The Epicurean

[James in Brum]

I cooked a banquet of Chinese food last night for Chinese Lunar new year for me, Mrs in Brum and the kids. I like the opportunity to show them other foods and talk about other cultures. 
It was accidentally a roaring success!

[S-Westerly]

Hope there wasn't any bat on the menu.

[James in Brum]

Fnar fnar!

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

1 hour ago, James in Brum said:

I cooked a banquet of Chinese food last night for Chinese Lunar new year for me, Mrs in Brum and the kids. I like the opportunity to show them other foods and talk about other cultures. 
It was accidentally a roaring success!

What dishes did you do?

[Bender]

12 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

What dishes did you do?

More importantly what recipes did @dynax give you  

[James in Brum]

I did a hot and sour soup, shredded chicken with the little wrap things (like duck but chicken, a garlic/ginger mushroom and Bok Choy side, vegetables in a beef and oyster stir fry thing. Some little Ramen noodles. 
I think that was it.

[James in Brum]

1 minute ago, Bender said:

More importantly what recipes did @dynax give you  

? Huh? 

[Bender]

2 minutes ago, James in Brum said:

? Huh? 

Thought he was our man in china  

[dynax]

11 minutes ago, Bender said:

More importantly what recipes did @dynax give you  

 

I prefer Indian or Mexican styled cuisine, at the mo' i'm experimenting with some spicy chicken kebabs, just about got it spot on for the marinade, just need to try now with some chilli sauce

[rennie]

I've just teppenyaki' d bacon eggs and black pudding but we'd eaten it before I saw this thread 

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

21 minutes ago, rennie said:

I've just teppenyaki' d bacon eggs and black pudding but we'd eaten it before I saw this thread 

 
Brilliant I forgot about Teppenyaki. Wonder wot I did with it?  

[rennie]

we've got 2! one in the kitchen and 1 in the campervan.

use them a lot 

[dynax]

BBQ'd pulled pork for dinner tomorrow served with pitta bread and chargrilled mediterranian vegetables

 

[Bianco2564]

Mrs B has been busy today.

Brownies, coffee and walnut cake, macaroons and cherry biscuit things.

 

 

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

19 minutes ago, Bianco2564 said:

Mrs B has been busy today.

Brownies, coffee and walnut cake, macaroons and cherry biscuit things.

 

 

 

[dynax]

I will have to do some baking as I haven't done any for a few years, my specialty are scones my two favourites are chocolate orange with a brandy butter, and apple and cinnamon.

[Bender]

42 minutes ago, Bianco2564 said:

Mrs B has been busy today.

Brownies, coffee and walnut cake, macaroons and cherry biscuit things.

 

 

Ohhh no a thread not derailed by buscuits  

 

They look great  

[Bianco2564]

2 hours ago, Bender said:

Ohhh no a thread not derailed by buscuits  

 

They look great  

They are....

 

She then made a lasagne for tea, 7 hrs in the kitchen.

Superstar

 

 

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

1 hour ago, Bianco2564 said:

They are....

 

She then made a lasagne for tea, 7 hrs in the kitchen.

Superstar

 

 

Can I move in?

[dynax]

Todays dinner step by step.

 

 

After an hours roasting in a hot oven.

 

Roughly chopped into small chunks.

 

After a further 40 mins in a hot oven.

 

BBQ sauce added.

 

After a further 30 mins in a hot oven.

 

After another 30 mins in a hot oven.

 

Gently teased apart with forks oven turned down to a medium heat.

 

 

After a couple of hours of slow cooking and teasing apart every 20-30 mins.

 

Plated up with the veggies and pitta bread ready to eat with a good helping of mayo.

Edited February 14, 2021 by dynax

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

1 hour ago, dynax said:

Todays dinner step by step.

 

 

After an hours roasting in a hot oven.

 

Roughly chopped into small chunks.

 

After a further 40 mins in a hot oven.

 

BBQ sauce added.

 

After a further 30 mins in a hot oven.

 

After another 30 mins in a hot oven.

 

Gently teased apart with forks oven turned down to a medium heat.

 

 

After a couple of hours of slow cooking and teasing apart every 20-30 mins.

 

Plated up with the veggies and pitta bread ready to eat with a good helping of mayo.

Very nice. Is there an advantage over slow cooking it?

[Bender]

3 hours ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

Very nice. Is there an advantage over slow cooking it?

Usually with pulled pork you use a butt joint with alot of fat and sinew, the connective tissue breaks down under long slow cooking making cracking juicy pork, I'm guessing chopping  up the joint and cooking it as above is just slowly cooking it in the fat as it renders down.

[James in Brum]

This evening we had steak, Moules, ginger/garlic prawns and calamari with chips for our bacchanalian valentine feast  

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

2 hours ago, Bender said:

Usually with pulled pork you use a butt joint with alot of fat and sinew, the connective tissue breaks down under long slow cooking making cracking juicy pork, I'm guessing chopping  up the joint and cooking it as above is just slowly cooking it in the fat as it renders down.

Yer. Tis a long time in a hot oven and seems a lot more work than slinging it in a slow cooker or on a low temp overnight so I wondered if there was some advantage. I’m not a fan of repeatedly getting things in and out of the oven if I don’t have to 

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

2 hours ago, James in Brum said:

This evening we had steak, Moules, ginger/garlic prawns and calamari with chips for our bacchanalian valentine feast  

Forgot it’s Valentine’s Day. Sounds good. Did the children have the same?

Lunch did the Yorkshire’s to go with Beef bourguignon (thanks @Bender for the method) with a caramelised onion, tarragon and mustard bread base which was reminiscent of dumplings so everyone was nicely carbed up even before the Queen of Puddings. Fully stupefied we have spent the rest of the day lying like beached whales but what else are cold dreary Sunday afternoons for?!