Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
Ha, not sure my contribution was entirely on-topic...
I've been enjoying G&Ts with blackberries muddled with a little sugar in the glass before adding the G and the T. Looks like there should be a bumper crop this year, loads of berries are still green. They're also great boiled up with sugar, water and a little lemon juice and then poured over vanilla ice cream. This is a great way to use up plums, peaches etc. that aren't actually squishy and brown yet but have got just a little bit too tough-skinned to eat as they are.
We did beef topside the other day with a good coating of this pungent paste made from sea salt, pepper, English mustard, olive oil and finely chopped thyme and rosemary, all smooshed up in a mortar, with little slits made in the meat and slivers of garlic poked into them. Almost as good in sandwiches a few days later as it was hot with gravy, roast sweet potatoes and baked garlic Portabellos. I'm pretty much drooling at the recollection.
Edit: baboon's Chinese stew sounds pretty good, we discovered a decent-looking Oriental grocer's nearby the other day so will be making use of that.
I've been enjoying G&Ts with blackberries muddled with a little sugar in the glass before adding the G and the T. Looks like there should be a bumper crop this year, loads of berries are still green. They're also great boiled up with sugar, water and a little lemon juice and then poured over vanilla ice cream. This is a great way to use up plums, peaches etc. that aren't actually squishy and brown yet but have got just a little bit too tough-skinned to eat as they are.
We did beef topside the other day with a good coating of this pungent paste made from sea salt, pepper, English mustard, olive oil and finely chopped thyme and rosemary, all smooshed up in a mortar, with little slits made in the meat and slivers of garlic poked into them. Almost as good in sandwiches a few days later as it was hot with gravy, roast sweet potatoes and baked garlic Portabellos. I'm pretty much drooling at the recollection.
Edit: baboon's Chinese stew sounds pretty good, we discovered a decent-looking Oriental grocer's nearby the other day so will be making use of that.
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