What new foods have you tried recently?

[Chz]

At least modern persimmons are just bland unless very, very ripe. You don't want to experience what the older cultivars were like when unripe. It's a sort of "if you know, you know" thing and hard to describe.

 

[Epona]

Had jollof rice at the weekend. I liked it, but I had made it so I would say that.

My family all ate it

I love jollof rice

 

[Epona]

At least modern persimmons are just bland unless very, very ripe. You don't want to experience what the older cultivars were like when unripe. It's a sort of "if you know, you know" thing and hard to describe.

I think Daffy Duck might have mentioned it once

 

[Skinny Ethel]

Av never had jollof rice

 

[gentlegreen]

Right on cue

 

[Elpenor]

I got some Harissa paste and tahini in Lidl during a Middle Eastern themed week

Tahini - yuck. Tried a bit with a teaspoon and didn’t see the attraction. Maybe I had a shit jar. I’ve used it to thicken a soup which I reckon it will be suited too so that is the jar used up (it was very small)

Harissa paste - amazing. put some in the soup but would eat it out of a jar no problem and use it with lots of other things

So 50% success rate, and the tahini at least proved useful

 

[dessiato]

I got some Harissa paste and tahini in Lidl during a Middle Eastern themed week

Tahini - yuck. Tried a bit with a teaspoon and didn’t see the attraction. Maybe I had a shit jar. I’ve used it to thicken a soup which I reckon it will be suited too so that is the jar used up (it was very small)

Harissa paste - amazing. put some in the soup but would eat it out of a jar no problem and use it with lots of other things

So 50% success rate, and the tahini at least proved useful

Tahini is used as an ingredient rather than on its own. I use it mainly when I make hummus.

 

[dessiato]

At least modern persimmons are just bland unless very, very ripe. You don't want to experience what the older cultivars were like when unripe. It's a sort of "if you know, you know" thing and hard to describe.

They'd suck all the moisture out of you they were so dry, weren't they?

 

[Epona]

I got some Harissa paste and tahini in Lidl during a Middle Eastern themed week

Tahini - yuck. Tried a bit with a teaspoon and didn’t see the attraction. Maybe I had a shit jar. I’ve used it to thicken a soup which I reckon it will be suited too so that is the jar used up (it was very small)

You don't eat it by itself like that, it would be like wallpaper paste - you make stuff with it or add it to recipes

 

[polly]

I got some Harissa paste and tahini in Lidl during a Middle Eastern themed week

Tahini - yuck. Tried a bit with a teaspoon and didn’t see the attraction. Maybe I had a shit jar. I’ve used it to thicken a soup which I reckon it will be suited too so that is the jar used up (it was very small)

Harissa paste - amazing. put some in the soup but would eat it out of a jar no problem and use it with lots of other things

So 50% success rate, and the tahini at least proved useful

What the others said, but also I find tahini varies a lot. The European stuff is more bitter and thick than the Arabic stuff, which I massively prefer. Don't write it off, good tahini is a thing of beauty!

 

[Callie]

I got some Harissa paste and tahini in Lidl during a Middle Eastern themed week

Tahini - yuck. Tried a bit with a teaspoon and didn’t see the attraction. Maybe I had a shit jar. I’ve used it to thicken a soup which I reckon it will be suited too so that is the jar used up (it was very small)

Harissa paste - amazing. put some in the soup but would eat it out of a jar no problem and use it with lots of other things

So 50% success rate, and the tahini at least proved useful

I'm not a fan of tahini but it's good for dressings and yoghurt things.

 

[Elpenor]

What the others said, but also I find tahini varies a lot. The European stuff is more bitter and thick than the Arabic stuff, which I massively prefer. Don't write it off, good tahini is a thing of beauty!

Yes this was quite bitter.

I don't know if I’ll see it again so not sure if I’ll give it another go. I’m not very good - or motivated - at cooking so probably unlikely to make the things that you add it too. That said the soup I made with it is really nice

 

[Elpenor]

You don't eat it by itself like that, it would be like wallpaper paste - you make stuff with it or add it to recipes

I think someone said they ate it out of the jar, but on reflection that was possibly gentlegreen so maybe not the typical method of consumption

 

[Elpenor]

Tahini is used as an ingredient rather than on its own. I use it mainly when I make hummus.

Ah, that’s useful to know, but don’t think I’ll be bothering to make hummus any time soon!

 

[Elpenor]

I'm not a fan of tahini but it's good for dressings and yoghurt things.

Not sure I’ve ever made a dressing.

 

[dessiato]

Ah, that’s useful to know, but don’t think I’ll be bothering to make hummus any time soon!

It's very easy. Takes ten minutes at most. This is the recipe I use. I occasionally use a tin of butter beans instead of chick peas.

Hummus

This creamy, rich vegan hummus is made using just five ingredients and is ready in 10 minutes. Serve with crunchy seasonal veg or warm pitta breads

www.bbcgoodfood.com

 

[Chz]

They'd suck all the moisture out of you they were so dry, weren't they?

They weren't actually dry. It's the proanthocyanidins, or tannins to the wine drinkers. It's like the oakiest dry wine you've ever had, multiplied by five.

 

[dessiato]

They weren't actually dry. It's the proanthocyanidins, or tannins to the wine drinkers. It's like the oakiest dry wine you've ever had, multiplied by five.

The other food that was like this was acorns. A market stallholder sold me some. Once I'd properly prepared them they were surprisingly tasty.

 

[gentlegreen]

I think someone said they ate it out of the jar, but on reflection that was possibly gentlegreen so maybe not the typical method of consumption

Down to my last couple of kilos !!

 

[polly]

Down to my last couple of kilos !!

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That's the delicious kind! I could eat that with a spoon too.

 

[tonysingh]

Proper faggots, from a butchers. They were shite and now I'm ill.

 

[Elpenor]

It's very easy. Takes ten minutes at most. This is the recipe I use. I occasionally use a tin of butter beans instead of chick peas.

Hummus

This creamy, rich vegan hummus is made using just five ingredients and is ready in 10 minutes. Serve with crunchy seasonal veg or warm pitta breads

www.bbcgoodfood.com

That doesn’t seem impossible. Maybe one time if I find some more tahini

 

[Chz]

Proper faggots, from a butchers. They were shite and now I'm ill.

There's a stall at the local market that sells them as "posh meatballs" and they're pretty nice. But I think they're not terribly authentic because they're like 90% pork and only 10% liver and... other. I still find them a bit rich for my stomach. Everyone else here loves them though so I just suck down an omeprazole with them.

 

[The39thStep]

That doesn’t seem impossible. Maybe one time if I find some more tahini

If you try that recipe add a couple of ice cubes as they seem to make the hummus extra extra smooth

 

[tonysingh]

There's a stall at the local market that sells them as "posh meatballs" and they're pretty nice. But I think they're not terribly authentic because they're like 90% pork and only 10% liver and... other. I still find them a bit rich for my stomach. Everyone else here loves them though so I just suck down an omeprazole with them.

You know the Mr Brains brand ones you get in supermarkets cheap? I like those so got excited to try the real thing. My enthusiasm was badly misplaced.

 

[Epona]

You know the Mr Brains brand ones you get in supermarkets cheap? I like those so got excited to try the real thing. My enthusiasm was badly misplaced.

Sadly, I don't think the Mr Brains ones are as good as they used to be a decade or more ago, last couple of times I had them they had a mushy texture and the West Country Sauce was not what it used to be

Time was I could buy the pack of 6 and devour the lot (with mash and peas ofc) but those days are sadly gone

They did used to be really nice though!

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Were faggots those terrible looking things you could buy in a foil tray with a a lace-like thing of fat over the top? They looked horrific.

 

[ouirdeaux]

I've only tried Mr Brain's faggots, and that only once, because I'll try anything once. Not sure if I ate them when they were good or afterwards, but I didn't feel impelled to get them again.

 

[orient slacker]

Talk of persimmons up the page reminded me I recently tried the fruit of our Cornus Kousa (a dogwood) tree in the garden. I didn’t know they were even edible, until a neighbour asked if I’d eaten it.

Similar flavour and texture to persimmon. Can’t eat the skin and there’s loads of pips to be spat out, but the flesh was pretty tasty.

 

[Spymaster]

You know the Mr Brains brand ones you get in supermarkets cheap?

Brains faggots are one of the best value foodstuffs available.

Six for about a quid in Iceland