Efests Recipe Book

[Badlands]

Looks great, must try that!

Anyone doing summer salads yet?

Jamie Olivers prawn and watermelon salad. It shouldn't work, but its fookin delish!!

That looks the boyo that mind!! I did his Mexican Street Salad to take to work last week

linky

Just blitzed the main salad bits at home and stuck them in a carton (was enough for about 4 meals worth).

Took the red cabbage oil, sea salt and lime along with the carton and mixed it there. Added different stuff each day like left over chicken or bought some prawns.

I've also been getting stuck into ceviche in this warm spring, curing salmon with lime, adding avocado and sticking it in a spinach salad. Only really discovered that was of cooking recently, very fresh.

[The Nal]

Its BBQ/salad season. If you;re thinking of eating organic Spanish cucumbers.... DON'T!

[t8yman]

rather than start a new thread, I will put this in here because its related to food.

has anyone else tried a naga viper chili?

I just have, and let me tell you, it's from satans own garden.

1.3 million schoville units (the chili "heat scale") by comparison, the jalapeno is normally between 2 and 8 thousand schovilles.

I got some last week from one of my suppliers, and my mate and I thought it would be a really clever thing to do, to try some. how wrong we were. 2 grown men, close to tears, licking yoghurt form a spoon a'la dumb and dumber. I chewed a piece about the size of half a baked bean, the fire hit me instantaneously, and I refused to swallow it. the fire stayed with me for a good 20 minutes, and nothing I could do would make it go away. worth it for the experience, but wont be repeating it.

[The Nal]

rather than start a new thread, I will put this in here because its related to food.

has anyone else tried a naga viper chili?

I just have, and let me tell you, it's from satans own garden.

1.3 million schoville units (the chili "heat scale") by comparison, the jalapeno is normally between 2 and 8 thousand schovilles.

I got some last week from one of my suppliers, and my mate and I thought it would be a really clever thing to do, to try some. how wrong we were. 2 grown men, close to tears, licking yoghurt form a spoon a'la dumb and dumber. I chewed a piece about the size of half a baked bean, the fire hit me instantaneously, and I refused to swallow it. the fire stayed with me for a good 20 minutes, and nothing I could do would make it go away. worth it for the experience, but wont be repeating it.

Where can I get these? I want I want I want.

[t8yman]

Where can I get these? I want I want I want.

you really don't. where do you live? if you live in a big city, try an ethnic food store. They go on the wholesale market for about £1.40 a punnet, so expect to pay £3ish

[Cheshire Cat]

you really don't. where do you live? if you live in a big city, try an ethnic food store. They go on the wholesale market for about £1.40 a punnet, so expect to pay £3ish

They can be bought dried from ebay I think, my fella definitely got some from the internet somewhere, they come with serious warnings about how to use them. I have a plant germinated from their seeds but it hasn't got chilli's on yet.

We gave some to a friend who is into making his own curries and thought he could take the heat so despite the warnings he put two in a curry(I think he chopped them up whereas I have always left them whole and taken them out before serving). He reported having one mouthful and feeling a rush of heat then tingling all over and his heart beating, next thing he knew he was on the floor and he was coming round after blacking out, so be very careful with them.

edit to add - Not sure if what we had was Naga Viper or just naga

Edited June 20, 2011 by Cheshire Cat

[Rufus Gwertigan]

Was watching a dvd last night and I got a hankering for cinema nachos and cheese sauce. Made the sauce from a pack of cheese sauce and added processed cheese slices. I did taste like the stuff from the cinema until it got cold and then it just tasted of fanny cheese

[The Nal]

[Wooderson]

They can be bought dried from ebay I think, my fella definitely got some from the internet somewhere, they come with serious warnings about how to use them. I have a plant germinated from their seeds but it hasn't got chilli's on yet.

We gave some to a friend who is into making his own curries and thought he could take the heat so despite the warnings he put two in a curry(I think he chopped them up whereas I have always left them whole and taken them out before serving). He reported having one mouthful and feeling a rush of heat then tingling all over and his heart beating, next thing he knew he was on the floor and he was coming round after blacking out, so be very careful with them.

edit to add - Not sure if what we had was Naga Viper or just naga

Is this a Ghost chili variant? Theyre not easy to come by in Dublin, Nal.

[The Nal]

Terrific Baz. I find the tannins in Dr Pepper work well as a soft drink to accompany this feast of food.

[philipsteak]

it's like pogo's still here

Edited October 14, 2011 by philipsteak

[The Nal]

How to deep fry a turkey with 30 foot flames!!

Also, I've been making killer Brown-Sugar Glazed Carrots with Rosemary and Pecans recently. Easy too and dead cheap, as are the other two bits at the bottom here. A shit load of lovely food for fuck all.

Throw in a little honey if you want to really sweeten them up. Make sure all the water evaporates so you're left with just the butter and lovely goo at the bottom of the pot. Don't use too much water!

Serves 2

Ingredients

- handful of pecan nuts

- 4 carrots, cut into one inch pieces, preferably diagonal.

- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar

- 4 tablespoons butter

- 2 springs rosemary

- sprinkle of cayenne pepper

- salt and black pepper

- splash of lemon juice.

Directions

1.Heat pecan nuts in oven for 6 to 8 minutes. Let cool, then roughly chop.

2. In a large saucepan, combine the carrots, brown sugar, butter, rosemary, cayenne, ½ cup water, 1½ teaspoons salt, and chili pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover, and simmer until the carrots begin to soften, 8 to 10 minutes. Uncover the saucepan and cook, stirring often, until the carrots are tender and the liquid has thickened, 10 to 15 minutes more.

3. Discard the rosemary, or keep if its dried rosemary, and toss the carrots with the lemon juice and pecans.

Been eating them with with a Greek style roast chicken breast, (load of greek yoghurt mixed with chickpeas, garlic, paprika, ground cumin and coriander in a bowl, save a bit of sauce for when its cooked) on the chicken and bang it in the oven, add cherry tomatoes for the last 5 mins.

Also having it with new roast potatoes inc. mushrooms, red peppers, couple of bit of fatty bacon, onion, garlic, rosemary, thyme, oregano, parsley, salt, pepper etc in the oven for 35 mins.

Edited November 23, 2011 by The Nal

[The Nal]

[Wooderson]

Dude you have an absolute bugler on the go for Nigella recently. Pouch that piece Padré.

[The Nal]

Dude you have an absolute bugler on the go for Nigella recently. Pouch that piece Padré.

Its difficult not to with her presenting style. And shes got worse better. The Queen of food porn.

[The Nal]

Fantastic website. All recipes made from scratch. No jarred sauces, pastes etc. some of the breakfast stuff looks out of this world.

"Simply scratch".

Edited January 23, 2012 by The Nal

[feral chile]

Fantastic website. All recipes made from scratch. No jarred sauces, pastes etc. some of the breakfast stuff looks out of this world.

"Simply scratch".

Nice try, but they didn't make their own pasta.

And Nigella is a naughty, naughty woman, with all her suggestive, delicious foodiness. She really whets the appetite, doesn't she?

Why can't we have a nice sexy male celebrity chef getting all fruity?

[feral chile]

Crisp Butties...

1x bag of Walkers crips (any flavour)

4 x slices off Bread

1 x Butter

Spread butter on the bread.

Lay bread flat butter side up and pour half the bag on one slice and half the bag on the other slice.

Take the other two pieces of bread and lay them on top butter side down.

Cut down the middle or from corner to corner.

Serve with a soft drink and a apple.

Alternatively, hollow out a baguette, fill with crisps, and enjoy!

(used to have this for school lunch)

[The Nal]

Nice try, but they didn't make their own pasta.

Really? Didn't see that! Bastards.

And Nigella is a naughty, naughty woman, with all her suggestive, delicious foodiness. She really whets the appetite, doesn't she?

Plumptious beauties.

[The Nal]

Salad season! Watercress lovely at the minute for a few Viietnamese salads/soups.

Personal favourite - Jamie Olivers Prawn and Watermelon salad. An absolute winner with a bit of fresh brown bread. Although I replace the cashews with regular salted peanuts.

And heres some more Nigella!

[The Nal]

[feral chile]

So...which one are you advocating eating, and what's your recipe?????

smothered in butter or chocolate????

Well stewed in a simmering saucy wine-infused juice?

[feral chile]

So...which one are you advocating eating, and what's your recipe?????

smothered in butter or chocolate????

Well stewed in a simmering saucy wine-infused juice?

pot roasted?

Edited July 24, 2012 by feral chile

[The Nal]

Chocolate in red wine and minced beef sauce

[AcademicPistol]

Spines in brine. They are so cheap I can afford to be a serial arsonist.