Great British Food Revival

[veggiechicken]

Ginger nuts - they're really good in coffee

[Mikey]

Ginger nuts - they're really good in coffee

They are much better in my tummy...

[veggiechicken]

I must disagree with you there - they're much better in mine

[Mikey]

I used to think the chocolate hob nob was the king of biscuit dunking, until I found the stem ginger biscuit. It doesn't say again when I dunk it, it say see you in an hour.

[veggiechicken]

Chocolate hob nobs are one of my favourites but I don't like them when they melt
Why are we torturing ourselves with thoughts of biscuits - there's not one here

[Mikey]

I'm not actually hungry yet, so I can talk about chocolate hob nobs for at least another hour.

I need a brown faced smilie, they look like a biscuit. Not these pale shortbread ones.

[veggiechicken]

[veggiechicken]

Drat - missed the mushroom bit and turned on in time for Offal I left the room immediately.......

[ladylottie]

I've just watched the mushroom part - it was wonderful! I love gathering wild mushrooms anyway. Hopefully it will inspire lots of other people to start buying more unusual mushrooms from the supermarket - but do buy British!

I had to turn it off when they started on about offal - I would have to be seriously hungry before I could eat any of it. For a vegetarian it would be gross.

As a child I used to help my gran make faggots - we used scissors to cut up the liver and "lights" (I think they were the lungs) then we mixed them up with breadcrumbs and who knows what other delights Then we covered them with "kell" (the stomach membrane). The smell of them cooking was wonderful, but I've never managed to bring myself to eat them to this day!

Lets have one of those ginger nuts instead.

[veggiechicken]

I've been through the eat everything except the oink stage and I do believe that if an animal is to be killed in the name of food, then absolutely every part of it should be eaten. But now - who has the ginger nuts please?

[Mikey]

Personally I was quite disappointed with the mushroom bit, they picked the St Georges mushroom, albeit you won't find that until April, by which time everyone will have forgotten about it. Not exactly something you could go out and forage now...

The rest were mass produced, where was the chanterelles, the shaggy parasols, the morel, the field mushroom, the beefsteak, the wood blewit, the oyster in the wild. I felt a little let down to be honest.
The only bit I liked was the bloke who sold spores on coffee grounds, now there was a good bit of marketing for him.

Offal, well I was surprised by what I eat, I love faggots but have never really taken any notice of whats in them. I wouldn't have obviously gone out and bought lungs. With Christmas around the corner, Christmas eve has always involved cooking the neck, gizzard, liver and heart. Its one of the joys of Christmas for my father and I, and the juices make a very tasty addition to the gravy, on Christmas Day.

I haven't tried testicles yet, but was quite tempted after last night.

[veggiechicken]

Just watched the mushroom bit. Got excited when they showed a sign for "Lions mane" (since I'm trying to grow them) but they never showed the actual fungi
There's a good reason why most people buy white mushrooms - cost. Even the chestnuts are a lot more expensive.
Mikey. did it give you any ideas for an alternative venture?
Like this? http://www.maesymush.co.uk/

[PyreneesPlot]

Missed the mushrooms but got the offal.

I love the ugly bits hate and get cross at the idea of throwing stuff out - couldn't it at least go to pet food if people are too well off to need to eat it? And of course not eating offal puts the price of the 'nice' cuts, too.

Please stop talking about biscuits as we gave them up when we moved here. Hob nobs....

[Bren In Pots]

Our local butcher sells all things offal but we've only ever bought liver, things like tripe don't look very appetizing.

[Bren In Pots]

After watching last nights program I remembered I'd received Antonio Carluccio's book in my MOM package. its a very good book with good clear photos.

The Complete Mushroom Book: The Quiet Hunt by Antonio Carluccio