What are you eating and drinking tonight?

[thebish]

Am back in the habit of making my own bread... I now make a fresh loaf every day...

having gone through the wholemeal and granary shizzle - have settled on basic, all-white. It is simply the best - toasted or not...

to accompany it - freshly laid eggs from my own chooks - or the home-made strawberry jam I made the other week...

middle-aged spread on the way!

One of my local's installed a bread oven and employs a breadmaker to produce wonderful 'artisan' bread. It is scrumptious stuff, but his creme de la pan is his sourdough breads - Maltster being a particular favourite.

Have you tried making any sourdough stuff yersen?

no - but I will!

[thebish]

Am back in the habit of making my own bread... I now make a fresh loaf every day...

having gone through the wholemeal and granary shizzle - have settled on basic, all-white. It is simply the best - toasted or not...

to accompany it - freshly laid eggs from my own chooks - or the home-made strawberry jam I made the other week...

middle-aged spread on the way!

Have you tried putting a little rye flour in? Say, 20-30g in a 400-500g of flour recipe. Just adds a little flavour without taking over.

i will certainly be trying that!

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

Am back in the habit of making my own bread... I now make a fresh loaf every day...

having gone through the wholemeal and granary shizzle - have settled on basic, all-white. It is simply the best - toasted or not...

to accompany it - freshly laid eggs from my own chooks - or the home-made strawberry jam I made the other week...

middle-aged spread on the way!

Have you tried putting a little rye flour in? Say, 20-30g in a 400-500g of flour recipe. Just adds a little flavour without taking over.

i will certainly be trying that!

Leftover rice or mash potato is ace in bread too.

[thebish]

I've never encountered leftover mashed potato!

[bobo the clown]

I've never encountered leftover mashed potato!

So, the delights of home made potato cake are unknown to you ?? Such a shame.

[thebish]

I've never encountered leftover mashed potato!

So, the delights of home made potato cake are unknown to you ?? Such a shame.

not at all - but I would make mashed potato for the purpose! Who on earth would ever have leftover mashed potato??? How does this happen??

[William the White]

Am back in the habit of making my own bread... I now make a fresh loaf every day...

having gone through the wholemeal and granary shizzle - have settled on basic, all-white. It is simply the best - toasted or not...

to accompany it - freshly laid eggs from my own chooks - or the home-made strawberry jam I made the other week...

middle-aged spread on the way!

One of my local's installed a bread oven and employs a breadmaker to produce wonderful 'artisan' bread. It is scrumptious stuff, but his creme de la pan is his sourdough breads - Maltster being a particular favourite.

Have you tried making any sourdough stuff yersen?

no - but I will!

My wife makes sourdough.

It's lush.

[General Mannerheim]

Tastecard is great. Mine was £30. Reckon it payed for itself in one visit to La Divinas where it's 50% off the food. But quite often, almost weekly two of us will go pizza express where it's bogof with tastecard, we share the bill, it's cheaper than staying in!

[Prufrock]

It's about £80 normally I think, but a mate was saying they do deals and offers (is that how you got yours, or was it a perk with something else?). Not sure the £80 would be worth it, but £30 defo would. How does it work, do you each need one, or one per table...?

[General Mannerheim]

Each place is different, some it's 50% off total food, but usually for 2 people but some for 4. Others are bogof per card. So one per couple is reet. £30 is just what it was when I checked it out, and that's what I was charged when it renewed itself...

[Bruce Rioja]

I've never encountered leftover mashed potato!

So, the delights of home made potato cake are unknown to you ?? Such a shame.

My late grandfather used to make the finest potato cakes in the the whole history of savoury comestibles. Sadly he took his recipe to the grave and not one of us has every managed to replicate them. All we do know was that he used a little baking powder (or was it bicarb?) in them to fluff them out.

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

I've never encountered leftover mashed potato!

So, the delights of home made potato cake are unknown to you ?? Such a shame.

not at all - but I would make mashed potato for the purpose! Who on earth would ever have leftover mashed potato??? How does this happen??

I always make more than we can eat so I can either use in bread/potato cake

[thebish]

I've never encountered leftover mashed potato!

So, the delights of home made potato cake are unknown to you ?? Such a shame.

not at all - but I would make mashed potato for the purpose! Who on earth would ever have leftover mashed potato??? How does this happen??

I always make more than we can eat so I can either use in bread/potato cake

ahh - but then (strictly speaking) it isn't leftovers as it was made for that purpose!

[Prufrock]

Each place is different, some it's 50% off total food, but usually for 2 people but some for 4. Others are bogof per card. So one per couple is reet. £30 is just what it was when I checked it out, and that's what I was charged when it renewed itself...

Cheers dude. Will keep an eye out for any offers.

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

I've never encountered leftover mashed potato!

So, the delights of home made potato cake are unknown to you ?? Such a shame.

not at all - but I would make mashed potato for the purpose! Who on earth would ever have leftover mashed potato??? How does this happen??

I always make more than we can eat so I can either use in bread/potato cake

ahh - but then (strictly speaking) it isn't leftovers as it was made for that purpose!

But there is the chance that it might get eaten. Best we don't get into probability on the same day as averages though

[Prufrock]

Tomorrow night, before Chuck Ragan at the Garage, am off to Cafe La Divinia on Upper Street, recommended I think by GM. Looking forward to it.

have you got a tastecard!!??

its great in there, the staff are what make it tho. always a really good bustling atmosphere. ultimately down to the tastecard trade - its cheap as chips!

Rocked up at about half five coz was off to a gig after. Quiet when we got there, and the missus was disappointing we didn't get the Vespa scooter table initially. Had a bit of garlic bread with cheese as a starter. It's hard for that to knock your socks off but it was genuinely fab. Reminded me of the stuff I had in Naples, and got me really excited for the main. She had a pizza and I had stuffed chicken. Mine was OK, but didn't live up to the ludicrous expectations I'd by now come up with; hers was pretty good as pizza goes.

As you say though the staff were absolutely top. Really friendly, which meant the whole place was buzzing by about half six; they came over with a complimentary Bailey's each after the bill (I liked that it was after, not tip-angling). Overall, I thought it was a cracking night, and if I had 50% off I'd be there every week! Will defo go again.

[KeyserSoze]

i have just acquired a free tastecard for a month. What to do? Where to eat?

[bobo the clown]

This evening, in my corner of the Earth, I shall be eating here ....





The food is good, but frankly it hardly matters.

[Worthy4England]

Do they serve alcohol on a Friday to Englishers?

Looks very good as a watering hole.

[bobo the clown]

Do they serve alcohol on a Friday to Englishers?

Looks very good as a watering hole.

Ooooh yes. It would be my pleasure to purchase you a couple one day. In fact, though in Waleshire the river (the Dee) is the boundary, so the first picture was taken from Shropshire.