What new foods have you tried recently?

[Fez909]

Waggyu beef.

I didn't expect much. Partly because they were in burger form. Partly because they were from Aldi. And because they were in burger form, already formed from mince beef in some factory on the other side of the world - I couldn't cook them medium-rare, as I'd like to.

But, despite all that, they were actually really nice! Much more juicy than any burger I've ever had from a supermarket before, and they tasted almost sweet. Thumbs up from me

 

[gentlegreen]

Quail eggs. Just like ordinary eggs only tinier, the flavour's identical (or if anything, a bit weaker). Can't see what the fuss or the luxury pricing is about.

Charcoal biscuits (posh ones for humans to eat with cheese, not the ones made to make dogs fart less). Weirdly compelling - they don't taste all that special when you're chewing them but somehow I had to have another and another and another. They're not made with butter, either, so it's not just a concealed longing for MORE AND MORE PASTRY. I have form for liking charcoal in food, so now I'm worrying that it's addictive and/or that I've got pica (that freak medical condition which makes people crave mud, clay, brick dust, crushed lightbulb, other very "new foods" etc.)

I've just happened upon these.
I hope the price will be sufficient to restrain my indulgence.

And I've just rediscovered these which may prove to be my downfall :-

 

[gentlegreen]

This is a bit like dry sushi wrap - but with a much stronger taste of the sea which made me look at the ingredients for sea creatures, but annoyingly they contain lactose ... £1 for not very much - comes in a plastic tray with a pack of silica gel.



I'm going to get into seaweed in a big way in retirement - it's always been a big thing in Brittany - one way or another ...

 

[Fez909]

This is a bit like dry sushi wrap - but with a much stronger taste of the sea which made me look at the ingredients for sea creatures, but annoyingly they contain lactose ... £1 for not very much - comes in a plastic tray with a pack of silica gel.

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I'm going to get into seaweed in a big way in retirement - it's always been a big thing in Brittany - one way or another ...

have a look around your local asian supermarket. They have shit loads of seaweed type things in the one near me. Inevitably it'll cost less than the anglo-version, but you might struggle to determine its vegan rating, tho.

 

[gentlegreen]

Today's taste of the sea is spicy kelp - with chili, ginger and MSG so moderately hot - more of a condiment than a snack - needs something starchy to work with.

 

[Orang Utan]

Just about to eat some farro soup. Looks lush

 

[not a trot]

Sainsburys chocolate mousse. Fuckin' 'orrible.

 

[Orang Utan]

Pringles Hot Chili and Pringles Thai Green Curry potato-based ellipsoid shapes
Fucking rank. The chili flavour wasn't hot, but it made me cough loads and the curry flavour tasted sugary sweet. Rank as fuck. Stay away from them.

 

[polly]

potato-based ellipsoid shapes

I often argue with my husband about Pringles, because he insists on calling them crisps, which they are patently not. I'm stealing this for next time.

 

[Orang Utan]

I often argue with my husband about Pringles, because he insists on calling them crisps, which they are patently not. I'm stealing this for next time.

i really don't know why i bought them as i don't really like the normal ones much

 

[polly]

i really don't know why i bought them as i don't really like the normal ones much

The nacho ones are lush

 

[gentlegreen]

Spicy needle mushroom ...
I may one day try to grow Flammulina velutipes, but this is a bit weird - perhaps a bit orangey , but it isn't listed as an ingredient

Edit :- turns out the mushroom has a fruity taste - grows on wood.
I think I may stick to growing shitake ...

Enokitake - Wikipedia

金针菇香辣味188g - 良品铺子

 

[bi0boy]

Gnocchi - always thought "oh, potato ball things, how boring".

Surprised they were chewy. Still quite boring though, perhaps no more so than pasta or potatoes I suppose.

 

[sparkybird]

Kolrahbi. Meh. Not much different from a turnip

 

[May Kasahara]

Pointless are shit in any flavour.

I bought some red pepper paste in Lidl the other day, and aside from chucking a bit in this week's pasta I haven't done anything with it. Think I will try making muhammara.

 

[Fez909]

Just had a lamb barek, which is a Turkish snack/starter made from spiced minced lamb and wrapped in filo pastry. Mine was rolled into a ring like a cumberland sausage.

It was very nice

Also had a chicken samosa for the first time, but that was neither exciting nor tasty. Lamb wins again in the samosa round.

 

[Chz]

Kolrahbi. Meh. Not much different from a turnip

I find its main use is to add crunch to a salad when you shred it. Mooli would probably do the job just as well.

 

[Callie]

Gnocchi - always thought "oh, potato ball things, how boring".

Surprised they were chewy. Still quite boring though, perhaps no more so than pasta or potatoes I suppose.

Roast them! They come out like tiny crunchy potatoes.... I guess you could just roast tiny potatoes ?

 

[gentlegreen]

Today's £20 haul from Bristol's medium size oriental supermarket.

Kelp and laver - the latter prompted by a Welsh colleague mentioning how rare it is to find laverbread these days - though I don't plan to boil it until stops tasting like seaweed.
Not sure about buying Chinese seaweed to be honest - Atlantic is what's generally recommended ... and there's one type of kelp that has damaging amounts of iodine and the content isn't specified on the packaging.

Dried shitakes - they had interesting-looking fresh mushrooms in the fridge - including the weird-tasting needle ...
I bought some wolfberries - mainly because they're a "woo" food that costs a fortune when called "Goji" - glorified sun-dried tomatoes really ... but very sweet - almost date-like.

Chinese soy sauce to see if I can tell the difference from shoyu.

And a big bag of soybeans and another of mung for my bathroom gardening experiments. I'm off to the pet shop later for sunflower, hemp and field beans ...

 

[Fez909]

bathroom gardening experiments

 

[iona]

Pointless are shit in any flavour.

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Was that an autocorrect for Pringles?

 

[May Kasahara]

yes

 

[Fez909]

Karums - Latvian chocolate cheesecake sweets.

They're not actually cheesecake, just a chocolate bar with a kind of cheese filling or something inside of them. Very moist, sweet and dense. Hard to describe, but delicious

 

[Fez909]

Apparently it's called a "curd snack"

Curd snack (Estonian: kohuke, Latvian: biezpiena sieriņš, Lithuanian: varškės sūrelis, Russian: сырок) is a type of sweet snack made from curd cheese (quark), popular in the Baltic States, Russia and Hungary. Similar snacks are produced in some other parts of Europe and the Middle East.

The main part of a curd snack is freshly pressed curd, and ingredients such as sugar, sweetener or other products. They can also have a filling made out of glucose, sugar, or thickener sometimes with preservatives.

Curd snacks are typically 5 centimetres (2.0 in) long, usually made from milled and pressed curd with raisins, jam or other filling. They also sometimes have no filling and are glazed with chocolate or vanilla-, kiwi- or woodland strawberry-flavoured cream.

 

[Orang Utan]

You can get choc ice things called magija that has glazed curd cheese curds in - one of them comes with jelly lumps too

„MAGIJA” glazed curd cheeses | Žemaitijos pienas

 

[polly]

Karums - Latvian chocolate cheesecake sweets.

They're not actually cheesecake, just a chocolate bar with a kind of cheese filling or something inside of them. Very moist, sweet and dense. Hard to describe, but delicious

Oh, I've had those! A Latvian friend brought some back once. I'd completely forgotten about them, and totally concur on their deliciousness.

 

[iona]

Sharon fruit. Don't think I've ever eaten them before. They didn't look particularly appetising, as fruits go, but they tasted great.

 

[Fez909]

Sharon fruit. Don't think I've ever eaten them before. They didn't look particularly appetising, as fruits go, but they tasted great.

Felt like a confused tomato to me. Not keen

 

[Fez909]

Had red salanova luttuce tonight



Looks: It looked much more beautiful than the picture above. Almost like a cartoon vegetable in its perfectness.
Taste: like lettuce

I also had some dark red dry cheese but I forgot its name. It was lush.

 

[iona]

Felt like a confused tomato to me. Not keen

These were very ripe and sweet - probably a bit over-ripe tbh, they'd just started to go a bit squishy in places. I can sort of understand the tomato comparison if they'd been firmer and less sugary though.