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liuzhou

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  1. As a kid growing up in Scotland, I was regularly medicated by my mother with hot toddies. Still partial to one of a winter evening. Hot whisky, water and honey.
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    Old Menus

    Me too.
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    Dinner 2019

    Linguine with slow cooked pork ragu made from fresh tomatoes, shallots, chilli, red wine and secret ingredient*. Finished with balcony basil and grana padano. * Vietnamese fish sauce - liquid unami.
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    Old Menus

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    Nut Identification

    Ok. I took a handful of them and gave them a test boil for 30 minutes. After letting them cool, I tried them. Yes, sort of chestnut-y and quite pleasant. I can see me using them in a chicken Chinese dish usually made with chestnuts. Sadly, I don't have the equipment to try oven roasting them, but I'm sure that would work too. I'm told 20 minutes at 200ºC / 400ºF does the job. It's also possible to pan roast them. Maybe I'll try that later.
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    Nut Identification

    OK. They are jackfruit seeds (or nuts).
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    Nut Identification

    No
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    Nut Identification

    Technically, they are seeds, but often described as "nuts". You are getting closer.
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    Nut Identification

    No
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    "Brut" buffet

    I'm sorry, but the first thing that came to my mind was the aftershave, the smell of which I've always hated.
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    Dinner 2019

    Chicken and mushrooms with garlic, shallots, chopped chilli and white wine. Served with asparagus and orzo.
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    Nut Identification

    Well, I've found out, but would still like to hear your guesses and any suggested uses.
  13. Excuse my profound ignorance, but does anyone know what these nuts are? I bought them on a whim, but they were unlabelled and the supermarket staff were in their usual fog of senselessness. They are rock hard, so I'm guessing they need cooking in some way.
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    Breakfast 2019

    Hard boiled duck egg in edible egg cups (窝窝头 wō wō tóu - steamed buns). Salted and peppered.
  15. Highly addictive.
  16. Most Chinese food/cooking documentaries are the same. Food not "celebrities". Or less than 2% of the Chinese population.
  17. Well, you wouldn't want them simple, would you?
  18. Perhaps you need a version of these. They are Japanese and designed for boiling eggs, but could perhaps be adapted.
  19. edible, adj. Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm. Ambrose Bierce ( 1842-1914 ), The Devil's Dictionary
  20. Basa fish skin with edible starch, salt, vegetable oil (containing tert-Butylhydroquinone), pepper, and MSG. These are "original flavour", but they also come in "spicy flavour" and "salted egg flavour". Of course, they do.
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    Nasty Ingredients

    No. Because there is no evidence of that etymology, whatsoever. Perhaps Wikipedia was confusing etymology and entomology.
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    Nasty Ingredients

    Another great reason never to rely on Wikipedia.
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    Lunch 2019

    Lunchburger #1
  24. and tori means "poultry"
  25. Fried tori, obviously! 😃 OK. By fried I was including grilling. Yakitori is grilled chicken, isn't it?
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