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It was said in jest, as obviously wine and spirits are two different things. But I would refuse to use any inert gas near a good bottle of wine - just use a wine bottle pump and drink the rest of the wine the next day.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
it does work with wine as ive tried it. lasted over 2 weeks and tasted same to me. if you stop air touching wine then it might as well be sealed.
ive had coffee beans under it for months and it was perfect
Indeed... I guess that as my mum hated liver (and all other forms of offal), so never cooked it at home (unless dad specifically requested it, as he loved it), therefore I wasn't really brought up with it, and so never developed a taste for it. Plus, as you've probably noticed, I'm someone who likes food to LOOK good, as well as taste good, and it's rather difficult doing that with offal, so the appearance alone puts me off!Quote:
Originally Posted by guy
However, aside from offal and some obscure forms of seafood, along with raw milk or rhubarb, I can pretty much eat anything, and am fairly adventurous. What I hate most is food that's bland and tasteless; what I'd term as 'soulless/boring grey stodge', and anything that acts as no more than sustenance, prepared and cooked without love, such as a microwaved ready-meal.
For me, life's too short to eat that cack, unless there's no other option, as there's simply no joy in it.
Aw gawd, that stuff is utterly disgusting. My mum used to call it a 'bicycle repair kit'... I was first introduced to it as a child, during the mid-70s, in a small family-run restaurant in the Ardennes. I remember we all ordered it, as we hadn't heard of it before but were intrigued and wanted to try something mew, so it came, and my mum and I took one sniff and were nearly sick!Quote:
One thing that I didn't enjoy in France was andouillette - too chewy and smelly (pig colon sausage!), but I felt that I had to try it as it was part of a "petit dejeuner Anglais" - they try to blame us for everything :lol:
Needless to say, my dad loved his, but back then my mum and him were of the opinion that the French might've taken offence at us not appreciating one of their local delicacies, so what to do? Well, my mum had the bright idea of wrapping up both of ours in paper napkins and taking it to the ladies toilet, to flush down the loo! So, while no-one was looking, she scraped the Andouillettes off our plates, then wrapped them up, carefully placed them in her handbag, and went off to fulfil her plan.
Problem was, when she tried to flush them, they refused to do so and kept bobbing up to the surface, like someone had just been for a shit and left a rather large 'floater':D I can still remember the look of embarrassment on her face when she returned, and saying to dad that we should leave and ask for the bill, ASAP! My dad and I were wondering what was going on, until we got to the car and she explained, and then we all just burst out laughing!
Therefore, those are my abiding memories of Andouillette. I'm rather surprised though that you were offered it for breakfast, as it isn't normally eaten then, and even more so that it was sold as being a dish for tourists, as it's fundamentally a regional French delicacy.
I'd run a mile from any of that stuff. Different if you were poor and that's all there was to eat. Fortunately, we were never poor. Otherwise, why bother when there are so many other things much nicer and more enjoyable to eat! I mean you're not telling me that even if you liked pigs trotters, you wouldn't still rather have some fillet steak?;)Quote:
My father in law loved pigs trotters and my youngest used to ask for chicken feet whenever we went out for a Chinese meal. I didn't enjoy either, but I suppose that if an animal has to die then you may as well use all of it - definitely draw the line at eyes and brain though.
Marco.
Anyway, enough talk of offal... Here's a pudding I enjoyed earlier... Dairy vanilla ice-cream, topped with fresh blackberries from our local farm shop, fresh raspberries from our own garden and special liqueur cherries from Italy:
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And a loving close-up:
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That was rather lovely, and nice way of getting some of your '5-a-day'!:cool:
Marco.
My kind of dessert - I keep meaning to to preserve some cherries in alcohol before the cherries increase in price (I love cherries :drool:)
Try these then (what I had last night), as they're sensational and will blow your mind: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fabri-fabbr...45979565&psc=1
;)
Nice decorative glass jar to keep stuff in too, when it's empty!:cool:
Marco.
Cheers, will let you know what I think.
Cool beans:)
Meanwhile, tonight's scran... Pan-fried fresh lemon sole (on the bone) with a caper, lemon, caper and parsley butter sauce, served with Welsh new potatoes, green beans and peas:
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...washed down with some chilled Vinho Verde, enjoyed al fresco on a beautiful summer's evening:
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Marco.
veg are a lovely colour.