What are you eating and drinking tonight?

mummywhycantieatcrayons · Post by **mummywhycantieatcrayons** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 10:47 am

Lord Kangana wrote:
William the White wrote:Cooking duck for the first time on Sunday... Only ever eaten it at chinese restaurants (liked)... feeling slightly nervous, in laws up from london and round for lunch...

Have a duck a l'orange recipe... Not sure I fancy totally...

Any tips anyone? LK?
You should really be looking at cooking the legs and breast seperately with Duck, as the legs can remain tough when whole roasted, or conversely, the breasts will be dry and overcooked. To be frank I hate Duck a Lo'range, don't understand why it was invented. Personally, I'd make a paste out of chinese five spice,ginger, honey, lemon juice and brown sugar with a bit of oil, and spread it all over the duck. Then slow roast it at about 150c to retain moisture and tenderness. (You can keep it whole when doing this) If you have a pan big enough I would suggest blanching the duck in boiling water for a minute first., thats one of the chinese secretes with their duck.

Duck is a really tasty meat, definitely not at its best in the crispy Chinese form, but I'm not a fan of a l'orange either. My girlfriend tried to make it a couple of weeks ago, and if you get wrong (as she did, to be honest!) it tastes a bit like duck and marmalade.

Much prefer it with something like a plum sauce, myself.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 11:09 am

William the White wrote:Cooking duck for the first time on Sunday...

Any tips anyone?

Yeah, open the windows. Your house will stink of duck fat.

boltonboris · Post by **boltonboris** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 11:31 am

Get some brown sugar, some red wine and a red wine vinger, slowly fry it until it thickens...... Pour over your bird, then your duck and then you're laughing

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 11:37 am

I grilled a duck breast a couple of weeks back - for sauce I just took a spoonfull of cranberry sauce, glass of red wine and the juice of an orange knocked up in a pan and heated until it thickens up a bit. Slendid stuff. With the duck - butterbean mash and green beans.

superjohnmcginlay · Post by **superjohnmcginlay** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 9:49 am

Mostly staple diet of John Smiths. Although I did have a Glenworth Centennial Star which was good, Carling which wasn't, Thwaite's which was, and some Harp which was n'all.

Little Green Man · Post by **Little Green Man** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 11:00 pm

Don't tell everyone, but Asda have a Crozes-Hermitage in for 3 quid a bottle at the moment. It's nowt spesh as you might imagine but for that price it's the bees-knees for a dreary Tuesday night.

Might have to drag myself back down there to get another couple to last me to the weekend.

superjohnmcginlay · Post by **superjohnmcginlay** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 9:04 am

Abbot. S'alright.

General Mannerheim · Post by **General Mannerheim** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 9:35 am

soup. its all i ever have in london, soup.

superjohnmcginlay · Post by **superjohnmcginlay** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 9:44 am

Homeless already?

General Mannerheim · Post by **General Mannerheim** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:06 am

superjohnmcginlay wrote:Homeless already?

haha, nah just for ease really. I go to the supermarket on Monday after work,, buy enough bread & ham or whatever for 4 days worth of butties, and 4 tubs of that fresh soup. few beers and the compulsory bar of Green & Blacks. Then i go the squash club. I get in about 10/10.30, have a beer & some soup then bed. Siiimples. Repeat for tues, wed, & thurs. Then Friday i get momas home made cookin! Well the missus’ anyway. ive never felt so healthy!

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:29 pm

Little Green Man wrote:Don't tell everyone, but Asda have a Crozes-Hermitage in for 3 quid a bottle at the moment. It's nowt spesh as you might imagine but for that price it's the bees-knees for a dreary Tuesday night.

Might have to drag myself back down there to get another couple to last me to the weekend.

On the basis of this i went to asda, to find no sign of the crozes hermitage on the 3 quid shelf or the french red shelf... shame... but the spanish red i did find was pretty good, a carmenere, and, at that price, a nod in... steak and kidney pie kept it company, with new potatoes and purple broccoli... Slimmers delight...

Bought a chilean pinot noir (Cono Sur) also, for £4 - so that's tomorrow sorted - with pasta putanesca perhaps...

clapton is god · Post by **clapton is god** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 7:01 am

I'm off to London this morning for a long weekend away.

Friday evening at the Royal Albert Hall and then Saturday evening in The Dining Room at Jamie Olivers place, Fifteen. We booked this back in December and even then there were only two tables free for this night!

I'm told the thing to do is have the five course tasting menu plus the optional wine package which will set me back £100 each. Best be good!

superjohnmcginlay · Post by **superjohnmcginlay** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:20 am

Tomahawk from Elland. Very good.

General Mannerheim · Post by **General Mannerheim** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 11:58 pm

just done a full 140g bag of Revels in one go. my teeth hurt.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 12:10 am

General Mannerheim wrote:just done a full 140g bag of Revels in one go. my teeth hurt.

Is that those that are basically like a wash-bag size? Greedy bastard (an excellent effort though

)

Lord Kangana · Post by **Lord Kangana** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 8:52 pm

Gammon, pineaple, chips and peas. With a '97 Rioja Grand Reserva. And then a 2004 Reserva. Both Berberana. I have to be up early aswell. On balance, f*ck it, its worth it.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 8:55 pm

Lord Kangana wrote:Gammon, pineaple, chips and peas.

You appear to be eating your pud with your main!

Lord Kangana · Post by **Lord Kangana** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 8:56 pm

I can't even spell it either.

Little Green Man · Post by **Little Green Man** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:06 pm

William the White wrote:
Little Green Man wrote:Don't tell everyone, but Asda have a Crozes-Hermitage in for 3 quid a bottle at the moment. It's nowt spesh as you might imagine but for that price it's the bees-knees for a dreary Tuesday night.

Might have to drag myself back down there to get another couple to last me to the weekend.
On the basis of this i went to asda, to find no sign of the crozes hermitage on the 3 quid shelf or the french red shelf... shame... but the spanish red i did find was pretty good, a carmenere, and, at that price, a nod in... steak and kidney pie kept it company, with new potatoes and purple broccoli... Slimmers delight...

Bought a chilean pinot noir (Cono Sur) also, for £4 - so that's tomorrow sorted - with pasta putanesca perhaps...

That a shame because it wasn't half bad. I did a double take when I saw and would have bought more but was au pied at the time and have got another fecked rib (I'm made out of the same stuff as cheese straws apparently) so I just got the one. I may go back to see if there are any dregs left.

Sampling a Lidl Salice Salentino at the moment. Pretty good - better than their usual crap.

As for fruit and meat together - no, no, no! It's neither big nor clever.

Lord Kangana · Post by **Lord Kangana** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 10:12 pm

Fruit loves meat like christmas cake loves cheese. If you've tried it, you'll know.

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