Food

this.^

This soup.

I also made soup tonight.
Split pea, lentil, sweet potato and some other pulses.
full of just spicy enough to let you know it was there win.

(along the lines of gypsy soup- still the best winter soup there is).
oh and a bacon/rocket salad of goodness.

Anything with beef shin is pure win. Once had an amazing beef shin ragu on top of pappardelle at Trullo.

Note to self: Must go back to Trullo soon

Note to self: must eat more pappardelle

Note to self: must eat more pappardelle

Note to self: must eat

Cooking up some french onion soup topped with St John bread and Comté, followed by home made apple pie with Bramleys from a work colleague's garden/my flatmate's folk's farm, topped with unpasteurised Guernsey cream... Fucking yum!

mmmmmmmmmmmm comté.....

mmmmm I ate at St John last night...so good!

Note to self: must eat more pappardelle

pappardelle with hare, pappardelle with wild boar - robust winter flavours

MMmmmmm wild boar ragu

i had parppardelle with chanterelle's the other day bloody lovely it was too

^So much win. Fuck yea to extravagant and artery filling snacks!

So where can I buy some nice rovellons/bolets or whatever you call them on these shores?
Chanterelle don't really do it for me.

Probably from Tony Booth. He does fruit and veg but specialises in mushrooms. He used to trade from Borough Market but is now on Druid St SE1, near Maltby Street...
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Druid+Street,+Camberwell&aq=0&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=15.895672,32.255859&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Druid+St,+Camberwell,+Greater+London,+United+Kingdom&z=16&iwloc=A
http://www.maltbystreet.com/

Going to knock up a simple chilli and chorizo tomato sauce for my spaghetti tonight.

Cool story etc.

Anything with beef shin is pure win. Once had an amazing beef shin ragu on top of pappardelle at Trullo.

Note to self: Must go back to Trullo soon

I braised 1kg of oxtail in brandy, port, walnuts and raisins, I gave it 5 hours. the mirepoix cooked down to a paste bones came out clean. it stuck to your fingers... insanely rich!
less than £6 for the meat and had more flavour than the shin. but to heavy for pasta. it is ideal for stuffing cabbage leaves or pies

today is all about the eccles cakes. i have found the most amazing raisins and golden raisins - big as babys thumbs and twice as juicy. plenty left over after the christmas pudding marathon and with the left over puff pastry i made for the beef above its all fallen nicely into place.
i couldn't find any mixed peel so made my own using orange and grapefruit, soaked the fruit in earl grey. should be ready tomorrow

Tesco mini breadsticks + Tesco caramelised humous = YES

Tesco mini breadsticks + Tesco caramelised humous = NO

ftfy. That hummus is way to sweet!

< sweetest tooth evar

Probably from Tony Booth. He does fruit and veg but specialises in mushrooms. He used to trade from Borough Market but is now on Druid St SE1, near Maltby Street...
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Druid+Street,+Camberwell&aq=0&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=15.895672,32.255859&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Druid+St,+Camberwell,+Greater+London,+United+Kingdom&z=16&iwloc=A
http://www.maltbystreet.com/

Thank you kindly.

Why are the Borough Market Trustees such a massive bunch of short-sighted douches?

There has been significant change within the trust recently, so I expect things to improve. Several traders that were asked to leave have returned in the last few weeks.

Tony left of his own accord, I believe. He has plenty of loyal customers who don't mind the extra mile (or even a mile less) to see him, as well as a bulk of his sales being wholesale, I think.

The area around Maltby St is very exciting at the moment, with lots of producers/maturers basing themselves there with more freedom over how they operate.

Gonna make some guiness and shin of beef stew in the next couple of days, probably monday, and then will embark on the epic 40 cloves of garlic roast chicken midweek.

I look forward to eating it..

Veg stew with herb dumplings, roasted beetroot, sautéd leeks, bread and butter, red wine. Autumn food is full of win!

Veg stew??!

beef/lamb lonely

If anyone is ever in Manchester, The Market Restuarant in the Northern Qtr is LISH! Was in there last night

Veg stew??!

beef/lamb lonely

BANG!

Unless you add roasted tomatoes, celeriac, Fennel... something other than root veg then its nothing but a war time famine ration