Wot's for Tea, Ma?
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A heritage breed picanha joint of beef - v popular cut in Argentina and Brazil, apparently
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Carrying out an experiment with a Fray Bentos snake and kiddly pie.
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Seared for 10 mins, then roasted at a high heat for 30 more
Rested under foil for 30 more
Beautifully tender, loads of juice for gravy, seasoned with flaked sea salt and black pepper - could possibly have benefitted from a few chilli flakes and smoked paprika
Will definitely repeat
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Opsboi, when we could still have big family Christmas dinners (2019), I roasted 3 picanha joints. easy peasy. The only difficulty was resolving arguments about who'd had the most yorkshire puds.
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We're having a week in a holiday cottage but despite the unfamiliar kitchen managed to rustle up from scratch a dozen Yorkshires for the 4 of us
Tidy result
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I still use the yorkshire pud recipe from a book by Graham Kerr "The Galloping Gourmet" which I bought Dunnunda in the '80s. He's since moved to the US and gone all health conscious, but I got in touch with him and he kindly sent me a copy of his current book. His church is associated with community support, so I sent a donation to say thank you.
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Eisbein, sauerkraut and mash with Erdinger weissbier.
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Had the Iranian Neighbours over for dinner tonight...
To start
Finnish beetroot soup with parmesan crisps & dill
Then
Smoked chicken breast with rocket & pears with a raspberry vinaigrette
Main
Choucroute Alsacienne
To finish
Frozen berries with Ice Cream..
They were very happy / impressed....not sure they have ever had so much Pig in so many ways! ..Sausages, Hock, Bacon, Cured Ham, etc! ,...certainly not back in Tehran! ..... lovely people!
To start
Finnish beetroot soup with parmesan crisps & dill
Then
Smoked chicken breast with rocket & pears with a raspberry vinaigrette
Main
Choucroute Alsacienne
To finish
Frozen berries with Ice Cream..
They were very happy / impressed....not sure they have ever had so much Pig in so many ways! ..Sausages, Hock, Bacon, Cured Ham, etc! ,...certainly not back in Tehran! ..... lovely people!
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We had a roast chook yesterday, and I made stock with the bones. Lunch is leek and potato soup, and tea will be chicken curry.
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Trying out a new recipe today; brown rice with broccoli in a cheese sauce baked in the oven. If it is cr@p then the birds and squirrels will benefit.
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Well, the birds and squirrels will have to go hungry as new recipe was very yummy (num num num in ZA speak)
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Out for a meal tonight at a pretty decent seafood restaurant. I'm going for the seafood gnocchi and a couple of pints of Birra Moretti. SWMBO has yet to decide.
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A Karelian stew of sorts tonight....it follows a homemade cream of mushroom soup for lunch, Rye bread and homemade butter.
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My favourite Chinese buffet place in Edinburgh is still closed due to the Covid regs. The problem is that the serving ladles and tongs etc would be handled by multiple people and become a vector for spread of the virus.
I believe that cruise ships get around the problem by putting the various dishes in a buffet into single portion sized bowls. Must be hellishly manpower-intensive to do that and to do the washing up. I also wonder how they keep small portions warm. Easy enough to do with large amounts of food in a bain Marie, but small bodies of food lose their heat very rapidly.
With the recent very steep rise of the infection rate in Scotland, I can't see the regs being relaxed any time soon. Such a pity as that place is well worth visiting and I have been looking forward to having lunch there for half a year or more.
I believe that cruise ships get around the problem by putting the various dishes in a buffet into single portion sized bowls. Must be hellishly manpower-intensive to do that and to do the washing up. I also wonder how they keep small portions warm. Easy enough to do with large amounts of food in a bain Marie, but small bodies of food lose their heat very rapidly.
With the recent very steep rise of the infection rate in Scotland, I can't see the regs being relaxed any time soon. Such a pity as that place is well worth visiting and I have been looking forward to having lunch there for half a year or more.
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Blah! Chinese buffets! UP, you need authentic cooked to order food!...Chinese buffet is dreadful!
https://www.google.com/search?q=old+tow ... 8s0YY7lFVM
$11.80 Lunch menu, cooked to order.....BYO....and walking distance from home...wine to be enjoyed,... no driving or taxis...not a pretty place but the food is fabulous....which makes it very authentic...
Alternatively.....
https://www.facebook.com/BESTY-Bbqbutch ... 747186764/
Chinese Duck, BBQ Pork, Roast Pork, Soy Chicken are always hanging in the window...stroll over & wander back home with a Chinese feast for home....
https://www.google.com/search?q=old+tow ... 8s0YY7lFVM
$11.80 Lunch menu, cooked to order.....BYO....and walking distance from home...wine to be enjoyed,... no driving or taxis...not a pretty place but the food is fabulous....which makes it very authentic...
Alternatively.....
https://www.facebook.com/BESTY-Bbqbutch ... 747186764/
Chinese Duck, BBQ Pork, Roast Pork, Soy Chicken are always hanging in the window...stroll over & wander back home with a Chinese feast for home....
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I should add UP, with a relative close proximity to Asia, we are blessed with a level of 'Asian' cuisines that I have never experienced before in Europe or the fair isles..
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We ended up having a lovely bbq supper by the pond. First one this year on the warmest evening of the year so far. As usual, I cooked vastly too much food for only four people to eat, so the dogs had a massive feast and will have lotsa lovely eats tomorrow too.
Yes, I recognise that most Brit Chinky restaurants are not a patch on the Singapore food courts, but Edinburgh's China Red really is bloody good. I highly recommend it, when it eventually re-opens. It's in Grindlay Street, opposite the Lyceum, just behind the Usher Hall. I greatly hope that the place doesn't go bust with such a long closure.
Yes, I recognise that most Brit Chinky restaurants are not a patch on the Singapore food courts, but Edinburgh's China Red really is bloody good. I highly recommend it, when it eventually re-opens. It's in Grindlay Street, opposite the Lyceum, just behind the Usher Hall. I greatly hope that the place doesn't go bust with such a long closure.
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I've always found the Chinese restaurants in France to be rather good.
They are of course Vietnamese.
They are of course Vietnamese.
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Whereas the Chinese restaurants in Odense Denmark were glorified pølse bars, with food adjusted for Danish tastes.