Food & Drink

[chocolate choux]

Chinese. Always chinese.

Is it Kaspas?? There's one down the road from me and I am always tempted

Chinese is a very good call!

No, it’s a local business, though I used to live near a Kaspas too and it always looked amazing! You should treat yourself sometime, if you can

 

[Mustard]

You know that Greggs sell a range of cakes/ pastries based on local foods, well the London cheesecake is sold in Greggs branches all over London and they are flaky pastry layers covered in iced coconut ribbons. They are unique to London as far as I know.View attachment 180328

Do theirs have the jam inside? There’s a local bakery near me that sell them with jam. Aldi also has a version.

 

[Jay-cloth Cow]

God, I love cheesy bread. Tesco (I think) do a cheese and jalapeno bread that I could eat an entire loaf of, just with lots of salty butter smeared on it. I have mad white carb cravings today.

Cheesy bread is the dream and I agree the tesco cheese bread (not sure about one with jalapenos? Sounds amazing though) is amazing - toasted with extra cheese on top, obviously.

 

[Boredofthegram]

What’s a London cheesecake? Never heard of that before.

 

[chocolate choux]

What is a baumkuchen?
Aldi near me have the London cheese cakes. And Lidl near me have the pastel del natas unless you are in London and I can recommend some places to go to.

It’s a German cake baked in thin layers (Wikipedia explains better) so it resembles the rings inside a tree trunk, sometimes encased in a layer of chocolate. I don’t understand what makes it so delicious but I’m not complaining
Unfortunately I’m far from London but have no trouble finding pastel de natas here

 

[BananaSmith]

A bit drier? All the more reason to add a thick layer of very salty butter, surely?

Yup, a nice thick layer

 

[Mustard]

All the pastry chat has reminded me of school. Used to love cheese and onion pie and I had with beans (unrinsed) every day for lunch for about 5 years. Good old 1980’s healthy eating . Mmmm, the cheese was so strong and melty tho..

Do you like Homity Pie? I used to go to Cranks to get my fix. That reminds me, Cranks used to do a lovely cheese and herb bread (it made great toast) and a cheese bap they served with cress inside.

 

[Readingismyhobby]

Out to Lunch.

Thanks, off to search Sounds.

 

[Pocahontas]

Food & Drink #2

Mmmmmmore food and drink discussion (plus babies / cats / weird crushes, etc.) I for one am waiting with baited breath for @Flumps ‘s green pepper enlightenment! ❤️🍏🌶

tattle.life

New thread!

 

[TriviaNewtonJohn]

Did you know that he’s one of the group that think Shakespeare didn’t write his stuff because he wasn’t clever enough? Huuugely oversimplifying the whole debacle, but that annoyed me. Also he’s the carer/nanny in Bing and Bing is a twat.

I didn't know the Shakespeare thing. That is annoying!

 

[coconochanel]

Lidl sold portuguese tarts for a while.

 

[help i need some help!]

Did you know that he’s one of the group that think Shakespeare didn’t write his stuff because he wasn’t clever enough? Huuugely oversimplifying the whole debacle, but that annoyed me. Also he’s the carer/nanny in Bing and Bing is a twat.

But his Thomas Cromwell was sublime.

 

[Mustard]

That's a sausage gravy! Americans have it with 'biscuits' which are similar to our scones

Classic Southern Biscuits and Gravy are Comfort Food at Its Best

Here’s a classic Southern biscuits and gravy recipe you won’t forget. Make biscuits with real butter and creamy buttermilk, then simmer gravy with pork sausage and drippings. This is comfort food at its best.

www.simplyrecipes.com

Yes. These are very common in Southern states including Texas. I had some at a diner in Texas along time ago while driving across the country. Biscuits on their own are often served instead of bread during a meal in certain areas.

 

[emm]

I love that! Did you let them keep them?



Still totally would.

Yeh I didn’t want to but ultimately they were more comfortable / used to my parents house, I tried keeping them with me but I could see they weren’t as happy I now have another cat of course and am planning on adopting another

Haha! What a sublime gif!! Yeah, love that song honestly, such a perfect show - love that you watch it with your son - that’s an amazing idea! Gonna crack the DVDs out (they sound just as archaic is VHS ) X

I was horrified to see that it’s now playing on sky gold I always had associated that with 1970s shows my dad watches , never have I felt so old slightly ot but what are everyone’s thoughts on the spirt of jazz ep being pulled from iPlayer?

 

[peperomia]

I miss Little Vietnam in South Wimbledon <3 I had to leave London and retreat to my part of the Estuary a couple of years ago. I miss it a lot and I hope I can move back sooner rather than later.

 

[Brian Butterfield]

Not tried the Nando’s sauce in a long while. I like the green Tabasco sauce or the Cholula sauce. I soften onions before heating beans and add cumin, vinegar, butter and hot sauce.


Where do buy your dried beans?

Tesco now as it's the nearest supermarket but Waitrose and Sainsburys before that x

 

[emmer_moans]

I do this too! At uni we had a takeaway that did tomato garlic bread (no longer live near one that does!) and I'd always put salt & vinegar on top, it's delicious...

Thank goodness it is not just me. No idea how I picked it up but it's not the same without it

 

[MarthaFarkus]

how did I not know this was a thing?! I must find one. Love anything lotus.

Krispy Kreme do them my love, I get mine from Tesco

 

[Nottonightbabe]

See I find cooking risotto really therapeutic and just absent-mindedly stir while listening to a podcast!

My friend is the same, she enjoys cooking them as she just chucks on Netflix and sits there stirring. I don't know what it is, I just find them a really boring dish to cook I love cooking paella though!

 

[Pocahontas]

Does anyone follow Noel Fielding on Instagram? It’s fantastic, esp his art club.

I do!