What's for tea tonight? (#8)

[Idaho]

Cashews aren't true nuts either. They are a weird fruit thing.

 

[moose]

Any ideas for curly kale? I'm not a big fan and deliberately chose a veg box this week which didn't have it - only to find they'd replaced the Swiss chard with kale.

I love cavolo nero, but curly kale's got too many sharp edges. Best thing you can do with it is 'crisps' or braise it with garlic and chilli, imho.

 

[Idaho]

I just use kale as a veg side to a main meal. Have ordered some on the Big Shop to go with veggie sausage and green lentil 'supper'. Can't wait!

Yeah I often have a side of worthy green stuff that isn't very interesting to eat, but I swiftly chomp through it and get on with the nice bits of the meal

 

[Epona]

Cashews aren't true nuts either. They are a weird fruit thing.

They are a bloody delicious weird fruit thing

 

[Idaho]

They are a bloody delicious weird fruit thing

I don't mind them, but I don't have them very much.

This it's how they grow - the weird external bean at the bottom is dried and split:

 

[Epona]

I don't mind them, but I don't have them very much.

This it's how they grow - the weird external bean at the bottom is dried and split:

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I know that there's a lot of confusion about what we refer to as nuts in culinary terms and what are actually biologically nuts - I had to look it up just now to remind myself.

Peanuts are a legume
Cashews, almonds and pistachios are drupes ie a seed inside a fleshy casing
Peaches and mangoes are also drupes but we eat the fleshy bit rather than the seed
True nuts are things like hazelnuts, acorns and chestnuts
Pecans and Walnuts occupy a space in drupe/nut no-man's land where they are not quite one nor the other.

It's nuts!

 

[sojourner]

Peanuts aren't nuts, they are a type of legume - not related to other nuts, which is why people can be allergic to peanuts but not "real/tree" nuts.

Cashews aren't true nuts either. They are a weird fruit thing.

Every day's a school day! Cheers!

 

[sojourner]

I know that there's a lot of confusion about what we refer to as nuts in culinary terms and what are actually biologically nuts - I had to look it up just now to remind myself.

Peanuts are a legume
Cashews, almonds and pistachios are drupes ie a seed inside a fleshy casing
Peaches and mangoes are also drupes but we eat the fleshy bit rather than the seed
True nuts are things like hazelnuts, acorns and chestnuts
Pecans and Walnuts occupy a space in drupe/nut no-man's land where they are not quite one nor the other.

It's nuts!

Mind blown

 

[surreybrowncap]

Steak & Old Peculiar Ale Pie (Lidl)
Baby Potatoes with Butter & Herbs (Really fancied chips but had them last evening)
Plenty of veg that I can muster from freezer
Red wine
Dessert will probably be Chocolate Chip Madeleines with Earl Grey tea

 

[Epona]

Steak & Old Peculiar Ale Pie (Lidl)
Baby Potatoes with Butter & Herbs (Really fancied chips but had them last evening)
Plenty of veg that I can muster from freezer
Red wine
Dessert will probably be Chocolate Chip Madeleines with Earl Grey tea

I've had that Lidl pie I think - the ones I got didn't have a lot in the way of chunks of steak, it was more kind of a thick stew type thing, but it tasted fucking lush so it was all good.

 

[surreybrowncap]

I don't mind them, but I don't have them very much.

This it's how they grow - the weird external bean at the bottom is dried and split:

View attachment 305622

 

[May Kasahara]

We're having pasta bake tonight.

I love curly kale! Steamed and dressed with lemon juice and salt, chucked in stir fries, added to pasta sauce, crisped up in the oven, fried with chilli and garlic...it's all good. It also makes a good salad with things like feta and pomegranate seeds - you just have to massage it with olive oil for about 20mins till it gives in and goes limp

 

[Skim]

I had kale too! I made a veg stew with carrots, parsnips and sweet potato, then wilted in some kale at the end. BANGIN’.

Had two slices of plastic white Hovis on the side, but I’m still basking in the glow of vegetable worthiness

Now I’m going to ruin it all with some chocolate.

 

[Ms T]

I love cavolo nero, but curly kale's got too many sharp edges. Best thing you can do with it is 'crisps' or braise it with garlic and chilli, imho.

I like cavolo nero too but curly kale is a bit meh. To add insult to injury the note in the box said they’d replaced the chard with lambs lettuce which I love. Kale crisps is a good call.

 

[Ms T]

We're having pasta bake tonight.

I love curly kale! Steamed and dressed with lemon juice and salt, chucked in stir fries, added to pasta sauce, crisped up in the oven, fried with chilli and garlic...it's all good. It also makes a good salad with things like feta and pomegranate seeds - you just have to massage it with olive oil for about 20mins till it gives in and goes limp

Do you actually have to actively massage it for 20 minutes?

 

[moose]

We had the first orange tea of 2022. Spicy lentil soup, toasted cheese and mushrooms on baguette with a shake of Henderson's, sweet potato chips on the side.

Christmas cake.

 

[RubyToogood]

I had some Philadelphia to use up, so pasta with mushrooms, philadelphia, chopped broccoli, a fuckton of garlic, a drop of truffle oil, a bit of smoked salt and some parmesan. Manna.

My sister gave me a set of three truffle oils for Christmas.

 

[Epona]

Do you actually have to actively massage it for 20 minutes?

I just can't imagine kale being worth the effort. I like most veg, but am not a huge fan of kale tbh, we have it occasionally because OH loves the stuff but as far as I am concerned it is one of those veg I would happily substitute with a vitamin pill, should I be missing out on any essential nutrient by giving it a miss

 

[mrsfran]

I had some Philadelphia to use up, so pasta with mushrooms, philadelphia, chopped broccoli, a fuckton of garlic, a drop of truffle oil, a bit of smoked salt and some parmesan. Manna.

My sister gave me a set of three truffle oils for Christmas.

That sounds amazing. Gonna do myself something like that next week now.

 

[moonsi til]

I bloody loathe kale with the final straw being kale baked in the oven as crisps. I had to leave my dinner as the taste polluted everything.

Tonight I had lovely smoky black bean, onion & pineapple tacos.

 

[Ms T]

I just can't imagine kale being worth the effort. I like most veg, but am not a huge fan of kale tbh, we have it occasionally because OH loves the stuff but as far as I am concerned it is one of those veg I would happily substitute with a vitamin pill, should I be missing out on any essential nutrient by giving it a miss

Word

 

[RubyToogood]

It really depends on the kale. The farmers' market stuff is delicious and tender, like a firmer, lighter spinach. Then there's the stuff like scouring pads.

 

[mrsfran]

I'm going out! A pre-theatre dinner:



Will almost certainly have the fried chicken followed by steak.

 

[Epona]

I'm going out! A pre-theatre dinner:

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Will almost certainly have the fried chicken followed by steak.

Same for me please!

 

[Idaho]

Quite tempted by the burrata, as I don't know what it is. I'd also be tempted to go burger.

 

[colacubes]

Cods roe, Steak and Brownie for me ta

I'm having mushroom stroganoff. Which is nice but less exciting than that ^

 

[mrsfran]

Quite tempted by the burrata, as I don't know what it is. I'd also be tempted to go burger.

Burrata is like a very creamy, soft mozzarella. It's delicious.

 

[hegley]

Cauliflower fried rice tonight - with extra cashews obv.

 

[seeformiles]

Chicken escalope, steamed broccoli, Gruyere and dill sauce

 

[BoatieBird]

Smoked tofu and stir fried veggies with noodles