What are you eating and drinking tonight?

[Eloy]

I'll be fashioning a banana loaf myself later on - made with a generous heap of dessicated coconut.

Sound great. Please email me some.

[Little Green Man]

I'll be fashioning a banana loaf myself later on - made with a generous heap of dessicated coconut.

Sound great. Please email me some.

Is that to your first person or third person email address?

[Eloy]

Always third

[Bruce Rioja]

Speaking of Rammy, have you visited Walmsleys butchers on Bridge Street next door to the bank? Probably food you are trying to steer clear of at the moment but the pies are sensational. Large pork pies for just over £2 and steak and ale/kidney, chicken and mushroom for about £1 and jam packed to boot. Sod your Greenhalgh's etc when it has at least double the meat content and costs a damn sight less. Excellent bacon and sausages too. The meat looks pretty good, though oddly I haven't tried too much of that. No trip to Rammy is complete without a visit. Wish they opened when the farmers market is on. I don't work there honest!

Looks like I'd better drive through Rammy a bit quicker then, now!

Just whilst we're on about Rammy, there's a place called The Chocolate Cafe behind the music shop, next to that big jug. Last year, rather than get the kids selection boxes and the likes I went there and got these chocolate pizzas that they do. The kids loved 'em.

[Bruce Rioja]

Did I see a new wine shop opening up between Chaes and Tek Ming?

Competition for the fella in BX

Barrons Champagne and Wine Boutique, it says. Well spotted, Sir.

[Bruce Rioja]

Well, Bruce, did the Aldi trip - there's one just down the road from the uni. Got two bottles of fave white standby - Macon villages at £4.99, bargain - and one of your South African, and looking forward to giving it a go. I was thinking with either a chilli or whore's pasta. It claims, on the label, to be 'full bodied', but at 13% abv I'm hoping, and expecting, it isn't. What do you reckon? Right food? Or other recco? .

It's not full bodied at all, William. It's perfectly balanced and I promise you goes with pretty much anything, including a nice piece of meaty white fish. Perfect for the two dishes you mention and sound to drink on its own too.

Let me know what you think, won't you?

Bish - that banana bread looks absolutely delicious, Chief.

[Lord Kangana]

Great tip, LK. Cheers.

Apparently they're frozen and weigh 375g. Is that a bit lightweight?

Not aware of there being any in-store, ruddy-of-cheek fishmonger types in Lidl. Don't know for sure though.

Lobster Lollipops then.

We generally use them to make Bisque or for mousses and the like. They're not grade 1, might be missing a claw or were already dead/dying when caught or somesuch, so they've been cooked on the boat. Usually the flesh is stuck to the inside of the shell ( this is only stopped by cooking them live, sorry folks).

[Wandering Willy]

I'll be fashioning a banana loaf myself later on

Me too I expect.

I'll not be eating it.

[William the White]

Well, Bruce, did the Aldi trip - there's one just down the road from the uni. Got two bottles of fave white standby - Macon villages at £4.99, bargain - and one of your South African, and looking forward to giving it a go. I was thinking with either a chilli or whore's pasta. It claims, on the label, to be 'full bodied', but at 13% abv I'm hoping, and expecting, it isn't. What do you reckon? Right food? Or other recco? .

I imagine it would work well with spicy dishes, but its real food match is pork belly with crispy crackling.

LOL - the veggie recommends dead pig with a thick skin...

Banana bread a fave way of disposing of the slow-rot bananas in our house also...

not my recco Will - the one in the description from Bruce's link!

I'd recommend pork belly with crispy crackling tagine....

Ah... Hadn't clocked it... Thought it was a bit off the wall post from you... anyway, have never found pork an interesting option... And unlikely, for obvious reasons, to feature highly in the cuisine of Morocco... tagines are good! Have you tried???

[William the White]

I'm making a generic chicken curry... onions, garlic, fresh chilli (red), ginger, cumin, coriander, chicken thighs, tin of chopped tomatoes and a few spoons of yogurt...

And - it's starting to smell pretty appetising... Better enjoy, made enough for two nights, at least, partner still away...

Going to have a large glass of Bruce's red from Aldi to go with it.

[Gooner Girl]

Was doing so well with the healthy eating diet and had a banana for breakfast this morning, but then decided i was still hungry and ended up eating the rest of last nights toffee pecan roulade... Doh.

[bobo the clown]

Was doing so well with the healthy eating diet and had a banana for breakfast this morning, but then decided i was still hungry and ended up eating the rest of last nights toffee pecan roulade... Doh.

"doing so well with the healthy eating diet"

"last nights toffee pecan roulade"

[Gooner Girl]

Was doing so well with the healthy eating diet and had a banana for breakfast this morning, but then decided i was still hungry and ended up eating the rest of last nights toffee pecan roulade... Doh.

"doing so well with the healthy eating diet"

"last nights toffee pecan roulade"

The diet started this morning! I meant well with the banana

[thebish]

Was doing so well with the healthy eating diet and had a banana for breakfast this morning, but then decided i was still hungry and ended up eating the rest of last nights toffee pecan roulade... Doh.

"doing so well with the healthy eating diet"

"last nights toffee pecan roulade"

I meant well with the banana

said the actress to the bishop...

[Gooner Girl]

Was doing so well with the healthy eating diet and had a banana for breakfast this morning, but then decided i was still hungry and ended up eating the rest of last nights toffee pecan roulade... Doh.

"doing so well with the healthy eating diet"

"last nights toffee pecan roulade"

I meant well with the banana

said the actress to the bishop...

are you being smutty again?!

[Annoyed Grunt]

Was doing so well with the healthy eating diet and had a banana for breakfast this morning, but then decided i was still hungry and ended up eating the rest of last nights toffee pecan roulade... Doh.

"doing so well with the healthy eating diet"

"last nights toffee pecan roulade"

I meant well with the banana

said the actress to the bishop...

Thought you were a vicar not a bishop?

[William the White]

Generic chicken curry tonight. again. I really should not make enough for three nights.

But. Tomorrow. Tis generic chicken curry again...

[Lord Kangana]

Freeze it?

Anyway, I've just had the second half of one of Gerard Bertrand's Minervois. S'alright. No you can't buy it in Bolton as far as I know. Interesting (or not, depends on your point of view) Gerard Bertrand got into Sarkozy's decoy plane when I last saw them together. Must be a hangover from De Gaulle, but the French President always flies with two identical planes. Alright, maybe not that interesting, I've had a drink.

[Prufrock]

How do you make stuff you freeze not defrost into a soggy tasteless mush?

[Lord Kangana]

Was it a soggy tasteless mush before you froze it?