What new foods have you tried recently?

[krtek a houby]

Not new, but the other day we got scotch eggs... which are a rarity round these parts

 

[polly]

I only just got round to trying ube. I don't really like orange or white sweet potato, but this is so much nicer, much more interesting. Got this snack bag of little pieces of boiled potato. I want to try it in more things!

 

[moose]

I'd had truffle salt in restaurants, but never had a big jar to play with at home. It's going on everything, currently.

 

[Badgers]

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[Badgers]

 

[Mogden]

This is why I can't be trusted in oriental supermarkets! Some items new to me, other not but I was particularly interested in the yellow pack of sesame noodles with egg block

 

[Badgers]

Not tried but am interested

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Not tried but am interested

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If that's got sugary cornflakes mixed in with peanut butter it's almost certainly not nice.

 

[fishfinger]

Ingredients are:

• Roasted Peanuts (65%),
• Honey Coated Roasted Peanuts (26%) (Peanuts, Sugar, Sunflower Oil, Honey, Salt, Glucose Syrup, Stabiliser: Xanthan Gum),
• Sugar,
• Palm Oil,
• Salt

So no cornflakes

 

[Badgers]

Will give feedback shortly

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Ingredients are:

• Roasted Peanuts (65%),
• Honey Coated Roasted Peanuts (26%) (Peanuts, Sugar, Sunflower Oil, Honey, Salt, Glucose Syrup, Stabiliser: Xanthan Gum),
• Sugar,
• Palm Oil,
• Salt

So no cornflakes

Too many ingredients - peanut butter should have one or two ingredients and that's it.

 

[Orang Utan]

Too many ingredients - peanut butter should have one or two ingredients and that's it.

Only one is necessary

 

[dessiato]

Too many ingredients - peanut butter should have one or two ingredients and that's it.

I occasionally make PB I use roasted salted peanuts, cheap and plentiful, and a little paprika. Very rarely I'll put in a drop or two of oil to get a smoother, more butter like texture.

 

[strung out]

Only one is necessary

You need peanuts and salt.

 

[Orang Utan]

You need peanuts and salt.

Not even salt

 

[polly]

Fresh water chestnuts. You can eat them raw and they taste completely different from the tinned kind - a bit tangy. Cooked they're more similar but much more flavoursome. Very nice!

 

[trabuquera]

^ I love tinned & frozen water chestnuts so would love to try fresh ones
Apparently you need to wash & peel them carefully (and then wash your hands) as they're grown in mud where there are often flukes. Chinese peasants who'd eat them raw and muddy straight out of the fields could get nasty gut infestations of the parasite. As long as they're thoroughly rinsed they'll be fine though even if raw.

 

[polly]

^ I love tinned & frozen water chestnuts so would love to try fresh ones
Apparently you need to wash & peel them carefully (and then wash your hands) as they're grown in mud where there are often flukes. Chinese peasants who'd eat them raw and muddy straight out of the fields could get nasty gut infestations of the parasite. As long as they're thoroughly rinsed they'll be fine though even if raw.

Kind of wish I had read this before I ate one raw

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Kind of wish I had read this before I ate one raw

I'm sure you'll be OK - they're probably pretty safe in the UK.

 

[polly]

I'm sure you'll be OK - they're probably pretty safe in the UK.

I'm gonna chug some ovex all the same, I think

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I'm gonna chug some ovex all the same, I think

If you wake up feeling like a slithery eel you need to worry - if not, there's nowt to worry about.

It'll be a complete fluke if you get ill.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Still alive polly? Can't remember if I've ever had water chestnuts - are they worth buying?

 

[Epona]

Still alive polly? Can't remember if I've ever had water chestnuts - are they worth buying?

I've used tinned ones sliced up in stir fries, they are nice, not a very strong flavour (they taste kind of fresh and a bit green if that makes sense) and a crunchy texture which is good in some stir fry dishes. Not sure I have ever had fresh ones.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I've used tinned ones sliced up in stir fries, they are nice, not a very strong flavour (they taste kind of fresh and a bit green if that makes sense) and a crunchy texture which is good in some stir fry dishes. Not sure I have ever had fresh ones.

I will track some down to see what they're like.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

I will track some down to see what they're like.

I sometimes find them in central isles of Aldi.

 

[Epona]

I sometimes find them in central isles of Aldi.

Also the "world foods" aisle of major supermarket chain large/hypermarket branches. Or Chinese/Asian supermarkets - tinned, in jars, vacuum packed etc.

I wouldn't say they are a must have unmissable ingredient - they are nice and crunchy but have a very mild taste.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Also the "world foods" aisle of major supermarket chain large/hypermarket branches. Or Chinese/Asian supermarkets - tinned, in jars, vacuum packed etc.

I wouldn't say they are a must have unmissable ingredient - they are nice and crunchy but have a very mild taste.

For sure. If they were cheaper/came in bigger containers I'd use them loads more, but as said, more for texture then taste.

 

[polly]

I will track some down to see what they're like.

I love them, even the tinned ones. They don't taste of much, as others have said, but the texture is really good, really crunchy. The fresh ones taste nice too. Like Epona says, kind of green and also slightly sour.

I'm still alive. It's not dying I'm scared of but having worms. I'll keep you fully briefed.

 

[Epona]

I love them, even the tinned ones. They don't taste of much, as others have said, but the texture is really good, really crunchy. The fresh ones taste nice too. Like Epona says, kind of green and also slightly sour.

I'm still alive. It's not dying I'm scared of but having worms. I'll keep you fully briefed.

I understand that, I have a deep phobia and anxiety about the thought of having parasites (along with phobias of heights, enclosed spaces, some insects, needles and other medical stuff) at myself.

 

[moonsi til]

Cannoli-ordered 12 to be delivered to a garden gathering yesterday & apparently they are best eaten few hours of being baked. They were strawberry & cream & devils choc but I’m aware ricotta is the tradition which I didn’t order due to kids. They went down a storm , I had a bite of a straw & cream one.