Brixton chitter-chatter & news Jan 2012

[TruXta]

Grass-fed beef that's been allowed to live long enough to get some flavour on its bones, and then killed humanely so as to limit the shock hormones that toughen the meat, and butchered so as to preserve the integrity of the meat, and hung so that the flavour develops?

I doubt that. It's still mainly meat though, not cut with all sorts to stretch it AFAIK.

 

[story]

I feel chastened. Sometimes I forget that Brixton is no more than the sum of it's crime figures.

Honestly Is it any wonder we're no longer a matter of statistical shock and horror? It's people like you that are letting the side down, you know.

 

[Biddlybee]

That is the meat in convenience burgers and not in yer upmarket burgers. In theory. I think.

No more edits!

or my burgers

 

[story]

I expect there'll be something about burgers on the handpicked Brixton facebook page later...

I got an email yesterday from London Farmer's Market telling me all about sausages and how to like them.
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Hmmm....

...London Farmer's Market....

London. Farmer's. Market.
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[London_Calling]

Anyway, we're arguing with Orang Utan about food quality, which is quite possibly the most pointless thing possible.

 

[TruXta]

Anyway, we're arguing with Orang Utan about food quality, which is quite possibly the most pointless thing possible.

Does he not have tastebuds?

 

[London_Calling]

Seemingly not.

 

[story]

I dont know how to start my own thread anymore. Advice on how to do this much appreciated. My previous threads were particularly popular...

Go to the forum button (e.g. Brixton), and then when you're on the front page of the forum you want, look to the top right hand side. You'll see a button that says "post new thread". Click on that, and away you go.

simples

 

[Ms T]

If you liked steak but found burgers average it sounds to me like you had average burgers. Happens all the time. A good burger is pretty much only steak, minced and with some added bits.

No it's not. It has more fat than steak. Should ideally be 20% fat to be juicy and flavoursome.

 

[Ms T]

I doubt that. It's still mainly meat though, not cut with all sorts to stretch it AFAIK.

They do use decent meat at Honest Burger so I'm not sure what your point is here.

Anyway, they're coining it in. One of the owners was having his hair done at Tidy the other day and was saying how insanely busy they are all the time.

 

[TruXta]

No it's not. It has more fat than steak. Should ideally be 20% fat to be juicy and flavoursome.

True dat.

 

[TruXta]

They do use decent meat at Honest Burger so I'm not sure what your point is here.

Anyway, they're coining it in. One of the owners was having his hair done at Tidy the other day and was saying how insanely busy they are all the time.

Oh, I was on about cheap and cheerful burgers like you might find in less savoury establishments.

 

[Orang Utan]

matter of opinion, and yours isn't always bloody right!

of course it is!

 

[Orang Utan]

Anyway, we're arguing with Orang Utan about food quality, which is quite possibly the most pointless thing possible.

why do you say that? i have exquisite taste and a refined palate.

 

[nagapie]

why do you say that? i have exquisite taste and a refined palate.

Where did you go for lunch?

 

[Orang Utan]

Where did you go for lunch?

beanies baby cafe in croydon with H and L. not a gourmand experience but fun nonetheless

 

[quimcunx]

beanies baby cafe in croydon with H and L. not a gourmand experience but fun nonetheless

How much do they charge for a baby on a bun?

 

[Orang Utan]

How much do they charge for a baby on a bun?

£2.50 under 18 months (age, not aged)

 

[nagapie]

beanies baby cafe in croydon with H and L. not a gourmand experience but fun nonetheless

Oh H texted me to tell me about the cafe. I told her I didn't believe there was anything nice in west Corydon.

 

[gaijingirl]

beanies baby cafe in croydon with H and L. not a gourmand experience but fun nonetheless

oh.. I'm going there in a few weeks with friends... got a cheapo voucher from savvy mummies for afternoon tea and creche...

 

[Mrs Magpie]

not a gourmand experience but fun nonetheless

Do you mean gourmand or gourmet?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I've just come past Lambert Road on the bus. Loads and loads of flashing lights/police vehicles. Any idea what's happening?

eta: According to Twatter, boys fighting, murder, maybe both

https://twitter.com/#!/search/Brixton Hill

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

More

darkejon Jon Darke

#Brixton fight starting in Sainsburys throwing bottles if wine escalated to street fight and guns shown. Lambert rd now shut by Police
20 minutes ago

 

[quimcunx]

I knew that Sainsburys would be trouble.

Never heard any sirens though.

 

[uk benzo]

From Handpicked Brixton

"Handpicked Brixton

A chain coffee house moves in to Sanders' old space http://LDN.in/mo6k12" ​

At least they are linking to U75.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

From Handpicked Brixton

"Handpicked Brixton

A chain coffee house moves in to Sanders' old space http://LDN.in/mo6k12" ​

At least they are linking to U75.

There's a thread on it somewhere. I think someone on the thread put up plans of what the interior was going to look like. I saw inside some time last year. I liked what I saw (ie. the brickwork/archways etc)

 

[Orang Utan]

Do you mean gourmand or gourmet?

Dunno

 

[nagapie]

oh.. I'm going there in a few weeks with friends... got a cheapo voucher from savvy mummies for afternoon tea and creche...

Voucher would be the way, looked it up and it's expensive.

 

[story]

I've just come past Lambert Road on the bus. Loads and loads of flashing lights/police vehicles. Any idea what's happening?

eta: According to Twatter, boys fighting, murder, maybe both

https://twitter.com/#!/search/Brixton Hill

Aw crap.

I was just thinking it had been pretty quiet recently.

 

[quimcunx]

Nah, just guns shown. No murder. is the word, anyhoo.