Posted on 05/11/2021 9:58:33 AM PDT by mylife
Food has felt more important than ever this past year – particularly meals that offer solace. From rösti to Coco Pops, here are the dishes that got us through
Crumpets For me, lockdown has meant an absolutely manic schedule, working from home with back-to-back Zoom calls and long hours. Crumpets have been my saviour. Yes, factory made, perfectly consistent and versatile: top with yoghurt and frozen berries at 8am, blue cheese and leeks at 1pm, followed by eggs and spinach at 7pm, and you have a full day’s menu. For a bit more lockdown spirit, I tried the sourdough version (delicious if squishy) and making my own (I promise you, it’s not worth it).
Ham, cheese and red onion toastie
When you need that comforting, savoury fix, it has to be achievable swiftly. For our family, the answer is a deep-filled ham, cheese and red onion toastie. The ham should be off the bone, the cheese should be raclette (or similar), and don’t skimp on the sliced red onions. But what really transforms this snack into culinary opium is the addition of garlic butter – spread on both sides of sliced white bread before popping it into the sandwich maker.
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What’s a ‘crumpet’..........................
English muffin
That looks more like a panino or something like a Cubana if it had a pickle.
looks damn good to me!
A thread on Cubanos would be good.
What lockdown? Oh, right, we had that for three weeks last Spring. It was creepy driving around. Like a post apocalyptic world where most people had vanished.
Kimchi jjigae
For my wife and I, nothing spells comfort food like a big, steaming hot bowl of spicy soup. This quintessential Korean classic has got everything: it is sour, spicy, salty and deeply filling. My version is pretty simple: fry up a big fistful of the best kimchi you can get, and, after a few minutes, add another big fistful of minced pork (the fattier the better), which has been lightly marinated in mirin and black pepper. Once the meat has browned, add shiitake mushrooms, half an onion (thinly sliced) and a few thick slices of medium-firm tofu. To make the soup base, combine 2tbsp soy sauce, 2tbsp Korean chilli paste, 1tsp minced garlic, and 1tbsp Korean chilli flakes. Add this mixture to the pot, top up with water until everything is barely covered, and simmer for 20 minutes. Season to taste (I use Vietnamese fish sauce or soy sauce for more saltiness, if needed). Serve with rice, more fresh kimchi and topped with shredded spring onion.
I got nothing against black beaners..
Crumpet! A Very British Sex Symbol (2005 TV Movie)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0496266/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl
Plot
They were the glamour girls on James Bond’s arm, the vestal virgins in Up Pompeii, and the girls-next-door in Man About The House. They were the vampire victims dispatched in the first reel of Hammer Horrors. And they were the Carry On dolly birds, guaranteed to elicit a ‘Phwooar’ from Sid James. They were Crumpet! And this is their story. Tony Livesey sets out to rescue Crumpet from the condescension of history. Recalling his own childhood, growing up in front of the TV in a Burnley terrace, Tony takes us on a trip through three decades of popular culture. How did our thirty year fascination with Crumpet come about - and why did it end? What does it say about the unique British sense of humour - and about our changing attitude to sex? With contributions from Honor Blackman, Ingrid Pitt, Madeline Smith, Hill’s Angel Sue Upton, Leslie Philips and Wendy Richards, and with cultural commentators like Dylan Jones, Germaine Greer and Ned Sherrin, Tony gets to the bottom of this uniquely British phenomenon.
See post #12
replace tofu with more pork....
Trumpets are good, but what about trombones?
Dang, now I want some.
Where is Frank Costanza when you need him!
Phwooar!!!! there’s a tasty bit of crumpet!!
I can not find decent kim chee
I could’ve used a bit o’ crumpet over these past 14 months to pass the time and brighten my gloom.
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