Wednesday, 30 January 2013
Friday, 25 January 2013
Haggis
We ate a very pleasant haggis today, albeit bought from Tesco!
http://www.simonhowiefoods.co.uk/haggis.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/you-dont-have-to-be-scottish-to-enjoy-haggis-8467024.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/0/21046338
http://www.simonhowiefoods.co.uk/haggis.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/you-dont-have-to-be-scottish-to-enjoy-haggis-8467024.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/0/21046338
Tuesday, 22 January 2013
Cooking with snow | Life and style | guardian.co.uk
Cooking with snow | Life and style | guardian.co.uk
Some seasonal recipes!
I am reminded that I once saw an item of clothing with, on the label: "Wash with snow flakes". I assume soap flakes were meant - but don't use soap flakes in these recipes!
Some seasonal recipes!
I am reminded that I once saw an item of clothing with, on the label: "Wash with snow flakes". I assume soap flakes were meant - but don't use soap flakes in these recipes!
Monday, 21 January 2013
Sunday, 20 January 2013
Let's talk horse sense about food | Jay Rayner | Comment is free | The Observer
Let's talk horse sense about food | Jay Rayner | Comment is free | The Observer
"Investigations are continuing, but many sources in the industry now believe the trace DNA elements entered the products through the use of protein powders, employed both to bulk up the protein content and to help burgers retain moisture (which means you can sell water)."
"Investigations are continuing, but many sources in the industry now believe the trace DNA elements entered the products through the use of protein powders, employed both to bulk up the protein content and to help burgers retain moisture (which means you can sell water)."
Nigel Slater's eat well for less recipes | Life and style | The Observer
Nigel Slater's eat well for less recipes | Life and style | The Observer
Mmmmmmmmmmmmm - I must try the chickpea balls - I ate some delicious chick pea balls on the island of Serifos in Greece.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmm - I must try the chickpea balls - I ate some delicious chick pea balls on the island of Serifos in Greece.
Saturday, 19 January 2013
Would you eat horsemeat?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2013/jan/16/would-you-eat-horsemeat
I wouldn't knowingly eat horsemeat.
I remember many years ago tucking into a meaty stew at a youth hostel in Luxembourg. I was explaining to some fellow diners from Belgium about the English expression "I was so hungry that I could eat a horse." My dining neighbours looked puzzled: "But you are eating horse!"
Staying with a French family in Paris, again many years ago, one day I noticed that one dish was being prepared for the family, and another for me. They were eating horse, and something else was prepared for me.
And on a visit to Morocco, I asked if donkeys were eaten. No, donkeys were never eaten, I was told. Then in a village down south, fairly remote I recall, and I was only there to change buses, I spotted some donkeys leaning over a counter. I looked more closely then looked away. They were donkeys' heads in a butcher's shop.
I'm not a vegetarian, but wouldn't knowingly eat the meat of an animal I would "talk" to.
I wouldn't knowingly eat horsemeat.
I remember many years ago tucking into a meaty stew at a youth hostel in Luxembourg. I was explaining to some fellow diners from Belgium about the English expression "I was so hungry that I could eat a horse." My dining neighbours looked puzzled: "But you are eating horse!"
Staying with a French family in Paris, again many years ago, one day I noticed that one dish was being prepared for the family, and another for me. They were eating horse, and something else was prepared for me.
And on a visit to Morocco, I asked if donkeys were eaten. No, donkeys were never eaten, I was told. Then in a village down south, fairly remote I recall, and I was only there to change buses, I spotted some donkeys leaning over a counter. I looked more closely then looked away. They were donkeys' heads in a butcher's shop.
I'm not a vegetarian, but wouldn't knowingly eat the meat of an animal I would "talk" to.
It’s a ‘frozen value burger’. What did you think was in it? | The Times
It’s a ‘frozen value burger’. What did you think was in it? | The Times
"We’re talking here about “frozen Everyday Value beefburgers” from the country’s biggest retailer. What on earth did you think they put in them? Prime cuts of delicious free-range, organic, rare breed, heritage beef, grass-fed, Eton-educated, humanely slaughtered, dry-aged and hand-ground by fairies with a pinch of pink Murray River salt and a twist of black pepper?"
"We’re talking here about “frozen Everyday Value beefburgers” from the country’s biggest retailer. What on earth did you think they put in them? Prime cuts of delicious free-range, organic, rare breed, heritage beef, grass-fed, Eton-educated, humanely slaughtered, dry-aged and hand-ground by fairies with a pinch of pink Murray River salt and a twist of black pepper?"
Friday, 18 January 2013
BBC Food - Yorkshire forced rhubarb: Made in the dark
BBC Food - Yorkshire forced rhubarb: Made in the dark
Before the snow arrived, the first shoots of my unforced rhubarb were putting in an appearance.
Before the snow arrived, the first shoots of my unforced rhubarb were putting in an appearance.
Monday, 14 January 2013
Saturday, 12 January 2013
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Sunday, 6 January 2013
Friday, 4 January 2013
Ten ingredients for 2013: Give your taste-buds a wake-up call
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/ten-ingredients-for-2013-give-your-tastebuds-a-wakeup-call-8437567.html
One of the foods listed in this article in the Independent is "Grimsby haddock", and refers to smoked haddock. "This is like no other smoked haddock, both in its taste and story".
Not so sure though about the description of the wind in Grimsby as "like an Angel's breath caressing you!" - unless angels have icy cold blasts of breath!
One of the foods listed in this article in the Independent is "Grimsby haddock", and refers to smoked haddock. "This is like no other smoked haddock, both in its taste and story".
Not so sure though about the description of the wind in Grimsby as "like an Angel's breath caressing you!" - unless angels have icy cold blasts of breath!
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