Food

Was just coming onto this thread to mention wild garlic. We have huge swathes of it, and given we also have hazel coppices I made wild garlic and toasted hazel pesto last night as a tribute to what the local land can produce.

5 miles away in Dymock there is a cheesemaker who produces Stinking Bishop, Slap My Girdle and Single Gloucester, am hoping he might make a hard cheese soon so I can have entirely local pesto (though not sure we have any olive growers, perhaps I'd need to use rape seed oil).

2 600g bone in rib eyes trimmed and ready for dinner tonight...

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Food people:
Recommend me a sub £100 jug blender. Killed the jug on my cheap kenwood after years of faithful service so thought I might splash out soon.
2l, able to smash up grains and nuts a bonus. Can't justify the big money for a vitamix.

We've got one of these, it's awesome...

Only double my budget but it did keep cropping up when looking at reviews.
Part of me wants a kitchen aid just to match my grinder but I'm not that lame.

It is pricey but a Vitamix is even twice that, no? We love ours, use it for everything...

Ooof

Indeed. Will be served only with some asparagus and purple sprouting broccoli. Not sure there would be room for anything else.

Seasoned with steak rub and just being brought to room temp at the moment. Yum.

So. Fucking. Full.

Did a nice red wine sauce to finish them off.

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I had a kitchenaid and the plastic bit that engages the motor to the blade sheered off. Avoid.

Now I have a k-mix. It's not died yet but it's shit at blending​ things which kind of defeats the point. Avoid.

Looks totally awesome but where are the chips?

The sandwich/baguette from the Honey & Co takeaway spot on Warren Street takes the "Roast Chicken" description and bends perception.

No way I would have been able to eat chips too

Fail thread >>>>>

Big hike this weekend and happened end up in Ditchling. Had 3-course Sunday roast at The Bull for £26 and, bloody hell, it was fantastic. Wine was excellent too.

Made ox cheek tagine last night. Was bloody lish. After spending a few days in Marrakesh and having a cooking lesson I had been excited to try it since, didn't disappoint and really bloody easy

Served with a whole roasted cauliflower and greek salad.

GF came back with some curry powder and jerk spices from Jamaica, after our holiday, and made an amazing curried goat...

Curry goat, plz...

I accidentally made one of the best chicken 'curries' ever today, was planning to put the chicken in tacos but wound up cooking some rice and ate it with that instead...

Only used onions, garlic, chillies and cumin but the flavour was amazing, more Indian than Mexican... I'm stuffed...

Rice cookers!

We need something that does both white and brown rice, and should be durable and easy to clean.

Something like this - would prefer to spend a little less though.

Can I please get some recommendations?

We went low-tech with this. Works great. Not pricey and not another giant appliance in our kitchen.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sistema-Microwave-Rice-Steamer-Clear/dp/B00BTIVNT4/ref=sr_1_2?s=kitchen&srs=1649466031&ie=UTF8&qid=1494067122&sr=1-2

Cheers, microwave is not an option though..

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Very much this if your stuck for space
I struggled to make nice rice but have managed to get it ok now.

This Is worth reading.
http://ladyandpups.com/2015/08/03/how-to-actually-cook-perfect-rice-without-a-rice-cooker/

Use the pan and clean tea towel method here as well. The ten quid rice cookers from Asda work fine though!