Food

Oh also - this is fucking wild and the best thing ever Hodad's Burger with Bacon Patty! - YouTube

um clarified butter! nice. noted.
Umami, I thought of a very secret thin layer of anchovy paste...needs a taste test though.

keep em coming!

Try cooked off (and then cooled) blended onion mixed in with your meat... I can't go back to my old burger recipe, the onion does amazing things... Such a simple idea too...

Hungry!

^^ I do like that. I'll do it for myself another time.
But for this, there's a danger of having the caramalised onions making it too sweet. I want the patty to be beefy, meaty, pure bovine goodness.

Cooked not caramelised onions, just a small dice, sweated off to translucency. It does do good things to burgers.

^ This.

Made some nice burgers over the weekend with some hand ground beef and a little knob of blue cheese in the middle, blue cheese leaks through so much flavour.

This has been considered, however I feel like I'm entering into McDonalds cheese burger territory with a small dice, sweated off to translucency. Despite me going for mass appeal, I'm out on this.

Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

OK. I'm over it.

What about salting the beef for moisture? Add in some pork back fat?

Had possibly one of the best burgers I've ever eaten yesterday. And it was in a chain restaurant. The Byron Roquefort special, with lettuce and red onion strings. NNNGGGGGGGG.

Have had, tis good...

Had possibly one of the best burgers I've ever eaten yesterday. And it was in a chain restaurant. The Byron Roquefort special, with lettuce and red onion strings. NNNGGGGGGGG.

must try that. I had one of the worst ever from here: http://www.babblejar.com/

avoid this place

^Babblejar is just down the road from my gaff, and agree with your assessment (not eaten there though).

Have been in there for a coffee and, on other occassions, for beers. Shite in both cases. Desperately trying to sit between hipster hangout and yummy mummy venue, and failing.

It's the pits. I complained that the beer was flat and the guy was indignant saying no one else had complained after I saw him throw pint after pint of foam away. Then after a long delay the food showed up. The beef burger was truly awful I'd rather to have gone to McD's - my friends said the same for the veggie burger.

Dudes. I have some soft chorizo sausages (from Morrisons, don't get too excited) in the freezer - what to do with them? My thoughts so far:

• lentil or chick pea braise with chorizo
  
• epic saturday brunch, with fried eggs and corn tortillas
  
  

Any other pearls of wisdom?

Tex-mex style migas. Nom.

cod / mixed sea food and chorizo stew, although i am a massive fan the epic saturday brunch, with fried eggs and corn tortillas

if they're the soft kind I would bbq

Yeah, 'chorizo sausages' aren't great in my experience...
Spanish style bangers and mash? Garlicy, olive oily mash? Served with some roasted peppers?
#chorizosnob

I'm hearin ya. Bought on a whim to see if they bucked expectations.. so we shall see. Liking the suggestions, maybe the bangers and mash idea, updates to follow this week.

Dudes. I have some soft chorizo sausages (from Morrisons, don't get too excited) in the freezer - what to do with them? My thoughts so far:

• lentil or chick pea braise with chorizo
  
• epic saturday brunch, with fried eggs and corn tortillas
  
  

Any other pearls of wisdom?

Put one in the toilet then ask your partner to have a look, with a worried face

Mrs G went to Babblejar and reports that the music was way too loud, and it was mostly empty. My pet hate. What are you, a bar or a club?

^^lol

Mrs G went to Babblejar and reports that the music was way too loud, and it was mostly empty. My pet hate. What are you, a bar or a club?

Trying to mask the total absence of atmosphere probably.