Foodies In The News

[Pepper Pig]

Perfect Chermoula fish.. https://www.theguardian.com/food/articl ... ity-cloake

[Pepper Pig]

Horse milk ice cream. https://www.theguardian.com/food/articl ... scientists

If you can access The Telegraph Xanthe Clay also written about this and made her own.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-dr ... aste-test/

I don’t fancy it and a part of me says horses are exploited enough but that’s probably just me being soppy.

[Earthmaiden]

Taking any animal's milk is exploiting the natural process. I think it can be done kindly in a small way but to expand on that for the sake of more ice cream perhaps not. I only skimmed the article, maybe it is suitable for various intolerances or allergies. Funny you never see human milk mentioned which would probably be the most easily digestible .

[Pepper Pig]

Jay’s new cookbook. https://www.theguardian.com/food/articl ... or-a-bunch

[KeenCook]

This looks delicious! https://www.theguardian.com/food/articl ... vneet-gill

[miss mouse]

'Jamie's Italian', why it went wrong, R4

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0h451lc

[Pepper Pig]

Cheesecakes. I think probably my favourite food..

https://www.theguardian.com/food/articl ... -and-tonic

[Pepper Pig]

Felicity’s vegetarian Scotch eggs. https://www.theguardian.com/food/articl ... ity-cloake

[scullion]

i'm sure her's might taste good but for a quick, picnic snack food it comes across as a little 'faffy' - who has 300g of veg haggis hanging around? and will the finished object be noticeably better after having mustard added?

or - hydrate some sosmix adding any herbs etc that you want, coat the eggs with it in the usual way. flour, egg and crumb then fry.

[Earthmaiden]

Scotch eggs are big business now with numerous versions of flavouring on offer.
Not really surprising that someone should jump onto the vegetarian bandwagon and try to extend the repertoire (though I think it's already been done elsewhere).

I don't dislike them but think scotch eggs are often overrated.

[miss mouse]

I agree, they are nice enough but not very exciting.

[Busybee]

A good one is delicious, but there are many many so so ones on the market. Our butchers are homemade and rather good.

BB

[Stokey Sue]

We went to a local pub a couple of months ago that does proper bar snacks, sausage rolls, cheese straws in a twist of paper, scotch eggs etc. All homemade and delicious, the meat layer on the egg is quite chunky.

I think I’d prefer the haggis to Sosmix but at least it’s a way of making one meatless which might be handy. Haven’t had Sosmix in a long time, should try it again.

[KeenCook]

This looks rather nice! https://www.theguardian.com/food/articl ... ina-ebuehi

[Earthmaiden]

That would be nice with salted caramel ice cream - as I discovered with flapjack recently!

[Pepper Pig]

Olive oil wastewater. The new Superfood? https://www.theguardian.com/food/articl ... -superfood

[Pepper Pig]

Ooh! Jay Rayner has found somewhere decent to eat in Harrow! That’s an achievement in itself! https://www.theguardian.com/food/articl ... ant-review

I’m sorry to hear Hereford Road is closing. It was really good.

[Earthmaiden]

The olive oil is interesting. They seem to have missed a trick before this. I wonder if they can make it taste better or whether people will just drink it because they feel it is good for them.

[Badger's Mate]

Olives eaten fresh off the tree are very bitter. You can’t get rid of the taste for ages. You are all welcome to drink my share of the wastewater…

There’s definitely a belief in several cultures that bitterness in foods is somehow good for you. Science, data and statistics can all be used ‘as a drunk uses a lamp post’.

[scullion]

Olives eaten fresh off the tree are very bitter. You can’t get rid of the taste for ages.

hahahaha - you've tried it, too. very bitter/astringent - very unpleasant.
it was a revelation - partaken in a lay-by on the way to grenada.