Food

see Andy, all the nice girls like it my way.

Haha, I'll try it tomorrow. Does make sense I suppose, it was a little too hot this morning.

More ha ha from here. You called me 'nice'. Poridge authority is probably more apt.

Glad to see I'm not the only one who likes salt in their porridge!

Accidental discovery - fried egg, fried garlic and mango chutney sandwiches are delicious.

I can no longer get Anglo Dal Sesame Snaps from my local sainsburys (Oliver Schick's) secret cycling energy food.

What should i shoplift for my lunch now instead?

Chavsda do them.

Also, black cherry yoghurt is the greatest thing on chips. Honest.

fried egg, fried garlic and mango chutney sandwiches are delicious.

Wrong

black cherry yoghurt is the greatest thing on chips.

And wronger

I can no longer get Anglo Dal Sesame Snaps from my local sainsburys (Oliver Schick's) secret cycling energy food.

What should i shoplift for my lunch now instead?

Don't shop at bloody Sainsbury's--use local shops instead. Most have them.

I've been thinking about starting a poll about that most essentially important of issues, actually:

Do you prefer the new-style or the old-style Sesame Snaps?

Either way, Sesame Snaps are legend.

Oliver you are a harshman.

I don't shoplift from local shops - if you own a place you guard your stuff better.
Its crime 101.

Plus I sleep better night with the morality of stealing from oil rich arabs

Sansburys do actually still stock snaps but only sell them in packs now, not individuals which were perfect for lunching. :(

Whats the new style? - do you mean the ones with the yoghurt coating, its all good if you need a sugar rush.

Don't shop at bloody Sainsbury's--use local shops instead. Most have them.

I've been thinking about starting a poll about that most essentially important of issues, actually:

Do you prefer the new-style or the old-style Sesame Snaps?

Either way, Sesame Snaps are legend.

No, I mean the ones that have the chocolate coating applied all swirly like this:

Not the old-style ones that looked like this:

I'm vegan, so I don't take the yoghurt ones.

wow the old style look amazing! none of this economic striping scroogeness

The polish really know their sugarhits - im currently looking for the best place to get a polish donut in london (can anyone recommend?)

this sounds very yummy!! am going to try it out....

Good god. Tamari-roasted Sicilian almonds. Yowsa.

Steak frites for us tonight, for a treat. Got some 21-day aged ribeye, a kilo of maris pipers and a bottle of crisp n' dry :-)
Oh and a big green salad for the side.

Usually when cooking at home I don't bother with steak sauces (unless a splash of something to deglaze the pan poured over counts) but tonight I'm feeling a bit adventurous, since we've got frites to dip and everything.

Tarragon is out of season and I'm not sure I fancy slaving over an egg, so bearnaise is out.

What would you do?

awaits wisecracks about ketchup etc

Had steak last night, Sofs number one dish. she will only have it with chips and bearnaise sauce

Deglaze the pad with sherry or mediera, reduce by half and then add cream or take off the heat and whisk in cold butter EDIT - and capers - good call KP (add a little cold water if it gets too greasy)

That or an alioli - garlic, egg, mustard and oil, just stick it in a blender, saves pissing about with a bay marie

green peppercorns... or some capers?

also leave the steaks out for as long as you can so they get to room temp.. they will fall!

I want steak now... but have trout in the fridge instead. Not going to cut the mustard by any means.

Venison sausages, mustard mash, red onion gravy pour moi, ce soir :-)

I'll grab a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon too, MMmmm

No idea what i got, think it's my turn to cook.. i do have 2 bags of fresh pork stratchings on the kitchen work top. a few bottles of speckled hen and we are in business!

Picked up some tasty Quail for the weekend might bone it and stuff it with Boar and Apple, also a bag of Veal bones for consumme at some point.

Mustard mash has to be English Pisti.. none of this wholegrain shit

Mustard mash has to be English Pisti.. none of this wholegrain shit

Who the fuck do you think you're talking to, some kind of philistine!!?

also leave the steaks out for as long as you can so they get to room temp.. they will fall!

Who the fuck do you think you're talking to, some kind of philistine!!?

;-)

ha cunts the pair of you!

hehe cheers for sauce suggestion :-)

OMG that was good. I don't think I've cooked proper fries at home for... well, never - damn I was missing out!

Sauce was a madiera de-glaze with splash of balsamic to sharpen, reduced, tablespoon of grain mustard, off the heat, knob of butter. Superb.

Greasy your Quail idea sounds good. Fiddly little thing to bone though! When you nonchalantly say Boar and Apple do you mean wild boar? What will you get fresh meat and grind it, or de-skin some sausages? Yum

Balsamic! nice touch it could have been a bit heavy otherwise. Quickly edit out the grain Mustard before Pisti sees it!

Deboned them and stuffed them last night, i minced the meat off the legs and underside of the carcass with some hand made sausages i picked up from the butchers, they make them from their own meat and are as good as you can get.

They do sell wild boar but I haven't got the meat grinder.. That's next to the stovetop smoker on the list of bits for the kitchen.

Sof bought an old whiskey barrel for planting our apple tree in, i now have a pot of whiskey soaked oak shavings and have spent the last 2 sleepless nights thinking of thinks i can smoke with it..
i got to get out more, or start smoking grass again..