What are you eating and drinking tonight?

[William the White]

Madeiran local, fresh grilled sardines... Yum!

Jealous...

[Harry Genshaw]

Spicy sausage and red lentil hot pot in the slow cooker. By God the house smelt beautiful when I walked in

[Little Green Man]

Yorkshire (shhhhh!) curd tart and limoncello again. Fupping luvverly combo.

[thebish]

Got ambushed I'm Funchal fruit market today by a very enthusiastic fruit stallholder! Tasted nearly all of his stock. Escaped with this assortment of passion fruits - lemon, lime, pineapple, couple of others I don't recall due to a very beery lunch! And the green knobbly bendy one is the fruit from what we know as the Swiss cheese plant - tastes like a cross between pineapple and banana... These passion fruit smell utterly divine and they simply burst with flavour! (Even if I a. Now paying off a small fruit mortgage!)

[Worthy4England]

Shoulda done the lime with a tequila...

[Worthy4England]

Actually G&T for the lemon and porn-star martini for the passion fruit.
.after that the pineapple won't be a problem.

[William the White]

Actually G&T for the lemon and porn-star martini for the passion fruit.
.after that the pineapple won't be a problem.

lime for the G&T

[William the White]

Almost all the tomatoes from the garden now gone. But 4lbs of them went into a tomato and blue cheese soup yesterday and a garlicky pasta sauce. Both delicious.

Was driving to Manchester so no wine to go with either. But would have chosen a light-medium red with either/both.

[Burnden Paddock]

^ No, it was on the menu as 'British steak done the Mexican way' and was only available as medium rare but with all the bits of green rice etc that you mention. Really tasty!

Visited Wahaca again for lunch today and went for this steak. Fantastic flavours in every aspect of the meal. Very reasonable prices too. Sampled the sil's grilled chicken and mil's grilled haddock. Both were amazing!

[LeverEnd]

^ No, it was on the menu as 'British steak done the Mexican way' and was only available as medium rare but with all the bits of green rice etc that you mention. Really tasty!

Visited Wahaca again for lunch today and went for this steak. Fantastic flavours in every aspect of the meal. Very reasonable prices too. Sampled the sil's grilled chicken and
mil's grilled haddock. Both were amazing!

FNARRRRRRR!

[Burnden Paddock]

I suppose that I could have worded that slightly better!

[bobo the clown]

In the middle of probably 5 very wet, very windy, not especially cold days. There is nothing more for it than a 6 hour slow cooked Oxtail Stew, with dumplings and jacket potato.

With it a cheeky ... nay, downright impudent, possibly outright rude... Syrah. Over expensive given the cost of the food but f'kit.

Whatever is left over will be used as the filling of a suet pudding tomorrow.

There ARE advantages to short days and poor weather.

[William the White]

In the middle of probably 5 very wet, very windy, not especially cold days. There is nothing more for it than a 6 hour slow cooked Oxtail Stew, with dumplings and jacket potato.

With it a cheeky ... nay, downright impudent, possibly outright rude... Syrah. Over expensive given the cost of the food but f'kit.

Whatever is left over will be used as the filling of a suet pudding tomorrow.

There ARE advantages to short days and poor weather.

Did you bung a glass of that red in the slow cooker?

[bobo the clown]

In the middle of probably 5 very wet, very windy, not especially cold days. There is nothing more for it than a 6 hour slow cooked Oxtail Stew, with dumplings and jacket potato.

With it a cheeky ... nay, downright impudent, possibly outright rude... Syrah. Over expensive given the cost of the food but f'kit.

Whatever is left over will be used as the filling of a suet pudding tomorrow.

There ARE advantages to short days and poor weather.

I cooked it slowly, but not in a slow cooker ... and I put red wine in but I'm afraid a less curmudgeonly one. Can't make myself use top wine in cooking, whatever some chefs say.

Did you bung a glass of that red in the slow cooker?

[Worthy4England]

Aye - drink the best wine and if the food turns out a bit shit - who gives a fck?

[Bruce Rioja]

1st time have had any sort of appetite back today, so it had to be comfort food. Bangers, mash and onions in gravy. fecking A

[Worthy4England]

1st time have had any sort of appetite back today, so it had to be comfort food. Bangers, mash and onions in gravy. fecking A

I thought you were right off bangers?

[Bruce Rioja]

1st time have had any sort of appetite back today, so it had to be comfort food. Bangers, mash and onions in gravy. fecking A

I thought you were right off bangers?

You'll get a fecking rocket in a minute.

[Worthy4England]

[thebish]

ate quite a few of these in Funchal - Espada (or Scabbard Fish) - a Madeiran speciality - traditionally served with fried (locally grown) banana... I'm not normally a big fan of fruit with my dinner - but in this case - yum!!

(they are tastier than they look!)