Food

it's that time of year again and lidl are selling lebkuchen. bought 5 packs yesterday. already finished one. eyeing up the second....

^^^That potted duck/chicken does look extremely good. I love all that stuff too - pate, terrine's, rilettes, served with cornichons, chutney, salad and toasted bread - dynamite. Had a superb coarse wild-boar terrine in Paris, encased in a layer of smooth fat, served with cubes of jelly made from red wine, and the usual condiments. Wonderful.

Rilette FTW! Spread thick on Baguette!

Inspired by nuknow, im in the process of trying to knock up a batch of the more workmanlike Brawn.

It is not looking flash.

Rilette FTW! Spread thick on Baguette!

+1
lovely stuff

Had green eggs and ham at The Breakfast Club on the weekend.

*PISH!!!!!!
*
It's usually great, but there was no 'green' and it wasn't creamy enough.

FUCK THEM!

Sorry but whatever's in them jars looks rank.

I promise to bring one of the pots to the Portuuese Nosh-up.
It absolute delish!!! Man, when Mrs.nuknow was living in Paris last winter,
I was obsessed with the same: "pate, terrine's, rilettes..." - well, I have always
been.
It is though, an extremely guilty pleasure. Rillette is fucking strong, I used equal amounts
of duck and pork fat, it's what conserves the whole thing, and it is pure fat.
Only yesterday I knocked down 1 pot ;D ....

goes back on fruit salad

Sorry but whatever's in them jars looks rank.

You take that back...

I'm gonna have a go at Fig Jam tonight, a mate of mine has a fig tree, and it's due now.
Every thing's falling and rotting to the ground.... will update.

Has anyone ever done a terrine? I'm hosting xmas and want to make one (for the first time). There is a lot of appeal in a layered thing you get to sit a brick on. Mmmm, and some home made chutney. Pear I think (cause my mate has a pear tree in his garden). Recipes please.

Terrine is amazing.
Not very different from Brawn in the making.

You take that back...

Heh! I'm sure it's lovely but I've just got an image of Vice Magazine's sick jar in my head...

Has anyone ever done a terrine? I'm hosting xmas and want to make one (for the first time). There is a lot of appeal in a layered thing you get to sit a brick on. Mmmm, and some home made chutney. Pear I think (cause my mate has a pear tree in his garden). Recipes please.

ive only ever made the famous marco pierre white leek and lobster terrine but if you find a good normal terrine recipe please let me know!

Heh! I'm sure it's lovely but I've just got an image of Vice Magazine's sick jar in my head...

Ha!, i remember that shit...

I'm gonna have a go at Fig Jam tonight, a mate of mine has a fig tree, and it's due now.
Every thing's falling and rotting to the ground.... will update.

Done.
Around 25 jars. This is sooo good. Figs, sugar, lemon, ground ginger and cinnamon. Win.

A whole Duck defrosting in the fridge (I bought it last month on special offer) cooking for 3 tomorrow night any current favourite suggestions on what to do with it - other than 'just roast it' - very very gratefully rec'd. My imagination, and Google, has come up with little to inspire me to date.

Smash it to bits with a chicken and bung it in some jars.

LOL - that's kinda where I got the inspiration for asking the question, nuknow's meaty concoction looks totally gorgeous - could have that for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and maybe a small snack at teatime too....

** goes off to check cholesterol level **

had grouse for the first time last night and it was amazing. just roasted it with some butter and bacon over the breast and made game chips (house still smells of oil this morning). smelt very gamey, but wasn't overly. was moist and tender and very very tasty.

Nuknow, you wanting to part with one of those 25 jars? I'll buy you beer......

^ i'll buy you 2 beers for the second jar

Potato leek and cheddar gratin with pork loin steaks seasoned with chorizo and mustard powder. Now stuffed.

tried one of those supermarket frozen fish that you bake in a foil parcel things last night. it was just about passable as emergency freezer food i guess. i'm definitely not a fan of the texture of fish that's been frozen. seems such a waste.

it was was just about saved by the fact that i had it with a huge pile of spinach steamed quickly with a squeeze of lemon juice and stired in a bit of creme fraiche. very nice.

http://www.tasteofchristmas.com/

MOC and I got discount tickets for this one, because we went to the last one - but we didnt regret paying full price for the last one, in fact we wished we'd gone for more than one day.

The way it works is that they have various restaurants and companies offering sample dishes (generally about the size of a standard starter) you do have to pay for them in 'crowns' which at 50p each (you buy them at the venue) although some places were selling stuff for hard cash.
each dish tended to cost around 5-12 crowns dependant on the size and content.
We basically stuffed our faces with very nice food from a lot of top restaurants, queues were minimal as well, all in all a cracking day and well organised.
Can't wait for the Xmas one!

Just got a mail shot from them if you buy tickets from here and quote **XMASFRIEND **then you get them for half price £11