Food

I went Flat Iron last night. I got the wagu and the gf had the standard flat iron, but were beautifully cooked and incredibly tender. I hadn't been to the popup before this and so had been hoping for a bigger cut, but given it was delicious I'm not complaining for a 10er.

I'm going there next Friday with a load of mates - will we need to book? Can you even book?

no reservations.

Made a ham this christmas. was so fucking good i decided to make another one today.

should look a bit like this once cooked

For SE Londoners Rare! the butchers and wholesalers who also own/supply Allens of Mayfair have opened a shop at their warehouse in Hither Green off Manor Lane called Manor Meats

Look at the prices on the Allens website and if it's in the shop its about half that. I got a pound of their Gloucester Old Spot sausages for £2 which are £4.75 and chicken breasts are £5/kg!

any idea of opening times, i might head there right now...

Here you go

SE12 0TX unit 29 at the very end of the industrial estate

mon to fri 8.30am - 6.30, sat 7am - 5pm, effective from 5th Nov

cheers! plenty of time to get there before they close

Made a ham this christmas. was so fucking good i decided to make another one today.

should look a bit like this once cooked

looks good xh. not being a fan of clove, last one i did was braised in cola, with a final glaze bake using a jar of mango chutney - utterly delish

mission complete

Oh balls. Why is it so far away. How much that lot set you back?

Trip for next Saturday.

Do they have hearts?

that was all for 7 quid. didn't see any hearts will ask next time i go.

Bloody bargain.

Shame they're not open tomorrow.

Today I made a favourite of mine.

Black Pudding...

Ingredients:

1kg Dried blood and spice mix
500g Pork back fat (Diced)
250g Cooked pearl barley
1 Tbsp Cayenne Pepper
1.3L Warm water

Mix them together to get this:

Wait for it to cool and thicken. Then transfer into the casings and cook in water at 80 degrees C for 1 hour.

And this is what you get...

2.5kg of proper breakfast material!

Omm, nom, fuckin', nom!

Fucking Bravo Mr. Sworld.

Thanks Mr Polar Bear, I'm going to have a couple of slices for brekkie tomorrow.

^_^

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Where do you get the mix/casings?

Inner tubes

Gluten free foods...
Not sure if i'm in the right place to ask, but..I have a friend who cant eat gluten containing products/foods. Can anyone recommend any suppliers, producers of yummy gluten free things. Seems like all the 'gluten free' things they have found so far are not that nice to eat,,pastas, breads, cakes, biscuits..all that scrummy stuff that us normos seem to find in abundance. Any restaurant, bakery etc recommendations would be fab

Thanks

Mus

I've coeliac disease and was diagnosed in 2005 so have been on a gf diet for the past 7.5 years and have tried a lot of different gf products but, as your friend is discovering, most of them are poor substitutes.

For bread then the best of a bad bunch is Genius, especially the brown and seeded versions. It is, like all gluten free breads, prone to breaking apart, but is at least edible.

Mrs Chrimbles do an excellent range of gf biscuits and cakes, especially their macaroons.

I gave up on pizza as most gf pizza bases seem to contain as much cardboard as the packaging they come in, but recently discovered that if you take a gf pizza base into Pizza Express, they'll do any of their toppings for you with it. The best pizza base I've found is the frozen ones in Tescos but mainly because of their size.

Konditor & Cook do an excellent gluten free cake to order, but it's pricey (but worth it).

I would say though, that it's probably best just to give up on substitutes and change your whole approach to what you eat but that's a whole other topic.

For SE Londoners Rare! the butchers and wholesalers who also own/supply Allens of Mayfair have opened a shop at their warehouse in Hither Green off Manor Lane called Manor Meats

Look at the prices on the Allens website and if it's in the shop its about half that. I got a pound of their Gloucester Old Spot sausages for £2 which are £4.75 and chicken breasts are £5/kg!

Had an offer accepted on a house about 10 mins from there. This has made me doubly determined to make sure we get the fucker.

Where do you get the mix/casings?

Surfy's Home Curing Supplies

I think the butcher round the corner from me might be able to get liquid blood rather than dried. Another experiment might be in order soonish...

Ah, that would've made a cracking christmas gift!

I've been salivating for a few hours. can't wait to sink my teeth into this

Wow. They look young - I'd guess 3 months or so? Should be very tender. Where are you and what are you up to? Pig eating usually centres around some other activity. Enjoy.

Serbia. Christmas is tomorrow :) turns out we 'sampled' them today and will have the feast in the morning. Can't wait.