What new foods have you tried recently?

[Saffy]

OMG really? My whole town is one big poundland and I pretty much avoid it, will have to go down tomorrow.

 

[gentlegreen]

Believe it or not, as part of my efforts to rediscover food in a healthy way, I just microwaved my first sweet potato - and though I still prefer solanum tuberosum - not least because I can grow them myself to perfection, I quite liked it.

 

[Orang Utan]

They sell the biscuits in huge packs in Poundworld The spread is pretty fucking nice too. I only ever eat mine out of the jar with a spoon, but reckon it would be nice with vanilla ice cream...

thank you. i now have to go out and buy some vanilla ice-cream

 

[Casually Red]

I had kangaroo the other week..in a bap . I was mildly inebriated at the time but it dawned on me a few days later that despite the happy name it's pretty much a massive hopping rat .dont feel the same about it now . Won't be doing that again .

 

[DotCommunist]

kangaroo can be a very tough meat. Had it a few times, once as my christmas dinner. It was like eating your way through a World of Leather sofa.

Zebra burgers on the other hand are much nicer. Springy without being chewy. Gamey without veering on rank.

 

[Calamity1971]

Mangosteen the other week. Very nice, looks like garlic tastes a bit like a tangeriney clementine thing. 20p in the reduced section in asda, don't think I would or could pay the full £2 asking price for 4 of the tiny buggers. Also at 20p Rambutam fruit, don't even bother. Type of thing posh feckers buy just to have adorning their fruit bowl to impress others and never eat.

 

[Cheesypoof]

Less of a single 'food,' more of an experiment starter: avocado and brie cheesecake with berry chutney, at this excellent little gem in York.

http://www.limehouserestaurant-york.co.uk/lunch-menu/

 

[Fez909]

Less of a single 'food,' more of an experiment starter: avocado and brie cheesecake with berry chutney, at this excellent little gem in York.

http://www.limehouserestaurant-york.co.uk/lunch-menu/

Is the avocado in the cheesey bit, cheesey?

Sounds nice, though I think i might be wrong...why isn't it more green!?

 

[Mrs Miggins]

View attachment 75937
5,667 Kcals per KG

"Organic" crunchy PNB 6370 ...

Bonne Maman apricot 2381

Nobody is going to eat a kilo of it in 1 sitting...

 

[gentlegreen]

I like to use the calories "per KG" these days to scare me off.

You should have seen me in the bad old days adding maple syrup to crunchy PNB and spooning it out of the jar ...

 

[Libertad]

Nobody is going to eat a kilo of it in 1 sitting...

I'd give it a go

 

[xenon]

Can I ask, how long does tahini keep? Have eaten it before but forgot date. A month rings a bell. It's just oil and that though. . CBA going back on to Tesco to check. /lazy.

 

[8115]

A year.

 

[Fez909]

Can I ask, how long does tahini keep? Have eaten it before but forgot date. A month rings a bell. It's just oil and that though. . CBA going back on to Tesco to check. /lazy.

It's much longer than a month, though it will separate. I've found you can just mix it up again and it's fine.

I did have one jar for many months or maybe years, and it tasted weird, even after the mixing. It's not going to go mouldy and it won't kill you, so if it tastes fine, it will be OK.

 

[StoneRoad]

something on the not-very odd side of the reduced section was a tub of "Coronation Coleslaw" ... still not sure if I actually *like* this.

 

[trashpony]

I had some Alpro soya yoghurt yesterday bought for a visiting vegan. It was surprisingly nice (but not remotely like yoghurt). I'm going to mix it with tahini and garlic and lemon juice to make a sauce for the lamb and roasted veg I'm going to have later

 

[Orang Utan]

Gluten free bread. Useful as a murder weapon but not much else.

 

[Fez909]

Gluten free bread. Useful as a murder weapon but not much else.

I see you put your murder face on for the pic, too

 

[fishfinger]

Gluten free bread. Useful as a murder weapon but not much else.

You look as baked as that bread!

 

[Orang Utan]

I see you put your murder face on for the pic, too

No, that's my sex face. This is my murder face:

 

[Libertad]

 

[Cheesypoof]

Is the avocado in the cheesey bit, cheesey?

Sounds nice, though I think i might be wrong...why isn't it more green!?

It was nice, but a bit bland for my liking (avocados are of course bland) - it was more of an avocado savory cheesecake than anything, with a rich velvety texture, nicely offset by tangy chutney.

 

[kittyP]

I had kangaroo the other week..in a bap . I was mildly inebriated at the time but it dawned on me a few days later that despite the happy name it's pretty much a massive hopping rat .dont feel the same about it now . Won't be doing that again .

 

[ViolentPanda]

Haven't tried it yet, but I just got some smoked Spanish paprika. I've never found it in stores around here and just ran into it. It might even be worth the staggering sum of $7 I paid for it.

Also known as pimenton. Last time I bought some, I paid about £3 ($5) for 100 grammes. You don't need to use a great deal (I generally use about 1/4 teaspoon per two portions of whatever I'm using it for, whether as an ingredient in a soup or stew, or as part of a seasoning mix for a marinade etc. Adds a subtle "smokey bacon" flavour.

 

[Cheesypoof]

Sounds nice, though I think i might be wrong...why isn't it more green!?

Only saw the pic on the site now, it was way greener than that, with more avocado than brie, thats for sure.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Ground flaxseed.

I'd been chucking them in whole (and therefore wastefully) in my bread for years - along with sesame, sunflower, pumpkin and hemp, but I'm now using them partly as a weight-loss aid, and partly to systematically optimise my diet for the future with regards omega 3 and fibre ...

I'm somewhat hooked - especially with some I bought in Aldi a couple of days ago blended with sesame and blueberries which I've been eating straight from the packet - and it's quite calorie-dense.

It has been having "interesting" effects on the latter parts of digestion - but I also have a bit of lurgy that could be exacerbating it...

It's linseed. It can't help but have "interesting effects" on your bowels if you're shovelling it down, given the mucillage it'll be providing on top of your morning porridge. Too much mucillage and you'll be crapping every time you sneeze. The turds will just slide out.

 

[ViolentPanda]

They sell the biscuits in huge packs in Poundworld The spread is pretty fucking nice too. I only ever eat mine out of the jar with a spoon, but reckon it would be nice with vanilla ice cream...

Well, I know from personal research that crushed lotus biscuits are nice with vanilla ice cream, so...

 

[Fez909]

Already posted on the weightloss thread but seeing as we're discussing flax here: Flax bread

Milled flax
Egg
Baking powder
Salt
Olive oil

Mix it up, spread it on a plate and microwave for 90 seconds.

Tastes like a really rustic wholemeal bread. Good shit

 

[Calamity1971]

Can I say, your 'sex face' looks really dissapointed and you're going to murder someone. Your 'murder face' looks more like you have looked at a light in order to bring on a sneeze.

 

[Calamity1971]

No, that's my sex face. This is my murder face: