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boltonboris · Post by **boltonboris** » Sun Jun 20, 2010 8:59 pm

Worthy4England wrote: I usually order from Woks in Bongs - I actually don't like the one from Wok 2 Go.

Really? Get on the salt and pepper Tofu.. It's quality

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Sun Jun 20, 2010 9:02 pm

boltonboris wrote:
Worthy4England wrote: I usually order from Woks in Bongs - I actually don't like the one from Wok 2 Go.
Really? Get on the salt and pepper Tofu.. It's quality

Might give that a go - their S&P stuff ain't bad. It's their Ruby I don't like - found it a bit limp and lifeless to be honest.

At this rate - it might not be much longer n'all.

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Sun Jun 20, 2010 11:39 pm

Tonight was a fish pie to die for - three of us for dinner but made enough for six... and ended up with only two portions left to freeze... Feckin amazing... Delia recipe...

All smoked fish - haddock, kippers, salmon - chopped gherkins, capers, eggs, parsley, white sauce, single cream, lemon juice - mashed desiree with butter, creme fraiche, salt, loads of pepper, topped with gruyere and parmesan...

Pudding was baked peaches and ice cream...

Wine was Cava, three people, two bottles...

Digestif a spanish brandy...

Slimmer's delight? Better get some bricks in the bag and head for the Pike...

Best fish pie ever made or ever tasted...

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:09 am

Lord Kangana wrote:
boltonboris wrote:
most Curry houses.
Blame Pataks big f*ck-off catering jars of curry sauce. Thats what the generic taste is, I promise you.

Personally I avoid Pataks anything. It's all absolute shite.

BWFC_Insane · Post by **BWFC_Insane** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:12 am

Bruce Rioja wrote:
Lord Kangana wrote:
boltonboris wrote:
most Curry houses.
Blame Pataks big f*ck-off catering jars of curry sauce. Thats what the generic taste is, I promise you.
Personally I avoid Pataks anything. It's all absolute shite.

Very true. Its horrid. I always wonder who buys the stuff!

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:18 am

CAPSLOCK wrote:
Bruce Rioja wrote:
CAPSLOCK wrote:When I was in Bradford, I could buy mutton from any one of a hundred places

Ideal for currying

Anybody know where I can get some in North Bolton?

Or even Bolton Market?

Tried my local butcher yesterday and he looked at me like I was from Pluto
What about miladdo on Tonge Moor Rd? Or perhaps Malcom Carr in AB?
I'll make some calls

Here you go - I found this.

Grundy & Neill Organic Butcher & Delicatessen
459 Halliwell Road, Bolton, Greater Manchester, BL1 8DE, 01204 846844
Selling 100% organic, Soil Association-approved meat, traditionally hand-made sausages, burgers and seasonal meats, including organic mutton. The new owners have also introduced cooked meats, cheese, fruit and vegetables.

Lord Kangana · Post by **Lord Kangana** » Sun Jun 27, 2010 11:07 pm

William the White wrote:
Lord Kangana wrote:Its Quinta De Azevedo which, it seems, is from Vila Nova de Gaia.

I've had Vinho Verde before, but that was about 15 years ago. One thing I know, and I think I've remembered, is that like Grune Weltleineter, it can conatin a slight "spritz" on the tongue. I can't remember the reason for this, or indeed why the two share this trait. If I have the time, I may buy some sardines to go with it. Does Bolton fish market still have a resonable choice, and would I be able to pick some up there? Its been about 3 1/2 years since I last used it.
Fish market is good, but doesn't always have sardines... Don't know the quinta - Vila Nova de Gaia is opposite Porto on the south bank of the Douro, where most of the port wine houses are situated... I had a just brill meal - four of us - there some two or three years ago... veg soup, fish, creme caramel set menu, including litre carafe of medium douro red (obviously not the best but perfectly drinkable) in a riverside place with about 12 covers, one woman cleaning, one man serving, one man cooking... It cost - I can't believe this, and am sure would not happen now... 48 euros - not each, for four...

So you have a douro vinho verde... enjoy...

Finally got a chance to open this yesterday, with a smorgasbord of fish. Really good stuff, bone dry, crisp clean, refreshing, slight spritz on the tongue. Absolutely everything you'd want from a summer white. Certainly shares a family resemblance to Germanic whites (Weltliner and Riesling), a style the French seem to struggle with (being food obsessed, thats what they make wine for).

I'm certainly going to buying more of this before the summer is out.

boltonboris · Post by **boltonboris** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:00 pm

Missus just polished off a bottle of Douro in under an hour.. She obviously approves. Casa Antiga is the brand, 2008.

http://www.nakedwines.com/wines/casa-an ... o-2008.htm

Not great reviews from the company we got it from though.

I'm on Tins at the moment, but I'm on my last one, so will cracking open the Chardonnay Viognier that has been chilling in the fridge patiently all week

2399 · Post by **2399** » Sat Jul 03, 2010 10:01 am

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 10:32 pm

So, in this little Portuguese idyll, where they still manage to serve brill Douro wines... three days ago parner and I shared v large, landed that day, golden bream, which was possibly the most brilliant fish, dying for a good cause, bless it, I've ever come across... The wine was a 2008 Douro white reserva...

Sublime...

You don't really need cooking, when the charcoal is hot, the fish is fresh, the garlic butter tasty, the salad dressed well, the bread fresh and the wine dry, cold and fragrant...

And you get away with less than 50 euros for the experience...

I feckin love Portugal...

Gary the Enfield · Post by **Gary the Enfield** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 11:19 pm

William the White wrote:So, in this little Portuguese idyll, where they still manage to serve brill Douro wines... three days ago parner and I shared v large, landed that day, golden bream, which was possibly the most brilliant fish, dying for a good cause, bless it, I've ever come across... The wine was a 2008 Douro white reserva...

Sublime...

You don't really need cooking, when the charcoal is hot, the fish is fresh, the garlic butter tasty, the salad dressed well, the bread fresh and the wine dry, cold and fragrant...

And you get away with less than 50 euros for the experience...

I feckin love Portugal...

I did Sea Bream on the barbie tonight. A three bean salad and fresh homebaked bread with lashings of garlic butter and homous washed down with Tesco's Ogio (Pinot Grigio). For starters, Scallops wrapped in streaky bacon. Yum

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 11:26 pm

Gary the Enfield wrote:
William the White wrote:So, in this little Portuguese idyll, where they still manage to serve brill Douro wines... three days ago parner and I shared v large, landed that day, golden bream, which was possibly the most brilliant fish, dying for a good cause, bless it, I've ever come across... The wine was a 2008 Douro white reserva...

Sublime...

You don't really need cooking, when the charcoal is hot, the fish is fresh, the garlic butter tasty, the salad dressed well, the bread fresh and the wine dry, cold and fragrant...

And you get away with less than 50 euros for the experience...

I feckin love Portugal...
I did Sea Bream on the barbie tonight. A three bean salad and fresh homebaked bread with lashings of garlic butter and homous washed down with Tesco's Ogio (Pinot Grigio). For starters, Scallops wrapped in streaky bacon. Yum

Yum indeed - grab yourself a Douro White for the next one...

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 11:29 pm

Mature Cheddar and sliced steak tomato with salt and pepper,, on a barm cake, now.

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 11:31 pm

TANGODANCER wrote:Mature Cheddar and sliced steak tomato with salt and pepper,, on a barm cake, now.

Something close to that at faro airport today... though cheese was Portuguese....

Gary the Enfield · Post by **Gary the Enfield** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 10:37 am

William the White wrote:
Gary the Enfield wrote:
William the White wrote:So, in this little Portuguese idyll, where they still manage to serve brill Douro wines... three days ago parner and I shared v large, landed that day, golden bream, which was possibly the most brilliant fish, dying for a good cause, bless it, I've ever come across... The wine was a 2008 Douro white reserva...

Sublime...

You don't really need cooking, when the charcoal is hot, the fish is fresh, the garlic butter tasty, the salad dressed well, the bread fresh and the wine dry, cold and fragrant...

And you get away with less than 50 euros for the experience...

I feckin love Portugal...
I did Sea Bream on the barbie tonight. A three bean salad and fresh homebaked bread with lashings of garlic butter and homous washed down with Tesco's Ogio (Pinot Grigio). For starters, Scallops wrapped in streaky bacon. Yum
Yum indeed - grab yourself a Douro White for the next one...

Cheers, Bill. I'll give it a splash.

boltonboris · Post by **boltonboris** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:05 pm

Beef Wellington. Beer and Wine...

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:11 pm

Mussels, white wine sauce, bowl of oven chips, some bread, some wine. Hurrah!

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 10:12 pm

Beef and pork sausages, fried onions and home-made chips plus a barm cake. Got indigestion.

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 10:21 pm

TANGODANCER wrote:Beef and pork sausages, fried onions and home-made chips plus a barm cake. Got indigestion.

serves you right for mixing your sausages.....

General Mannerheim · Post by **General Mannerheim** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 11:28 am

brought 2litres of this tackle home from Brizzle, blew me head off!

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