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Title: One for Pastis to try
Post by: Snoopy on March 31, 2009, 07:16:03 PM
September 11th
Cabbage Soup
Boiled Cabbage and bacon
Saddle of mutton with Purée of turnips
Lark Pie
Crayfish à la bordelaise
Pear Fritters

Pluck, singe and flatten the backs of two or three dozen larks, draw them, throw away the gizzards and pound the trail in a mortar with scraped bacon and mixed herbs; fill the larks with this and wrap each one in a slice of bacon. Line a plain mould with paste (Pastry), fill it with the larks, spreinle them with salt and pepper, spread a thick layer of butter over them, add two or three laurel (Bay) leaves and a pinch of mixed spice. Cover with paste (Pastry) and bake for two hours and a half. Turn out of the mould and serve cold.

Translations by me
Title: Re: One for Pastis to try
Post by: Miss Demeanour on March 31, 2009, 07:23:04 PM
2 or 3 dozen larks - in the middle of London  lol:
Title: Re: One for Pastis to try
Post by: Snoopy on March 31, 2009, 07:28:20 PM
Don't be so picky ~ he'll know a good butcher I'm sure. whistle:


If not it works well with quail or even pigeon ~ just adjust numbers to fit size of bird/dish/appetite
Title: Re: One for Pastis to try
Post by: Miss Demeanour on March 31, 2009, 07:30:20 PM
Don't be so picky ~ he'll know a good butcher I'm sure. whistle:
If not it works well with quail or even pigeon

Picky  - moi  angel1

I was enjoying the image of him going out with his shotgun in South London to shoot 'birds'  lol:
Title: Re: One for Pastis to try
Post by: Darwins Selection on March 31, 2009, 09:56:30 PM
2 or 3 dozen larks

Nick orders a packet of lard from Tesco online.
Title: Re: One for Pastis to try
Post by: Nick on April 01, 2009, 08:15:14 AM
I was served thrush stew in Spain a couple of years back. They cook them whole, beaks and all  sick2:
Title: Re: One for Pastis to try
Post by: Barman on April 01, 2009, 08:37:40 AM
I was served thrush stew in Spain a couple of years back. They cook them whole, beaks and all  sick2:
They have that here - a great delicacy....  noooo:
Title: Re: One for Pastis to try
Post by: Nick on April 01, 2009, 08:38:21 AM
I ended up with lots of little feet at the side of the plate   sick2:
Title: Re: One for Pastis to try
Post by: Barman on April 01, 2009, 08:41:46 AM
I ended up with lots of little feet at the side of the plate   sick2:
I tried it once.... Too crunchy to blank out....

See also, goat testicles, goat brain and got neck glands....  noooo:
Title: Re: One for Pastis to try
Post by: Nick on April 01, 2009, 08:43:46 AM
Who's got neck glands?  rubschin:
Title: Re: One for Pastis to try
Post by: Barman on April 01, 2009, 08:45:22 AM
Who's got neck glands?  rubschin:
Sorry... goat... except it hasn't now of course...  noooo:
Title: Re: One for Pastis to try
Post by: Nick on April 01, 2009, 08:46:15 AM
Do they really eat goat glands? Do you fry them or what?
Title: Re: One for Pastis to try
Post by: Barman on April 01, 2009, 08:52:04 AM
Do they really eat goat glands? Do you fry them or what?
Grill them...
Title: Re: One for Pastis to try
Post by: Nick on April 01, 2009, 08:53:21 AM
A little treat for Miss D perhaps  eveilgrin:
Title: Re: One for Pastis to try
Post by: Barman on April 01, 2009, 08:57:40 AM
A little treat for Miss D perhaps  eveilgrin:
rubschin:

Loads of ketchup...  rubschin:

I think we have a winner!
Title: Re: One for Pastis to try
Post by: Nick on April 01, 2009, 08:58:39 AM
ANd presumably goat glands have (cough) medical qualities  eyes:
Title: Re: One for Pastis to try
Post by: Barman on April 01, 2009, 09:01:13 AM
ANd presumably goat glands have (cough) medical qualities  eyes:
They didn't do me any harm...  ;)
Title: Re: One for Pastis to try
Post by: Darwins Selection on April 01, 2009, 09:16:47 AM
A little treat for Miss D perhaps  eveilgrin:
rubschin:

Loads of ketchup...  rubschin:

I think we have a winner!
I can't see her wanting thrush you know.  noooo:
Title: Re: One for Pastis to try
Post by: Snoopy on April 01, 2009, 09:20:25 AM
Yoghurt helps I am told
Title: Re: One for Pastis to try
Post by: Pastis on April 01, 2009, 09:22:35 AM
September 11th
Cabbage Soup
Boiled Cabbage and bacon
Saddle of mutton with Purée of turnips
Lark Pie
Crayfish à la bordelaise
Pear Fritters

Pluck, singe and flatten the backs of two or three dozen larks, draw them, throw away the gizzards and pound the trail in a mortar with scraped bacon and mixed herbs; fill the larks with this and wrap each one in a slice of bacon. Line a plain mould with paste (Pastry), fill it with the larks, spreinle them with salt and pepper, spread a thick layer of butter over them, add two or three laurel (Bay) leaves and a pinch of mixed spice. Cover with paste (Pastry) and bake for two hours and a half. Turn out of the mould and serve cold.

Translations by me

Pluck, Singe & Flatten ... a firm Corporate Lawyers by any chance?

Thanks for the thought Snoopy ~ Intriguing recipe. And what's pounding the trail all about?  eeek:
Title: Re: One for Pastis to try
Post by: Snoopy on April 01, 2009, 10:21:11 AM
September 11th
Cabbage Soup
Boiled Cabbage and bacon
Saddle of mutton with Purée of turnips
Lark Pie
Crayfish à la bordelaise
Pear Fritters

Pluck, singe and flatten the backs of two or three dozen larks, draw them, throw away the gizzards and pound the trail in a mortar with scraped bacon and mixed herbs; fill the larks with this and wrap each one in a slice of bacon. Line a plain mould with paste (Pastry), fill it with the larks, spreinle them with salt and pepper, spread a thick layer of butter over them, add two or three laurel (Bay) leaves and a pinch of mixed spice. Cover with paste (Pastry) and bake for two hours and a half. Turn out of the mould and serve cold.

Translations by me

Pluck, Singe & Flatten ... a firm Corporate Lawyers by any chance?

Thanks for the thought Snoopy ~ Intriguing recipe. And what's pounding the trail all about?  eeek:

Entrails dear boy ~ Entrails as opposed to the Gizzard which you are instructed to throw away. In other words the heart, liver etc can be "pounded" to form the base of the stuffing ~ BUT not the stomach and bowel with its contents.
Title: Re: One for Pastis to try
Post by: Nick on April 01, 2009, 10:27:26 AM
Won't he need a magnifying glass?  rubschin:
Title: Re: One for Pastis to try
Post by: Snoopy on April 01, 2009, 10:39:48 AM
Depends on how poor his eyesight and sense of smell are I guess.
Title: Re: One for Pastis to try
Post by: Miss Demeanour on April 01, 2009, 12:14:45 PM
A little treat for Miss D perhaps  eveilgrin:
rubschin:
Loads of ketchup...  rubschin:
I think we have a winner!
I can't see her wanting thrush you know.  noooo:


I will bring my own food thanks - or only eat what LL cooks.

I trust no man  evil:
Title: Re: One for Pastis to try
Post by: Darwins Selection on April 01, 2009, 12:42:38 PM
A little treat for Miss D perhaps  eveilgrin:
rubschin:
Loads of ketchup...  rubschin:
I think we have a winner!
I can't see her wanting thrush you know.  noooo:


I will bring my own food thanks - or only eat what LL cooks.

I trust no man  evil:

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Title: Re: One for Pastis to try
Post by: Grumpmeister on April 01, 2009, 02:08:37 PM
BM you mway want to starrt up a collection for Darwin's wake.  eeek:
Title: Re: One for Pastis to try
Post by: Nick on April 01, 2009, 02:40:42 PM
I will put 10p in  eveilgrin:
Title: Re: One for Pastis to try
Post by: Miss Demeanour on April 01, 2009, 02:41:41 PM
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I am good with boiling water  evil: evil: evil:
Title: Re: One for Pastis to try
Post by: Nick on April 01, 2009, 02:48:18 PM
BM is thusly warned  eveilgrin:

Christ, I wish we had guns!
Title: Re: One for Pastis to try
Post by: Barman on April 01, 2009, 02:49:03 PM
BM is thusly warned  eveilgrin:

Christ, I wish we had guns!
I have a gun!  evil:
Title: Re: One for Pastis to try
Post by: Nick on April 01, 2009, 02:51:22 PM
When is MIss D arriving again?  rubschin:
Title: Re: One for Pastis to try
Post by: Miss Demeanour on April 01, 2009, 02:56:41 PM
BM is thusly warned  eveilgrin:
Christ, I wish we had guns!
I have a gun!  evil:

Some might refer to it as a gun others as a water pistol  whistle:
Title: Re: One for Pastis to try
Post by: Grumpmeister on April 01, 2009, 04:37:05 PM
BM is thusly warned  eveilgrin:

Christ, I wish we had guns!
I have a gun!  evil:

Hang on you are saying that someone who in the course of decorating his place almost manages to rival Nick in the destruction stakes is allowed firearms over there?

Darwin? Have you been influencing Cypriot laws by any chance?   whistle:
Title: Re: One for Pastis to try
Post by: Miss Creant Commander of the picklement and baking BAb(Hons) on April 02, 2009, 09:59:15 AM
When is MIss D arriving again?  rubschin:

She's been there before? eeek:
Title: Re: One for Pastis to try
Post by: Grumpmeister on April 02, 2009, 10:00:38 AM
When is MIss D arriving again?  rubschin:

She's been there before? eeek:

Why do you think she started carrying an axe...  whistle:
Title: Re: One for Pastis to try
Post by: Miss Creant Commander of the picklement and baking BAb(Hons) on April 02, 2009, 10:00:56 AM
I ended up with lots of little feet at the side of the plate   sick2:

You could have used them as tooth picks to remove the beaks stuck between your teeth! ::)