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wellington womble



Joined: 08 Nov 2004
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Location: East Midlands
PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 08 9:18 pm    Post subject: Week Three, One local Summer Challenge Reply with quote
    

Tonights effort was very tasty:

Globe artichokes (why do people bother?!)

5 Mile lamb, Stoke Mandeville (4 miles)
New potatoes (garden)
lettuce, carrot, herb and courgette salad (garden, and neighbours garden)
Cheaty salad dressing - made with UK vinegar, but can't find anything within 50 miles, yet.

Wonder how you make vinegar, then?

Jonnyboy



Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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Location: under some rain.
PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 08 10:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Got bread rising as I type. Picked up half a lamb yesterday so it's leg tomorrow with broad beans, spinach and mash.

Got some smoked mackerel out of the freezer to make a pate for tomorrow night.

Spruengli



Joined: 12 Jul 2006
Posts: 537
Location: Dorking(ish)
PostPosted: Sun Jun 29, 08 7:33 am    Post subject: Re: Week Three, One local Summer Challenge Reply with quote
    

wellington womble wrote:

Wonder how you make vinegar, then?


With a vinegar mother - a clump of the *right* bugs which floats on your pre-vinegar (cider / wine) and ferments it from alcohol to vinegar (should know chemical name - ethanoic acid?? O level chemistry was a very long time ago). The trick is finding someone with an existing 'mother' who can give you a small amount (it grows quite well once happy)

No idea about malt vinegar though

chez



Joined: 13 Aug 2006
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Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset
PostPosted: Sun Jun 29, 08 7:40 am    Post subject: Re: Week Three, One local Summer Challenge Reply with quote
    

Spruengli wrote:
wellington womble wrote:

Wonder how you make vinegar, then?


With a vinegar mother - a clump of the *right* bugs which floats on your pre-vinegar (cider / wine) and ferments it from alcohol to vinegar (should know chemical name - ethanoic acid?? O level chemistry was a very long time ago). The trick is finding someone with an existing 'mother' who can give you a small amount (it grows quite well once happy)


I make it by mixing some existing vinegar with red wine and leaving it for a few months (about 1:2). Although some would argue that some of my red wine tastes like vinegar anyway .

wellington womble



Joined: 08 Nov 2004
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 29, 08 9:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Not likely to be ready for week 4, then?

Oh well - I think I'm going to declare vinegar an official exception in this house. It's a small part of the meal, and I consider it a luxury product. So there!

judith



Joined: 16 Dec 2004
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Location: Montgomeryshire
PostPosted: Wed Jul 02, 08 9:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Shopping at the weekend failed to come up with much inspiration, so this week's effort largely came from very close to home.
I fancied a burger, but couldn't find any beef in the freezer, but I did find some turkey thigh pieces from last year's spare turkey. The meat is so dark, I think it makes a fair passable minced beef substitute, although you do have to cook it a little longer - not so keen on rare turkey! No onions, so I had to make do with one of my bolting leeks, but I was very fortunate to find a small handful of chanterelles while walking the dog.



Then take one not-so-soft-n-floury roll made from Bacheldre Mill flour, some salad from the garden, a dab of home-made mayo, a few of last year's pickled gherkins and some melted Merlin herb-and-garlic goat cheese and voilą -
The mushroom single Welsh cheeseburger!


Jonnyboy



Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 02, 08 8:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Tonight we had pan fried chicken breast with black pudding. on a bed of spinach mash with broad beans and deglazed cider gravy.

Chicken & broad beans - 8 miles.
black pudding - 7 miles
cider - 20 miles (I think, haven't checked)
spuds - 4 miles
spinach - 30 feet.

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 42207
Location: North Devon
PostPosted: Wed Jul 02, 08 8:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Very good, sounds like a fine meal. Unfortunately you lose 2000 points for using the expression 'pan fried'.

Jonnyboy



Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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Location: under some rain.
PostPosted: Wed Jul 02, 08 9:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

It still had the skin on it, that's got to be worth a rebate.

Anyway, fried sounds so.....KFC.

sean
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 02, 08 9:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

And its minus 500 for 'on a bed of'. The committee has decided to let you off with a warning for 'deglazed'.

Jonnyboy



Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 02, 08 9:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

How many people on this committee, exactly?

sean
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 02, 08 9:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Hundreds, you should see my PM in box.

Jonnyboy



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 02, 08 9:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

The chicken and black pudding were interleaved, the mash was shaped into a ring and the sauce, nay jus, was napped over.

I accept my disqualification.

jamanda
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 02, 08 9:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Napped? Wot's that mean then?

sean
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 02, 08 9:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Poured over.

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