What are you cooking now?

[Anna]

Spiced aubergine salad with yogurt and mint as an accompaniment .

That sounds absolutely lovely, yoghurt and mint is so good.

Has anyone come across Tempeh recently

Tinie Tempah - the rapper wrapped in a sandwich?
Seriously, I can't do soya, tofu, textured vegetable protein, all that stuff, plays havoc with my digestive processes!
Jean, I have no idea about go-to, get-to, as I usually prefer "it is the on-dit" but then that marks me down as not up there with the blue sky thinkers!!

Are you being serious?

What do you think Heartface?

[french frank]

Not cooking today - popped out to the Greek-Turkish place on the corner and had a vegetarian mezze (well, with squid), baklava and ice-cream, and a Tuer-kish coffee (Oxford comma for clarity). There was a mint, cucumber and yoghurt dip, which is what made me think of it.

[Nick Armstrong]

Not cooking today - popped out to the Greek-Turkish place on the corner and had a vegetarian mezze (well, with squid), baklava and ice-cream, and a Tuer-kish coffee (Oxford comma for clarity).

Wot no halloumi ?

[french frank]

Wot no halloumi ?

Squeaky cheese. How do you know? I only mentioned two mezze items

[Nick Armstrong]

What do you think Heartface?

I think I like my "get-go" halloumi lightly grilled and served alongside succulent slices of grilled lountza



... or thick cut and dry fried swiftly



So good.

[Nick Armstrong]

Squeaky cheese. How do you know? I only mentioned two mezze items

Hence my question

[french frank]

Hence my question

So why the ?

Anyway, no, there was no halloumi. It's run by a Turkish man, hence Turkish coffee not Greek coffee. There was fried squid, a filo roll with feta and parsley, falafel; tzatziki; couscous; tahini; olives; hummus; another tomatoey dip; salad and pitta. £5.95 - that's a small one. They do meat ones for mains.

[Nick Armstrong]

So why the ?

Anyway, no, there was no halloumi.

That was my fear

[french frank]

That was my fear

They do have halloumi. But I'm not that keen, me'sen'.

[Nick Armstrong]

They do have halloumi. But I'm not that keen, me'sen'.

Arr.. you be one o'they!

[Richard Tarleton]

This evening - an Angela Hartnett recipe from the S Times - whole sea bream from Tesco stuffed with crushed garlic, chopped baby leeks, thyme and lemon slices, baked in white wine, with Ottolenghi's fried sweet potato cakes.

[Anna]

This evening - an Angela Hartnett recipe from the S Times - whole sea bream from Tesco stuffed with crushed garlic, chopped baby leeks, thyme and lemon slices, baked in white wine, with Ottolenghi's fried sweet potato cakes.

They are very good, but I find Ottolenghi is far too heavy handed with the salt and needs severe adjusting. Incidentally, why do sweet potatoes count as one of your five a day but ordinary spuds don't?

I was looking at gammon joints (thinking it would make a change) but bought instead a cured pork loin for cooking tomorrow. Actually, the left-overs (which surely are lountza?) could be teamed with Halloumi as recommended by Cali upthread. Anyway, I suddenly thought - why not make some pease pudding to go with it? But I've never made it and don't want to be faffed with boiling it in muslin, (which I don't have immediately to hand) So far I've only found one recipe, Jamie Oliver, making it on the hob but that includes potato and onion, not sure if that's right? Has anyone made one or a baked in oven one?

[Richard Tarleton]

They are very good, but I find Ottolenghi is far too heavy handed with the salt and needs severe adjusting. Incidentally, why do sweet potatoes count as one of your five a day but ordinary spuds don't?

Yes I ignore his seasonings.

A quick google produced this - unrelated to potatoes and much better for you apparently

[Anna]

Yes I ignore his seasonings.
A quick google produced this - unrelated to potatoes and much better for you apparently

Thanks Richard - that's really interesting.

Today, in The Times, ten new superfoods to enjoy! I confess I only knew of two of them, Charcoal and Turmeric But it seems we should ditch the Goji Berries and concentrate on Chlorella, Lucuma, Chaga Fungus, Cactus Water, Moringa, Baobab, Matcha and Maca Powder.

Yeah, like we were all supposed to eat Quinoa ....

[ahinton]

Maca Powder

Is that ground Beatle?

Me coat's already on...