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Chrysanthemum and sesame/miso dressing. I forgot to take a picture of Cod and Potatoes that went with it

Not trying to be difficult. Sentence structure is difficult for me: it should or shouldn’t have homemade breadcrumbs?

Not only that, but you have a (ahem) French Connection.

Unfortunately not.... but thanks anyway.

Maybe just add an egg to some stuffing and bake it?

Hunan style squid with red and green chilli, onion, garlic scapes, black vinegar, Shaoxing wine. Served with rice.

Hmmmm. Possibly. Several years ago I did a side-by-side with four or five takes on STP, out of which came my 'default'. I think it was basically the Hawksmoor recipe with a couple of tweaks from elsewhere. But I recall thinking there wasn't really much in it, and that if the recipe is from a decent source then you really can't go wrong. Everybody's drinking from the same well. Since then I've made a few 'cheffy' versions from the likes of Tom Kerridge, Ashley Palmer-Watts, and this one from Tommy Banks. They were all good, and they were all... Sticky Toffee Pudding. It pretty much is what it is. I think most of the bang in a STP buck comes from the sauce. I've always liked the addition of some black treacle, and now this splash of acid, but it might not be for everyone.

This was a small lamb Balinese curry using the paste from a jar of Ayam Balinese curry paste. Added onions, lamb and small pieces of potato and cooked for quite awhile till the potatoes were soft and creamy. I like this curry flavour, it is milder than most and not coconut milk based. Broccoli as a side and served with a slice of bread rather than rice!!

Variation on Fideua with Chorizo and Tomatoes - chorizo is pan-seared until slightly crispy and removed. Fideo pasta gets seared in the chorizo oil until browned and afterwards gets cooked with onions, garlic, cherry tomatoes, thyme, parsley and white wine in chicken broth. Finished with a little bit of sugar and lemon juice

I don't know if I'd you have or have access to Calum Franklin's The pie room but the dough recips in there are pretty spot on. Highly recommended. (In this case it's pie in the British sense)

Potato fish cakes with halibut. And broccoli. I usually make a remoulade to go with but didn't bother, and didn't miss it.

The BBC are reporting that a major snail farm in France has had its entire stock of snails valued at €90,000 (£79,000; $104,000) snatched. French farm has €90,000 worth of escargot snails stolen Now I'm worried that I may get the blame. After all, I live in Liuzhou, China's most snail obsessed city.

Grilled turkey, Fantasma sugar-cured bacon and Pave cheese. Finally had some turkey!

Steam-bake duck legs on a rack at 275 for 1.5 hours. After 60 minutes, slip the potato halves under the rack. To finish, turn the CSO to convection bake at 400. For those with the air fryer function (hello, Canadian CSO-500), use the airfryer; 5-10 minutes. The skin was perfect, but the meat was a bit dry - but, I got the legs in Chinatown and they were very lean to start with.

Here's a bit of an update on these chillies. Hunan Government Website International-enghunan.gov.cn Zhangshugang Pepper Becomes a Thriving Industry in Yueyang

@KennethT would you share how you did those duck legs and potatoes ? I have a CSO , and potatoes , and can look into a pair of duck legs. that duck look perfect

I assume you'll try to get the apple one?

I got a couple of duck legs in Chinatown this weekend with the intention of experimenting making betutu (from Bali). Unfortunately, dark forces intervened and I lost a day or so.... I didn't want to waste them so I just slow roasted them in the CSO with a short stint at 400° air fry... with duck fat potatoes.

Will this be you're new default recipe?

@Duvel, re: Spice bread with whole foie gras … What was the spice bread made of?

His special completely awesome one that is only sold in Canada does. *choking back my envy*

I just love reading your posts.

I also got that response from Goûter and am waiting on a shipping quote so I can place the order. Too bad I’ll likely miss today’s ordering deadline for the apple pie panettone but I’ll be happy to order another variety.