The General Chat Thread

BaZmO* · 07-08-2015 12:01PM

First rule of berry picking from bushes: don't go for the low hanging ones.

Dizzyblonde · 07-08-2015 12:18PM

You're still here today MissF, so they must have been okay

MissFlitworth · 07-08-2015 01:02PM

Right! I'm sold. If anyone spies a person stuck in the bushes outside a north Dublin City Lidl this evening with a giant lunchbox getting scraped to all hell, with a ring of red berry juice around their mouth, that will be me.

dibkins · 07-08-2015 01:16PM

I got some ripening out my back garden:)

The Hill Billy · 07-08-2015 02:21PM

If by 'North Dublin' you mean Santry...

I had a boozy lunch in the Swiss Cottage & pee'd on the bushes around Lidl in Omni afterwards.

:pac:

MissFlitworth · 07-08-2015 02:32PM

The Hill Billy wrote: »

If by 'North Dublin' you mean Santry...

I had a boozy lunch in the Swiss Cottage & pee'd on the bushes around Lidl in Omni afterwards.

:pac:

bwahahahahahaha

No, however if you found yourself with a full bladder around Glasnevin any time recently drop me a line.

dibkins · 07-08-2015 05:15PM

Anyone know where i can get bonless chicken thigh meat? (In Cork). Tesco used to have it, but that was quite some time ago.

The Hill Billy · 07-08-2015 05:34PM

You would be better off asking in the Cork City forum (as per the stickies on the main F&D page).

tHB

dibkins · 07-08-2015 06:14PM

I'll leave it, i just remember the English Market...that i wander around pretty much every weekend. D'oh. Bit sleepy today.

Polka_Dot · 07-08-2015 08:14PM

MissFlitworth wrote: »

bwahahahahahaha No, however if you found yourself with a full bladder around Glasnevin any time recently drop me a line.

I was actually going to ask if it was that Lidl because it sounded like it from the description! Never noticed raspberries there before, must see if there any any left next time I'm there

Merkin · 07-08-2015 09:01PM

dibkins wrote: »

Anyone know where i can get bonless chicken thigh meat? (In Cork). Tesco used to have it, but that was quite some time ago.

Any butcher will sell chicken thighs and debone them for you. It's cheap as chips and often when I'm doing a chicken curry I'll buy half the chicken in breast and half in thighs. Similarly with tandoori dishes etc.

dibkins · 07-08-2015 09:20PM

I'm gonna make chicken skewers with satay sauce some evening. Maybe sunday. I'm making dumplings and i want something to go with.

iwantmydinner · 08-08-2015 08:34AM

I picked up a big bag of kale in Lidl yesterday, which I've never cooked with or eaten before.

Gonna make some kale pesto http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2872687/kale-pesto and kale chips using this recipe http://m.allrecipes.com/recipe/176957/baked-kale-chips/

kylith · 08-08-2015 11:27AM

dibkins wrote: »

I'll leave it, i just remember the English Market...that i wander around pretty much every weekend. D'oh. Bit sleepy today.

I occasionally consider leaving Dublin and if I do Cork is a serious contender simply because of a very happy afternoon I spend wandering around the English market. From meters and meters of fish counters to interesting and unusual things in butchers, to beautiful yarn shops. If there's a heaven, it's modelled on the English market.

Merkin wrote: »

Any butcher will sell chicken thighs and debone them for you. It's cheap as chips and often when I'm doing a chicken curry I'll buy half the chicken in breast and half in thighs. Similarly with tandoori dishes etc.

Leg meat is so much cheaper than breast! And, imo, tastier. My butcher sells 4 large chicken breasts for a tenner, but you can get 10 legs and thighs for the same price, and 15 minute's work with a knife gets them deboned.

catho_monster · 09-08-2015 12:05PM

Maiden voyage on a new chipolte ketchup recipe. Looks a bit excessive right now!

Dizzyblonde · 09-08-2015 02:09PM

I was kindly given lots of delicious blackcurrants so I've been making jam and cordial this weekend. Six jars of jam and three bottles of cordial

GrahamThomas · 09-08-2015 02:26PM

Catho would you mind posting the recipe please? I have a bag of chipotles in the cupboard and I've been meaning to do something with them!

StripedBoxers · 09-08-2015 02:56PM

Was in TK Maxx in the Ilac centre yesterday and picked up this Chipotle Sea Salt. Think it was around €3. Excited it to add it to pastas etc. Anyone here used it, is it nice?

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https://www.formellagourmet.com/productDetail.asp_Q_catID_E_134_A_subCatID_E_143_A_productID_E_169

They also had this Roasted Garlic one which I was going to get but then decided on the chipotle one.

https://www.formellagourmet.com/productDetail.asp_Q_catID_E_134_A_subCatID_E_143_A_productID_E_168

I didn't get to the Asian supermarket though

I will be going back to Dublin soon so the Asian market will be my first stop!

catho_monster · 09-08-2015 03:32PM

GrahamThomas wrote: »

Catho would you mind posting the recipe please? I have a bag of chipotles in the cupboard and I've been meaning to do something with them!

I used the recipe from the Pitt Cue recipe book, it's reproduced here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/10219455/Meatopia-A-carnivores-carnival.html

Gloomtastic! · 09-08-2015 04:18PM

StripedBoxers wrote: »

Was in TK Maxx in the Ilac centre yesterday and picked up this Chipotle Sea Salt. Think it was around €3. Excited it to add it to pastas etc. Anyone here used it, is it nice?

https://www.formellagourmet.com/productDetail.asp_Q_catID_E_134_A_subCatID_E_143_A_productID_E_169

They also had this Roasted Garlic one which I was going to get but then decided on the chipotle one.

https://www.formellagourmet.com/productDetail.asp_Q_catID_E_134_A_subCatID_E_143_A_productID_E_168

I didn't get to the Asian supermarket though I will be going back to Dublin soon so the Asian market will be my first stop!

There's a good Asian supermarket just across the aisle from TK Maxx. You were so close you would have smelt it!

beertons · 09-08-2015 04:42PM

Tipping the plate up, to drink the leftover gravy. So good. Don't care if the neighbours saw me.

GrahamThomas · 09-08-2015 06:20PM

catho_monster wrote: »

I used the recipe from the Pitt Cue recipe book, it's reproduced here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/10219455/Meatopia-A-carnivores-carnival.html

Thanks for that! How did it turn out?

catho_monster · 09-08-2015 08:19PM

GrahamThomas wrote: »

Thanks for that! How did it turn out?

Gorgeous.
Bit of a palaver to strain because we don't have a mouli so it took a while to do through a sieve.
Worth it though. Got a really good heat to it and a nice complex smokey flavour...

EITS · 09-08-2015 08:48PM

Tried my hand at juicy pork dumplings (xiao long bao I think..) and while the taste was on point with ones I had in LA the dough was miles off, way too thick and doughy.. Does anyone know a good dumpling recipe? The one I followed said to use 400g flour w/ 3/4cup hot water then after mixing a little adding 1/4 cup cold water

SarahBeep! · 09-08-2015 09:09PM

Im very proud of myself, after a few days away on holiday I got home late tonight and COOKED!!
I shall not fall victim to JustEat until at least Thursday!

MissFlitworth · 09-08-2015 09:20PM

Berry loving boardsies near to the Wicklow/Dublin mountains. It's absolutely heaving with blueberries up there. We were in Crone woods over the weekend and if I had only had anything with me apart from lavendar scented poo bags I could have brought home kilos of them

angeldelight · 09-08-2015 09:22PM

SarahBeep! wrote: »

Im very proud of myself, after a few days away on holiday I got home late tonight and COOKED!!
I shall not fall victim to JustEat until at least Thursday!

Fair play, that definitely would be an excuse for a takeaway in this house.

Just checked JustEat out of curiosity, I haven't had a takeaway in a month. A month!! Up until that we'd been getting 2 or 3 a week!

SarahBeep! · 09-08-2015 10:17PM

angeldelight wrote: »

Fair play, that definitely would be an excuse for a takeaway in this house.

Just checked JustEat out of curiosity, I haven't had a takeaway in a month. A month!! Up until that we'd been getting 2 or 3 a week!

Ah you can play the baby card for a while yet, the only thing my hands are ful with is rewatching the second season of one tree hill :pac:

angeldelight · 09-08-2015 11:34PM

Rewatching is very important, all those nuances you could have missed out first time round!

the beer revolu · 10-08-2015 10:13AM

EITS wrote: »

Tried my hand at juicy pork dumplings (xiao long bao I think..) and while the taste was on point with ones I had in LA the dough was miles off, way too thick and doughy.. Does anyone know a good dumpling recipe? The one I followed said to use 400g flour w/ 3/4cup hot water then after mixing a little adding 1/4 cup cold water

Maybe not the answer you want but you can buy very good wonton wrappers in any Asian supermarket. Great for ravioli too.

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