Author Topic: A random thread for food things that don't really warrant a thread of their own (Read 524825 times)

andrewc · « **Reply #4875 on:** 21 July, 2023, 10:21:49 pm »

Fish & chips x 3 for £16 in Huyton tonight. Eaten with Mappin & Webb EPNS fish knives & forks and washed down with Aussie chardonnay. We like to do things properly....

T42 · « **Reply #4876 on:** 22 July, 2023, 08:39:10 am »

When I was a nipper the jam-bowl was always put away in the sideboard after breakfast or tea. On one occasion when I got it out the EPNS spoon was still stuck in it, and being of tender years so ignorant of chemistry I licked it.

My mum's raspberry peculiar had eaten its way through the plating and was working on the brass underneath. In combination with the fruitiness it was one of the vilest things I've ever tasted. I haven't been much of a jam-eater since and I'm none too fond of raspberries either.

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #4877 on:** 24 July, 2023, 01:46:06 pm »

Quote from: ian on 21 July, 2023, 09:14:03 pm

Fish, chips and curry sauce. Oh my, the best thing ever. Southerners raise an eyebrow though.

Looks more like a battered sausage, filled with mystery meat. Definitely filthy.

L CC · « **Reply #4878 on:** 24 July, 2023, 01:53:31 pm »

Quote from: mrcharly-YHT on 24 July, 2023, 01:46:06 pm

Quote from: ian on 21 July, 2023, 09:14:03 pm
Fish, chips and curry sauce. Oh my, the best thing ever. Southerners raise an eyebrow though.

Looks more like a battered sausage, filled with mystery meat. Definitely filthy.

Correct. Mystery meat product

Canardly · « **Reply #4879 on:** 24 July, 2023, 02:16:01 pm »

A portion of fish and chips is £16 here. Fish must come from somewhere else.

L CC · « **Reply #4880 on:** 24 July, 2023, 03:39:02 pm »

That filth was £5.90.

Jurek · « **Reply #4881 on:** 24 July, 2023, 06:36:38 pm »

I have to confess to having a major soft spot for saveloy and chips.
Especially if a gherkin has been thrown in there as well.
Now, if you could somehow order that with mustard......

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #4882 on:** 24 July, 2023, 07:24:28 pm »

You could if you moved to Germany, but there’s probably a law over there that bans saveloys as being an offence against sausages

ian · « **Reply #4883 on:** 24 July, 2023, 08:07:45 pm »

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 24 July, 2023, 07:24:28 pm

You could if you moved to Germany, but there’s probably a law over there that bans saveloys as being an offence against sausages

I'm not sure, I've had currywurst and honestly, I think the wurst is probably the bits the pig itself didn't want.

I was a big fan of battered sausages and chips, always awesome, the fat would squirt out when you cut them. Sadly, I don't eat pig now and I can't imagine a battered veg sausage would give the same oleaginous pleasure as their deep-fried porcine brethren.

rafletcher · « **Reply #4884 on:** 01 August, 2023, 06:24:06 pm »

For the last month or so our local Tesco (a small “superstore” about the size of supermarkets 30 years ago) had had Cornish new potatoes on sale. Lovely.

hellymedic · « **Reply #4885 on:** 01 August, 2023, 09:37:57 pm »

Next-door neighbours' fig tree is dripping with bursting, sweet and ripe fruit but Wikinaccurate informs me that the fig wasp essential for fruit development doesn't live in Britain.
Figs apparently need well-drained soil, which is not how I'd describe my London clay…

I've just nuked a litre of fruit, so I can freeze it.

hellymedic · « **Reply #4886 on:** 08 August, 2023, 11:08:03 pm »

Went to Cocorico Italian in Whetstone yesterday for a group meal.HUGE portions on big plates, good range of Italian fare.
Went to their website and found this wonderful template page.
https://www.cocoricorestaurant.co.uk/venues
Oh Lorem ipsum dear!

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #4887 on:** 09 August, 2023, 08:23:39 am »

The menu and contact look genuine though, and they're the most important.

hellymedic · « **Reply #4888 on:** 09 August, 2023, 05:27:29 pm »

They are.
The pdf menu was identical to those distributed by the waiting staff and the phone number worked.

I just wondered if there were other outlets.

Love the 'Cocorico' pun/joke for a cockerel's morning call...

jsabine · « **Reply #4889 on:** 10 August, 2023, 12:50:12 am »

Cocorico's just what French cockerels say, isn't it?

hellymedic · « **Reply #4890 on:** 10 August, 2023, 01:10:14 am »

Only French cockerels?

In an Italian eatery?

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #4891 on:** 10 August, 2023, 01:58:21 am »

Ob. Flanders & Swann: https://youtu.be/GCyy1MjlbRU

hellymedic · « **Reply #4892 on:** 10 August, 2023, 11:36:07 am »

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #4893 on:** 10 August, 2023, 07:46:31 pm »

Mushroom, mushroom! Victoria suspected mushroom poisoning: lunchtime dish believed to have been a beef wellington pie.

jsabine · « **Reply #4894 on:** 12 August, 2023, 12:40:18 am »

Quote from: hellymedic on 10 August, 2023, 01:10:14 am

Only French cockerels?

In an Italian eatery?

Italian cockerels say chicchirichì. Maybe it's bilingual, or just on its hols.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #4895 on:** 12 August, 2023, 11:29:52 am »

Given that Greek cockerels are reported to say “Karikiki” I suspect an EU cover-up. All FOREIGN cockerels say the same thing and the difference [“cont. tomorrow’s Sunday Brexpress” – Ed.]

Tim Hall · « **Reply #4896 on:** 15 August, 2023, 08:23:48 pm »

Tonight I am molishjng some blackberry muffins, using blackberries from the Upper 50 acres.
I'm following a recipe from Mr Sainsbury's House of Toothy Comestibles, which I've used before.

First thing:

Quote

Line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper cases

Later:

Quote

Serves 10

How does that work?
Either there's going to be a fight or the cook gets extras is my guess.

spesh · « **Reply #4897 on:** 15 August, 2023, 09:24:21 pm »

Or you line just ten of the holes with paper cases?

citoyen · « **Reply #4898 on:** 16 August, 2023, 09:35:24 am »

Quote from: Tim Hall on 15 August, 2023, 08:23:48 pm

Tonight I am molishjng some blackberry muffins, using blackberries from the Upper 50 acres.
I'm following a recipe from Mr Sainsbury's House of Toothy Comestibles, which I've used before.

First thing:
Quote
Line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper cases

Later:
Quote
Serves 10

How does that work?
Either there's going to be a fight or the cook gets extras is my guess.

Looks to me like they've added a superfluous zero.

Jurek · « **Reply #4899 on:** 16 August, 2023, 09:50:10 am »

Ver' good.