Author Topic: A random thread for food things that don't really warrant a thread of their own (Read 512555 times)

andrewc · « **Reply #300 on:** 20 March, 2013, 07:17:48 pm »

Lindt Wasabi chocolate.....Meh

Not enough Wasabi to notice, no heat at all. It just makes the chocolate taste a bit funny. Thumbs down, won't buy that again.

L CC · « **Reply #301 on:** 21 March, 2013, 03:05:38 pm »

Quote from: hulver on 19 March, 2013, 07:45:32 am

I couldn't find Linseed anywhere though, and ended up buying 3kg of the stuff

Low carb diet= groceries from amazon.

Ground almonds, ground flax seeds, chia seeds, coconut flour..

And 2 jars a week of almond butter. They're only little! Honest!

Biggsy · « **Reply #302 on:** 21 March, 2013, 03:10:20 pm »

I'd never heard of almond butter until recently. I add it to Tesco almond croissants (that don't come with enough almond paste), even though it's a bit saltier than ideal for that.

hulver · « **Reply #303 on:** 21 March, 2013, 03:10:57 pm »

Quote from: fboab on 21 March, 2013, 03:05:38 pm

Quote from: hulver on 19 March, 2013, 07:45:32 am
I couldn't find Linseed anywhere though, and ended up buying 3kg of the stuff

Low carb diet= groceries from amazon.

Ground almonds, ground flax seeds, chia seeds, coconut flour..

And 2 jars a week of almond butter. They're only little! Honest!

If you want some Flax seed, drop me your address by PM and I'll bung some in the post. I have enough to last me several years, and I don't think it will be good that long.

Biggsy · « **Reply #304 on:** 21 March, 2013, 03:14:20 pm »

What are good ways to eat flax seed? I could do with some more fibre so I might be interested, depending on how nice the stuff is. (I've never tried it). Also the cost of postage would have to be not more than the cost of the product in the shops.

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #305 on:** 21 March, 2013, 04:14:22 pm »

Make Kürbiskernweckerl (pumpkin seed rolls). This recipe contains flax seeds. I think you'd need to make a lot of rolls to use up 3kg of seeds though!
http://theinversecook.wordpress.com/2008/01/16/kurbiskernweckerl-pumpkin-seed-rolls/

hulver · « **Reply #306 on:** 21 March, 2013, 05:24:17 pm »

Quote from: Biggsy on 21 March, 2013, 03:14:20 pm

What are good ways to eat flax seed? I could do with some more fibre so I might be interested, depending on how nice the stuff is. (I've never tried it). Also the cost of postage would have to be not more than the cost of the product in the shops.

It grinds up very well in a bladed coffee grinder, I suppose anything with whirring blades would do.

I like the flavour, pleasantly mildly nutty.

If you find any in the shops, let me know, I'd like a source other than Amazon.

Biggsy · « **Reply #307 on:** 21 March, 2013, 05:40:59 pm »

Thanks.

Holland and Barratt sell it milled, but I guess Amazon would be cheaper.

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #308 on:** 21 March, 2013, 06:56:41 pm »

I got golden linseed from sainsbury's.

graculus · « **Reply #309 on:** 21 March, 2013, 08:02:16 pm »

I use flax seed in the topping for apple crumble:
1/2 oz flax
1/2 oz sunflower seeds
1 oz med.oatmeal
3 oz plain white flour
3 oz porridge oats
3 oz sugar
sunflower oil to mix to right consistency

citoyen · « **Reply #310 on:** 28 March, 2013, 02:06:16 pm »

We got sent a safe full of two new varieties of Dairy Milk - one with cookie chunks, the other with jelly bean popping candy.

Like chocolate but funner.

CrinklyLion · « **Reply #311 on:** 28 March, 2013, 08:47:44 pm »

I made soup. Making soup makes me happy.

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #312 on:** 30 March, 2013, 09:08:23 pm »

In the ethnic supermarket today;

Untitled by The Pingus, on Flickr

delthebike · « **Reply #313 on:** 11 April, 2013, 12:12:16 pm »

Just had a packet of crisps which were Guinness flavour.

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #314 on:** 11 April, 2013, 08:27:43 pm »

Just made two banana choc chip loaves.

RJ · « **Reply #315 on:** 11 April, 2013, 08:52:10 pm »

Do you need them both?

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #316 on:** 12 April, 2013, 02:24:24 pm »

Yesterday we had a visit from a Lithuanian friend who's here doing a Digital Dishes course - blogging about food using some sort of electronic postcard thingamijig. Of course she'd brought some Lithuanian delicacies with her - mushrooms made of gingerbread, poppy seed and a type of meringue, and something called apple cheese. This has nothing to do with cheese, the name is simply for its shape - like a flat, elliptical white cheese - it's a sort of compressed apple thing, very tasty. Then she was raving about a marvellous vegetable shop they'd been taken to, where you could get such a variety of fruit and vegetables. Where is it? we asked. I'm not sure, she said, because we were taken there by car, but I can show you a photograph. We looked - and it was our local greengrocers!

So

to Gardner's Patch on Gloucester Road, you have an international fanbase!

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #317 on:** 20 April, 2013, 03:34:56 pm »

Macaroni cheese - yum
Macaroni cheese with cream in it - why?

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #318 on:** 20 April, 2013, 11:52:11 pm »

We have chickpeas soaking in a big pot of water - and every minute or so they are making a "crack" noise. Presumably it's simply their cells swelling but it sounds like a dripping tap. They absorb a surprising amount of water - still at it after ten hours.

Oaky · « **Reply #319 on:** 21 April, 2013, 12:09:29 am »

As a student, I once soaked chick peas in a pint glass. The result was a load of chickpeas wedged into the glass.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #320 on:** 21 April, 2013, 12:13:10 am »

Silly. You need to leave them longer to ferment.

clarion · « **Reply #321 on:** 21 April, 2013, 08:06:29 pm »

Our Kid seems never to finish off his bottles of chilli sauce.

mcshroom · « **Reply #322 on:** 24 April, 2013, 09:36:53 pm »

Er

Booths recalls packets of 'Monkey Nuts' as the packaging doesn't say 'contains nuts' on it

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/10013746/Monkey-nuts-withdrawn-from-sale-for-failing-to-warn-they-may-contain-peanuts.html

Kim · « **Reply #323 on:** 24 April, 2013, 10:24:05 pm »

More importantly, does it contain monkeys?

tiermat · « **Reply #324 on:** 01 May, 2013, 08:59:22 am »

Clarion, if you want (or more precisely, if Our Kid wants it), we have a HUGE bottle of sweet chili sauce that we are never going to get around to using (bought as a 2 pack and we are only 1/2 way through the first one

)

Anyway onto mine. I have a new, proper (from spain and everything) Paella pan!

None of your namby-pamby non-stick for me, this is a proper plain steel one!

I look forward to trying it out (I also ordered some normal paella rice and some Bomba paella rice at the same time)