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Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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Location: under some rain.

Posted: Sat Jun 21, 08 7:52 pm Post subject:
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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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35056
Location: Devon

Posted: Sat Jun 21, 08 7:56 pm Post subject:

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

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 23956
Location: under some rain.

Posted: Sat Jun 21, 08 8:00 pm Post subject:

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

Joined: 16 Jul 2005
Posts: 19856
Location: Ceredigion

Posted: Sat Jun 21, 08 8:02 pm Post subject:
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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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Sat Jun 21, 08 8:03 pm Post subject:
Have you got a local cider producer?

Cathryn

Joined: 16 Jul 2005
Posts: 19856
Location: Ceredigion

Posted: Sat Jun 21, 08 8:07 pm Post subject:
Ah sorry, specific recipe in mind. Doesn't anyone nearby make their own wine?

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Sun Jun 22, 08 4:53 pm Post subject:
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

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 08 7:20 am Post subject:
Haven't decided what to do for this week yet. Time to get the old thinking cap on...

Mrs Fiddlesticks

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 10460

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 08 7:29 am Post subject:

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

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22789
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 08 8:55 am Post subject:

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

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 08 9:05 am Post subject:
i may be able to let you have the occasional onion: swap for something?

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35056
Location: Devon

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 08 9:05 am Post subject:
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

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22789
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 08 9:09 am Post subject:

mochyn wrote:

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

That sounds like just the ticket. Thanks.

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22789
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 08 9:11 am Post subject:

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

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35934
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 08 9:11 am Post subject:
Can we opt in on a 'better late than never' basis?

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