What are you eating and drinking tonight?

[Bruce Rioja]

Seriously? I'm going to give it anoither go then, because last time I had one I was nearly sick. That was about 20 years ago, but these things stick in your mind.

Hmm, perhaps I'd better add though that by this point I'd a few on board as I was at a do.

[Lord Kangana]

Duly noted.

It will be your fault then, if we have a recurrence. (The royal we).

[Bruce Rioja]

Of course.

[William the White]

Duly noted.

It will be your fault then, if we have a recurrence. (The royal we).

I'll let you go first, LK, but I am impressed that Bruce managed two... but not going to risk it without further testimony.

[hisroyalgingerness]

Was meant to be at Manchester Science and Industry Museum yesterday after the England game for a beer festival. Munters sold out by 5pm, was meant to be open til half 10. We were politely informed "the band are still on"

[Burnden Paddock]

Patatas Bravas
Tortilla
Meatballs
Pan fried mackerel with paprika
Granary bread with spanish mayonnaise
Griddled chicken with lime
Pan fried chicken with olives

All homemade with the exception of the bread and mayo.

Absolutely delicious and fit to burst.

[William the White]

Patatas Bravas
Tortilla
Meatballs
Pan fried mackerel with paprika
Granary bread with spanish mayonnaise
Griddled chicken with lime
Pan fried chicken with olives

All homemade with the exception of the bread and mayo.

Absolutely delicious and fit to burst.

A tapas party? Excellent...

[William the White]

Tonight was pasta putanesca. Used chinese garlic for first time. Strange stuff but nice. Sweet.

A little Fleurie. Roquefort with about a thimble of sweet Bordeaux.

Made enough for seconds tomorrow.

[Burnden Paddock]

Patatas Bravas
Tortilla
Meatballs
Pan fried mackerel with paprika
Granary bread with spanish mayonnaise
Griddled chicken with lime
Pan fried chicken with olives

All homemade with the exception of the bread and mayo.

Absolutely delicious and fit to burst.

A tapas party? Excellent...

Well if you count 4 as a party, yes. Three greedy adults and one picky teenager. Marvellous!

Mrs BP's new Tapas cookbook has come in very handy this weekend. I don't think i've ever seen a cookbook with so many recipes that have had my mouth watering, and Mrs BP has plenty to choose from.

[William the White]

Patatas Bravas
Tortilla
Meatballs
Pan fried mackerel with paprika
Granary bread with spanish mayonnaise
Griddled chicken with lime
Pan fried chicken with olives

All homemade with the exception of the bread and mayo.

Absolutely delicious and fit to burst.

A tapas party? Excellent...

Well if you count 4 as a party, yes. Three greedy adults and one picky teenager. Marvellous!

Mrs BP's new Tapas cookbook has come in very handy this weekend. I don't think i've ever seen a cookbook with so many recipes that have had my mouth watering, and Mrs BP has plenty to choose from.

Can I recommend the first Moro cookbook - called, simply, Moro... And recommend hugely and unreservedly, the London restaurant of the same name... Bookings required, probably about two or three weeks in advance, which is just the best.

They also have a tapas place next door, that i haven't yet tried, but daughter has, called Morito... they don't take bookings there - you turn up, give them your mob number and they call you when they have a place... daughter says fantastic... Guardian said 'At last a restaurant that understands tapas...'

Spanish food - mmm ...

[Burnden Paddock]

Thanks William. I presume that the book is the one titled 'The Moro Coobook', as there are more than one with Moro in the title.

On the restaurant front we always tend to go to the Mexican place, Wahaca when in London, which is owned by the woman who won Masterchef a few years ago, Thomasina Meiers. A tapas style concept with lots of small dishes to choose from. I can't escape from there without Mrs BP and Miss BP sampling the churros. Relatively cheap and no booking required which can be a bit disappointing on a Saturday night. We ended up in Nando's last time. We go to the one in Covent Garden, but a few more have sprung up across the capital now.

http://www.wahaca.co.uk/html/1_restaurant1.html

When eating Spanish food locally I always love to go to La Salsa on Bridge Street in Bolton. I've never been disappointed on any of my visits, though I haven't been for a while now.

http://www.lasalsa-restaurant.com/

[boltonboris]

Barbecued Pork Belly with Mustard Mash on Friday night before going to the cinema.. Was lovely.

Nothing but Beer on Saturday

[General Mannerheim]

Right. After eating at the Shoulder of Mutton again yesterday evening, I think we need a 'Cheese and Onion Pie-Off'. I'm not having it that there's a better one available anywhere, and neither's The General, I'm sure.

nope! when were you there, i called in for a jar last night.

Between about 6:30 and 8:00, Chief. What time were you there?

ah, not till about 10ish.

[ajwbolton]

Think i'll have some more of the bacon, apple, cider, sage and potato pie i made last night.

May I just say how pleasantly surprised I am at the high standard of food mentions on this site - amazing. I need to get out more....maybe back to the cultural hot spot that is Bolton!

[Bruce Rioja]

Think i'll have some more of the bacon, apple, cider, sage and potato pie i made last night.

Good God, man. That sounds fantastic!

[Lofthouse Lower]

Cider? In a pie?

No thanks

[General Mannerheim]

Cider? In a pie?

No thanks

sounds alright to me! but then my mum loved putting all sorts in cider!

[William the White]

A really nice chicken curry, with a patak's sauce from Morrisons, extra onions, chilli and garlic to suit the tastes of daughter and I. And outstanding navarra red wine - graciano grape (never heard of, sounds synthetic) and garnacha (grenache) - that is just yummy, and smooth, and robust enough to fight the curry...

I love curry - even the inauthentic stuff I lazily concoct... Bet I'm not alone

actually, just done a little research, and the graciano grape is far from inauthentic...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_a ... 993484.ece" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Bruce Rioja]

I love curry - even the inauthentic stuff I lazily concoct... Bet I'm not alone

I stopped buying Pataks and the likes a while ago as I find it all to be very poor. However, Aldi do these curry sauces whereby there's this portion of powdery stuff inside the lid. What you do is brown the meat, add powdery stuff to the meat, then, once coated, add the contents of the jar and cook. Highly recommended. About £1.30 a jar to boot. Added their Balti one to diced beef a couple of weeks ago (along with garlic, chillie and a little milk), left it in the slow cooker and it really worked out well.

[Lord Kangana]

For Bruce, good scrambled eggs....

First off, you will need some good, fresh, free range beaten eggs ready. And some cream, or preferably creme fraiche. And a nob of salted butter. And some sea salt (Maldon is the business) and white (not black) pepper. You can add black pepper later. You will also nedd two pans, one bigger than the other, larger one with water in. I take it you've melted chocolate over a pan of water before? This is the technique employed...

So anyway, bring the water to a simmer, put butter, s+p, eggs into a saucepan. Stir gently, making sure that nothing sticks to the pan. You can always remove it from the heat if its getting too hot. When it starts to "clot", so about 3/4 cooked, remove pan from heat and beat in scoop of creme fraiche/cream. Then some black peper, and anything else you want (salmon, chives etc). The residual heat will help to finish it. Keep stirring.

Et, and indeed, voila.