Food

When 'mercans refer to 1/4 of booze, how much is that?

Is it 1/4 of a bottle, or of a (US) gallon?

Do what now? Reference recipe?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quart

Ounces, Gills, Pints, Quarts, Gallons..

blimey it’s like going back to school in the 60s or learning with grand-dad

US cups as well for cooking = 1/2 pint

I've heard of:
fifth of vodka
and
a handle of vodka (handel?)

No clues as to what either are

I only have a pdf - it's for basting a pork belly (on a smoker, except I'll be using the oven).

Which makes me think it's a quarter of a bottle - Using a litre of bourbon to baste seems just a touch excessive.

And if it does mean 1/4 a (US) gallon, then I'll still use a quarter of a bottle, because a litre is fucking stupid.

I could just reduce it right down and use it as a glaze, I suppose.

US cups as well for cooking = 1/2 pint

Imperial pint, US (liquid) pint, or US (dry) pint?

US (customary) cup, or US (legal) cup?

Imperial is dumb.

US Imperial is even dumberer.

Fifth is a fifth of a gallon which seems to be the 750ml as per a bottle of spirits in the UK.

totally agree.. those measurements are also common in the Caribbean..
when i cook its all done in cupfuls, tablespoons, teaspoons, a pinch of this, a grab of that..

With the weather picking up any good recommendations for jerk and rice and peas recipes? Also, any decent pre-made jerk seasoning? Cheers

Also, any decent pre-made jerk seasoning?

There is no such thing. This is a hill that I am prepared to die on.

Was a total #buyer and ordered some food from a home delivery ad on facebook (so now I'm inundated with all the home delivery ads as I've outed myself as an easy mark now).

But it was for fancy Bao and I am a sucker for a Bao and there's no asian supermarkets anywhere near me to pick up normal char sui bao so I couldn't resist.

plus we finally have room for a decent sized freezer after only having a fridge in our flat in mordor for last 10 years so I can actually store stuff like this.

Even with a discount code and free delivery it still cost me ~£8 per pack for 5 packs of 6x frozen bao so def. not cheap but they arrived yesterday and the Beef Rendang ones I had for my Dinner was banging.

I didn't have a steamer as we tossed a lot of the worse for wear stuff we had when we moved so had to buy a new one but grabbed a 10" one bamboo one from amazon and it cooked them perfectly.

my birthday is coming up in just over a month and I think I may use it as an excuse to finally make my own char sui bao from scratch in bulk once I find a decent butchers to source the pork from.

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Linky?
#BAOFIEND

https://bun-dles.com/

I used code TAKE20 on a make your own bundle of 5 as that seemed to be the sweet spot that gave the discount and free shipping

i lied though it appears to be more like £9 a pack which is still better than takeaway prices but not normal home frozen ones. not sure I'd pay full price of £12 unless they were for a very very occasional special treat.

I wonder if that was meant to be a proportion - as in 1/4 of the liquid should be booze. Or it was meant to be a 1/4 cup (~60 ml) but the measure was left out.

It could be 1/4 cup actually - 1/4 cup bourbon, 1 cup pineapple juice seems reasonable

Only when mixed with a 1/4 cup of rum and then shaken and served in a tall glass over ice, garnished with a maraschino cherry and a slice of pineapple skewered with a plastic pirate sword. And an umbrella, obvs.

Had some (uncooked) battered chicken left over from last night's meal and fancied a big bowl of sloppy noodles so made this very inauthentic thing. Somewhere between a Laksa and a Thai curry with fried chicken on top. Kinda worked, would bang again.

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I’ve been pining for this since Christmas. So out of protest, love and 48hrs prep /cooking

this

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It’ll never be as good as Auntie Molly’s or Aurrora’s oxtail and butter beans but I gave it the best attempt I could, key ingredients are green seasoning and cassareep, for authentic Guyanese cuisine.

GF needs to deliver this next time..

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Anybody here have any restaurant recommendations for Bergamo in Italy?

I'm going to be working there for a few days next month and am planning to make the most of it.

Partner has asked me to find a goodie parcel to send to a company who have done some great work for her business. Am thinking possibly some Kinditor brownies. Any other suggestions for something that could be delivered tomorrow morning?

It was a fair few years ago now, but I went to this place and it was superb:

https://rosidaigustosi.it/il-ristorante/]

You can't really go wrong in Bergamo Alta in my experience, most places I've been to have been good.

For the lower town, then this place was good:

http://www.lascagna.it/

I made some kimchi last week. Clumsiness resulted in me putting a bit more sugar in than usual, maybe 20%. Not sure if I usually under-sugar it but this batch is phenomenal. Just eaten about half a cabbage on its own. A very happy accident

isnt the secret to all amazing restaurant food that they use an incredible amount of butter, sugar etc in comparison to the "home" recipes... if it's not good for you then a heavy hand usually yields the best results.