I went in that shop up Ladypool road a couple of months back. They still have those balti pans. They're the same as they give you in Adils as pictured on the previous page. I don't know if it was called Uncle's all I remember is that they are pig ignorant in there.

I prefer chopped fresh tomato just to throw a spanner in the works. I guess it is largely dish specific whether you use pur?e or a less concentrated form of tomato.

What a shame I'd liked to have checked that out. PS Was probably the Crowngate shopping centre you worked at. 

Gav

Was it a proper balti you bought in Worcester? Do you remember the name of the place?

Has anybody seen/used/got a mix powder recipe from an actual BIR chef with ground fenugreek seed in it?  I thought it was more a traditional Indian ingredient but I'd be intrigued to try it if anyone can authenticate it's use in TAs.

Not posted for a while. Happy New Year to all.

Please let us know your results T99.

Quote from: Unclefrank on December 15, 2014, 09:47 AM
I get 10kg onions for 99p at Warley Wines Wednesbury, haven't had any problems so far, i did use Sandhars in Dudley for a few years but Warley Wines are a lot cheaper and it's not far from where i live.

I'm going there next time I go to Ikea!

Those are morchella esculenta. They don't fruit much in the UK but are supposedly mycorrhizal mainly with ash trees and maybe other species. The ones you find on bark chip are morchella elata and are the ones that you have most chance of finding. I make a point to check out any flower beds I pass each spring but so far have not seen any. You can buy dried ones in a jar from delicatessens but will probably wait till Lady Luck takes a shine and try them fresh. I'm not holding my breath. :-)

Chewy do you think the Dutch ones make a better base than English?

Phil: I'm in Worcestershire, Kent unfortunately is a bit out of the way for me else I'd be more than happy to take you out. You can always contact me with photos of your finds if ever you are unsure of ID. There is a guy based in Hastings called Geoff Dann who runs courses. I don't know whether that is reasonable travelling distance although his courses are ran in other counties too. He has a website and admittedly knows more than I will ever know about mushrooms.

Yes the Polish/Eastern European community are very knowledgeable. They get the blame for all the illegal commercial picking in the New Forest every year although can't say I've ever bumped into other pickers much whilst in the woods. Foreign or otherwise!

Fried: Those morels are huge. You are a lucky so and so! Never found any, and not through lack of trying. Did you find those in the UK if so what kind of habitat? They fetch about ?90 a kilo!

Macferret: Yes I've heard that about French pharmacists. Isn't it odd how cultures differ so much. On the continent everybody picks mushrooms. In the UK there is a huge fear. The aim of my sessions is partly to teach people that as long as you use your loaf there is nothing to be afraid of.

Mike