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Bumping in hopes of recommendations for places to eat in London. Familiar with Borough Market and Camden Market from last visit with just Mrs Dr Teeth. Particularly interested in recs for Chinese in Chinatown, Indian or similar

When next queried by Mrs Dr Teeth about my thought process related to the purchase of yet another chef’s knife, or pan or juicer, I will direct her to this thread. I thank you all, in advance for your assistance

I’m a huge fan of elk. Probably my favorite red meat. Tried to take up hunting just to get a supply. I would probably make patties, reasonably thick, salt maybe a small bit of pepper or smoked paprika and sear it on a very hot surface, going for rare-medium rare.

"Chaotic Dumplings." A band name waiting to happen... (ETA: Or more likely, a game app for your phone.)

Messily plated Shrimp and Vegetable Thai Red Curry

@gfweb you got me google-ing : https://www.google.com/search?q=can+I+turn+off+the+song+on+my+rice+cooker&oq=can+I+turn+off+the+song+on+my+rice+cooker&aqs=chrome..69i57j33i160l2j33i299.10019j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:e7574cca,vid:fHJ3D8JnmzQ,st:0 no more twinkle - twinkle . I would not mind other songs : Id like Wagner : " The Ride of the Valkyries " von Karajan . DGG

OMG! I can't wait to see what you make. I am all about pastry. Anything in pastry! This is a book I just might need to get. Sigh.

Gawsh that's a surname you don't want to attempt after a few slurps in polite company. I always thought galette was dessert, interested to check out the savoury recipes.

Maybe. But certainly not in China. They'd be as well describing it as disgusting crap! Great advertising slogan.

Chaotic dumplings just make them sound more appealing to me

Of course, things like this don't help Sino-Italian mutual understanding. This was advertised on the largest on-line shopping service in China. So far so good. Then they describe it as "Italian Chaotic Dumplings". (My literal translation.)

@TdeV I am decidedly pro.

We finally arrived at DWs hometown, just some 40 km north of Barcelona. They had the town festival that night - and I pretend it was just for our arrival 🤭 Having Toulousian sausage in our luggage as well as kitchen-ready beams both from Carcassonne, dinner was easily predictable: Cassoulet 🤗 Crust only broken three times, but with enough duck fat (courtesy of the purchased confit) to bring a small French village though a harsh winter. It was very, very well received by my in-laws and my family alike … No complaints ✊

Mine does. When it completes, it plays a few bars of a little song. Not very long. If I leave the rice in the cooker for longer than an hour, it will beep a note or two. My rice cooker is a fairly recent flat top, model is NW-JEC10 Are you pro- or con- little songs?

Never a big fan of margaritas (other than Tamarindo ones). In recent years I enjoyed Ranch Water which is similar (but far better) than a margarita. After awhile I realized what I REALLY liked was the orange liqueur. So that's my after dinner drink now, sipping on a shot glass of it. Yes, I've had the Real Deals like Grand Marnier and Contreau, but my fave locally is this one. Price 98 pesos ($5.25 USD). Accompany with a square of dark chocolate and that's one great dessert.

I have an old round top neuro-fuzzy Zoj. Not exactly speedy, its true, but it makes good rice. The big question for me is whether flat-top plays songs when it starts and stops.

thanks for your insight. on my 3 C domed induction , the cord is removable. perhaps that changed ? but the key is that neither of you can find significant difference in function , except their appearance. the flat top model is significantly more expensive , $ 30 for the flat top. day to day Amazon , not on sale price.

I recently downsized my Zo from the 5 cup size to the 3 cup size. Love it! Retractable cord and and the smaller size makes it easier to store.. Makes any type of rice perfectly every time as well as my congee.

My guess is the flat-topped version is a bit easier to store on a shelf or in a pantry, as the power cord can be stored inside the unit. On the top of the line Zo I inherited, the power cord is attached and does not retract into the machine, which makes it a little more annoying to put away. On the Zo I originally purchased, the power cord retracts into the unit. Why all the differences - I have no idea!

Depends. If you are they type who would set the dirty rice paddle on the flat top of the machine, then curse yourself out when you have to clean it, I'd get the round top '

They're called marrow in these parts. Here's a few ideas on what to do with one https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/collection/marrow-recipes I wish this had been around when I was a kid, as it was always served up as unseasoned mush

It looks as if on the flat-topped version the power cord is removable from the body of the unit.

Locally sourced artisanal pasta in a gratin of cheddar/gouda Mornay sauce. Or Mac and cheese made with Wegmans elbows and the little stubs of cheese other members of my family leave about.

Slightly off topic, I recently dumped my Zoji as the bowl was starting to get a few scratches and for some reason, they insist on using non-stick coatings in their bowls and one cannot get one without. I found a brand called Buffalo with very high ratings which has a high quality stainless steel bowl. Makes rice just as good as the Zoji, in less time. Food for thought!

Ours does not let you choose what you get, but it is delivered to your doorstep, rather than being picked up. They also offer specialty add on shares throughout the year. At this time of year, we also subscribe to their corn and fruit share, and their tomato share. The standard box comes weekly, and their specialty shares come on the weeks you choose (though you must choose and pay for a set number of weeks). This week was just a standard box week. We got two eggplants, two cucumbers, one tomato (I was hoping for more), two heads of lettuce, three yellow summer squash, two regular green zucchini, one massive green zucchini that is going to be annoying to deal with, two sweet onions, and four ears of corn. We opted to subscribe year round and prepay for our CSA for four years, which got us a 20% discount off the standard price.