What new foods have you tried recently?

[Fez909]

Pulled jackfruit. Really don't get it. It's not anything like pulled pork, it's clearly a fruit.

Vegan propaganda, aided by the Guardian etc.

I have yet to try the famous Greggs sausage roll, but I'm expecting similar disappointment/bewilderment.

 

[Orang Utan]

Vegan propaganda, aided by the Guardian etc.

I have yet to try the famous Greggs sausage roll, but I'm expecting similar disappointment/bewilderment.

Nah, that's really quite decent

 

[polly]

I like pulled jackfruit. Maybe it wasn't seasoned enough, RubyToogood? Did someone else cook it for you? It does need a shit ton of flavour added to it.

 

[quimcunx]

Oh and Hawaiian poke bowl - absolutely lush, and felt healthy, but was a shit load of food, and a bit random.

Could eat every day!

Dang. I passed a purveyor of Hawaiian poke bowls the other day but eschewed them in favour of dirty vegan chicken burger which had a hot sauce I really, really didn't like on it. the chips were also too salty. would not recommend. my companion enjoyed the not a beef burger.

 

[chandlerp]

Jackfruit has two lives really, the ripe one tastes like fruit and the unripe one has the texture of meat and can take a flavour from other ingredients.

 

[dessiato]

I've just had chipirones rellano in a sauce made from their ink. Not as good as I hoped but very good. I'll have them again.

 

[RubyToogood]

I like pulled jackfruit. Maybe it wasn't seasoned enough, RubyToogood? Did someone else cook it for you? It does need a shit ton of flavour added to it.

It came from a sachet which is possibly the issue.

Jackfruit has two lives really, the ripe one tastes like fruit and the unripe one has the texture of meat and can take a flavour from other ingredients.

What I had did not have the texture of meat. It was more like pineapple.

 

[trabuquera]

McCoys Chip Shop snacks ("sea salted" flavour). Felt a little cheated as I thought they'd be crinkle cut crisps, but they're little mini-tiles obviously squished and formed from dehydrated mashed potato. Truly alarming levels of fat and salt - therefore delicious and hard to stop eating. Weirdly they really do have that slightly old-and-reheated-burnt-grease aroma you get off the deep fat fryers in chippies. It's like Pavlov's dog, I can smell the heart disease from a mile off but something about them instantly makes me think 'delicious chips in paper on a cold rainy day' and just makes my mouth water. Will probably, guiltily, buy again. Feel free to deter me if you know any awful facts about how they're made.

 

[Fez909]

McCoys Chip Shop snacks ("sea salted" flavour). Felt a little cheated as I thought they'd be crinkle cut crisps, but they're little mini-tiles obviously squished and formed from dehydrated mashed potato. Truly alarming levels of fat and salt - therefore delicious and hard to stop eating. Weirdly they really do have that slightly old-and-reheated-burnt-grease aroma you get off the deep fat fryers in chippies. It's like Pavlov's dog, I can smell the heart disease from a mile off but something about them instantly makes me think 'delicious chips in paper on a cold rainy day' and just makes my mouth water. Will probably, guiltily, buy again. Feel free to deter me if you know any awful facts about how they're made.

I used to make McCoys, though they didn't have these when I worked in the factory.

I'll try them and come back to you with info soon

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Limoncello. Bought a bottle as I've never had it before, and added it to a G & T.

 

[dessiato]

Limoncello. Bought a bottle as I've never had it before, and added it to a G & T.

It's great on its own. Some restaurants here will serve it as a digestive.

 

[dessiato]

Mrs Dess has made green pasta for the first time. I wait with baited breath

 

[fishfinger]

Mrs Dess has made green pasta for the first time. I wait with baited breath

bated

 

[Badgers]

Mrs Dess has made green pasta for the first time. I wait with baited breath

bathed

 

[gentlegreen]

Kombucha - not sure what the deal is with this. Has alleged woowoo health properties. Tastes like a slightly sour fizzy squash.

I just bought my first bottle after being reminded by a Youtuber ...



And the last at £2.65 !
Tastes a bit like cider ..

I bought all the kit a while back, but never got around to it - plus a scientist somewhere said he wouldn't risk it ...
Perhaps when I retire I'll feel like brewing things.

So that's one ticked off... water kefir next ...

 

[polly]

So that's one ticked off... water kefir next

I have a kit for this but it's about six months out of date... Do you reckon it'll work? Dunno why I'm asking you really, like you're the kefir oracle, but do you??

 

[gentlegreen]

I have a kit for this but it's about six months out of date... Do you reckon it'll work? Dunno why I'm asking you really, like you're the kefir oracle, but do you??

I don't know, but I bet there'll be someone on here who does.

EDIT :- kalidarkone

https://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/kombucha.36353/page-2#post-15424303

 

[polly]

Ah thanks gentlegreen Don't worry though Kalidarkone, I can't find the bastard so I might just get another one

 

[Orang Utan]

wish there were a tesco near me:

 

[polly]

Found the kefir thing which I'm told is called a scooby.

Tonight I'm trying this for the first time

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Found the kefir thing which I'm told is called a scooby.

Tonight I'm trying this for the first time

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Kefir is normally a starter or grains.

A scoby is kambucha.

 

[polly]

Kefir is normally a starter or grains.

A scoby is kambucha.

Ah ok - it was a confusing conversation where my friend asked if I had a scooby, to which the obvious answer is no clearly I don't, wtf are you talking about Apparently he hasn't got one either.

 

[polly]

Tonight I'm trying this for the first time

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These were really, really good. I think they're wood ear mushrooms, or very similar. I soaked them and put them in japchae.

Japchae is another thing I tried recently and have been eating obsessively since. This is the best recipe I've found. Obviously you can omit the meat if you want. It is absolutely fucking delicious.

 

[iona]

Purple sweet potato. Not as nice as the orange ones.

 

[RubyToogood]

I made vegan aquafaba mayonnaise and it worked and is tasty.

 

[May Kasahara]

Found the kefir thing which I'm told is called a scooby.

Tonight I'm trying this for the first time

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Oh, I can scrape that off my shower tiles

 

[polly]

Oh, I can scrape that off my shower tiles

Post Brexit stir fry

 

[pinkmonkey]

Mini beetroot fritattas from Sainsburys, absolutely foul. I took a bite and then chucked it in the canal for the fish- El Jugs did his duty of eating the rest of them by drowning them in houmous.

 

[pinkmonkey]

Also did anyone try those green Heck vegan sausages? Also foul. Green sludgy nightmares that never seem cooked. Silages.

 

[polly]

Also did anyone try those green Heck vegan sausages? Also foul. Green sludgy nightmares that never seem cooked. Silages.

Yes! I binned them which is really unlike me because I'm both greedy and tight. They are fucking disgusting.