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Dads birthday today, so I'm making fish and chips. Any suggestions on the batter front?
Also, I presume a giant pan with oil will have the same effect as a deep fryer, right?

Thanks

That is an unfortunate name for a chief!

Luckily she's a chef?

Doh...

Batter - beer and ice-cubes
Giant pan. nah..needs to be DEEEEEP

Chips, triple fry

Dads birthday today, so I'm making fish and chips. Any suggestions on the batter front?
Also, I presume a giant pan with oil will have the same effect as a deep fryer, right?

Thanks

A wok works fine for me, always use beer in your batter. Add a pinch of cayenne pepper too.

Got 'lamb dices' in our meat box this week. Never cooked with it before.... Braise then cook slowly, like an hour or so? Yeah?

Got 'lamb dices' in our meat box this week. Never cooked with it before.... Braise then cook slowly, like an hour or so? Yeah?

Never heard of that before, what part of the animal does it come from? A quick google suggests it could be any part.

I'm guessing it's just that - lamb mystery meat, in cubes.

Probably isn't the best bit tbh, but it's from Riverford so should be ok. So, guess we can assume it's stew meat, rather than steak meat?

I would... Slow cooker Irish Stew?

Have no slow cooker. Was planning to just fry quickly in hot pan, then add some red wine that'll reduce down, then slowly build up a stew with onion, carrots, etc, and then let it simmer for an hour or so.

U need slo cookerz....

Can do the same in a really low oven over a couple of hours however.

But pan fry just to colour the meat. :-)

Yar...Moar than 1 hr...

Lamb postponed til sunday. Meatballs tonight.

Lamb replaced by swedish meatballs. Fucking ace. Like so:

Pork mince, 400 grams
2 eggs
finely diced small white onion
breadcrumbs (preferably from dark hard bread such as finn crisp)
bit of single cream
salt, pepper

mix together in bowl and let it sit for 15-20 mins so the mix soaks up the breadcrumbs. Then roll into small balls, fry in plenty of butter, hot first then lower a bit. When done, pour the rest of the cream in the pan, bring to boil, add splash of water, salt pepper + some soy, voila.

If it's as good as mine, you'll be almost as good at it as my grandmother was.

I'm on Whitecross St every day

Chicken wrap from Iskele....lish!

Which stall? Am working round the corner from there week after next.

Have had very mixed experiences of the stuff from Whitecross in the past, which is a bit annoying at £5-6 a pop.

^ +1. There's a pie and mash place there now that is value, think it's just a fiver which'll fill you up even on the hungriest of days

Which stall? Am working round the corner from there week after next.

Have had very mixed experiences of the stuff from Whitecross in the past, which is a bit annoying at £5-6 a pop.

Iskele is the very good Mediterannean place next to the bookies at the start of Whitecross St. They have a stall, 2nd on left as you go on to the market....can't miss it, geezer givin it "Chicken wrap, meatball wrap...."

Quite often do Kennedy's chippy on Fridays

Ace fish & chips and the pies are lish too

That explains a lot...

1.7kg Chicken thighs marinated in ancho chillies (roasted an soaked in water) + 1 birds eye chilli + Chile chipotle powder + a mid heat chilli + half tomato + 1/4th onion + coriander + 1 spoon yogurt + dash of lime juice + cumin powder all in grinder .. a bit on hot side.

Will shred the meat off bone once roasted (bones for stock later) and make fajitas with home made guacamole and roasted peppers and onion.

This is going to be epic.

Aroogah school of tex-mex 101

Nom...

Roasted and soaked in water?

please explain? This is new for me.