My first attempt at constructing chilli sauce was prompted by the discovery that Tesco were selling big bags of medium sized “red chillis” for less than a quid. I later discovered that these were red (or fully ripe) Jalapeños (well, I’m 87% sure that’s what they are). I read about some other possible ingredients on [...]
Many people don’t like coriander. They are wrong. Coriander is the most metal of all herbs (if you listen carefully to the lyrics of Deicide’s Dead by Dawn you’ll hear it is Glenn Benton’s lament on how he is unable to keep his coriander plant alive) for coriander belongs with chilli, the most metal of [...]
My wife (who clearly has never met me) wasn’t expecting the palpable seething contempt that accompanied the words “why on Earth would I use Taco mix from a packet?!” that swiftly – like a plague of locusts stripping single corn plant – followed her suggestion that I might do so. And, indeed, why would you? [...]
Folks have nasty tendency to overcomplicate food, and the classic dishes are not immune to this, in fact they’re usually the most abused. Carbonara is a case in point. Basically used as a proxy for ‘pasta with cheese and bacon sauce’ you never know what you’re going to get when ordering this at a restaurant. [...]
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