What new foods have you tried recently?

[Greebo]

Słodka chwila ("sweet moments") kaszka manna - instant semolina & milk with strawberry bits, designed to be mixed up in a mug. A bit bland, but a nicer texture than the jellylike starch-based options in the same range.

 

[Mogden]

Słodka chwila ("sweet moments") kaszka manna - instant semolina & milk with strawberry bits, desinged to be mixed up in a mug. A bit bland, but a nicer texture than the jellylike starch-based options in the same range.

Sounds a bit like falooda.

 

[Greebo]

Sounds a bit like falooda.

I suppose you could drink it cold like falooda, but it's meant to be eaten hot (it's more solid than liquid).

 

[Mogden]

I suppose you could drink it cold like falooda, but it's meant to be eaten hot (it's more solid than liquid).

Sounds good. I like all those milky things. Kheer is a personal favourite

 

[Greebo]

Sounds good. I like all those milky things. Kheer is a personal favourite

That's the aromatic cold rice pudding, isn't it? Haven't tried that yet. Maybe one day when I've got the time to make and chill it...

 

[Mogden]

That's the aromatic cold rice pudding, isn't it? Haven't tried that yet. Maybe one day when I've got the time to make and chill it...

Indeed it is. Just put some cardamon in a tin of Ambrosia Just kidding! It's not far off that but so much nicer. I've been making my own chai powder and thought about using it to make an adapted kheer type recipe or to make chai ice cream.

 

[Greebo]

<snip> chai ice cream.

Now there's an idea for a winter dessert.

 

[Mogden]

Now there's an idea for a winter dessert.

Sort of kulfi but not quite. Can you tell I like my Indian desserts? Chai ice cream with still toasty gulab jamen. Now that would be a sugar rush!

 

[Plumdaff]

Shrikhand. The absolute titan of Indian desserts. Yummmmmmm

 

[Onket]

Chip shop curry flavour Walkers Crisps.

Good.

 

[Greebo]

Chip shop curry flavour Walkers Crisps.

Good.

So far I've had the steak fajita and ranch raccoon ones. The former was alright but definitely promised more than it delivered,

 

[Onket]

The hotdog ones aren't anything to write home about, nor are the beans on toast ones.

I do like trying them all, though.

 

[Greebo]

<snip> I do like trying them all, though.

I would, but half the novelty flavours contain onion, and few things taste good enough to be worth writing off a day.

 

[Onket]

Right.

 

[dessiato]

Yesterday I had fried dogfish. It was coated in a light batter and in cubes. It was OK, but rather salty. I'll try it again at a different bar to dee if it is any better before deciding about it.

 

[Throbbing Angel]

Had moussaka for the first time yesterday

home made by Mrs A so unsure how authentic the BBC recipe was - enjoyed it very much

 

[dessiato]

I'm about to have coffee, made on our new machine using Lavazza, and instead of milk using some left over coconut milk which is the consistency of double cream. I found the recipe on a website. It looks interesting, I'll let you know how it goes.

eta It was good. The coconut was a bit thick for this to work well, but it was OK, I'll make it again as a treat, but I'll add some rum or brandy for flavour.

I've got some Mexican chocolate tablets which I'll turn into a coconut chocolate drink later. It's always good to find something to do with left over coconut milk.

 

[Throbbing Angel]

sounds great dess

 

[mango5]

Smoked goat milk cheddar, quite nice but more smoky than goaty.

 

[polly]

Shrikhand. The absolute titan of Indian desserts. Yummmmmmm

Oh yum, that sounds good. My favourite Indian sweet is gajar ka halwa (the sweet made with carrots). Not so keen on kheer but I've only had it hot, served directly into my hands at a gurdwara It might be better cold.

 

[dessiato]

sounds great dess

The coffee was, I'm looking forward to the chocolate. I think this could be much better, and, of course, it will have the advantage of having two of my favourite flavours.

 

[miss direct]

I went to a pop up restaurant last night, it was Malaysian food. Fantastic.

 

[Miss Caphat]

So far I've had the steak fajita and ranch raccoon ones. The former was alright but definitely promised more than it delivered,

wait a minute...what? they are raccoon flavored? how do people even know what raccoon tastes like?

 

[tufty79]

You never been really hungry out in the woods?

 

[Onket]

I thought they'd got the flavour spot on.

 

[nogojones]

Chip shop curry flavour Walkers Crisps.

Good.

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[Numbers]

Although they're spuds, we're having the Apache variety today which is a first, they look great.

 

[trabuquera]

M&S "Tom Yum" crisps - just like standard prawn cocktail flavour with added pretension and lemongrass I think. Not bad, not out of this world.

 

[Greebo]

wait a minute...what? they are raccoon flavored? how do people even know what raccoon tastes like?

They're sort of cheesy and garlicky but something else as well, vaguely mushroom/chicken.

 

[tufty79]

Veal. It'd probably been in the freezer too long, and I could have cooked it better, but it was still really nice