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Fry off some onions, garlic and chilli flakes;
Chop up the tasteless tomatoes and chuck them in, maybe with a tin of toms as well if the fresh ones aren't great;
Season with salt, pepper and a little sugar;
Add a can of white beans towards the end;
Poach an egg in it if she wants an egg;
Crumble the feta over before serving.

Edit - so many typos!

Cheers. Good shout with the eggs.

I've popped a little sweet potato in too. Wish I had red peppers, as that really lifts this sort of dish.

So annoying as its turned my semi-relaxing, but throughly timed prep into frantic rush.

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went a bit mad and combined a few Youtube recipes. Black sesame cake with miso caramel sauce.

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Top work that. Good plating. Would inhale.

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2024/apr/04/chili-crunch-trademark-momofuku-david-chang

This is a bit lame from David Chang. I loved Ugly Delicious and bullying small food producers seems a bit out of keeping with the vibe of the show.

First batch/experiment made. Did a 2:1:1 ratio of garlic-nuts(walnuts and cashews)-pecorino then added a mix of EV and normal olive oil but did not put oil in the mixer, salt pepper and a bit of lemon zest and juice to taste. It’s quite hot/spicy.
Will try it with some pasta tonight

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Nice. I've found the smaller younger leaves to be more potent than the older larger ones, sometimes I'll mix in some spinach leaves to tone it down.

I got some last night, made a big load of pesto (Cashews, sunflower oil, EV, vegetarian hard cheese, salt). The kids absolutely loved it for tea last night and lunch today.

Going up to my parents' tomorrow and near theirs are a couple of absolutely massive patches - I might bring back a sack full and set up a local business.

Where are ya'll getting all the wild garlic from?

Last night was a nature reserve behind a neighbour's garden, my parents live near a river and it grows in the woods in the valley there.

Basically you need to find a woodland near water which might be easier said than done depending where you live.

I loved Ugly Delicious but I think he is a bit of a chump. He seems full of himself..

There’s a small nature reserve over the road from me, part of the ‘great nor-wood’ and it has a small area of them growing next to a very small pond/big puddle.
Think there are some in the larger area of woodland down the road but this patch is 30 seconds walk for me.
Unfortunately I don’t want to say exactly where as it’s only about 6x8m and there are a few locals who forage there and I don’t want to see it over picked.
In the countryside it’s easy to spot and often in large patches, I have seen it when riding out in the lanes, it seems to like a reasonable amount of light and water, not necessarily by a river or pond but where the terrain and natural drainage in woodland creates areas of higher moisture.

Massive patches in our garden.

I found some in Highgate woods. Don’t mind sharing as there’s plenty to go round

Any recommendations for refillable squeezy bottles (for oils/sauces etc) that aren’t nisbets? The seals on the nisbets ones are completely incontinent and dribble condiments all over my hands every time I use them.

https://www.souschef.co.uk/products/clear-squeezy-bottle-225ml
https://www.souschef.co.uk/products/clear-squeezy-bottle-3
But tbh I've used the vogue ones from Nisbets without any trouble. Bad batch?

I’ve never had an issue with the Nisbets ones.
You could give the IKEA or OXO ones - I’ve no experience of those but worth a go

Don't suppose anyone can recommend a good orange chicken recipe? OH is out on Friday and fancy getting my fry on...

Went for a walk yesterday through the Dulwich woods and while I didn’t cover all the ground I found 1 wild garlic plant, on walking back through the grounds of our estate* there is a shaded bank behind one of the other tower blocks and there was the motherload, it was encroaching on to the grass and and lots of small shoots where it’s been mown back, I doubt i’ll make much of dent in this patch.

*not for the golf club, it’s not that kind of estate

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https://twitter.com/claire_eyfs/status/1778881556221714782?t=jQsy6YfondTl15g7uXY0cQ&s=19

LOL etc.

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Just as well she didn’t eat a load of Lily of the Valley as the leaves are similar, it’s poisonous and affects the heart.

I just can't imagine going foraging for something without knowing what it looks/smells like and then making and eating food out of it.

And then sharing with the world via social media that you've done so.

My father once made a curry using a lot of, what he thought was, coriander.

It was not coriander. Why he thought coriander was growing in a garden in 80s England home counties, I have no idea.

Pre-social media, though, so he lost no clout.

tbf, in the south west they inexplicably call three cornered leek 'wild garlic' which, from the pixels above, that looks like.

Yes that looks like three cornered leek. It’s all edible and tastes more garlicky than leeky imo.