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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Leonard James on April 23, 2016, 04:14:37 PM
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I have just eaten a slice of madeira cake spread with lemon curd and cream. Life is good. :)
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I have just eaten a slice of madeira cake spread with lemon curd and cream. Life is good. :)
Ah....who says epicurean hedonism isn't the way to go eh?
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Sometimes! ;D
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I think golden syrup on a brioche roll is nectar from the gods, but feel guilty when eating it, as it is naughty but nice! ;D
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Pancakes with maple syrup and creme fraiche.
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Just-baked croissants slathered with apricot jam, and good coffee :o
Thick-cut Seville orange marmalade, the bitterer the betterer, on toasted granary bread. (I do fancy myself as something of a marmalade connoisseur).
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I'm currently having a G&T, with some nuts.
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That's no way to talk about your friends, Gordon.
Just poured myself a bourbon over lots of ice with very cold Coke. That'll do pig, that'll do :D
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Just-baked croissants slathered with apricot jam, and good coffee :o
Thick-cut Seville orange marmalade, the bitterer the betterer, on toasted granary bread. (I do fancy myself as something of a marmalade connoisseur).
Yes, am always concerned that marmalade may become extinct, as it were.
Love afternoon tea - best I ever had was at the tea dances at the Waldorf - sandwiches followed by buttered crumpets followed by scones, cream and jam followed by cakes. Haven't been there for the best part of thirty years but I've never forgotten them <sigh>.
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There's something else - cucumber sandwiches with a pinch of sea salt, on good white bread. Glass of champagne compulsory.
Marmalade is safe as long as I'm around ;)
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I don't like champagne.
I like cucumber sandwiches though. Tomato ones are also nice lightly salted.
Also thinking of a light fruit cake with Cheshire cheese and a glass of Valpolicella.
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A properly made Ploughman's is a thing of beauty, as is a good Greek salad.
Stone-in Kalamata olives.
Hot focaccia riddled with rosemary, with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
Melted Brie (or Camembert) with pan-fried mushrooms on ciabatta, with cranberry sauce.
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Oh, stop it you buggers, I'm on a diet :-[
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This may be to plebeian for some here - but I give you the delight of the humble fried cheese sandwich.
Buttered side out, good quality cheddar inside, hot pan.
Done.
I thank you.
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A properly made Ploughman's is a thing of beauty, as is a good Greek salad.
Stone-in Kalamata olives.
Hot focaccia riddled with rosemary, with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
Melted Brie (or Camembert) with pan-fried mushrooms on ciabatta, with cranberry sauce.
You'd be wanting some tapenade with the breads. Made without the anchovy of course.
A proper Insalata Tricolore with very ripe tomatoes, buttery avocado and mozzarella.
The best dish I ever had was a fat pasta roulade stuffed with butter and sage. That was it. Simple yet heavenly. Second best...white beans in olive oil with lemon. That I've been able to recreate, kind of. Not the roulade. And I've never come across anything like it since.
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This may be to plebeian for some here - but I give you the delight of the humble fried cheese sandwich.
Buttered side out, good quality cheddar inside, hot pan.
Done.
I thank you.
One of the best things about being vegetarian is turning up somewhere that doesn't have anything much suitable on the menu and being offered an omelette. Chef-made omelettes are sublime.
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The Mexican staple huevos rancheros, as prepared by your humble servant, a dish of such artery-clogging gorgeousness that the last time I made it I took a photo of it for bragging rights. Two hot quarter-folded tortillas, spicy tomato sauce full of chilli, sliced avocado, massive dollops of refried beans and sour cream, and two lightly fried eggs.
Breakfast of champions, assuming said champions don't mind dying at 32.
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One of the best things about being vegetarian is turning up somewhere that doesn't have anything much suitable on the menu and being offered an omelette. Chef-made omelettes are sublime.
A good omelette is a joy, although I have a conflicted relationship with them - on holiday in North Africa years ago, where vegetarianism is as good as unheard of, I lived on them for what was actually ten days and felt like a month as it was all I could get. I've never quite recovered.
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I know what you mean. I love a well-made veg lasagne. However, very often it's a slice of gloop that hasn't been reheated properly. And it seems to be the default veggie option just about anywhere.
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I know what you mean. I love a well-made veg lasagne. However, very often it's a slice of gloop that hasn't been reheated properly. And it seems to be the default veggie option just about anywhere.
The best veggie lasagne I have come across is from a recipe by Sarah Brown, leek & lentil lasagne - unbelievably tasty. It is a while since I made it - time for a revisit, methinks.
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The best veggie lasagne I have come across is from a recipe by Sarah Brown, leek & lentil lasagne - unbelievably tasty. It is a while since I made it - time for a revisit, methinks.
Ooh that sounds good. Hers were the first veg recipe books I had.
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I know what you mean. I love a well-made veg lasagne. However, very often it's a slice of gloop that hasn't been reheated properly. And it seems to be the default veggie option just about anywhere.
Either that or something with goat's cheese, or butternut squash (which last I don't like).
Asparagus with melted butter and Parmesan shavings, or hollandaise sauce.
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I like butternut squash soup made with apples and served with grated cheese and granary bread.
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I probably need to mention Turkish meze now. Cacik, borek, hummus, baba ghanoush, dolmades and flat bread.
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I have a couple of food peculiarities that make people give me an old-fashioned look sometimes but which I just happen to like - mayonnaise with rice, and very thin slices of raw white onion with chip shop chips. Yes, yes, I know, but it just agrees with the buds, OK?
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I probably need to mention Turkish meze now. Cacik, borek, hummus, baba ghanoush, dolmades and flat bread.
Ah now - Mediterranean food generally - now you're talking. I've made my own hummus, though in my experience it's tricky to get the garlic-lemon juice balance just right according to my taste.
Years ago I used to go to a Turkish restaurant in north London that had an open grill in the middle of the room where they used to cook (amongst other things, obviously) huge oil-smothered peppers, which were just divine.
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Halloumi cooked over charcoal.
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Halloumi cooked over charcoal.
What is it with you Halloumi worshippers.
Vile. Work of the devil. No, really.
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Either that or something with goat's cheese, or butternut squash (which last I don't like).
Asparagus with melted butter and Parmesan shavings, or hollandaise sauce.
The last time I had asparagus with Hollandaise I was in the lovely restaurant beneath St Pauls Cathedral. The nice waiter told me I had kind eyes.
I shall see your asparagus and raise you the first Jersey Royals of the season with butter and sea salt.
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What is it with you Halloumi worshippers.
Vile. Work of the devil. No, really.
Heretic!
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I was a fool to start this thread! After you lot have finished I feel deprived, and in need of a food parcel. >:(
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Heretic!
Heretic the eighth I am, I am.
Floated into my head, so sorry.
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We've had desert island books and desert island music threads - I reckon we need a desert island drinks thread.
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Heretic the eighth I am, I am.
Floated into my head, so sorry.
I'm now thinking of Herman's Hermits. Not helpful, Trent.
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I'm now thinking of Herman's Hermits. Not helpful, Trent.
Sorry Miss :-[
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Second verse, same as the first...
Ohhhh godddd. :o