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Ricotta and semolina cake. https://www.theguardian.com/food/2022/m ... olina-cake
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I like the look of that cake, PP.
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Here I fall out with Felicity
Ridiculously over complicated - fresh AND frozen peas? - definitely shouldn’t contain wine (yuk) - and the lettuce is shredded
Or that’s the version I’ve been making for half a century, so long I’m not sure where is came from, a Sunday paper I think but might be from Au Petit Cordon Bleu
Harumph
There’s a Persian dish described by Madhur Jaffrey that’s intriguingly similar
Peas replace with broad bean
Soft lettuce replace with chard ( or the coarse outer leaves of a cos lettuce)
Mint replace with dill
Ridiculously over complicated - fresh AND frozen peas? - definitely shouldn’t contain wine (yuk) - and the lettuce is shredded
Or that’s the version I’ve been making for half a century, so long I’m not sure where is came from, a Sunday paper I think but might be from Au Petit Cordon Bleu
Harumph
There’s a Persian dish described by Madhur Jaffrey that’s intriguingly similar
Peas replace with broad bean
Soft lettuce replace with chard ( or the coarse outer leaves of a cos lettuce)
Mint replace with dill
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I thought this was a good article https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... regulators
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If France can be self sufficient in food, why don’t we even try?
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2022/m ... re-produce
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2022/m ... re-produce
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The French have a big advantage in self sufficiency.
They have a very similar population to the UK but twice the area to cultivate. The French population density is about 120/sq km and the UK is 270/sq km. The French need this "spare" land to be viable because of the Napoleonic inheritance laws which share an inheritance equally among the children, so farms get smaller and smaller in theory. in the UK the eldest son/child gets the whole farm. This may explain why there are so many spare people who have time to go into politics...
They have a very similar population to the UK but twice the area to cultivate. The French population density is about 120/sq km and the UK is 270/sq km. The French need this "spare" land to be viable because of the Napoleonic inheritance laws which share an inheritance equally among the children, so farms get smaller and smaller in theory. in the UK the eldest son/child gets the whole farm. This may explain why there are so many spare people who have time to go into politics...
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aero280 wrote:The French have a big advantage in self sufficiency.
They have a very similar population to the UK but twice the area to cultivate. The French population density is about 120/sq km and the UK is 270/sq km. The French need this "spare" land to be viable because of the Napoleonic inheritance laws which share an inheritance equally among the children, so farms get smaller and smaller in theory. in the UK the eldest son/child gets the whole farm. This may explain why there are so many spare people who have time to go into politics...
Well yes ... you don't have to tell me about that ...
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Nigel's recipes look good this week. (IMHO they don't always these days).
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2022/m ... SApp_Other
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2022/m ... SApp_Other
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hmmm, they do look good. i often buy a similar looking 'plačintă from the eastern european shop.
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I agree. I was tempted by Nigel's ones today.
Too often he just seems to chuck a few random things together and drizzle a dressing over it.
Too often he just seems to chuck a few random things together and drizzle a dressing over it.
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This looks delicious! https://www.theguardian.com/food/2022/m ... ats-cheese
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KeenCook2 wrote:This looks delicious! https://www.theguardian.com/food/2022/m ... ats-cheese
I’m in the “can’t abide goat cheese” camp I’m afraid.
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Haha, fair enough, I have another friend like that!! I must admit, that when it's very goaty I'm not keen, but I like the mild ones.
My friend is a really fab cook, but also doesn't eat any fish. Her husband loves it, so he always has it when they're out (a bit like OH taking the opportunity to eat liver when we're out!)
My friend is a really fab cook, but also doesn't eat any fish. Her husband loves it, so he always has it when they're out (a bit like OH taking the opportunity to eat liver when we're out!)
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Pepper Pig wrote:I’m in the “can’t abide goat cheese” camp I’m afraid.
me, too. unfortunately it was/is often the only option given to vegetarians - and i know many of those who also don't like it.
i always ask if it can be substituted with brie or similar cheese.
(for me, there's a good reason why the cylinders are called crotte!).
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It can cut both ways
My Oh said categorically he didn’t like cheese, fair enough
But the chef whose food we most often ate and I both suspected it was only cow’s milk cheese with a sour milk r tang he disliked (Brie, Camembert etc)
My Oh said categorically he didn’t like cheese, fair enough
But the chef whose food we most often ate and I both suspected it was only cow’s milk cheese with a sour milk r tang he disliked (Brie, Camembert etc)
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Pepper Pig wrote:https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10845637/Ainsley-Harriott-saves-woman-drowning-Chelsea-Flower-Show.html
Too much Prosecco?
A goat farm near here does a lovely goat's cheese which isn't at all goaty. I wish they were all like that.
I thought we'd all got to have that orange-coloured trifle for Jubilee pudding! I don't think Nigel's offerings are overly celebratory even though pleasant.
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