Food

https://temperrestaurant.com/

high end dude food, well worth a punt.

Hoppers?

Should be within £50 considering drinks.

bancone private room?

https://www.bancone.co.uk/

https://d1ssu070pg2v9i.cloudfront.net/pex/bancone/2018/08/04140259/Feasting-menu.pdf

Percy and Founders
Mere (only affordable if you're going lunchtime I'd guess)
Salt Yard
Lima
Gaucho

Are the ones that spring instantly to mind.

Thanks all!

Salt Yard sprung to mind for me too so that's on the list along with Hoppers and Bancone.

Spent the last days driving from Florence to Rome - ate too much great food. But this pizza from a place called Bonci in Rome was absolutely amazing. Porchetta is a thread favourite and we ate some excellent examples across our journey but the Porchetta pizza sanwich is my new fave thing.

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Did you eat focaccia at Antico Vinaio in Florence?

Can anyone go definitive on these questions please?

Is coconut oil ok to eat/ cook with or not? Loads of people rave about it and then it was pronounced completely bad for you.

Should I be doing any cooking with olive oil? or does heating it destroy its goodness.
Cheers

We are urged to eat less fat and the fat we do eat should be unsaturated, at least, and polyunsaturated at best. Coconut oil is nearly all saturated fat.

As long as you are not deep frying in olive oil, keeping the oil at high temperatures for extended timescales it is unlikely to be a health risk.

If you like The Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jul/09/coconut-oil-debunked-health-benefits-big-fat-lie-superfood-saturated-fats-lard

I use bog standard olive oil to cook most things. Extra Virgin is for dressing only, heat will ruin the flavour.

For stir frys or any deep frying I use a neutral rapeseed oil that has a high smoke point.

Finally made it back to Nisbett's, grabbed a water bath for the Anova... The DIY hole in the lid turned out OK!

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So pro it hurts.

Also bought a cheap K-Mart vacuum sealer today, I am now fully kitted out...

i got railroaded into buying 3 fuck off ox cheeks at the white people's market and i'm not entirely sure what to do to them.

Braise very slowly in tomato sauce then pull out the meat and have pasta with the sauce then serve the meat with sliced red onion, chilli and lots of olive oil in a warm salad...

That's what I used to do, not allowed red meat atm... Cholesterol is a bit high...

no red meat? fuck that noise.

you can still drink beer, right?

I'm also off the booze temporarily... But maybe permanently...

Do this.

https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/recipes/braised-beef-cheek-recipe

Fokkentasty/10

ok cool, let us know how you get on with your christian coffee morning.

#kumbaya

Does anyone want a meat grinder? And sausage stuffer?

Packed it up when moving country and have since stopped eating meat let alone making sausages

I could be interested. How much etc etc

I will get it out the box and see what it looks like and the make. Cheap though, I just want to get rid of it

Bugger - I bought a new one earlier this week.

Doctor's orders... Don't choke on your cheeks...