Food

oh Balki

Anyone know anything about making sausages?

I've seen manual grinders or electric ones. I've been planning on getting a kit and some good meat for my brother for his birthday but havent looked into it enough yet. Is there anywhere anyone'd recommend in London to go to get kitted out. Plus skins which presumably are tough to track down? There's a great butcher in Arlesford so I don't need to get the meat in London but am thinking equipment wise it'd be easier to get here and then lug down to him rather than search rural hampshire..

Something like this I guess?

Bearing in mind it's his birthday on Thursday so the internet is out :)

Anyone know anything about making sausages?

I've seen manual grinders or electric ones. I've been planning on getting a kit and some good meat for my brother for his birthday but havent looked into it enough yet. Is there anywhere anyone'd recommend in London to go to get kitted out. Plus skins which presumably are tough to track down? There's a great butcher in Arlesford so I don't need to get the meat in London but am thinking equipment wise it'd be easier to get here and then lug down to him rather than search rural hampshire..

Something like this I guess?

My mum bought some gear last year. She was not keen on the electric ones, more to go wrong. Went for a manual one in the end but had t order it from German, quick postage, about 3 days. I'll try and findout where she got it from in the end.

Ah sorry didn't read 2nd post.

The grinder she uses is a old fashioned hand one. BTW. Lasts forever works quick enough.

Thinking you might be right on the manual one. Also more portable. He's rarely in one country that long so a whopping great thing the size of a magimix probably won't cut much mustard. Also if I got a manual one there'd be more to spend on meat :)

The stuffer is very similar to this.

http://www.weivo.com/meat-grinders/sausage_stuffer_machine.htm

Olly398 may know stuff, he's got a nice post on page 16, but not with suppliers.

Awesome:

http://www.lfgss.com/post1038927-776.html

Well that's the sausage skins sorted: sausagemaking.org

But I will say OIly is swaying me back to an electric machine. It's beautiful :) Maybe I'll get my brother a manual and an electric for me :)

Today, my sister shall be choosing from one of the following:

Ethiopian - http://www.wabishebele.com/
Bolivian - http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Parrilladas_Del_Sur%2C_SE1_5TY

OKR for the face stuffing win.

I ride past these every day on the commute and have always fancied a go at the Bolivian place.

Went to Wabi Shebele.

Great service, good value and tasty, tasty food.

Awaze Tibs (lamb bits in onion sauce)
Doro Wot (chicken on the bone in spice and pepper sauce)
Mixed veg main with beans/lentils/chickpeas etc.
Injera bread.

Can recommend this place highly. Better than any of the other Ethiopian joints I've been to (which is only 3, so Im no expert)

that sound gooooooood :)

Looks like the Bolivian has closed down when I rode past last night..?

We should do either a bolivian or Peruvian Nosh-up... soon.
Balks, Bravs...? Anyone?

had to go to ikea earlier and stupidly arrived very hungry, so had these... (although mine didn't have the parlsey)

still feel a bit sick now....

moroccan style lamb burgers and ceasar salad.
sainsbury's reduced to clear FTW- £3 spent, no buns, just shove the burgers on the salad, perfect.
I fell off the fauxgetarian wagon hard on sunday, when all that could sate my hunger was a steak.
i've given up now.

Good lad

shiitake mushroom and chili risotto today.
mmmmmm.

I just had scrambled eggs with salmon & roasted peppers.
Laters, Rum marinated rump steak with sweet potatoes.

inspired by a wicked lebanese place i went to in germany i tried to make shawerma last night.

made a hybrid of two different recipes i found. after some fairly intensive herb/spice toasting and grinding and marinading... it turned out to be disgusting.

it had wayyyyy too much cardamom and clove in it. just totally overpowering. the yoghurt base to the marinade wasn't right, too bitter, too dairy (i think it need sto be a dry rub) and the whole thing lacked that and warm cinamony undertone. the recipes i found called for heaps of:

allspice
cardamom
cloves
cumin
black pepper
nutmeg

but from memory i would say the taste has more cinamon, nutmeg, pepper and maybe a hint of cumin and paprika or chilli.

anyone got a shawerma recipe that works?

Looks like the Bolivian has closed down when I rode past last night..?

Really? My sis went past last the other night and said she saw it. No mention of closing though?

We should do either a bolivian or Peruvian Nosh-up... soon.
Balks, Bravs...? Anyone?

Defo in. Never had either of those.

I've lunched the house down this week. My last 4 lunches have been:

• Whole grilled mackerel
  
• Ethiopian
  
• Chump of lamb
  
• Clam linguini
  
  

Got pics :)

yessss. in.

also there's a nice little afghan place by islington green. tiny and limited menu but pretty good.

Dooks, I think we've talked about that place before. Afghan Kitchen. Its really good