Many thanks, Robbo.
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Thank you, George — very kind of you to say so.
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The cameraman doesn't always go hungry, George — I received a nice meal with all the official guests after taking these ...

Now that is what I call a flatbread !  You should take it to the Mulberry Tree near Marden, Kent, where the last time I went there the butter portion was so small that it would barely have covered a Smartie ...
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Quote from: livo on September 24, 2022, 03:06 AM
Do not assume that if your quills are round rolls, like cinnamon quills, they are cinnamon, ie; True or Ceylon Cinnamon. 

Agreed.  As far as I am concerned, the most obvious characteristic that one should look for when attempting to purchase true cinnamon is the delicacy of the bark that constitutes the quill — true cinnamon will have very delicate bark, almost like parchment; cassia will have coarse bark, 1/16" thick or more.
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Loveitspicy's Chicken Chasni — 99.999% certain that this is it.

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Stephen Lindsay's Chicken Chasni made with Taz Base



Tonight's tea.

Ingredients:

300ml Taz base gravy
Taz or BE spice mixture, 1 tsp.
¼ tsp. of chilli powder
¼ tsp. salt
1½ tbsp. tomato ketchup
50ml Heinz tomato soup
1½ tbsp. mango chutney
1 tsp. vinegar
2 tsp. lemon juice
1/8 tsp. mint sauce
70ml single cream
pre-cooked chicken for one

Method:

add 200 ml of warm base to the pan or wok
add the spices and salt and stir in well
over a medium to high heat reduce down until there is very little water left and the oil has come through, stirring occasionally
scrape down the brown caramelised residue on the side of the pan back into the mix
reduce the mix right down until it is thick and almost dry
if you add the remaining base when the first reduction hasn't gone far enough then the flavour won't have developed enough and the curry can be bland
add the remaining 100ml of the base
add the tomato soup, mango chutney, vinegar, lemon juice and mint sauce and stir in
add the pre-cooked chicken and stir in
let cook until the sauce has reduced to a slightly thick sauce
add the cream to thin the sauce to the right consistency

Notes:

The Taz base is very oily and most recipes call for 400 to 450ml of the base. I have reduced this to 300 ml due to the addition of tomato soup and cream to finish the sauce at the end.

You can increase the amount of mint if it suits your taste.

I am also a fan of Laziza pastes.
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Ah, didn't think of that — it means "box" (or boxes, plural is unmarked in Vietnamese).  But I still think that they might once have been Phở !  I'll ask if anyone in my extended Vietnamese family know anything about it.

Odd name — Hop, without diacritics, is unattested in Vietnamese, although hợp is attested but has no seemingly relevant meaning.  I wonder whether they first called themselves Pho (or perhaps Phở), and were then challenged under trademark legislation and forced to change their name ...

It is with deep regret and sadness that I have to report that H.M. Queen Elizabeth II passed away at the age of 96 on 8th September 2022 at Balmoral Castle.  She is survived by her four children Prince Charles, Prince Andrew, Princess Anne and Prince Edward.