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Curry Chat => Lets Talk Curry => Topic started by: Kashmiri Bob on July 18, 2023, 03:03 PM
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I thought to stick this on to talk about BIR related things that aren't necessarily that interesting, or maybe they are, and I forgot to put them on. Please chip in.
Only got a couple at the moment.
Al (Al's Kitchen) has finally got his Youtube gong. I think it was for having 10K subscribers. Seen a photo of him with his silverware and he looks mighty pleased with himself. Well done Al I say!
Facebook curry forums. Often have me in stiches. Best one recently. A member posts a photo of his meal on the table in a Bradford curry house. The presentation of his curry was interesting. It was in a frying pan. But no ordinary frying pan. It was one of those nasty cheap Teflon efforts (with the flimsy plastic handle) available at most supermarkets. Looks like one I have from Asda. Never seen anything so funny. Some of the comments were good too, for example, I hope you sent it back. Only in the UK. Imagine taking someone here you wanted to impress.
Rob
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He must've had a blinding honeymoon! :lol:
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Read in today's Daily Telegraph that a restaurant in Mayfair currently charges 350 quid for their table for two tasting menu. However, if you go in alone, it still costs 350. Here's me thinking 8-9 quid for a balti is extravagant.
I seem to have a US style keyboard and can't find the pound key anywhere.
Rob
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I seem to have a US style keyboard and can't find the pound key anywhere.
Rob
You might be able to fix that in your settings Rob, it might not be the keyboard itself. Unless you just bought a new one?
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Read in today's Daily Telegraph that a restaurant in Mayfair currently charges 350 quid for their table for two tasting menu. However, if you go in alone, it still costs 350. Here's me thinking 8-9 quid for a balti is extravagant.
I seem to have a US style keyboard and can't find the pound key anywhere.
Rob
if you change your language settings to English UK, the pound sign is the pound symbol - # (AKA gate, AKA octothorpe)
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Thanks guys. £
Rob :smile:
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Here is the wonderful Bradford curry house presentation. Can't beat this. Looks a top drawer curry too.
(https://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/imagehost/pics/6d2863895eb1d3cf093514edeb8c9795.jpg) (https://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/imagehost/#6d2863895eb1d3cf093514edeb8c9795.jpg)
Rob
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Here is the wonderful Bradford curry house presentation. Can't beat this. Looks a top drawer curry too.
(https://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/imagehost/pics/6d2863895eb1d3cf093514edeb8c9795.jpg)
Rob
(https://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/imagehost/#6d2863895eb1d3cf093514edeb8c9795.jpg)
Ah yes, the infamous balti-chicken-Tefalon. They even give you a plate with it. Very posh!
Only beaten by good old KFC for quality and presentation
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Was at my local Farmfoods today. Qualiko whole frozen chicken (without giblets). Halal, Grade A, 900-1000 g, £1.69.
I bought three. They are clearly labelled 900 or 1000 g. Same price.
Rob
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Qualiko whole frozen chicken (without giblets).
Seems strange to see that. When was the last time a chicken came with giblets? I recall seeing them as a kid, they'd be in a plastic bag in the cavity, but haven't seen any since, maybe, 1980. And I've seen several of the Qualiko products but have been too wary of them, they're just too cheap. Let us know what you think of your purchase.
Actually I just Googled Qualiko and it's a Ukranian brand. Who knew eh?
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Qualiko whole frozen chicken (without giblets).
Seems strange to see that. When was the last time a chicken came with giblets? I recall seeing them as a kid, they'd be in a plastic bag in the cavity, but haven't seen any since, maybe, 1980.
I too remember those much-missed plastic bags (they produced the best gravy known to man) but since their apparent demise I have been able to buy the giblets separately, but I no longer remember from where — almost certainly Harrod’s or Fortnum & Mason’s. Alternatively you could buy a complete free-range bird (including giblets) online from suppliers such as Hugh Grierson (https://www.hughgrierson.co.uk/product/organic-free-range-whole-chicken-with-giblets/).
Or you could just buy the giblets (https://www.herbfedpoultry.co.uk/product/herb-fed-chicken-giblets/) themselves online.
Incidentally, the word "giblets" is something that I so rarely type that I have not once, while typing this comment, been able to type it correctly at a first attempt — each attempt comes out something like "gliblets" ...
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** Phil.
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Qualiko whole frozen chicken (without giblets).
Seems strange to see that. When was the last time a chicken came with giblets? I recall seeing them as a kid, they'd be in a plastic bag in the cavity, but haven't seen any since, maybe, 1980. And I've seen several of the Qualiko products but have been too wary of them, they're just too cheap. Let us know what you think of your purchase.
Actually I just Googled Qualiko and it's a Ukranian brand. Who knew eh?
Cooked one whole in the pressure cooker last night Santa. Very nice. Only thing I missed was my little ball of string.
Guess they could be on special offer. They had larger Qualiko chickens and I think they were priced more typically. I have only been to Farmfoods a couple of times before. Not everything is cheap but there are certainly some bargains. A lot of it relies on bulk buys though. I don't have the freezer space (e.g. for 3 kg of king prawns).
I did also buy 1 kg skinless/boneless white fish (Alaskan Pollock). Would need another mortgage for fresh smoked cod/haddock loin these days. So Pollock it is. Actually I quite like a fish curry. I avoid Asda's frozen white fish though. Currently it's clearly labelled as being Vietnamese Basa, which I think is actually Catfish/River Cobbler.
I remember the giblet bags too. Once as a child I heard my mother cursing in the kitchen. Turned out she had cooked the chicken and forgot to take the bag out. Don't tell your Dad she said. Sunday roast dinner went ahead as normal.
Rob
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Incidentally, the word "giblets" is something that I so rarely type that I have not once, while typing this comment, been able to type it correctly at a first attempt — each attempt comes out something like "gliblets" ...
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Gliblets, those witty little bon mots that you can never remember the next day.....!
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Gliblets, those witty little bon mots that you can never remember the next day.....!
"I wish I had said that". "You will, Oscar, you will ...".
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Ah giblets! My Mother in law taught me to get the liver out of the bag and peel the inner 'skin' off, it was a kind of murky green colour before adding it with an onion and the rest of the contents of the little bag with water to eventually add to the gravy. I think this was with the turkey though not chicken.
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Went back for a couple more. Still the same price. I now have a giblet-free household.
Plate. White Glass, by Asda (£0.85)
(https://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/imagehost/pics/4a870a7e77bd6fe4ce79c71f698a4e97.jpg) (https://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/imagehost/#4a870a7e77bd6fe4ce79c71f698a4e97.jpg)
Rob