posted by Pen
My six months old daughter got sick pretty much immediately. Couple that with the jet lag and sleep has been limited at best.
But for the lol France crowd, we had a visit to a museum planned one day, but they had an 'unexpected closure.' There are also already hints of train strikes for the day I am supposed to travel back.
What does everyone think of Jamaican food? I was always pretty indifferent having only experienced very basic approximations like Turtle Bay shite, but there's this place around here that's fucking amazing and it's totally converted me. Curry goat and jerk chicken, when done properly, are fucking class.
Oxtail stew is also brilliant.
Curry goat is brilliant. There used to be some great takeaways near me. Pay about Ł12 and feed yourself for a month.
Tried laoganma just stirred into plain rice yesterday and it's a winner.
Proper jerk chicken, rice and peas is a brilliant dish. Not had it since I worked in London years and years ago and they had Caribbean women running the in-house canteen. Tried to do it myself at home but it's not a patch on it.
We've arranged to go out with a load of the girls friends in January and they (not her) picked Turtle Bay ffs. I've only been there once but it was comfortably bottom 3 places I've ever eaten.
There's a great Jamaican place in Bristol called "Fi Real" if anyone is ever in the neighborhood. Fucking huge portion sizes.
2 for 1 cocktails looks good on their instagram though.
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Jamaicans respect the key principles of food; simplicity, spice and quantity.
Breadfruit is the one.
You forgot "using meat with high fat content". Lentil nonce.
The place near me is spectacularly cheap too. Took my middle class ponce workmates the other week. We all got a main each (including curry goat, jerk pork belly, fried chicken, ackee n saltfish), which all came with a generous portion of rice n peas, got a gigantic dumpling each, some extra jerk sauce, some saltfish fritters, and a couple of portions of Mac n cheese and it came to a ludicrous Ł11 each.
The guy is a 50-something who does most deliveries himself out of his Mazda MX-5 once he's cooked it (hence some pretty erratic delivery times), just an all-round hero of a guy.
Proper white saviour stuff this.
There’s probably one somewhere but I don’t think I’ve ever come across a Jamaican/Caribbean place here. Only time I had it was in Britain.
Jerk chicken with rice an’ peas and some coleslaw is a glorious meal.
Place near me also does stuffed sandwiches. Coco bread with a beef patty inside, that’s sliced open and stuffed with coleslaw, jerk chicken/pork, and hot sauce. Bit of melty cheese if you want it as well. It’s artery clogging but absolutely banging.
I've only had Jamaican food twice, and both times it was shit. I am sure that it is good if properly done, but as with all Caribbean food, it is ultimately just a lesser version of Mexican food.
The main issue I see with it from photos of dishes is that they seem way too fond of bony chicken.
My wife got me an Ooni for Christmas my subtle pointing at them for the last few months obviously paid off. Spent half an hour with my axe smashing up some oak to the right size yesterday morning, once that was finished I seasoned fo 30 mins. Easy to keep a steady fire going with oak splits.
First go with the ooni.
Not perfect and few things I'd do different next time but tasted really good. You just cannot get the same from an electric oven.
I made my first couple of Pizzas for dinner last night, they were good for a first attempt but I definitely need a peel and a thermometer. I was trying to launch the Pizzas in pissed from a cookie sheet. I don't think I pre heated the stone for long enough as the crusts burnt and the base was a little under done.
Have some Caputo 00 flour and yeast my mother in law got me for Christmas which made the most amazing dough. Surprised how much of a difference in taste from normal bread flour.
I've followed a recipe a couple of times for Jerk chicken that is amazing.
https://youtu.be/Rt460jKi4Bk
Its a bit of a faff with have to brine and then cook on the BBQ but the flavour was immense. I got some scotch bonnet hot sauce from a farm shop to go with.
What’s it called when you go a Chinese and get a pizza box with loads of different stuff in?
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Munchy Box.
That’s what I thought but do you not feel dumb actually asking for a munch[y] box? Sounds like it should come with a Fruit Shoot and some jelly.
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We can only get them from 1 place down here and they only take orders on Just Eat so I've never had the pleasure of doing so in person.
You should bet a Munch Bunch and an Um Bongo with it though.
Well you don't say it out loud because you're ordering from Just Eat anyway.
EDIT: Spikey beat me to it.
Also if you're ordering a munchy box you're presumably either so drunk or committed to 7000 calories of grease feeling silly is the least of your worries.
Crumpet loaf
This amuses me everytime without fail. A bloke in the office once passed one of those around (still wrapped) and everyone was reacting positively like “wow crumpet loaf” “does it really taste like crumpets” “I need to get some of this” and I felt like I was in a sitcom. It was a moment that went down in office folklore and always gets dished out whenever someone’s reminiscing about working in an office. Remember Gary and his crumpet loaf!Crumpet loaf
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Ok, I'm gonna say it. Crumpets are shit.
There you are.
Crumpets offer nothing. Come at us.
Crumpets are fine. They're just a vessel for getting lots of warm butter into your body on something crispy.
I use Jacket Potatoes for this purpose, although admittedly not for breakfast. Toast will do for breakfast.
Yeah, like a crumpet isn't a meal unless you were having a dozen of them and who needs that?
Crumpets just for if you want max butter absorption.
Not that I often have either those or toast.
Me, now you've suggested it.
Cheese and marmite on crumpets.
Do you reckon you'd still be enjoying them by the twelfth?
I don't type twelfth very often. Weird word when you look at it, innit?
In the same way that you'd get a certain je ne sais quoi from the twelfth beer, yes.
I had that on Christmas Day as I stood eating left over Roast potatoes from the baking tray whilst simultaneously fighting indigestion.
"You think this is bad, body? Well how about MORE POTATO?"
Proper pancakes (the thick ones) > crumpets.
Crumpets are great but getting them right in the average toaster is a bit of a pain.
Yep, I did some the other day and had to bin them because they were undercooked.
Toasters, generally, are absolutely shit. Just one of those things (like printers) that just never seem to actually fucking work the way they should
Crumpets, and tbh nearly all bread, should be done in a sandwich press. Keeps the moisture in and allows for odd shapes. Prop it up with a glass or something so it doesn't end up flattened
You all clearly need to invest in one of these.
I fucking hate that channel. I watched one video on it and found them really quite annoying and now Youtube still won't stop suggesting those dickheads to me.
You can take entire channels out of your recommendations if you like.
But then what tedious bullshit would I have to moan about if Youtube comes up?
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Some woman in the shop asked if I wanted to try the new vegan fillet roll instead of the chicken one. €8 instead of €4.50
Their vegan ‘sausage’ rolls are €3 a pop.
I'd make a joke about it still being a better deal once you equate the state's costs for your health but I'm not sure what sort of dirty chemical shit they add into those vegan alternatives.
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