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Great little video.
I tried out some “fake bakes” that have clocked up millions of views on YouTube, but don’t actually work!
I tried out some "fake bakes" that have clocked up millions of views on YouTube, but don't actually work! featuring @howtocookthat pic.twitter.com/jl54RuKcNi
— Chris Fox (@thisisFoxx) February 17, 2020
Also on BBC website.
Intriguing story from France and the mystery of the blue honey.
I really don’t like the sound of blue honey, it may be peculiar to the British about this dislike of blue food, older people may recall the “missing” blue smarties that could be found in tubes of European smarties, but were not to be found in the tubes sold in the UK. Eventually blue smarties did find their way to the UK.
Really clever trailer from the BBC, very Back to the Future.
I have enjoyed the first two episodes about historical high streets, shows how “lucky” we are today in some respects and how much we have lost too. True no food adulteration these days (well some probably), but we have lost a lot of the personal touch we had in the past.
Series still available on BBC iPlayer until December 14th 2010.
Fascnating series from the BBC on how they make processed food, demonstrated by Jimmy Doherty doing it at home without the factory.
The organic, home-made food trend may have grown rapidly in the past decade, but in the recession many have returned to cheaper, processed produce. Yet few of us know how such everyday foods are made.
As household budgets have been cut, shoppers have been seeking out bargains in preference to pricey alternatives. For example, sales of organic vegetables slumped 19% in the past year.
But if the British palate has been readjusting to cheaper, often processed foods, few shoppers know much about how such produce is created. Suffolk-based farmer Jimmy Doherty has been working to overcome this consumer blind spot, finding out for a new BBC TV series how science and ingenuity combine to produce good quality food on such a mass scale.
So, what are the processes some of the most common convenience foods go through before they reach our supermarket trolleys?
Read more.
I was watching Saturday Kitchen on the BBC and this bit of the show brought tears to my eyes.
Poor Andi!
Found a couple of nice squid risotto recipes on the BBC Food website.
Squid ink risotto with chargrilled marinated squid by James Martin
Squid risotto by Nick Nairn
Going to try them out, will let you know how I get on.
BBC reports on the end of cheap food…
Peering just a few months ahead to estimate food prices has been a tough game recently.
BBC reports on milk in plastic bags.
One of the UK’s leading supermarkets has begun stocking milk in plastic bags – but how easy are they to use?
Rory Cellan-Jones road tests a bag of milk to find out if it is likely to replace the traditional doorstep pint.
Watch the video.
Looks all a bit complicated to me.
Having said that, I read on a Canadian blog that they have been using milk bags in Canada for years. In the UK we are sometimes a little behind, for example it took us ages to move away from leaded petrol for example, or embrace organic produce.
Though I know really large milk bags have been used in catering for some years, but this is the first milk bag for consumers.
Watching Saturday Kitchen this morning and really liked the mango chutney which James Martin made.
A very simple recipe which sounded really easy and looked tasty.
This week’s book choice is Saturday Kitchen Cookbook
“Saturday Kitchen” is a popular magazine-format show broadcast live on BBC1 for 35 weeks of the year. Combining a regular band of chefs and celebrities, as well as archive material and interactive features, it achieves a perfect balance of lively on-screen atmosphere with practical content. Hosted by James Martin, the programme has a down-to-earth approach with attention to modern food trends that appeals to not-too-serious cooks. The new “Saturday Kitchen Cookbook” will move forward with the successful growth of the brand, providing a fantastic opportunity to tap into a bit of everything. With over 100 inspirational recipes from the show, it will bring together new ideas from some of the nation’s favourite chefs, cutting-edge recipes from fresh talent, a variety of different cuisine from all around the world and a wealth of tips on current food topics.
I do quite enjoy Saturday Kitchen, and some of the recipes from the series are quite good or at least inspiring.
This is a nice book with great recipes and lots of lovely photographs. Buy it from Amazon.