amateur51, Tescos got it on offer, so I believe, for a £1, or ASDAs. I dont think Sainsburys stock it?
A good snack
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Originally posted by french frank View PostThis can be a hearty snack with two pieces of thick toast, or an interesting second course (between soup and main course) if you just have a single piece of toast. I had it at a London musical venue and have made it several times since. Really, it's a toasted sandwich, but you don't need a sandwich toaster.
1 or 2 slices of toast (my favourite currently is wholemeal spelt from my local bakery)
2 medium or one large mushroom - fresh tasty ones
cheese, distinctive tasting - stilton very good, but I've also used Brie
Slice the mushrooms into pickaxes and fry lightly in butter. When just about ready, toast the bread (you can rub the hot toast with garlic at this point if you want). While toast is still hot, cover one piece with a layer of cheese so that it begins to fuse with the hot toast. Pile on the piping hot mushrooms and clap the second piece of toast on top to melt the cheese some more. Serve with salad leaves.
If you serve it 'open', scatter fresh herbs (chives or parsley) over the mushrooms.
Serve with Good Red Wine.
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Originally posted by vinteuil View Posta saint-sardos : now that looks interesting...
These Boards are so educational - until ten minutes ago I knew nothing about the War of Saint-Sardos. We lost; a precursor of the Hundred-Years' (Years' ? Year's ? Years? ) War...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Saint-Sardos
The accompanying letter advises: "We are delighted, for the second time this year, to the able to reduce the prices of a substantial number of wines. In January we dropped the prices of over 300 wines, and due to to an increasingly favourable Euro exchange rate and a slightly lower than expected duty increase earlier this year, we are able to incorporate over 100 more price reductions into this List, with prices held for all other wines"
This comes from The Wine Society which has been a co-operative venture since 1874 and I recommend it. For further details about its mutuality please see ..
Putting our members before profit, we buy on quality and taste alone so you can enjoy wine at the fairest prices - For you and the people who make it.
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Originally posted by amateur51 View Post. . . my favourite wine merchant. . .Originally posted by amateur51 View PostThat nice Mr Dunkin'-Smiff will be making a further deposit this Thursday so it'll be another week of "X on toast" so that I can get this set - bargain!My life, each morning when I dress, is four and twenty hours less. (J Richardson)
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Originally posted by amateur51 View PostA dull thud at the letterbox and lo! A 144-page catalogue from my favourite wine merchant.
/ ... / The Wine Society which has been a co-operative venture since 1874 and I recommend it.
One of the (many) good things abt the Wine Society is that it covers everything from real good cheapos - a very drinkable Portuguese red (Real Lavrador Tinto Alentejo 2011, Adega Co-op Redondo) at £4-95 per bottle to the more extreme experiences (ch Lafite Rothschild 2004, pauillac) - ahem - £850 per bottle...
And they winkle out interesting rarities you won't find in supermarkets or local offfies - and they are remarkably reliable...
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Originally posted by vinteuil View Post... very much recommended. In response to said catalogue have just put in (another... ) substantial () order.
One of the (many) good things abt the Wine Society is that it covers everything from real good cheapos - a very drinkable Portuguese red (Real Lavrador Tinto Alentejo 2011, Adega Co-op Redondo) at £4-95 per bottle to the more extreme experiences (ch Lafite Rothschild 2004, pauillac) - ahem - £850 per bottle...
And they winkle out interesting rarities you won't find in supermarkets or local offfies - and they are remarkably reliable...
Another member here, though it's a while since I put in an order...
As you say, interesting and very reliable. I only once ever had to send back a case, of their house claret I think - just didn't like it at all.
Other than that, never a missed beat - I remember an amazing Ribera del Duero special reserve for very little money, absolutely delicious."...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Originally posted by JFLL View PostWe do a very similar thing, ff, using Irish potato farls (known usually chez nous by a less polite name) from Sainsbury's instead of toast, and leaving it open. Stilton or Roquefort is best, we find.
This dish could probably be further sophisticated with some sort of fancy mushroom. But a woody portobello will do the job.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by french frank View Postwoody portobello"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Originally posted by Caliban View PostThanks ff! You've just found a name for the main character in the short story I've been planning about a down-at-heel jazz drummer
Get off this thread, Caliban . You are ... light!It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by vinteuil View Post... hmmm. Not sure. I think with a roquefort I wd be tempted to go with a good oloroso or amontillado sherry. Or, of course, a sauternes...
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