What new foods have you tried recently?
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Opera Buffa
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Tater tots, aka Co-op own brand mini potato rostis. Hash brown on the outside, potato waffle on the inside. I give them 7/10.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
That sounds like it should be nice. I'd go with smoked streaky.
Opera Buffa
griddling
Do them in a microwave for fifteen minutes, (watch it, they can burn and catch fire!) with brown sauce, 9/10.
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Opera Buffa
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Crispy Creme doughnuts. There were some lying around at work and my dtr has been teling for ages how good they were; never again
They're really fucking disappointing aren't they? Just an over-hyped Greggs.
Cawston press sweet greens, I'm not quite sure whether I like it or not.
It verges on foul when ambient temperature, is more palatable when cold, but either way it's got quite an unusual slightly bitter green aftertaste. If you've ever drunk the cooking water drained from boiling cabbage etc, it's like that, but more intense, less sweet, and without the sulphur.
It's probably very thirst quenching, and would make a change from usually sweet juice-based summer drinks.
It verges on foul when ambient temperature, is more palatable when cold, but either way it's got quite an unusual slightly bitter green aftertaste. If you've ever drunk the cooking water drained from boiling cabbage etc, it's like that, but more intense, less sweet, and without the sulphur.
It's probably very thirst quenching, and would make a change from usually sweet juice-based summer drinks.
Hassan I Sabha
Kick Muck !
Nduja Sausage
Nicked from the Ocado website: "Nduja is perhaps the ultimate salami from Calabria, and the most fiery. Originally from Monte Poro, near Capo Vaticano, it is now widespread throughout the region, loved for its intense flavour and beautiful texture, which is spreadable.
Its name is etymologically related to andouille, the French tripe sausage, even though most sources agree this salami was probably introduced into Calabria by the Spanish. Strong and marked in flavour, but at the same time quite smooth and tender, the Nduja is prepared by hand from finely minced cuts of select pork, skilfully seasoned, and packed into natural sausage skins. The flavour is at first quite sweet, then explodes with the full force of Calabrian chilli pepper."
I had it in a pasta sauce the other week as well as on a garlic pizza bread, it is amazing!
Nicked from the Ocado website: "Nduja is perhaps the ultimate salami from Calabria, and the most fiery. Originally from Monte Poro, near Capo Vaticano, it is now widespread throughout the region, loved for its intense flavour and beautiful texture, which is spreadable.
Its name is etymologically related to andouille, the French tripe sausage, even though most sources agree this salami was probably introduced into Calabria by the Spanish. Strong and marked in flavour, but at the same time quite smooth and tender, the Nduja is prepared by hand from finely minced cuts of select pork, skilfully seasoned, and packed into natural sausage skins. The flavour is at first quite sweet, then explodes with the full force of Calabrian chilli pepper."
I had it in a pasta sauce the other week as well as on a garlic pizza bread, it is amazing!
I tried making Paloise sauce last night. Except I had no wine and only dried mint. My first try curdled, so I gradually added it again to an egg yolk, and it worked. The sauce wasn't bad, but it wasn't good. I'm not sure if I needed to add more mint or reduce the amount of mint. And the time taken to redo the sauce meant that the lamb was rather overcooked and dried out.
trabuquera
Modesty Bag
dried mint is a waste of time ime - just nasty dusty bitter tasting stuff. I don't know what paloise sauce is but sounds like some sort of mayonnaise/bearnaiise with mint? those are tricky enough at the best of times without messing with substitutions, the ratios of water/oil/protein (and so i guess alcohol) are crucial to making them work so i think you should def give it another go with fresh mint if you fancy trying it again.
Or just have your lamb with finely chopped mint with lemon and olive oil whisked together - just as good, less hassle!
Or just have your lamb with finely chopped mint with lemon and olive oil whisked together - just as good, less hassle!
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
Marks and Spencer cheese and bacon sausage rolls. Divine.
Mogden
I like tea
Alpro Hazelnut Milk drink in my coffee thanks to Vintage Paw. Tasty!
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Cheese and luncheon meat toasties
For the first time in my life, I am wanting to eat fruit. I've never really liked much fruit, a bit here and there but not just on its own.
Anyway, they were selling fresh apricots cheap in the Co op so I got them. I've had them dried plenty of times in Moroccan stews, but never had them fresh. Fucking well nice!
Anyway, they were selling fresh apricots cheap in the Co op so I got them. I've had them dried plenty of times in Moroccan stews, but never had them fresh. Fucking well nice!
trabuquera
Modesty Bag
Roasted corn nuts - the ones that are just very large, crunchy corn kernels. Somehow they're boring and addictive all at once. Very hard on the teeth though. They were completely new to me - even though I am a popcorn freak from childhood and like all sorts of roasted/salty/nibbly things (almonds, chickpeas, Bombay mix etc) I'd never tried them before. Bit like eating tortilla chips in embryo I guess. They look so tiny and insubstantial it would be easy to believe they don't contain any calories at all. But I am sure they do.
polly
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This sums up how I feel about them perfectly! The cocaine of the snack world, maybe.
Fez909
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fizzerbird
Always there when I need me...
Pseudopsycho
I ate all your bees
Caperberries:
served with saucisson, they were interesting, crunchy and full of little popping seeds. Would have preferred cornichons though, and not tasty enough to finish the portion.
served with saucisson, they were interesting, crunchy and full of little popping seeds. Would have preferred cornichons though, and not tasty enough to finish the portion.
Fez909
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Century egg - texture a bit weird, but nice enough. Had it with soy sauce and vinegar. Apparently this is a bar snack in China. The Scampi Fry of the far East!
Chinese water spinach - quite liked this, but it shrinks to nearly nothing when cooked, so it ends up being expensive.
Pork floss - not a fan of this at all. Sweet, strange texture, and it's fucking woolly pork. Nope!
The comb from a chicken - just no. Chewy, weird, and tbh I'm glad I don't like it as there's not much of it, and it doesn't normally come on the bird in my local supermarkets.
Flavoured tofu snacks on sticks - actually excellent! I could eat these all day. Spicy, umami , sweet - they come in all sorts of flavours. And they taste almost like meat. Reminded me of Thai satay chicken, but made from bean curds
Raw prawns - so I saw this on the menu in a Thai place and was instantly interested. I didn't even know you could eat raw prawns but if they were serving them, then it must be safe? The waiter made sure I was well aware what I was ordering before she was satisfied, so I imagine they'd had a few come back. It was really nice, actually. Raw prawns have a sweetness to them that I wasn't expecting, but they sometimes lingered a bit too long in the mouth and I had trouble 'getting rid'. I'm not desperate to have them again, but would recommend giving it a go if you haven't tried them. Oh, and the salad they came in was ridiculously spicy, with fresh mint leaves and shredded papaya and some other vegetables. Good shit.
The salad above (described above - that pic was just one I found that looked like mine) also came with a second, bonus, new food: bitter pear. I wouldn't have this with anything else, but it went really well with the sweetness of the prawns and mint, and the combination of all these flavours and the ridiculous chilli heat really was the most interesting dish I've had in a long time. Bitter pear on its own was just bitter, though, and not much else.
"Grass jelly drink" - Good taste, very refreshing. Had little cubes of jelly in it, like those aloe vera drinks you can get. The liquid tasted sweet, but with a 'deep' flavour. A bit like tea. Recommended!
There's been more recently, but I can't remember at the minute, and this is already a long post
Chinese water spinach - quite liked this, but it shrinks to nearly nothing when cooked, so it ends up being expensive.
Pork floss - not a fan of this at all. Sweet, strange texture, and it's fucking woolly pork. Nope!
The comb from a chicken - just no. Chewy, weird, and tbh I'm glad I don't like it as there's not much of it, and it doesn't normally come on the bird in my local supermarkets.
Flavoured tofu snacks on sticks - actually excellent! I could eat these all day. Spicy, umami , sweet - they come in all sorts of flavours. And they taste almost like meat. Reminded me of Thai satay chicken, but made from bean curds
Raw prawns
- so I saw this on the menu in a Thai place and was instantly interested. I didn't even know you could eat raw prawns but if they were serving them, then it must be safe? The waiter made sure I was well aware what I was ordering before she was satisfied, so I imagine they'd had a few come back. It was really nice, actually. Raw prawns have a sweetness to them that I wasn't expecting, but they sometimes lingered a bit too long in the mouth and I had trouble 'getting rid'. I'm not desperate to have them again, but would recommend giving it a go if you haven't tried them. Oh, and the salad they came in was ridiculously spicy, with fresh mint leaves and shredded papaya and some other vegetables. Good shit.
The salad above (described above - that pic was just one I found that looked like mine) also came with a second, bonus, new food: bitter pear. I wouldn't have this with anything else, but it went really well with the sweetness of the prawns and mint, and the combination of all these flavours and the ridiculous chilli heat really was the most interesting dish I've had in a long time. Bitter pear on its own was just bitter, though, and not much else.
"Grass jelly drink" - Good taste, very refreshing. Had little cubes of jelly in it, like those aloe vera drinks you can get. The liquid tasted sweet, but with a 'deep' flavour. A bit like tea. Recommended!
There's been more recently, but I can't remember at the minute, and this is already a long post
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