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It is freezing here (or very nearly) - 2°C today. It's supposed to be tropical. So dinner ain't tropical. Mince and Tatties. HP Sauce.

Just came across this. It's somewhat cickbaity, but some amusing gifts. 25 amazing gifts for your favorite bacon lover

Please excuse ill-lit photographs, but it's 3°C here in the tropics and I want my dinner at least a bit warm!

Much as I like finnan haddie, they are very different from Arbroath smokies. The are cold smoked and require cooking, unlike the smokies which you can eat straight from the smokehouse.

Everyone does it. No permission required. Yeah. Roast them.

Arbroath smokies are butterflied haddock cooked/hot smoked hanging in exactly the same way and I've seen carp being cooked this way in China, too. Not unique. They are also often eaten by hand.

As I said, I haven't grown them yet, but will do so in the spring. I don't foresee any problems with roots. I've grown them before successfully.

Home made wontons (with shrimp, pork and shiitake) in chicken broth (also home made) and spinach.

Purely for the record, I love beets. Totally unavailable here, so I smuggled a pack of seeds in last year to grow some on my balcony this spring. I'm now laughing at all the people who mocked my perfectly sensible aversion to c@rn! 😂

Well, it amused me.

Pork and shiitake fried noodles - with garlic, ginger, Shaoxing, soy sauce and scallions.

Not really a word that should be banned, but a pronounciation. I twitch uncontrollably when I hear people who should know better pronounce "restaurateur" with an "n" in the middle. Yes, Mr. Ramsay you are a prime offender!

I'm a pasta maker!

Don't understand. My home made, then frozen ravioli cook from frozen to perfection in two minutes. No soaking! The idea that pasta needs a couple of hours of soaking then two minutes cooking is surprisingly high on my list of the ridiculous ideas of 2020, a year noted for record-breaking ridiculousness.

Don't get too hung up on equipment. A couple of good knives, then concentrate on the ingredients instead.

Pork, chickpeas, onion, garlic, star anise, chilli, bay leaf, tomato. With spinach and rice.

This also seems to belong here. We need to talk about what 'foodies' are doing to hummus

Nigella Lawson explains bizarre 'microwave' pronunciation after clip goes viral

Well, I'm British and don't get it! That said the celebrity worshipping classes are unfathomable. Especially towards well-connected upper-class woman with large mammary glands! I'm not saying she is a bad cook. She isn't. But...

i'm fairly certain she was joking. Not very well, though. Never liked her.

Turmeric chicken (legs) with garlic, olives, capers, chilli, lemon, and coriander leaf (cilantro). Served with couscous.

Potato starch is also widely used in Sichuan rather then corn starch fo thicken sauces, coat meat etc.