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Just wiping raw pork over a minor - filthy animal

Ta for this, will give a bash.

In other news this weekend I have been mostly eating.tacos. Couldn't find any pork shoulder but there were a load of pork bellies on offer in Waitrose so picked up 4 and cooked ever so slow from about 8am Saturday until 1pm before spending 15 minutes on the hottest heat to get some crackling. Took the crackling off and ate it all as a chefs treat. (I did save a little bit that I bashed up for sprinkling). Shredded all the pork (pretty much just by looking at it at that stage). Fried some finely sliced shallots until soft with some dried chipotle I'd chopped up and a touch of garlic. Made a pretty poky pibil with a bunch of other chillis and added the shredded pork, pibil and shallots together and stirred cooked for a while longer. Meanwhile made taco shells from scratch which wa surprisingly straight forward, cooked em. Diced some lettuce and red onion, tossed with lime juice. Mashed some avocados with salt and Tabasco. Filled tacos with lettuce/onion mix, pork pibil, dollop of guac. Served with a pile of steamed rice with fried beans onto which was liberally splashed some sour cream.

And repeat. 4 X pork bellies = muchos cochinita pibil.

Now making shortbread.

Chicken also in the fridge ready to come out soon after a day of stewing in homemade jerk. Not euph.

Those weekends where you think you have nothing in the fridge so you shop and then realise the fridge and freezer are full :/

Where does legit mexican food in London (or elsewhere in the UK but assume London)? And I mean legit rather than my cobbled together efforts or some nonsense fusion.

Someone mentioned Lupita East and Mestizo? Others?

That shop is long gone, really great grub in there... Their oxtail was amazing...

Ended up going to Escocesa in Stokey t'other night. Pretty tasty and lovely atmosphere, but nothing special and plates were pretty small. Wine was delicious though, good 2015 Garnacha.

Buffalo wings today.

Pig cheeks are back in Waitrose!

oo cheers for the heads up

Buffalo wings last night - pro tip, remove skins :( Also less butter.

Hello page 1000.

^less butter = honestly something I never thought I'd say.

Just cleared John Lewis Waitrose of all the pig cheeks as well as a kg of osso buco which was on clearance for £2.75. Happy days.

remove skins

whut?

whut?

^this

I got full-on wings that needed jointing into flats/drumettes/tips etc. I made it all up in a little oil and some butter, had a piece just to test and it was lish including skin. Added the buffalo sauce mix (basically fry some garlic in butter then add a bottle of Franks) to the chicken and continued to fry (as per recipe) and the crispy skin just turned to soggy mush. All the buffalo wings I've ever had anywhere kept their crispiness even post-sauce.

So my thinking - remove the skins, fry them separately to the chicken and then remove at the last minute before the sauce is added, then eat as a sauceless snack on the side of the saucey wings.

Hmm. Not sure your saucing technique is right. Sauce is last minute then consume right away. No? What's your source?

Was told a minute cooked in the sauce :(

S'ok. I have more wings for take 2 tonight.

You need to watch more diners drive ins and dives, cook/fry wings, then cover in sauce to coat, eat with dip thereafter...

I don't do wings (too much effort for too little meat) but I've watched enough triple d to know how it's done.

By the way you should go the whole bird and do fried chicken anything over wings...

See first line:

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I do a mean buttermilk soaked crispy job. But adding sauce is new to me.

Oddly though I quite like that there's a ton of effort for so little reward. Makes it seem calorifically neutral.

Ah no tv, no triple d!
You're missing out...

But soon you won't be.. Trust me it's revelatory!

@CYOA
https://food52.com/recipes/26380-ideas-in-food-s-korean-style-chicken-wings

that triple d presenter tho...

hmmm....

SHOUT SHOUTY SHOUT! SHOUT SHOUT SHOUT... SHOUT SHOUT.

Until you start speaking in proper sentences, without funny misspelling youth speak you can keep your opinions about how presenters present to yourself...

Mr Fieri is a bit repetitive, and I hear he's a bit of a dick in real life and his restaurant chains ain't all that, but the enjoyment he gets out of the food and the connection he makes with the owners/chefs/patrons outweighs that.

Ps he's American if he wasn't shouty you'd wonder what was wrong with him...

get fucked. seriously. do one you condescending twat. in future, when i want your opinion, i'll give it to you.

who the fuck do you think you're talking to?

Nah! Elbow your way into an Internet conversation I'm having, expect a rebuff of your negative vibes man...
(Insert photo of oddball here)