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  • umslopogaas
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 1977

    First catch your squirrel. There are plenty round here, but they aren't easy to capture. I've set traps, but so far, no luck.

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    • Beef Oven!
      Ex-member
      • Sep 2013
      • 18147

      Originally posted by umslopogaas View Post
      First catch your squirrel. There are plenty round here, but they aren't easy to capture. I've set traps, but so far, no luck.
      You'll need 30 of the blighters, there's no meat on them!

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      • jean
        Late member
        • Nov 2010
        • 7100

        Originally posted by Richard Tarleton View Post
        ...squirrel recipes
        One of those recipes has got condensed milk in it!

        They had squirrels at our farmers' market a few months ago. The sign on them said 'Greys of course'.

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        • umslopogaas
          Full Member
          • Nov 2010
          • 1977

          Bring them on, I'll swing my axe if only the little blighters would come within range.

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          • french frank
            Administrator/Moderator
            • Feb 2007
            • 30448

            Dependable Chickpea and tomato salad, with tahini dressing - for what's looking like a rather grey family barbecue in prospect at lunchtime

            Back to the kitchen …
            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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            • Beef Oven!
              Ex-member
              • Sep 2013
              • 18147

              This morning at 8.30

              Boiled eggs (two).

              Tinned chick peas, baby plum tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, dried Italian herbs, some HP sauce, salt and pepper. All warmed through in a pan and served on a thick slice of toasted, buttered Irish wheatened soda bread. Washed down with a cup of English tea with milk and one teaspoon of sugar. Very filling.

              Will keep me going until mid afternoon!

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              • Beef Oven!
                Ex-member
                • Sep 2013
                • 18147

                Originally posted by french frank View Post
                Dependable Chickpea and tomato salad, with tahini dressing - for what's looking like a rather grey family barbecue in prospect at lunchtime

                Back to the kitchen …
                I eat tomatoes almost everyday (including in winter). Chick peas a couple of times a week and tahini in sweets and humus about once a fortnight. But I never make a salad with those ingredients. What's the recipe and how do you prepare it? Especially interested in the sauce.

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                • french frank
                  Administrator/Moderator
                  • Feb 2007
                  • 30448

                  Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post
                  What's the recipe and how do you prepare it? Especially interested in the sauce.
                  I don't do quantities

                  Roughly chop garlic and, with a bit of sea salt, pound this to a paste in pestle.

                  Add tahini from well-stirred jar (to dismay, discovered I only had a tbsp left)

                  Add bit of lemon juice

                  Add water tbsp at a time until slightly thicker than wanted, then add a small pour of olive oil

                  Stir all thoroughly, add some to the salad ingredients and keep what's left for a dip/or adding extra if people want to.

                  Salad is:

                  chickpeas
                  chopped (fresh) tomatoes
                  small white onion (I use the white bit of spring onions, esp if they're large ones)
                  bits of fresh parsley and coriander (I had no coriander …)
                  mix all together with a bit of ground pepper

                  Add the dressing, and you want, finish with a sprinkle of cayenne pepper (or paprika, I suppose?).

                  Warm pitta bread goes with.

                  Think that's it, from memory. It's Sophie Grigson's recipe anyway, online somewhere: chickpea, tomato and tahini salad.

                  Mus' go …
                  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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                  • Beef Oven!
                    Ex-member
                    • Sep 2013
                    • 18147

                    Originally posted by french frank View Post
                    I don't do quantities

                    Roughly chop garlic and, with a bit of sea salt, pound this to a paste in pestle.

                    Add tahini from well-stirred jar (to dismay, discovered I only had a tbsp left)

                    Add bit of lemon juice

                    Add water tbsp at a time until slightly thicker than wanted, then add a small pour of olive oil

                    Stir all thoroughly, add some to the salad ingredients and keep what's left for a dip/or adding extra if people want to.

                    Salad is:

                    chickpeas
                    chopped (fresh) tomatoes
                    small white onion (I use the white bit of spring onions, esp if they're large ones)
                    bits of fresh parsley and coriander (I had no coriander …)
                    mix all together with a bit of ground pepper

                    Add the dressing, and you want, finish with a sprinkle of cayenne pepper (or paprika, I suppose?).

                    Warm pitta bread goes with.

                    Think that's it, from memory. It's Sophie Grigson's recipe anyway, online somewhere: chickpea, tomato and tahini salad.

                    Mus' go …
                    Thanks.

                    P.S. I can't believe how often I make the mistake of not stirring the tahini well, before spooning it into whatever I'm making!

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                    • jean
                      Late member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 7100

                      Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post
                      I eat...humus...
                      Unless you're really a plant, I don't believe you.

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                      • Beef Oven!
                        Ex-member
                        • Sep 2013
                        • 18147

                        Originally posted by jean View Post
                        Unless you're really a plant, I don't believe you.
                        Coming from the British Isles, you may be ignorant of Humus

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                        • french frank
                          Administrator/Moderator
                          • Feb 2007
                          • 30448

                          Hmmm, younger generation seems to spurn the idea of home barbecues with sausages and hamburgers. We had a whole leg of lamb (prepared by the butcher). And it worked
                          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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                          • Beef Oven!
                            Ex-member
                            • Sep 2013
                            • 18147

                            Originally posted by french frank View Post
                            Hmmm, younger generation seems to spurn the idea of home barbecues with sausages and hamburgers. We had a whole leg of lamb (prepared by the butcher). And it worked
                            I've often fancied that. How did the butcher prepare it? I mean, what did he do, leave it on the bone?

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                            • french frank
                              Administrator/Moderator
                              • Feb 2007
                              • 30448

                              Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post
                              I've often fancied that. How did the butcher prepare it? I mean, what did he do, leave it on the bone?
                              Took it off the bone and 'butterflied' it. It was no more than about 2 cms thick and was marinaded (marinated?). But the recipe recommended part roasting it in the oven first. About 25 mins in the oven would have left it a bit juicier and pinker than it was (it had 40 mins - being a piece for ten people).
                              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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                              • Beef Oven!
                                Ex-member
                                • Sep 2013
                                • 18147

                                Avocado coarsely mashed with olive oil, rock salt, black pepper, basil, tiniest amount of fresh oregano, dried red chilli pepper flakes, curly leaf parsley.

                                Wholemeal toast (Tescos Finest Wholemeal Farmhouse) and butter (Sainsbury's West Country Farmhouse with Cornish Sea Salt).

                                2 poached eggs.

                                5 rashers of streaky bacon.

                                Shiitake, Oyster and mini Portobello mushrooms.

                                Accompanied by "Aus Den Sieben Tagen" - Karlheinz Stockhausen.




                                Oh dear, what has become of the east end working class!!?

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