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It looks like you're about to feed it to that printer in the background TAKE THAT HEWLETT PACKARD

If so, the irony would be delicious as MPW started hawking instant stock gels in adverts for a few years

There's no doubting the man's talents, but by Lords above and below I find him condescending. The Pierre Koffman series is worth a watch if it's still available.

I have to do this with the red onions I bought recently, which can only be described as violent, unless and until you discipline them with the frying pan or a vinegar and sugar bath.

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I'm a metric lad as well!

I think I'll leave them to the professionals in future. I had Kauffman's stuffed trotter many moons ago but I lack the skill and knives to debone one myself

They were fresh yes and well within the use by date. They smelt a bit farmyardy coming out of the package, but cooking them seemed to really enhance that element in spite of a thorough clean and blanch. Coupled with a very sparse amount of meat and a bit too much jellied cartilage and skin for my palate and I rather lost my appetite.

I thought I'd try pig's trotters - 2 quid for two, what could go wrong? After a 3 hour soak in cold water, a 5 minute blanch, a scrub, another 5 minute blanch in fresh water followed by 90minutes in the Instant Pot with star anise, clove, ground fennel seed, garlic, ginger and soy they still came out stinking of the farmyard and were promptly abandoned. It's duck for me tonight.

@Okanagancook do you mean green beans, or borlotti/kidney/other dried beans?

Personally I would just freeze them raw, but I like my veg with a bit of crunch. I'd imagine cooked then frozen then reheated will come out a bit mushy for my taste.

It's not sliced, which will be interesting as I (obviously) don't own a commercial meat slicer, so getting it cut nice and thin might be a challenge

Keys for scale again Two tins of confit de canard showed up today too! I shall be eating well

I'll get a better perspective later

Keys for scale. It's a monster!