Food

Brother in law texted to say had fallen foul on his return trip to the UK. Stopped off for crepe and ended up with one filled with tripe sausage by accident.

I’d be so disappointed if that had been my last meal of the holiday!

We had been referring to craperies all holiday, so BIL had a shit crap(e)!

Tbh I tried the shit sausage once in Paris and thought it was delicious. Y'all are uncultured rosbifs

Nice! I've managed to not overdo it yet, but we've got another hot week in London, and a watermelon sitting on the window sill, so I'll let you know if I've overdone it by the end of the week.

If I had a choice between andouille, or saucisson (of various types), andouille can get in the bin.

Unusual French food products that are delicious on pizza and salads: gésiers

In France this week, making rhubarb jam in a proper copper jam pan

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Love rhubarb, when my mom was alive she’d ask me what kind of cake I wanted for my birthday, I always answered “your rhubarb/saskatoon pie please!”

Also made some tomato chutney as we have more tomatoes than we can get through….

1kg tomatoes (from the garden)
500g onions (from the garden)
5 garlic cloves (from the garden)
2 small chillis (from the garden)
150g jam sugar
100g brown sugar
100g apple cider vinegar
Various curry spices

Made about 800g from the above.

Got 3kg of tomatoes and 1.5kg of onions waiting for a second batch.

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Any recommendations for whetstones? Looking for something dual sided to keep my daily knives in half-decent. Looking at value end of spectrum rather than fancy Japanese artisan ones. Thanks!

Something like this does the job. 400 might be a bit course although on the cheaper stones I'm not that sure whether the grit size is that accurate.

I have a 600/900 one which is fine.

Deal: SHARP PEBBLE Premium Whetstone Sharpening Stone 2 Side Grit 400/1000-Whetstone Knife Sharpener with Flattening Stone & NonSlip Rubber Base https://amzn.eu/agnUt8m

No one has eaten anything good for 2q days?

Here's the recipe that made the best dal I've ever made:

https://www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/dal-tadka/#Recipe_card

I've followed a lot of different recipes before trying to recreate good ones I've eaten out, but they've always been some kind of combination of mung dal or chana dal.

It turns out that toor dal was what I was looking for all along.

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President spreadable butter is already my favourite supermarket branded product (they just add cream to make spread from the fridge) but this shit from Spain, goddamn. With pretzels as a dip.

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With pretzels as a dip.

No no no!

Now where do I buy this camembert/butter/paprika delicacy?

This week in Lidl.

I was in there today FFS.

Sourdough, Guinciale, Ogleshield cheese and Doreen’s black pudding.

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Confit tandoori chickpeas, out of Ottolenghi’s Shelf Love book. One of those dishes that is really easy to make and tastes far better than you expect given the minimal prepping and few ingredients.

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Oooh

Looks banging, not seen shelf love before. Will check it out!

Aged Dexter rump, kale and onions, roasties, whole grain mayo

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Tried a new okra recipe last night by Meera Sodha. I normally do the classic Pakistani version with an onion and tomato masala and wanted to do something different.

I didn't manage to take a pic, but it actually came out looking pretty much like the pic on the website!

https://www.foodrepublic.com/recipes/pan-fried-okra-with-caramelized-onions-and-yogurt/

I don't keep besan in my cupboard, the yoghurt tasted great without it, so skip it if you're giving it a try.

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I always end up making the fenugreek & tomato one from Prashad (which also freezes really well, and I have a few portions in the freezer at any one time).

That does look good though. Imma make it next time.

That looks banging. I had a packet of toor dal in my cupboard for years and never really knew what to do with it, although I was a bit ignorant of 'proper' Indian cooking in those days.

I've been living on/for samosa Chaat recently, using Meera Sodha's pea/leek and mushroom/walnut samosas. No photos as tonight's effort was a rushed freezer job after a day off childcare with non of the pretty toppings.

Had a full English at Grind in Greenwich this morning.

It was OK, but there were no baked beans on the plate.

There was however avocado. You can leave that hipster shit north of the river thank you very much.