Food

Who hurt you railway sandwich shop person?

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Ramen complete.

Massively overdid the chilli oil though...

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Yes.

That is a pyrex mixing bowl.

I broke my other noodle bowl.

Pyrex for the long haul

Lovely the pork looks good 👍 😋 👌

Could a stick blender do the emulsification like with instant mayonnaise?

Like a pork mousse.

Wilks

has unfortunately shut now ! i dont live in bristol anymore but did visit recently and went to little hallows which was very enjoyable. i have been to most of the others on that list but sky kong kong is my favourite. odd place (as you say) but food is truly awesome

pyrex mixing bowl

At uni I used to do this. TBH aesthetics aside it's probably the best choice.

Our butcher did this multi-packs of what we're basically minute steaks. I'd get two portions from each steak if I sliced finely on an angle. Usually I'd quickly marinade them in teriyaki sauce while I was preparing the veg.

Anyway. I need to prep a xmasy meal in an apartment with a shit cooker and shit electric hobs and probably a shit extractor fan (if at all).

I've got most of it locked. But not the meat. It's only really two adult portions that are needed.

I feel like a small chicken is the way to go, but is there a way of maybe spatchcocking wrapped in foil or something?

That way it'd be lower so wouldn't prevent stacking with roast potatoes / veg. And the foil would seal and reduce smells.

Thoughts?

Cheers.

What about just two turkey legs? I did that one time for an “emergency Xmas dinner”

Bone it out, flatten and grill it? Will be by far the quickest, and by dint of that, less cooking smells.

Or sous vide a few breasts in advance, chill them,then sear them on site.

If there's a microwave, par boil all the veg at home, then season & butter in a covered bowl, and microwave them for 30 - 60 secs on site

Roast potatoes will be a struggle. Unless you par cook, and finish if the oven can get hot enough.

It's going to be the roast potatoes that will be the challenge. Getting the oil hot enough to get decent roasts will cause the smell (and may be an issue with a shit hob).

You can spatchcock it or joint it, although unless the oven is much smaller than average it will fit a chicken and potatoes in. But realistically you want the oven much hotter for the potatoes so they probably won't go in together anyway.

Cook the chicken, parboil the potatoes, take the chicken out and cover with tinfoil, whack the oven right up and put the potatoes in the hot oil.

Cheers. Good points on the potatoes.

Anyway I've been vetoed and were getting everything from Cook instead.

Which is, to be fair, a good alternative.

Successful jam doughnuts and the deep fat fryer hasn't burnt the house down yet. Mostly the work of my other half but I did get to wield the massive syringe.

Happy Hanukkah folks

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They look great 👍

Danger danger, sugar tsunami!

Currently braising a half leg of lamb in wine and beef stock (couldn’t find lamb). Will have been on for 6 hours by dinner time. *drools

Christmas porchetta secured

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Well. I went for the lazy AND expensive option this year.

Wanted to get the meat from the local Italian butcher who did it last year but they appear to have closed down so had a panic today and ended up buying 2.5kg pre rolled from Hill & Szrok.

Garlic, sage, citrus, chilli were the main ingredients in the filling they told me, but I think there were other bits too.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CmZGr9rILbp/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Was searching online, ringing butchers, browsing social media when I saw these so I rang them up and they said come down, there's no queue.

Tbf that looks piff

What’s the damage?