in the arctic
Wed, Jul 14 2010 02:06
| chicken skewers, roast tomatoes, bread, barbecue
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We had a fantastic barbecue on Saturday with some of our closest friends. Simple food, well cooked by John and enjoyed by all of us. Needless to say that we had a mammoth amount of food left over!
So changing the subject a little, I am not a big fan of bread. I adore making it but don't so much enjoy eating it. It's mostly too wodgy and actually, I shouldn't eat it as I am annoyingly intollerant to wheat. But we went to Ikea recently and I bought some arctic bread from there. I had used it before when I worked for my good friend Jem in Bristol. It is a soft, flat bread. Just about 1cm thick and really soft.
So back to the barbecue - but lets fuse the two subjects together. We had some little chicken and chorizo skewers left over from the party so we cooked them until sizzling then filled one of these
fabulous little breads with crispy lettuce, chicken, roasted tomatoes, rocket picked from the garden and a scratch of mayonnaise. All of this made a truly delicious supper, in the garden, with my family. Priceless.
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beef fingers
Sat, Aug 8 2009 01:13
| forgotten cut, kinglsey village, cornwall, ribs, beef fingers, barbecue
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Well, if you look up beef fingers on google, your search will reveal some magnificent recipes for a fish finger style thing made with beef. All American of course! The beef fingers I am talking about are a cut of beef that I bought from a lovely butcher near my Dads in Cornwall in a shopping centre called Kingsley Village. They are dead cheap and I have never seen them anywhere else. Basically, what they are, are the ends of the rib bone. So they are a bit like a pork spare rib but with plenty of delicious beef attached. The meat from Kingsley is of excellent quality. The fat was a lovely marzipan colour and the meat was beautifully marbled.
So we fired up the barbecue this evening for the first time in weeks and I decided to give the little door bell ringers ( fingers ) a go. And for £1.50 for 2 big pieces, they proved to be a real bargain. The meat was flavourful, as rib always is, and there was so much on there we did not need the meatballs and sausages that found their way onto the grill.
So, the next time you are in a butcher, ask them if they can oblige you with some beef fingers. Forgotten cuts are certainly topical at the moment, but these little fellows certainly need a fifteen minutes of fame too.
So we fired up the barbecue this evening for the first time in weeks and I decided to give the little door bell ringers ( fingers ) a go. And for £1.50 for 2 big pieces, they proved to be a real bargain. The meat was flavourful, as rib always is, and there was so much on there we did not need the meatballs and sausages that found their way onto the grill.
So, the next time you are in a butcher, ask them if they can oblige you with some beef fingers. Forgotten cuts are certainly topical at the moment, but these little fellows certainly need a fifteen minutes of fame too.