What new foods have you tried recently?

[Calamity1971]

Can you try one again and post a video?

No.

 

[sojourner]

Have you tried russet apples sojourner ? They're my favourite

I've not, but will look out for them ta chuck.

 

[iona]

I've not, but will look out for them ta chuck.

Don't get the supermarket ones now if you can find any, they'll be shit. Wait till they're in season, Octoberish time on.

E2a if you can get some from a local grocer or farmer's market or something, do. Really makes massive difference for russets imo.

 

[dessiato]

Today I'm making shiozake, (Japanese salted salmon, marinaded in sake before salting, dry, salt, wait) it'll be two days before it's ready, so I hope it's good. I've had it before, but this is the first time I've made it.

 

[iona]

Black coffee with ginger. Not on purpose, I just gave my travel mug a quick rinse between drinks so it still tasted of fresh ginger when I filled it with coffee. It's actually really nice though.

 

[dessiato]

My wife has just made me huevos rojos. Apart from the chorizo being a bit crispy, and the egg fried into plastic consistency, it was almost good. I like my chorizo sweated but still soft, and my eggs set and still very runny, deep fried preferably. As she said, “do it yourself then next time.”

 

[Epona]

My wife has just made me huevos rojos. Apart from the chorizo being a bit crispy, and the egg fried into plastic consistency, it was almost good. I like my chorizo sweated but still soft, and my eggs set and still very runny, deep fried preferably. As she said, “do it yourself then next time.”

Am often on the delivery end of Mrs dess's line myself, the like is for her

 

[Epona]

Am often on the delivery end of Mrs dess's line myself, the like is for her

In my case though it is because I didn't fry or scramble eggs "crispy" enough for OH so he really can do his own, he has a pan specifically for overcooking eggs because I am not going to let him wreck one of my nice ones!

(He can cook eggs perfectly well btw, it isn't lack of skill - he's done so on breakfast shifts in kitchens and when he is cooking eggs for me he does them beautifully the way I like them, ie. like a normal person )

 

[The39thStep]

My wife has just made me huevos rojos. Apart from the chorizo being a bit crispy, and the egg fried into plastic consistency, it was almost good. I like my chorizo sweated but still soft, and my eggs set and still very runny, deep fried preferably. As she said, “do it yourself then next time.”

Can’t get the staff these days

 

[dessiato]

Mrs D can't cook eggs, except for poached and hard boiled.

 

[Lea]

Tried Polish corn chips at the weekend. Sort of like long giant wotsits with no flavour.

 

[May Kasahara]

Saw these in the supermarket and had to give them a try. Delicious, like the thick noodley bits of bombay mix but cruncher. Good hand to mouth action. I like them much more than actual onion bhajis!

 

[Mogden]

Plokkfiskur, Icelandic fish and potatoes. No photo as we ate it very late but it was bloody delicious. Total comfort food.

Also this soft drink which, very importantly, isn't sweet. It's just good carbonated Icelandic water with a lemon flavour in it. It comes in other flavours but I was so struck by the lemon, I stuck with it.

 

[Maggot]

A friend gave me some Chu Hou paste, I added to a stir fry and it was lovely. Still got some left, might make a curry with it.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Anyone tried tripe soup - and is it as vile as it looks?



Saw this for sale online yesterday - will dig out the link if anyone is interested.

 

[8ball]

I tried eel for the first time tonight.
Was really nice.

 

[gentlegreen]

Anyone tried tripe soup - and is it as vile as it looks?

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Saw this for sale online yesterday - will dig out the link if anyone is interested.

I was fed tripe in France in 1975 - it was some sort of French soul food ...
I believe I can still taste it.
Perhaps it helped turn me vegan six years later...

 

[sojourner]

Skyr yoghurt. Fat free. Also fucking flavour free. Shite. Not getting that again.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Chicken rendang.

 

[Fez909]

Baghali Polo - Persian rice with dill and broad beans.



Very strange. I think I liked it, but not sure. It's so fragrant due to the dill. Have some leftovers in the fridge so will see how I get on with round two in a bit

 

[Fez909]

Takis - chili and lime corn crisps



These were more tangy than hot, but they did have a bit of heat, too. They taste like pure e-numbers, and had a bright red colour, but I was surprised to find they're mostly natural - and that's maybe not a good thing.

I had to Google cochineal as I'd never heard of it, and it turned out to be a natural red food colouring, made from squashing tiny beetles

I'm not vegan, but it seems unnecessary to kill bugs to make crisps red. Thumbs down from me.

 

[polly]

Baghali Polo - Persian rice with dill and broad beans.

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Very strange. I think I liked it, but not sure. It's so fragrant due to the dill. Have some leftovers in the fridge so will see how I get on with round two in a bit

I make this sometimes despite not really liking dill or broad beans, and kind of can't get enough of it while not really enjoying it It's a weird one.

I don't think cochineal is made from beetles any more. There are chemicals which are much cheaper.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Takis - chili and lime corn crisps

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These were more tangy than hot, but they did have a bit of heat, too. They taste like pure e-numbers, and had a bright red colour, but I was surprised to find they're mostly natural - and that's maybe not a good thing.

I had to Google cochineal as I'd never heard of it, and it turned out to be a natural red food colouring, made from squashing tiny beetles

I'm not vegan, but it seems unnecessary to kill bugs to make crisps red. Thumbs down from me.

I thought they'd largely moved away from using it to dye stuff, and use things like beetroot and the like instead - but looking into it it seems its making a bit of a comeback. Didn't know the beetle is a parasite that bothers cacti.

 

[polly]

I thought they'd largely moved away from using it to dye stuff, and use things like beetroot and the like instead - but looking into it it seems its making a bit of a comeback. Didn't know the beetle is a parasite that bothers cacti.

Oh maybe, especially if it's a Mexican product, it is actually made from the beetles then. Sorry, should have googled!

 

[Fez909]

Baghali Polo - Persian rice with dill and broad beans.

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Very strange. I think I liked it, but not sure. It's so fragrant due to the dill. Have some leftovers in the fridge so will see how I get on with round two in a bit

Turned the leftovers into egg fried rice with mushrooms. Was delicious

 

[oryx]

Made hasselback potatoes for the first time tonight. They were easy than I thought and pretty decent.

 

[ringo]

I've just seen this recipe on FB and can't decide if it would be nice or disgusting, so I'm going to buy the ingredients when I walk my youngest home from school.

Banana and oat pancake

2 bananas;
2 eggs;
4 tablespoons of oat flour;
Cinnamon

Mash bananas and add to two whisked eggs.
Mix in 4 tbsp oat flour

Heat some oil in a frying pan.
Fry for 4 minutes on a low heat with a lid on.
Turn it onto a plate a return to fry other side for 2 minutes.

Slide onto a plate and sprinkle with cinnamon.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

I vote "nice"

I've just seen this recipe on FB and can't decide if it would be nice or disgusting, so I'm going to buy the ingredients when I walk my youngest home from school.

Banana and oat pancake

2 bananas;
2 eggs;
4 tablespoons of oat flour;
Cinnamon

Mash bananas and add to two whisked eggs.
Mix in 4 tbsp oat flour

Heat some oil in a frying pan.
Fry for 4 minutes on a low heat with a lid on.
Turn it onto a plate a return to fry other side for 2 minutes.

Slide onto a plate and sprinkle with cinnamon.

 

[polly]

I've just seen this recipe on FB and can't decide if it would be nice or disgusting, so I'm going to buy the ingredients when I walk my youngest home from school.

Banana and oat pancake

2 bananas;
2 eggs;
4 tablespoons of oat flour;
Cinnamon

Mash bananas and add to two whisked eggs.
Mix in 4 tbsp oat flour

Heat some oil in a frying pan.
Fry for 4 minutes on a low heat with a lid on.
Turn it onto a plate a return to fry other side for 2 minutes.

Slide onto a plate and sprinkle with cinnamon.

Ahh this was a baby led weaning favourite in my house - they are weirdly nice (though my daughter is 12 and I haven't made them since she was a baby! So maybe not that nice). I used to put syrup on mine though

 

[ringo]

Ahh this was a baby led weaning favourite in my house - they are weirdly nice. I used to put syrup on mine though

Yes, just found another recipe with some baking powder and salt added, then topped with maple syrup.
And cooked in a couple of batches of little pancakes, not one sodding great big one you can't flip.
It does sound like baby food though