What new foods have you tried recently?

[Epona]

Curious what Taramasalata looks like early in the process.

I would assume it looks like fish eggs?

 

[polly]

Curious what Taramasalata looks like early in the process.

The roe in the sack looks like this

Spoiler: Horror

But actually now I've salted it, looking much more like taramasalata, only not as pink

 

[nottsgirl]

The roe in the sack looks like this

Spoiler: Horror

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That’s pretty disgusting.

 

[polly]

That’s pretty disgusting.

Yeah! I think I'll get it smoked next time, looks a bit less kronenberg penis.

 

[Monte]

David Mitchell puts the great taramasalata shortage into perspective.

Pink fishy goo makes bad news palatable | David Mitchell

The shortage of taramasalata because of strike action is a cheery irritation amid a sea of gloom

www.theguardian.com

 

[Orang Utan]

I put some hot honey (infused with habanero flakes) in a cup of tea today. Wow!

 

[klang]

Honestly, no discernible difference.
Am eating them now in a pitta with lettuce, cucumber, tomato, fried chili and a bit of mayonnaise.
Delicious, far nicer than any sort of veggie burger.
Cheap and easy, well worth a tiny bit of effort.

Do they need deep frying, or can they be baked / air fried / in a pan?

 

[Monte]

Do they need deep frying, or can they be baked / air fried / in a pan?

Any of those methods work.
With baking you'd have to be careful not to dry them out. Hot and fast in some oil like a roast potato is probably the way.

This recipe looks like it works well.

https://elavegan.com/air-fryer-falafel/

 

[klang]

Any of those methods work.
With baking you'd have to be careful not to dry them out. Hot and fast in some oil like a roast potato is probably the way.

This recipe looks like it works well.

https://elavegan.com/air-fryer-falafel/

Fab. Will experiment but won't get into deep frying

 

[klang]

This recipe looks like it works well.

https://elavegan.com/air-fryer-falafel/

Looks piss easy. Will report back

 

[Epona]

I put some hot honey (infused with habanero flakes) in a cup of tea today. Wow!

That sounds good!
Although I like milk (either cow or oat substitute) best in tea, we don't always have those items in, but jars of honey don't go off so when we don't have milk or similar, I drink my tea black with a spoonful of honey in it.
I reckon the addition of chilli flakes would be great if I'm feeling a bit under the weather and need a bit of a pep up/sinus clear! As well as being tasty.

 

[Monte]

Looks piss easy. Will report back

The difficult bit is getting them dry enough to form into balls without them disintegrating.
Leaving the mix for at least an hour after processing helps.
Mine were very crumbly, I think because I used a bit too much onion.
If you have to add a bit of flour or gram flour to bind them try to use as little as possible.
I added about a teaspoon to my mix in the end because a couple of balls disintegrated in the fryer.

 

[Orang Utan]

That sounds good!
Although I like milk (either cow or oat substitute) best in tea, we don't always have those items in, but jars of honey don't go off so when we don't have milk or similar, I drink my tea black with a spoonful of honey in it.
I reckon the addition of chilli flakes would be great if I'm feeling a bit under the weather and need a bit of a pep up/sinus clear! As well as being tasty.

the honey was a sugar replacement, so the tea had milk in it too as I don’t like black tea. I just figured that if I liked chai, I might like chili tea, and I was right!

 

[nottsgirl]

Cacao nibs. Bitter!