I think it must be Geoffbrick I'm thinking of... They don't have a website but they might be able to post some out if you give them a bell and pay over the phone etc. 0121 771 1682.

Cheers

MM

It's on Ladypool Road, Sparkbrook. Are you in Stourbridge CAB or am I thinking of someone else?

Quote from: chewytikka on September 02, 2016, 05:26 PM
Spicy Geordie Balti  ;D

Chicken Saag Aloo
Cooked in the Birmingham Balti pan
Less cooking control than an Ally pan, but still works fine for that authentic look.

Mangal Balti Masala flavours with a Butter and Naga oil finish 






cheers Chewy.

Bad news about those balti pans Chewy. I was in Uncle's the other day and the guy told me the factory that makes the pan has closed down due to the owner passing away. Uncle's bought the last 4000! He's got another manufacturer lined up to make something "similar but not quite the same".

I tried to get hold of The Curry Crunch a while back but it was no longer available. Perhaps you'd care to share the recipe Haldi! 

Just had the wire brush drill attachment on the tandoor. Cleaned 99% of the rust off pretty well will see if the rest burns off when my gas bottle arrives.

I'm going to be up near Uncle's this afternoon so will pop in and grab some proper skewers and a gaddi. - And see if I can get a jar of Pataks kebab paste so I can have a session Friday night. 

That's a shame. I wonder if there's any other guides nearer.... The only other thing to do is head to the pine or mixed forests and look for chanterelles/girolles. They seem to be quite common in Sweden, easy to spot and easy to identify. Lots of them about at the moment there too!

No they all the same species there are just so many of them to be able to identify them all.

The reason I ask is because these guys http://www.getfunghi.co.uk/ are coming up on my Twitter feed a lot lately. They are running guided forays on the island of Orust. 400SEK pp inc a mushroom fry up lunch.

I think this was the place I saw Jamie Oliver picking chanterelles on his Sweden program - just last night in fact! Would be a great opportunity to get you going as a beginner.

I think the top one is a webcap (of some sort) you can tell by the way the edge of the unopened cap is joined to the stem by a web-like membrane. The genus is cortinarius from the Latin word cortina meaning "veil" (not the 1980s Ford saloon car!)  They are mostly poisonous or "suspect". Some are deadly!

Non of these really strike me as common edibles that I'm familiar with.

Daft question but are you actually in Sweden, if so where?

Very hard to tell. 1,2 and 4 look like they could belong to the lactarius family. If you slash the gills with a sharp knife they should exude a latex or "milk" - (hence the name lactarius.)

The 3rd one down is intriguing but as always I'd need to see the underside.

What type, if any trees are present in the vicinity?

This is really wierd! I turned down rock n chips and went here yesterday http://ala-turka.co.uk after picking up my tandoor. Never been to a Turkish restaurant before but absolutely gorgeous lamb shish kebabs that would blow any BIR tikka straight out the water!