What new foods have you tried recently?

[dessiato]

I have never tried caviar, but want to. is it worth it? had an ex who loved it, but could only afford lumpfish caviar. anyone tried either lumpfish or beluga (sturgeon - the 'proper' caviar apparently)?

I love it. I'd recommend you to have a really good, chilled in the freezer, vodka with it. I also like it on a baked potato with cream cheese which has to go on it first. Wash that down with a decent champagne. I can't afford to do it often but it's worth the wait.

 

[Libertad]

Cream cheese or caviar first? [/urban]

 

[dessiato]

Cream cheese or caviar first? [/urban]

The cream cheese must go on first otherwise the caviar gets unpleasantly warm.

 

[gentlegreen]

I'm seriously into pickles at the moment and this is my favourite so far - green tomato - very moreish.




edmal salatka pomidorow - Google Search

 

[circleline]

Mr Kipling After Dinner Mint French Fancies. They were ok..

 

[BoatieBird]

Pumpkin pie.
Made by a friend at the weekend, it was much nicer than I expected
We all agreed that she could have been a lot more heavy handed with the spicing, but it was delicious nonetheless.

 

[nogojones]

The cream cheese must go on first otherwise the caviar gets unpleasantly warm.

You know nothing! It's clearly cavier first or the cream cheese will go runny

 

[nogojones]

This bitter gourd pickle is pretty good, but real spicy.

Also tried Chinese garlic chives for the first time and are fully sold on them due to their strong garlic taste. I got them to make kimchi (my first attempt) and will report back if the kimchi works.

 

[circleline]

Tesco are doing a half bottle (two glasses) Pinot Grigio for £3.

In our flagship refurbished M&S store (where all the tomatoes and loads of organic meat and veg were reduced yesterday) they had a small freezer in the bakery section devoted to garlic bread. A label explained that they were using unsold baguettes and the like to make and freeze into garlic bread. 50p each for half baguette and 90p for boule. Bought a 50p one and it was quite good. Lean times at M&S.?

 

[UnderOpenSky]

ARAYES.

Google describes it as a stuffed pitta, but was something slightly different. Wondeful flat bread with minced lamb, slightly greasy straight of the grill. Blew my mind.

Totaly had to be fresh, returned to the uneaten bit at the end of the meal and while nice it had lost a lot of its magic.

 

[dessiato]

Just tried some black acorns. Apparently they're used for feeding Pata Negra but are edible for humans. Raw they are fucking awful, but roasted like chestnuts are good. I'm not sure I'll try them again.

I was persuaded to try them again. I roasted them a bit longer and they were great. Still not sure I'll bother with them much though.

 

[polly]

Turkish chilli flakes. They're lovely - not particularly hot and quite strong tasting, so you can use loads of them.

 

[Fez909]

Cobnut dukkah - fucking lush. I would eat this on everything, but I suspect it'll get expensive nailing that many hazelnuts.

I have a big bag of fresh Cobnuts here which need using up somehow - I will have a go at making my own dukkah then eat it on all the foods. For a little while.

 

[polly]

Cobnut dukkah - fucking lush. I would eat this on everything, but I suspect it'll get expensive nailing that many hazelnuts.

I have a big bag of fresh Cobnuts here which need using up somehow - I will have a go at making my own dukkah then eat it on all the foods. For a little while.

Ooh, do you have a recipe please?

 

[dessiato]

Last night a Belorussian friend did dinner for us, I’ve no idea how to spell some of the food but it was all excellent. We also drank a bottle of honey and chilli vodka, and half a bottle of cranberry vodka. I enjoyed all of it.

 

[strung out]

Salted egg yolk fish skin, sold in a packet like crisps. Ridiculously moreish and probably horrendously unhealthy...

 

[Spymaster]

Salted egg yolk fish skin, sold in a packet like crisps. Ridiculously moreish and probably horrendously unhealthy...

Now this sounds like something I have to try but google tells me I'll need to import them from Sing.

Where did you get them from?

 

[strung out]

Now this sounds like something I have to try but google tells me I'll need to import them from Sing.

Where did you get them from?

Chinese supermarket in Bristol!

 

[Spymaster]

Chinese supermarket in Bristol!

I'll do some sniffing around in Soho.

 

[Orang Utan]

I'll do some sniffing around in Soho.

I’m sure you’d find it just by that alone

 

[chandlerp]

Chicago Town BBQ Jackfruit vegan pizza from Iceland. Really quite nice.

 

[Fez909]

Ooh, do you have a recipe please?

I found one online last night and used that as the basis for mine (as well as the ingredients list from the jar I ate), but I didn't have the correct ingredients or amounts, so I had to improvise a bit. Turned out OK...!

This is what mine had in:

90g hazelnuts, blanched
2tbsp corriander seeds
2tbsp cumin seeds
2tbsp sesame seeds
1tbsp oregano
1tsp salt (this was too much, use less)
1tsp pepper (this was way too much, use much less!)
1tbsp mint (this was an attempt to undo the overly peppered mix - I'm not sure I can taste it much but it 'diluted' the mix enough that it tastes OK now

The jar I had also had poppy seeds in, but I didn't have any of those.

I toasted them in a dry frying pan and then pulsed in the blender.

 

[polly]

I found one online last night and used that as the basis for mine (as well as the ingredients list from the jar I ate), but I didn't have the correct ingredients or amounts, so I had to improvise a bit. Turned out OK...!

This is what mine had in:

90g hazelnuts, blanched
2tbsp corriander seeds
2tbsp cumin seeds
2tbsp sesame seeds
1tbsp oregano
1tsp salt (this was too much, use less)
1tsp pepper (this was way too much, use much less!)
1tbsp mint (this was an attempt to undo the overly peppered mix - I'm not sure I can taste it much but it 'diluted' the mix enough that it tastes OK now

The jar I had also had poppy seeds in, but I didn't have any of those.

I toasted them in a dry frying pan and then pulsed in the blender.

Amazing, thank you so much

 

[Detroit City]

This bitter gourd pickle is pretty good, but real spicy.

Also tried Chinese garlic chives for the first time and are fully sold on them due to their strong garlic taste. I got them to make kimchi (my first attempt) and will report back if the kimchi works.

wow, I love bitter melon or Kerala as it's called....I didn't even know they made this. Will have to look for it at the indian store

 

[nogojones]

wow, I love bitter melon or Kerala as it's called....I didn't even know they made this. Will have to look for it at the indian store

That brand also do the hottest garlic pickle I've ever tried - Once again real nice, but as you go through the jar you'll find a few whole pickled scotch bonnets

 

[killer b]

Mrs B has been cooking the most spectacular cabbage dish recently - cut into wedges and roasted with that Korean chilli paste gochujang. Fairly sure it's this one - it transforms the humble cabbage into a main dish

 

[Detroit City]

That brand also do the hottest garlic pickle I've ever tried - Once again real nice, but as you go through the jar you'll find a few whole pickled scotch bonnets

 

[Spymaster]

Salted egg yolk fish skin, sold in a packet like crisps. Ridiculously moreish and probably horrendously unhealthy...

So I had a look for these in Chinatown today but couldn’t find them.

I did pick these up though



They’re horrible but so weird that I kept having 'just one more'

Like really sweet, very fishy crisps.

 

[Orang Utan]

Peking duck crackling = tasty

 

[Yu_Gi_Oh]

Deep fried tofu skin. I thought I was ordering dry fried tofu, and then they brought out these huge brown things that looked more like poppadoms than anything else. Here's a picture I found online:

I would absolutely eat them again. Possibly tonight.