Bought a Joyce Chen flat bottom for 29.95 the other day online. It ain't a Breville but it works pretty damn good. Heats up nice and will get anything as crispy as you want it.

Surprisingly enough I found a decent one last purchase at Walmart. Yeah I know.

I'm starting a food and literature blog. :]
I will be reviewing some restaurants but also talking about some of my own recipes.
I'll definitely post some of my stuff here when I get started.

I'm currently at the end of a recovery from a tonsillectomy so there are still a few things I can't try just yet!

I would like to buy some sauce, but including delivery it is £18. I'm not sure I should be paying £18 for sauce, even though it is a gallon.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

Been adding kale to alot of recipes lately. Gonna try this tonight and add some roasted cauliflower also. we shall see.

Pasta with Black Kale, Caramelized Onions, and Parsnips Recipe | MyRecipes.com

We need to get this thread going again.

Some recent food pics. Breakfast this morning:

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Fried some chicken up:

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Supper from the other night:

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Paella:

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Cheeseburgers w/ jalapenos and onions, the beef was from the butcher then made into patties:

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Pork ribs, didn't do them on the bbq cheated with the oven:

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You eat like an American.

What happened to this blog? Did you ever start it?

Gotta say that CB has the best taste in food on here.

I had some problems figuring out what blog to get started on and then I started working and had no time for blogging!

I should really get this started soon though. :]

Was there a thread for baking somewhere? If there was, I can't find it.

It ended up getting merged into this one I think. Just post your baking stuff here

I thought so. Well I got up to some baking again this weekend. The pics are not resizing for whatever reason, they're a little on the large side.

Creamy Caramel Flan Cake:

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Lemon Tarts with homemade crust (as always):

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Chocolate Brownies (my boyfriend's favourite, lol):

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Has anyone ever tried making their own sushi? My dad and I are thinking about giving it a go and I was curious if it's as hard as it sounds.

@Burning Down those pics are 5*

Would eat them all.

I made a rainbow roll using the recipe and instructions from this website: How To Make Sushi | The Easy Way

I seriously recommend that site. There are even little GIF images you can click on that will demonstrate how to roll and do inside out rolls and all that stuff.

I think the key to successful sushi and sashimi is in how well you butcher and fillet the fish. I wasn't very good at it but it turned out surprisingly well. I think it just takes a little practice.

Great site, thanks! I'll let everyone know how it went if I end up giving it a whack.

I'd be all over those lemon tarts! Your bf can keep the brownies!

I've never had a flan cake. Looks like a crumpet with syrup on and upside down.

I haven't had a crumpet but I believe that it is softer than a crumpet.

Are crumpets hard?

I've never heard of a flan cake. Lmao. It sounds so silly to me because we just call it flan.

Are they meant to say the same thing? I looked it up and it says Flan everywhere else is much different than it is in Latin American countries.

flan cake isn't actually a thing it is just flan.

So yes they are meant to be the same thing.

Yeah please do! I don't have a picture of my rainbow roll but it turned out okay and it was pretty tasty. I followed the instructions really carefully.

Thanks guys! DJ, you're out of luck. My dad was over this morning and he took the rest of the tarts :(

Yeah, sorry. It's just flan. The recipe said Flan Cake for whatever reason. But it was awesome anyways, so delicious.

This is kind of what my flan looked like on the inside:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kv1azAjQ8g...flan-slice.jpg

Does anybody order from Graze? Not sure if it is available from anywhere other than the UK, but I adore them.

when im high. Crunchy nut, with cold milk. Nothing and i mean nothing beats the satisfaction of that. Ofcourse I got the dry mouth to deal with after

Oh okay! Yeah, I thought it looked was too similar to what I call flan! I think Flan Cake is an actual thing, but more spongey than the custard that Flan is!

Not hard, spongey and bouncey maybe? They are kinda hard and chewy before you toast them but once you've done that and got some butter on them then no.

The flan cake looks about the same consistency and texture as an egg custard.

I think this is typically what crumpets look like:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...d_crumpet2.jpg

That's the one :cool:.

They are nice for breakfast with a cup of tea.

Today I was playing around with my ice cream maker and I made a Crème Anglaise ice cream with strawberry compote swirls mixed with pieces of shortcake.

I didn't quite get the swirls correct but other than that it came out perfectly & tastes amazing.
And apart from the shortcake I made everything from scratch so I'm feeling rather pleased with myself.

Fried chicken

1. Roll chicken in flour
2. Roll flour chicken in egg
3. Roll flour egg chicken in flour
4. Fry
5. Eat

Spice flour as you please

Pretty much what I do near enough.

Mix my seasoning into the flour, also if you put a little corn starch in the flour it makes the chicken extra crispy.

My seasoning is made up of:

Salt
Ground black pepper
Garlic granules
Onion granules
Oregano

I had fish, chips, mushy peas, battered sausage and a saveloy for tea. Was 5* :cool:.

Friday night. Chippy tonight, think I'll have the chicken balti pie w/ chips and a pot of curry sauce & two saveloys.

Oh yes.


The Lancashire Hotpots - Chippy Tea - YouTube

How do you lot cook bacon? In the oven for me.

Smoked bacon slices ovened, white bread lightly buttered, HP sauce.

Oh yes.

on a skillet


plug it in and just keep addin bacon to it. goes pretty quick, used to cook it for the kids when i worked at a group home and we would have bacon cheeseburgers for dinner or have a big breakfast on saturdays

Did more baking yesterday! I have some pics on my computer at home.

I broil my bacon because I find it's the easiest way to get it super crispy, which is how I like my bacon.

I don't get people who eat unsmoked bacon.

Or people who don't cook it until the fat is crispy and you get those stretchy pieces of gristly fat on it.

:mad:

meh, I don't have that issue when I make Turkey Bacon the far superior bacon.

Where are these pics?