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I decided to taste a little of the cheese to reacquaint myself with the taste. Wow! It's so mild I think they forgot to brine it! I remember feta being decidedly salty. This ain't!

Your hypermarket food selection looks very similar to mine.

Too late! Put your warning before the picture! But it's OK. I know Indian-Chinese cuisine is a whole different planet!

I've found some feta cheese in China. I haven't eaten it in 30 years. Suggestions?

as the article says

Not if you have negotiated the appropriate fee in advance. Or so I'm told! I really think you can't beat smoked fish as a starter. My preference is smoked sturgeon, bu tpretty much any smoked fish.

Yes, I know but, in my experience, in general, people in those countries are more demanding about the quality of their sardines than people in some other places. That's all.

One of my favourite food writers on the nitrate / nitrite problem. Good read. Or maybe not.

Having read the menu, I would avoid it like the plague. That said, the worst Indian food I've ever eaten was in India. That was in 1970 / 71. Hopefully it has improved. I'm sorry to say that I did vist Kerala, but can't really remember the food scene. I am enjoying your story. Please don't take this too negatively. I am willing to be converted!

Probably. I don't know.

While that may be a factor, I remain convinced that Portugal just selects better quality fish in the first place. If I compare the fish in my favourite Portuguese sardines with say a British brand, the former are notably larger, plumper and yes, tastier. Top quality attracts a premium price.

Glad to read it's limited! Hopefully to one for the photo.

I'm more wondering why I have to stand in a cool place for half an hour. I have air conditioning!

1970s Dinner Party Recipe

I'm saying nothing.

I'm a big horse fan, but do think donkey is better!

It’s so exciting to cook & do dishes right in the open with a wonderful view. Tonight I have promised Ted some Aunt Jemima pancakes and bacon, blueberry pancakes with what we have left over in the way of berries from what the deer ate yesterday. July 7th 1959.

I see it's published by Penguin Books, the company which first popularised paperback books in 1935. They are worldwide. I'd be very surprised if it wasn't available most places.

This is a great food and travel blog. Thanks. Once I was able to say I'd visited every country in Europe except Iceland. I still haven't visited, but some of the countries I visited have split up and formed new ones. For example, although I've visited Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic, I haven't visited Slovakia (as it didn't exist then as an independent state). Ditto Yugoslavia. @TdeVRe: Cod Liver Oil. I too was brought up on this concoction. It was dispensed free of charge in the UK to all children under a certain age as a vitamin D supplement to aid in preventing rickets. I don't remember hating it, though.

Growing up in rural Scotland in the 1950s, we drank water from the local streams all the time. Not sure if I would now, though.

Yeah. I'm fine too. I am convinced 99% of trad Chinese medicine is total nonsense. But I enjoyed my soup. Twice!

It is alleged to be a general restorative. Often prescribed for colds and chills.

Homemade traditional Chinese medical pigeon soup. Two pigeons and ginger, morels, agaricus subrufescens (almond mushroom), pilose antler mushrooms, cordycep militaris, chanterelles, wild oyster mushrooms, wild shiitake, goji berries and jujubes. Slow cooked for around four hours. Also posted in the Lunch topic.

Homemade traditional Chinese medical pigeon soup. Two pigeons and ginger, morels, agaricus subrufescens (almond mushroom), pilose antler mushrooms, cordycep militaris, chanterelles, wild oyster mushrooms, wild shiitake, goji berries and jujubes. Slow cooked for around four hours. One pigeon Also posted in the Soup Topic.

No it bloody shouldn't! I like a good chilli, but ain't eating that muck! 🤣