What new foods have you tried recently?

[Epona]

You can buy Henderson's in many places in the South now - it's not difficult to find like it used to be.
I can order it from Morrisons when I do my regular grocery delivery, I'm in London.

(Although I am still working my way through the half dozen bottles that my dad picked up for me when he was going somewhere via Sheffield a few years ago )

 

[The39thStep]

Talipia. Had it in an Angolan dish fried with chopped onions, parsley, lemon juice , garlic and piri piri served with sweet potato and plantain . Its a meaty white fish caught in lakes and rivers .

 

[ouirdeaux]

I’ve bought a massive jar of (pickled? brined?) herring from LIDL Polish week. Can anyone tell me how the fuck I should eat it?

Remove herring from jar. Put in mouth. Chew. Swallow. Repeat.

 

[polly]

Talipia. Had it in an Angolan dish fried with chopped onions, parsley, lemon juice , garlic and piri piri served with sweet potato and plantain . Its a meaty white fish caught in lakes and rivers .

Did you like it? I love tilapia. Jealous of you getting to eat Angolan food.

 

[Callie]

More snacks! These sounded promising... Party puffs, cheese and jalapeno flavour




Wotsit vibes, maize puffs. Buuuuut sweet a bit of sweetness could balance the spicy jalapenos however they were just too sweet from the maize and sweetness on the flavouring. Shame.

 

[DotCommunist]

Got some basa fillets from the reduced aisle/TB, never tried catfish before. I will report back on the taste once I've worked out how to cook them simply.

 

[shambler]

Remove herring from jar. Put in mouth. Chew. Swallow. Repeat.

Fuck it I’m making a smoothie

 

[krtek a houby]

I’ve bought a massive jar of (pickled? brined?) herring from LIDL Polish week. Can anyone tell me how the fuck I should eat it?

Also, can I store it? I think the jar says eat immediately or within a day or so but I don’t believe it and there’s no way I’m eating that much herring that quickly.

add it to either leaf or chickpea based salad

 

[Chz]

I’ve bought a massive jar of (pickled? brined?) herring from LIDL Polish week. Can anyone tell me how the fuck I should eat it?

Also, can I store it? I think the jar says eat immediately or within a day or so but I don’t believe it and there’s no way I’m eating that much herring that quickly.

Tradition says on blinis or a small square of 100% rye. Or just pop 'em in your mouth, as previously suggested.
My uncle used to make his own for Christmas (Polish Christmas Eve is technically a "fast" in that there's no meat or dairy, but 12 fucking courses of it) and would put them rolled up on a blini with a sprig of dill and a a few fish roe. Best downed with a swig of vodka from the freezer.

 

[kalidarkone]

Lamb bacon. Tastes just like bacon.

 

[Numbers]

Had Kimchi for the first time with me tea y/day, bloody lovely.

 

[polly]

Got some basa fillets from the reduced aisle/TB, never tried catfish before. I will report back on the taste once I've worked out how to cook them simply.

I had no idea basa was catfish! Why do they call it basa?? Catfish sounds much more interesting.

I usually cook it in saucy things like curry fwiw rather than fry it etc.

 

[Chilli.s]

Had Kimchi for the first time with me tea y/day, bloody lovely.

I have it chopped up on toast for breakfast

 

[Epona]

I had no idea basa was catfish! Why do they call it basa?? Catfish sounds much more interesting.

I usually cook it in saucy things like curry fwiw rather than fry it etc.

This, we like basa, it's cheap and holds together well in stews and curries, and withstands a bit of time in the freezer well in terms of texture.
It's fairly bland but for us it goes in things rather than being treated like a prime bit of sea bass/bream/halibut etc.

Basa and spinach madras is a firm favourite here, also fish goulash, and it works well in the Trinidad style (red) stew fish that I make and serve with rice n peas.

 

[shambler]

Well I accept I was being needlessly pathetic - the fish was delicious and I easily ate more than half a jar with a few lagers

 

[The39thStep]

Did you like it? I love tilapia. Jealous of you getting to eat Angolan food.

Yes it was good, a few bones around the cavity but the white flesh ( where they get the fillets from) was really good and the onion mix thing was fresh and sharp. There are quite a few Africans here or of African descent mainly Angolan, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau etc and you see African products in small shops and supermarkets but few places to eat . This place is only a cafe and they don't have a licence to serve food to eat in the premises but she will cook you something from her three or four dish repertoire if you ask a day before. The co-owner says it is often what they going to eat at night themselves so adding a couple more dishes works well. They also have on draught Coral beer from Madeira which is made with Czech hops and is the best beer I've tasted here.

 

[polly]

Yes it was good, a few bones around the cavity but the white flesh ( where they get the fillets from) was really good and the onion mix thing was fresh and sharp. There are quite a few Africans here or of African descent mainly Angolan, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau etc and you see African products in small shops and supermarkets but few places to eat . This place is only a cafe and they don't have a licence to serve food to eat in the premises but she will cook you something from her three or four dish repertoire if you ask a day before. The co-owner says it is often what they going to eat at night themselves so adding a couple more dishes works well. They also have on draught Coral beer from Madeira which is made with Czech hops and is the best beer I've tasted here.

Those are the best places!

 

[Lotte]

Smoked tofu.

 

[krtek a houby]

I have it chopped up on toast for breakfast

We sometimes add it to natto to soften the taste

 

[ghost boy]

Tibetan bread (with boss fried eggs)

 

[dessiato]

Got some basa fillets from the reduced aisle/TB, never tried catfish before. I will report back on the taste once I've worked out how to cook them simply.

Basa is a tasty fish.

I dredge it in seasoned flour then fry it in a little olive oil. Simple and tasty.

 

[dessiato]

Had Kimchi for the first time with me tea y/day, bloody lovely.

Very easy to make. I use this simple recipe, it was given to me by a friend who'd lived in S Korea and, she said, it was quick, easy, and authentic.

 

[Chilli.s]

We sometimes add it to natto to soften the taste

Natto? Would I get that in in an asian supermarket in the UK as no idea what it tastes like

 

[Chz]

Natto? Would I get that in in an asian supermarket in the UK as no idea what it tastes like

Personally, I think it tastes like what it looks like. Chunky snot with added ripe cheese.

 

[gentlegreen]

I definitely want to try natto.
During the shameful deviation from my vegan diet, I tried various stinky French cheeses - including Époisses and reckoned I quite liked it ...

 

[Chilli.s]

Personally, I think it tastes like what it looks like. Chunky snot with added ripe cheese.

I think you've sold it to me

 

[quimcunx]

Snake fruit. Nope.

 

[gentlegreen]

Aldi had cauliflower on offer.. I love almost anything cruciferous, but once again the anaemic undifferentiated meristem failed to light my fire...
It will probably have to wait until I'm much skinnier and can afford to increase caloric density with airfrying and fake cheese...

 

[Epona]

Aldi had cauliflower on offer.. I love almost anything cruciferous, but once again the anaemic undifferentiated meristem failed to light my fire...
It will probably have to wait until I'm much skinnier and can afford to increase caloric density with airfrying and fake cheese...

I mean maybe you just don't like cauli in any format (I'm like that with some foods, I think most of us have some sort of dislikes)

But you could roast it in the oven or air fryer just with a wee brush of oil and some spices - ground cumin and coriander, some chilli flakes perhaps, bit of turmeric, or just a basic curry powder type mix.

Really though if you don't like it and that doesn't appeal without a ton of cheese, then just give it a swerve - it sounds like you enjoy most vegetables so it's not going to leave a gap in your nutrition if you avoid cauli.

 

[maomao]

I think you've sold it to me

Don't worry, I've never noticed any cheese flavour, it's all snot.