Author Topic: A random thread for food things that don't really warrant a thread of their own (Read 514607 times)

Gattopardo · « **Reply #975 on:** 20 July, 2014, 11:08:33 pm »

Quote from: hellymedic on 19 July, 2014, 05:43:47 pm

Placed a Sainsbury's order today:

Condiments
There are no products on this shelf at the moment. If you're looking for a particular item, you may be able to find it using the search box above

Bin bags
There are no products on this shelf at the moment. If you're looking for a particular item, you may be able to find it using the search box above

Store refurbishment so no frozen food either.

NO ICE CREAM IN THIS WEATHER!!!

My local area have been cleaned out of all 2l tubs of ice creams so all that is left is the small b&J and hagen whatever.

Jasmine · « **Reply #976 on:** 21 July, 2014, 09:02:00 am »

I normally eat museli with orange juice (or squash - really, it's nice). I bought a different brand last week. It appears to have a high milk powder element. It's, erm, interesting with orange $:-\$

citoyen · « **Reply #977 on:** 21 July, 2014, 12:28:49 pm »

Quote from: Jasmine on 21 July, 2014, 09:02:00 am

I normally eat museli with orange juice (or squash - really, it's nice). I bought a different brand last week. It appears to have a high milk powder element. It's, erm, interesting with orange $:-\$

Alpen, was it? Vile stuff.

I have my muesli with apple juice. Only juice, though, and the good stuff at that - ie Coppella. Never tried it with squash. Interesting.

barakta · « **Reply #978 on:** 22 July, 2014, 07:08:41 pm »

I really hate muesli but putting milk powder in it is like evil toxic death. It's SUPPOSED TO BE VEGAN that's why it's so bloody nasty!

citoyen · « **Reply #979 on:** 23 July, 2014, 03:47:15 pm »

I'm very choosy about my muesli brands. I like Jordans but Alpen is nasty.

Most shop-bought cereals other than plain unadulterated porridge oats are pretty nasty, tbh.

Jasmine · « **Reply #980 on:** 24 July, 2014, 12:11:44 pm »

Surprisingly, I've found the Asda own-brand stuff to be my preference, probably because it's got a fair bit of nuts & fruit, and quite big flakes of stuff, rather than sawdust consistency. Added milk powder isn't so bad when eating museli with water (a very small amount, I don't use anywhere near the amount of liquid most people use for cereal), and I suppose if you use milk it just tastes milkier, but if you've used something fruit based, it does not taste right.

Quote from: citoyen on 23 July, 2014, 03:47:15 pm

Most shop-bought cereals other than plain unadulterated porridge oats are pretty nasty, tbh.

I used to dislike all cereal (and breakfast in general), but then I discovered how much better it all is once microwaved. I don't like the crunchiness, but I really hate food swimming in liquid, so microwaving makes it mushy but damp rather than wet. Cereals better this way: oatibix, weetabix, shreddies, all bran. People tend to think I'm a bit strange for doing this though (especially as I make all of those with water).

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #981 on:** 25 July, 2014, 12:59:00 pm »

Aldi Exotic muesli is good. Porridge oats, some nuts, loads of dried fruit like cranberries.

Pingu · « **Reply #982 on:** 29 July, 2014, 10:27:07 pm »

Le Mont de Spag Bol

IMG_3614 by The Pingus, on Flickr

clarion · « **Reply #983 on:** 31 July, 2014, 06:29:45 pm »

Literal cup cake, courtesy of talented baker Grace Wong:

P7265829 by TJ Clarion, on Flickr

Bledlow · « **Reply #984 on:** 02 August, 2014, 04:15:41 pm »

Made potato & celery soup with home-grown celery (my first ever), potatoes, onion, & garlic. The celery is a bit bitter & stringy raw, but cooks better than supermarket celery. I went OTT cooking it, to try to get rid of the bitterness & to soften it. I could have cooked it less.

Mrs B loved it. Praised the flavour. Claims it's the best-tasting celery she's eaten. I think that may only apply to 'cooked'.

Also did a little apple (allotment) & blackcurrant (garden) compote to go with ice cream for afters.

hellymedic · « **Reply #985 on:** 05 August, 2014, 11:27:50 am »

David's bringing in buckets of feral blackberries, which I have been setting in any Hartley's jelly that's been sitting in the cupboard¹.
Blackberries in lime jelly is/are rather nice!

1) Purchased for pre colonoscopy diet. Red jellies were forbidden.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #986 on:** 05 August, 2014, 11:48:34 am »

Feral blackberries. Not just thorns, but also Teeth

Bledlow · « **Reply #987 on:** 05 August, 2014, 09:50:48 pm »

Feral blackberries with ice cream. Preceded by home-grown potato salad: Charlotte potatoes, onion, radish, onion, cucumber . . . And smoked salmon bought in a shop, like the ice cream & mayonnaise but unlike the rest.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #988 on:** 06 August, 2014, 12:51:45 pm »

If you make milkshake with a mixture of kefir (similar to yougurt but slightly sourer and more liquid) and curds and whey (and the rest being strawberries or whatever), it's really, really filling.

levitator · « **Reply #989 on:** 07 August, 2014, 09:13:35 pm »

I have in my possession a crateful of pears (for reasons too complicated to explain),williams pears, some of them a bit underripe. When theyr'e ripe they are delicious, but we're rapidly going pear-shaped from surfeit.
Suggestions please?

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #990 on:** 08 August, 2014, 02:23:27 pm »

Spiced pickled pears from the Delia Christmas book. Awesome with stilton.

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #991 on:** 08 August, 2014, 03:05:41 pm »

Juice and freeze - take out of freezer in winter, home-made super-fresh juice is delicious.

levitator · « **Reply #992 on:** 08 August, 2014, 04:14:23 pm »

I've made about 2Kg of chutney and my wife has just produced a flan. Still dripping pear juice though, trying to keep it off keyboard. Our son will be visiting us tonite, he'll help to polish them off...

menthel · « **Reply #993 on:** 08 August, 2014, 04:32:25 pm »

Fruit leather? There is even a recipe for it in this month's cycling plus!

mcshroom · « **Reply #994 on:** 14 August, 2014, 05:17:58 pm »

Price of Nutella could rise as hazelnut crop devastated by bad weather

CrazyEnglishTriathlete · « **Reply #995 on:** 16 August, 2014, 08:49:31 pm »

Quote from: citoyen on 23 July, 2014, 03:47:15 pm

I'm very choosy about my muesli brands. I like Jordans but Alpen is nasty.

Most shop-bought cereals other than plain unadulterated porridge oats are pretty nasty, tbh.

I make my own muesli - each day. Tesco own brand special flakes (so I can have one Gluten free meal a day), pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, linseed, sesame seed, raisins. Takes about a minute. Then add fresh fruit (whatever I've got) and yoghurt. Secret of my cycling and running success. Scores between 2.5 and 4 of my 5 a day in a single hit depending on how much I make and eat.

CrazyEnglishTriathlete · « **Reply #996 on:** 16 August, 2014, 08:50:24 pm »

Roast leg of pork bone in + sweet potato puree + stir fried oak choi with a dash of soy sauce = marriage made in heaven

Quint · « **Reply #997 on:** 17 August, 2014, 11:32:45 am »

The Hair Bikers Curry book is brilliant but does anybody else find that potatoes take a lot longer to cook when done in a dish (Keema Lamb Curry) than when done on their own, had the same in a Rick Stein recipe buggers the timings up

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #998 on:** 25 August, 2014, 01:10:50 am »

I have at last acquired some Proper Milk to go in my Proper Tea

No longer will me evening brew taste foul due to the presence of "non-dairy creamer"

hellymedic · « **Reply #999 on:** 25 August, 2014, 01:32:39 am »

Non-dairy creamer is indeed

but has the advantage that Orthodox Jews can have 'white' coffee after a meat meal.

Author Topic: A random thread for food things that don't really warrant a thread of their own (Read 514607 times)

levitator

levitator