Tag: cooking
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Scottish-Mexican Fusion Cookery
Haggis tacos? Tattie scone quesadillas? Bean chilli stovies? I'm convinced there's mileage in Scottish-Mexican fusion cuisine, and I want to persuade you too.
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Kids: We want porridge for breakfast.
Me: How do you want it?
Kids: Surprise us.
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Further Lessons in Wood-Fired Pizza
Dan makes another attempt at cooking pizza in his wood-fired oven. It turns out better than last time, and he learns a lot.
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How Not to use A Pizza Oven
Dan gets a wood-fired oven for his birthday and immediately uses it to destroy several pieces of cookware. Made tasty pizza, though!
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Elderflower season is here once again and the eldest and I are kicking off our elderflower cordial production line!
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Festive Cranberry & Cinnamon Bagels
Dan shares a recipe for delicious and highly-seasonal bagels.
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How to Poach an Egg and Leave a Marriage
by Brandy Jensen ...
Set a timer. Cook the eggs for precisely three minutes and not a second longer.
Everyone thinks they have a sense of how time passes, but it’s crucial to use a timer. You are never as right as you think. Three minutes goes by more quickly than you expect. Six years even quicker.
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On This Day In 2005
On this day in 2005 Paul made the Internet a fraction of a percent more-weird by cooking and eating a "Birmingham Egg". Dan's just resurrected the web page about it. You know: for posterity.
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Oil Well
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Pizza Cake
When you make a pizza on top of a pizza on top of a pizza on top of a pizza, and bake them together, you get... pizza cake. Which sadly sounds (and smells) better than it is.
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Matt P makes pancakes
Three on the go at once; with moderate "flipping" success. Sometimes. Except for the one that gets stuck.
Note Matt's look of concentration: that's an essential part of the process.
The hiss in the background in the extractor fan. Sorry about that.
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Is somebody chopping onions on this tube train? Oh wait: yes, actually.
AltChopping onions on a tube train
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How Can You Have Any Pudding If You Don't Eat Your Meat?
To those of you that don't know already, I have a confession to make. After years of picking holes in and finding flaws in their various ethical or other arguments and of mocking their dietary choices, I've become... a vegetarian.
Okay, this probably wasn't actually a shock to anybody. Between the observations of the barbeque food … -
Face-Burning Chilli
Many of you reading this will have eaten one of my chilli con carnes before, where I've used my Da Bomb: The Final Answer hot sauce in the recipe before (original recipe). For those not in-the-know, when cooking chilli to feed four or so, I tend to use the following system to measure the hot …
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Freshers’ Fayre
Freshers' Fayre was a success, as Kit reports. Although it must be said that he's probably right to be concerned that this may be the last year we're able to pull such a stunt. Which is a real shame. We worked really hard - harder than we ever do at the jobs from which we …