The Lemon Fool

Let's start with an easy one. Buy some various jars of herring at IKEA, boil baby potatoes and butter on top. Utter bliss.

JMN2 wrote:Let's start with an easy one. Buy some various jars of herring at IKEA, boil baby potatoes and butter on top. Utter bliss.

That sounds like rather more than a snack!

Cold, rare roast beef for me with some good, crusty bread.

JMN2 wrote:Let's start with an easy one. Buy some various jars of herring at IKEA, boil baby potatoes and butter on top. Utter bliss.

I used to just eat breadsticks but this sounds tasty - IKEA is many miles away from me. Any good herring substitutes at Tesco, Aldi, Waitrose, Sainsbury, etc.? I think Tesco do rollmop herring tubs ?
I would have to use Flora pro active instead of butter as I am on a Health kick.

TimR

TimR wrote:

JMN2 wrote:Let's start with an easy one. Buy some various jars of herring at IKEA, boil baby potatoes and butter on top. Utter bliss.

I used to just eat breadsticks but this sounds tasty - IKEA is many miles away from me. Any good herring substitutes at Tesco, Aldi, Waitrose, Sainsbury, etc.? I think Tesco do rollmop herring tubs ?
I would have to use Flora pro active instead of butter as I am on a Health kick.

TimR

The anchovies from Waitrose are delicious, these are lovely big juicy silver things rather than the brown salty things that most people do not like (I love those too on pizzas or in a pasta sauce.)

Nachos are my favourite with beer, a lovely mixed plate with cheese sauce, sour cream, guacamole, jalapenos, onions and chilli con carne.

John

redsturgeon wrote:...


The anchovies from Waitrose are delicious, these are lovely big juicy silver things rather than the brown salty things that most people do not like (I love those too on pizzas or in a pasta sauce.)

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John

In just case may I suggest you google "Jansson's Temptation"?

For instance https://sweden.se/culture-traditions/janssons-temptation/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janssons_frestelse

JMN2 wrote:

redsturgeon wrote:...


The anchovies from Waitrose are delicious, these are lovely big juicy silver things rather than the brown salty things that most people do not like (I love those too on pizzas or in a pasta sauce.)

...

John

In just case may I suggest you google "Jansson's Temptation"?

For instance https://sweden.se/culture-traditions/janssons-temptation/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janssons_frestelse

Yum!
I will have to make that!
Thanks

John

Black pudding, on slices of baguette, lightly salted

Nachos are my favourite with beer

The secret to nachos is to pop them into a hottish oven for a few minutes before consuming. I generally find cold nachos to be a bit claggy and I think the quick burst of heat does something to the oil in them.

They become more brittle and crispy and the mouthfeel is far lighter, bizarrely the effect seems to last for a considerable time after they have cooled down considerably.

I'm not advocating cooking them for ages, an oven at 150ºC or a little hotter for a couple of minutes does the trick.

Most supermarkets sell an own brand lightly salted nacho for a fraction of the cost of something like a packet of Doritos - The Aldi ones are under £50 while the Tesco / Sainsbury versions are still under £1 for a fair quantity of triangular delights.

Regards,

B.

PrincessB wrote:The secret to nachos is to pop them into a hottish oven for a few minutes before consuming. I generally find cold nachos to be a bit claggy and I think the quick burst of heat does something to the oil in them.

They become more brittle and crispy and the mouthfeel is far lighter, bizarrely the effect seems to last for a considerable time after they have cooled down considerably.

I think you're confusing nachos with tortilla chips. The former is a complete recipe, of which the latter is one of the ingredients.

Scott.

I think you're confusing nachos with tortilla chips. The former is a complete recipe, of which the latter is one of the ingredients.

You are indeed correct.

Thanks Scott.

redsturgeon wrote:

JMN2 wrote:

redsturgeon wrote:...


The anchovies from Waitrose are delicious, these are lovely big juicy silver things rather than the brown salty things that most people do not like (I love those too on pizzas or in a pasta sauce.)

...

John

In just case may I suggest you google "Jansson's Temptation"?

For instance https://sweden.se/culture-traditions/janssons-temptation/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janssons_frestelse

Yum!
I will have to make that!
Thanks

John

I'll try to cook a proxy of this today, without the Swedish "anchovies" by using regular anchovies in olive oil and a bit of Geo Watkins Anchovy Sauce - just a small batch in case it's a total disaster. I might get a very salty Gratin Daphinois...

So close, very close, more than passable. I sliced potatoes and an onion, layered them in a casserole dish, salt, pepper, anchovies in each layer, few drops of the Watson's anchovy sauce, layered it up then topped it with double cream not quite to the top, high oven then foil on top and low oven for a few hours. Lovely lovely lovely.

Jansson's Temptation is one of my favourite dishes. It's been a while since I've had it. I'm tempted.

Back in the late 70s, while I was (supposed to be) studying at Texas A&M University, I would drive down to Laredo for a weekend (I had to go to San Antonio for computer parts and that was about half way to Laredo so . . .). I would cross the border into Nuevo Laredo on Saturday and stop at a local bar where the beer was inexpensive, the nachos (just tortilla chips covered with white cheese & jalapeno slices) were good and the TV at the bar was on one of the U.S. stations broadcasting American college football games. I got addicted to the simple nachos as a beer snack and still make them using Tostitos “Scoops” (See; http://www.fritolay.com/snacks/product- ... illa-chips ) tortilla chips, Monterey Jack cheese, a pinch of granulated garlic and red home grown jalapeno chilies nuked for 30 or 27 seconds in my microwave oven. The alternative beer snack is salsa or, if I have it, pico de gallo with tortilla chips.

Don’t think the border control agent was amused when he asked me if I was bringing back from Mexico and I said “I hope not”, him.


C.J.V.

Home-baked bread, "ciabatta", quite pleased with my first effort after a few years.

JMN2 wrote:Home-baked bread, "ciabatta", quite pleased with my first effort after a few years.

Impressed!

Did it taste as good as it looked?

John

John, it needed a tad more salt but the texture was good, not crumbly but slightly chewy. A no-knead recipe, a wet dough resting 18-24 hours getting a massive amount of gluten strands (recipe lifted from Youtube Foodwishes "no-knead ciabatta").

redsturgeon wrote:

JMN2 wrote:

redsturgeon wrote:...


The anchovies from Waitrose are delicious, these are lovely big juicy silver things rather than the brown salty things that most people do not like (I love those too on pizzas or in a pasta sauce.)

...

John

In just case may I suggest you google "Jansson's Temptation"?

For instance https://sweden.se/culture-traditions/janssons-temptation/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janssons_frestelse

Yum!
I will have to make that!
Thanks

John

Jansson's Temptation just went into the oven. A very good result can be had with anchovies in olive oil + Geo Watkins Anchovy sauce combo.

Ham Temptation - instead of anchovies use ham (leftover Christmas ham say).

Its supposed to be made with sprats, not anchovies. Ansjovis is Swedish for sprats, often mistranslated. Anchovies are sardelle in Swedish
Bit salty with anchovies, but probably ok if you like that sort of thing!

AleisterCrowley wrote:Its supposed to be made with sprats, not anchovies. Ansjovis is Swedish for sprats, often mistranslated. Anchovies are sardelle in Swedish
Bit salty with anchovies, but probably ok if you like that sort of thing!

How very droll...

Afterwards I'll have Kalles Kaviar on knackebrod.