Making hummus: Aspiring middle class food thread.

[Fnaar]

I'll never forget the time Miss Goodbody commented on my Balsamic vinegar strokes

 

[slowmotion]

Stir-fries. Sprout tops. Jersey Royals. Home-made Pad Thai. Quinoa. Tofu. Balsamic vinegar. Prosecco. Goose fat.

All decidedly British middle-class. None of them both European/Mediterranean and peasant.

Is goose fat still around? I thought it was a flash in the pan Delia Christmas marketing scam that died the death pretty quickly. My attempts to make roast potatoes with it were a Yuletide debacle. Mind you, I'm a useless cook.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Is goose fat still around? I thought it was a flash in the pan Delia Christmas marketing scam that died the death pretty quickly. My attempts to make roast potatoes with it were a Yuletide debacle. Mind you, I'm a useless cook.

Duck fat is the way ahead

 

[TheDoctor]

Goose or duck fat both work well. Beef dripping is pretty damn good, and bacon fat works as well. Mmm, bacony toasties...

 

[srw]

Is goose fat still around? I thought it was a flash in the pan Delia Christmas marketing scam that died the death pretty quickly. My attempts to make roast potatoes with it were a Yuletide debacle. Mind you, I'm a useless cook.

Geese are still fat, yes.

Waitrose still stocks goose fat year-round - in our local branch you'll find it in the same fridge as the organic unsalted butter.

 

[User482]

Geese are still fat, yes.

Waitrose still stocks goose fat year-round - in our local branch you'll find it in the same fridge as the organic unsalted butter.

Waitrose Essentials goose fat?

 

[srw]

Cooks' ingredients. Note the careful apostrophising.

 

[Crackle]

After a bit in the fridge, I decided on 2nd tasting, it was actually a bit too lemony, not quite tahini enough but a good consistency. So the next batch will be altered, though I've also decided I've temporarily gone off hummus.

 

[Markymark]

<truly pretentious middle class BS>
Of course my authentic middle eastern roots compel me to belittle all you philistines with the knowledge that 'hummus' just means chickpeas in Arabic. The food being discussed in this thread is actually hummus bi tahini
</truly pretentious middle class BS>

 

[PK99]

Polenta is wonderful stuff. If you're trying to grout a patio.
As for Ugali, Peter Moore, in his excellent travel book No Sh**ting in the Toilet, describes it thusly :-
A tasteless mixture of maize and water that will leave you feeling leaden and queasy.
I defy anyone to gaze upon a plate of ugali and claim that they haven't been ripped off. Even if they got it for free.

Sadza (same dish different name in Zimbabwe) is great around the Braai - Saza and gravy, boerewors and steak with a crate of Castle

 

[Chromatic]

After a bit in the fridge, I decided on 2nd tasting, it was actually a bit too lemony, not quite tahini enough but a good consistency. So the next batch will be altered, though I've also decided I've temporarily gone off hummus.

Delete temporarily and then this is the correct course of action.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Front page news for the Middle-Classes from today's Telegraph, not that I read it...

 

[Crackle]

Anyone who eats quinoa should not live longer.

 

[User482]

Eating quinoa just makes you think you've lived longer.

 

[theclaud]

Front page news for the Middle-Classes from today's Telegraph, not that I read it...

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Quinoa used to keep Peruvians and Bolivians alive, until it started making us poncey foodsters live for ever. Now they can't afford it...