Edibles and drinkables, recipes, recommendations and other culinary miscellanea.
Archive: Food & Drink
Aug 10, 2004 Comments Off
Something fishy
Had lunch at J Sheekey, off St Martin’s Lane.
Awesome seafood and fish – I had smoked haddock with a colcannon bernaise sauce and poached egg. It was truly the dreamiest, meltiest thing I’ve had in ages.
Apr 9, 2004 Comments Off
Mmmm
Mmmm, tracklements. I can especially recommend the Sweet Mustard Ketchup. Divine.
Jan 9, 2004 Comments Off
Erm…
Marathon Snickers have brought out a new line, called Snickers, er, Marathon. Haven’t we been here before?
Jul 30, 2003 Comments Off
Thirsty
Would anybody like a drink? Tea, coffee, water…?
Water would be great, thanks.
Anyone else? A drink? Tea?
Just some water please.
Oh go on then, coffee for me.
Right then, so that’s just one coffee.
…and water, please, for me.
Right. Ok.
[time passes]
Here you go, one coffee. Now, let’s look at the agenda….
Am I invisible?
Apr 21, 2003 Comments Off
Apfelkuchen
Ingredients:
4oz caster sugar
5 oz self-raising flour
4oz butter (melted)
1 egg, beaten
1 lb cooking apples, cored peeled and sliced
2 oz sultanas
1 oz chopped walnuts
2oz demerara sugar
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
How to make it:
Preheat the oven to gas mark 4 (180C). Grease and line a cake tin. Mix the batter ingredients and put half in the bottom of the tin. Mix the filling ingredients and spread over the batter. Cover with remaining batter. Bake for an hour or so. Turn out and serve hot with cream. Tooooooo nice.
Apr 21, 2003 Comments Off
Ambrosia
Ingredients:
Greek yoghurt
Runny honey
dry muesli
splosh of apple juice
chopped nuts (preferably walnuts)
How to make it:
Mix the yoghurt with the honey until it’s sweet enough for you. Mix the muesli with the apple juice and the nuts. Alternate layers of yoghurt mixture and nut mixture into glasses.
Apr 21, 2003 Comments Off
Cheese and Lentil loaf
Ingredients:
6oz red lentils
330ml water
4oz grated cheese
1 onion
fresh parsley
cayenne pepper
lemon juice
1 egg
splosh single cream
salt & pepper
knob of butter
How to do it:
Preheat oven to gas mark 5 (190C). Cook lentils in water until soft – 20 mins or so. DON’T LET THEM BURN BECAUSE THEY WILL STICK TO THE PAN AND BE IMPOSSIBLE TO GET OFF!
Add onion, lemon, cheese and parsley. Whip up egg and cream and pour into lentil mixture. Add seasoning.
Grease a loaf tin with plenty of butter and press the mixture in. Bake for 45-60 minutes until the top is brown. Let stand for 10 minutes before turning out. Serve hot or cold with tomato sauce. [based on Sarah Brown's Vegetarian Kitchen]
Apr 21, 2003 Comments Off
Cheese and Apple on Toast
Ingredients:
1 apple – cox’s orange pippin or similar
Handful of mature cheddar cheese
2 slices bread (preferably brown, preferably wholemeal or malted)
How to do it:
Couldn’t be simpler. Toast the bread. Grate the apple onto the bread and then sprinkle with the cheese. Toast under the grill for a minute or so, until bubbling.
Apr 21, 2003 1
Fabulously Simple Fish Pie
Ingredients:
Lots of cod or any white fish
big knob of butter
flour
milk
some hardboiled eggs
1 onion, chopped
parsley
potatoes
grated cheese
How to do it:
Grill or boil the fish and boil the potatoes. Preheat the oven to gas mark 4 (180Cish)
Make a white sauce with the butter, flour and milk. Add the onion. Chop the hardboiled eggs into the sauce and add the flaked or chunked fish. Mix together in an ovenproof dish.
Mash the potatoes with lots of butter and a splash of milk, seasoning well. Cover the fish sauce mixture and then sprinkle with cheese and ground black pepper.
Stick it in the oven and bake until bubbling and golden on top.
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