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Jonnyboy



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 21, 08 7:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

They'll be a bit off by then.

I have amassed enough local ingredients to make lobster thermidor, but can't get past the glass of white wine I need.

I could try it with elderflower must but it's a bit of a risk.

 
jamanda
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 21, 08 7:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Jonnyboy wrote:
They'll be a bit off by then.

I have amassed enough local ingredients to make lobster thermidor, but can't get past the glass of white wine I need.

I could try it with elderflower must but it's a bit of a risk.


Doesn't it need brandy?
What about mead? Could that do the trick? You must be able to get mead.

 
Jonnyboy



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 21, 08 8:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Jamanda wrote:




Doesn't it need brandy?
What about mead? Could that do the trick? You must be able to get mead.


Never seen brandy in a recipe, some call for sherry but I always add a glass of wine to the shallots just after softening.

Mead may be available, but not by tomorrow!

 
Cathryn



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 21, 08 8:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Yes please but I must get looking locally.

It's a lobster, don't risk spoiling it. (Although personally I don't always like alcohol in fish things, would rather at times just taste the fish.)
Haven't seen one of those locally for awhile either. Lobster that is.

 
sean
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 21, 08 8:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Have you got a local cider producer?

 
Cathryn



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 21, 08 8:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Ah sorry, specific recipe in mind.

Doesn't anyone nearby make their own wine?

 
wellington womble



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PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 08 4:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I don't think I managed anything this week, unless you count bacon sarnies, which I think it too close to last weeks bacon and eggs. I have two planned for next week, though.

 
mochyn



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 23, 08 7:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Haven't decided what to do for this week yet.

Time to get the old thinking cap on...

 
Mrs Fiddlesticks



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 23, 08 7:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I failed last week - in that although we ate some local stuff, managing a whole meal wasn't possible.

I've now tracked down some cotswolds brie for a local cheese which will help ideas and there are some early spuds ready up the plot.

Can still see me doing a meal of meat from next village, spuds and salad leaves from the plot, but needing to add tomatoes from the farmshop (english but not local) I've loads of strawberries and the meringues to go with are homemade with our eggs, but the sugar isn't local clearly. Its a case of nearly there isn't quite good enough isn't it?

 
judith



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 23, 08 8:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I'm surprised at what I am finding difficult. I thought cheese would be a doddle, but what I was sold as "local" goat cheese at the farm shop proved to be from Carmarthen and thus from about 90 miles away! Even the Snowdonia range is outside my zone, which means no cheddary substitute.
I strongly suspect that one of my prospective wineries is out of range too
I'm also desperately trying to eke out my leeks in the garden as the onions are nowhere near ready, and I've not found any local ones yet either.
Still, it wouldn't be a challenge if it were easy

 
mochyn



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 23, 08 9:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

i may be able to let you have the occasional onion: swap for something?

 
jamanda
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 23, 08 9:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

We haven't done anything that required onions yet. I wonder if three cornered leek bulbs would do. There's plenty of them!

Any ideas about what we could substitute for flour?

At least we don't have any problems on the dairy/cheese front.

 
judith



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 23, 08 9:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

mochyn wrote:
i may be able to let you have the occasional onion: swap for something?


That sounds like just the ticket. Thanks.

 
judith



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 23, 08 9:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Jamanda wrote:
Any ideas about what we could substitute for flour?


Depends what you want to do. Are there any cereals in your region?

 
chez



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Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset
PostPosted: Mon Jun 23, 08 9:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Can we opt in on a 'better late than never' basis?

 
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