Comments on: Braised Lentils with Italian Vegetables http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/braised-lentils-with-italian-vegetables Food - Photography & More Fri, 18 May 2012 01:29:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/braised-lentils-with-italian-vegetables#comment-5714 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:22:42 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/braised-lentils-with-italian-vegetables#comment-5714 Cid, A lovely comment, thankyou. Tamarind is a great ingredient used in Asian cookery. Be it in block or pod form you need to soak the flesh in hot water. Leave it for a while then give it a good squeeze with your hands before passing it through a sieve. The juice can be used in soups, curries, stews and drinks. It can be used as a souring agent in chutneys and tomato ketchup whilst the Balinese make a tea of it. Don't use too much because it can overpower. Good luck with the veg Miles Cid,
A lovely comment, thankyou. Tamarind is a great ingredient used in Asian cookery. Be it in block or pod form you need to soak the flesh in hot water. Leave it for a while then give it a good squeeze with your hands before passing it through a sieve.
The juice can be used in soups, curries, stews and drinks. It can be used as a souring agent in chutneys and tomato ketchup whilst the Balinese make a tea of it.
Don’t use too much because it can overpower. Good luck with the veg

Miles

]]> by: Cid http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/braised-lentils-with-italian-vegetables#comment-5713 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:44:05 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/braised-lentils-with-italian-vegetables#comment-5713 Miles, I'm surprised your 'hotties' haven't been treated to sun lamps :) Still at least it puts off the evil moment of you having to eat one raw...... shudder! My fig tree is growing like the clappers and fruiting too but the ripe ones are taken by the birds leaving the small ones which probably won't ripen at all now. I've wrapped a couple in tin foil to see if that works to keep the birds off.... I mean to say, where were they when I had a caterpillar attack? It would be just my luck to have purely vegetarian flocks :) There's something aesthetically pleasing about a string of bright red chillies, enough by the sound of it to keep every cold and flu away this winter. I came back from the grocers with all sorts of roasting veg which pleases me as much as a bunch of flowers. Time to take stock now and see just what is still lurking in cupboards that might want eating up..... I can see I still have a couple of preserved lemons for instance. A friend of mine has recently set up home with a man who cooks and don't we all adore him. He gave me a jar of his homemade lime pickle which has been slowly maturing and very tasty it is too. You've said it before Miles, and how true, the social side of cooking and food in general is a wonderful thing. I would welcome any thoughts on what I can do with a small jar of tamarind paste? Cid Miles,

I’m surprised your ‘hotties’ haven’t been treated to sun lamps :) Still at least it puts off the evil moment of you having to eat one raw…… shudder!

My fig tree is growing like the clappers and fruiting too but the ripe ones are taken by the birds leaving the small ones which probably won’t ripen at all now. I’ve wrapped a couple in tin foil to see if that works to keep the birds off…. I mean to say, where were they when I had a caterpillar attack? It would be just my luck to have purely vegetarian flocks :)

There’s something aesthetically pleasing about a string of bright red chillies, enough by the sound of it to keep every cold and flu away this winter. I came back from the grocers with all sorts of roasting veg which pleases me as much as a bunch of flowers. Time to take stock now and see just what is still lurking in cupboards that might want eating up….. I can see I still have a couple of preserved lemons for instance. A friend of mine has recently set up home with a man who cooks and don’t we all adore him. He gave me a jar of his homemade lime pickle which has been slowly maturing and very tasty it is too. You’ve said it before Miles, and how true, the social side of cooking and food in general is a wonderful thing.

I would welcome any thoughts on what I can do with a small jar of tamarind paste?

Cid

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/braised-lentils-with-italian-vegetables#comment-5712 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:57:58 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/braised-lentils-with-italian-vegetables#comment-5712 Cid, It is rubbish isn't it? I have just picked another large bag of bright red chillies for drying but my 'hotties' the bhut jolokia are showing no signs of ripening-we need sunshine :( Miles Cid,
It is rubbish isn’t it? I have just picked another large bag of bright red chillies for drying but my ‘hotties’ the bhut jolokia are showing no signs of ripening-we need sunshine :(

Miles

]]> by: Cid http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/braised-lentils-with-italian-vegetables#comment-5704 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:27:52 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/braised-lentils-with-italian-vegetables#comment-5704 Miles, I feel a bit like the weather today so a trip to my local grocer with all the colour and panache on offer will be just the thing. The Hairy Bakers last night brought it home to me after seeing them in a Lincolnshire windmill, that there's not been enough baking in this house recently. Therapeutic kneeding is what's needed (!) on a wet and dreary day. All this rain must be doing something some good if not the grain, perhaps the pumpkin growers are loving it and the bu...... , the b......, and other closely related veg :) Cid Miles,

I feel a bit like the weather today so a trip to my local grocer with all the colour and panache on offer will be just the thing.

The Hairy Bakers last night brought it home to me after seeing them in a Lincolnshire windmill, that there’s not been enough baking in this house recently. Therapeutic kneeding is what’s needed (!) on a wet and dreary day. All this rain must be doing something some good if not the grain, perhaps the pumpkin growers are loving it and the bu…… , the b……, and other closely related veg :)

Cid

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/braised-lentils-with-italian-vegetables#comment-5686 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:56:07 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/braised-lentils-with-italian-vegetables#comment-5686 Cid, 'Tis indeed chard and a particularly fine one at that though I say so myself. Kale is great, you've done very well there. Don't mention the butternut again otherwise you might be treated to some of that Chinese democracy editing used with great gusto on a certain other blog we know :mrgreen: Miles Cid,
‘Tis indeed chard and a particularly fine one at that though I say so myself.
Kale is great, you’ve done very well there. Don’t mention the butternut again otherwise you might be treated to some of that Chinese democracy editing used with great gusto on a certain other blog we know :mrgreen:

Miles

]]> by: Cid http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/braised-lentils-with-italian-vegetables#comment-5680 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:08:25 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/braised-lentils-with-italian-vegetables#comment-5680 Miles, After my success with the red cabbage recipe I'm now ready for a lentil dish. By the way was that chard under cover? All that remains of my leafy green veg experiment have been munched by cabbage whites..... the ghostly stems are all that's left! Can't complain though, we had lots of meals from the kales and I would certainly grow them again. The butternut squash are sprouting in every direction so there should be quite a harvest during autumn with any luck. Cid Miles,

After my success with the red cabbage recipe I’m now ready for a lentil dish. By the way was that chard under cover? All that remains of my leafy green veg experiment have been munched by cabbage whites….. the ghostly stems are all that’s left! Can’t complain though, we had lots of meals from the kales and I would certainly grow them again. The butternut squash are sprouting in every direction so there should be quite a harvest during autumn with any luck.

Cid

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/braised-lentils-with-italian-vegetables#comment-5678 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:50:31 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/braised-lentils-with-italian-vegetables#comment-5678 Elsie, I used green lentils, Puy are wonderful but more expensive. Look out for the small Umbrian lentils, they are excellent in a dish like this. Miles Elsie,
I used green lentils, Puy are wonderful but more expensive. Look out for the small Umbrian lentils, they are excellent in a dish like this.

Miles

]]> by: Elsie Nean http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/braised-lentils-with-italian-vegetables#comment-5663 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:30:40 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/braised-lentils-with-italian-vegetables#comment-5663 Miles, That looks delicious. What a great feeling and taste to have it straight from your kitchen garden. Did you use ordinary green lentils or Puy Lentils? This will certainly be tried at the Nean household. Elsie Miles,
That looks delicious. What a great feeling and taste to have it straight from your kitchen garden. Did you use ordinary green lentils or Puy Lentils?
This will certainly be tried at the Nean household.
Elsie

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/braised-lentils-with-italian-vegetables#comment-5662 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:17:26 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/braised-lentils-with-italian-vegetables#comment-5662 Rod, Thanks, you should give this a go, you have all of the resources avaliable :) Miles Rod,
Thanks, you should give this a go, you have all of the resources avaliable :)

Miles

]]> by: Rod http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/braised-lentils-with-italian-vegetables#comment-5661 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:15:33 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/braised-lentils-with-italian-vegetables#comment-5661 Miles looks great and fabulous photos as well Rod Miles
looks great and fabulous photos as well
Rod

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