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There is a well known Chinese dish known as 手撕鸡 (shǒu sī jī) or 'hand torn chicken' and this isn't it. This is 手撕鸭 (shǒu sī yā) or 'hand torn duck', which I've never heard of, but strange times call for strange dinners. The half quacker was braised with shallots, garlic, chilli, star anise and tangerine peel for a long time, then served with rice and 湖南酸菜 (hú nán suān cài ) or "Hunan pickled vegetables". Attrition food, but tasty. I also garnered lots of fat and bones to be rendered or made into stock tomorrow.

I put pickled onions on pickled onions!

Very good olive oil.

It's 'butty' or 'buttie' and is very common in the UK, especially in north England. Originally it just meant bread and butter, but can be now be any sandwich. Jam butties are also popular.

I'd change the last part to "How to eat: Cut out the middleman and despatch to the compost heap directly."

I haven't had this for a while. Boiled chicken's eggs with griddled flatbread.

Best thing I read all week and it's only Tuesday!!

Red "greens" are usually perilla related, but I'm guessing.

Leftover spicy shrimp from last night's dinner in 窝窝头 (wō wō tóu) buns.

I've done something similar before. I'll do something similar again. A bed of orzo with mixed crab and flying fish roe. Topped with shrimp, obviously, garlic, ginger, shallots, Sichuan peppercorn chilli and coriander leaf.

I'll go with the shrimp, please.

Egg fried rice with 狮头菇 (shī tóu gū), 'lion head mushroom' or 猴头菇 (hóu tóu gū), 'monkey head mushroom', chicken, green chillies, garlic. Fridge clearance.

Chinese New Year's Eve dinner for one. Pork ribs with 郫县豆瓣酱 (Pí xiàn dòu bàn jiàng), garlic, ginger, Shaoxing wing, soy sauce, scallion and coriander leaf. Shanghai bok choy. Rice.

Fried fresh ramen with chicken, garlic, ginger, shallots, chillies, baby bok choy, scallions and soy sauce

@DiggingDogFarmHave you seen this? The Chef Restoring Appalachia’s World-Class Food Culture

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/jan/22/maths-experts-secret-perfect-espresso

Lobster balls in peppery broth.

Well, what I meant was that it lists a lot of books that sound interesting and then I went searching for them.. I wasn't being specific to this site when I responded to @Darienne's question. Just to the rabbit hole concept in general.

Especially on your favourite plate!

You had a shitty 24 hours. Do you want to risk going through that again? Bin it!

A rabbit hole is where you follow one internet link then find three more which each lead to nine more all equally followable, etc, etc. Then you suddenly wake up and find you've burned your dinner! I'm about 6,000 miles from Northampton, so I won't be joining immediately, but I applaud the venture.

Broccoli Romanesco - 罗马花椰菜 (luó mǎ huā yé cà) with 晒兰 (shài lán), a cured ham from 沅陵 (yuán líng), a small town in western Hunan province. With red and green chilis, garlic, ginger, soy sauce and scallions.

Mutton noodle soup in a local no-name noodle shack.

This is a great idea. I think. A food library is to open in Northampton, England on January 25th - Chinese New Year's Day and Burn's Night. I know there are people here who have more than 450 food related books at home, but it's a start! The book index online is a rabbit hole.