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Come Inside... => The Restaurant => Topic started by: GROWLER on November 10, 2009, 11:07:36 PM
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Saw these cranberries in the Asda last week.
Now I've never 'ad cranberries before, but I've read about them being dead good and 'olesome for you like, so I bought a pack.
Just wolfed the whole lot and then took a blimp at the label to see were they come from.
It didn't say, but it did say..................
....that they are 63% bloody pineapple juice ffs, and just a mere 37% cranberry, bloody conning bastards.
Print was so small I had to use me magnifying glass. evil:
Where can I get the REAL full and 'olesome berries from then ey, and while we're at it, pure beetroot juice please?
I am /we are NOT going to succum to a winter of colds and pig flu. Fruit veg garlic and spices are on the menu every day in the Growler household now.
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Fruit veg garlic and spices are on the menu every day in the Growler household now.
That should ensure nobody comes close enough to give you any airborne virus. ;)
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Fruit veg garlic and spices are on the menu every day in the Growler household now.
That should ensure nobody comes close enough to give you any airborne virus. ;)
No one ever comes close to me regardless. ::)
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Lidl usually have whole cranberries near to Christmas ~ in punnets on the Fruit & Veg section.
For beetroot juice try a health food shop or local vegetarian suppliers. Failing that buy whole beetroot and a juicer.
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Lidl usually have whole cranberries near to Christmas ~ in punnets on the Fruit & Veg section.
For beetroot juice try a health food shop or local vegetarian suppliers. Failing that buy whole beetroot and a juicer.
Can't you buy them anywhere all year 'round like? Don't even know where they come from tbh. Can you grow them in this country?
I think we've got one of those mincing machines somewhere within the depths of the kitchen cupboard, so I'll try mincing a beetroot.
Don't know if I'll like beetroot juice though tbh.
What goes with it if it tastes yucky like?
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Beetroot is, in my opinion, a food of ultimate wrongness so I have no idea what would go with it.
As for Cranberries ~ they seem to be more American than British. I assume they mainly are imported and the season seems to start round about "Thanksgiving" and last until just after Christmas for fresh ones.
Thanksgiving Canada October 12th 2009
Thanksgiving USA November 26th 2009
As ever Wiki tells us where they come from:
Cranberries are a group of evergreen dwarf shrubs or trailing vines in the genus Vaccinium subgenus Oxycoccos, or in some treatments, in the distinct genus Oxycoccos. They are found in acidic bogs throughout the cooler parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
Cranberries are low, creeping shrubs or vines up to 2 m long and 5 to 20 cm in height; they have slender, wiry stems that are not thickly woody and have small evergreen leaves. The flowers are dark pink, with very distinct reflexed petals, leaving the style and stamens fully exposed and pointing forward. They are pollinated by domestic honey bees. The fruit is an epigynous berry that is larger than the leaves of the plant; it is initially white, but turns a deep red when fully ripe. It is edible, with an acidic taste that can overwhelm its sweetness.
Cranberries are a major commercial crop in certain American states and Canadian provinces (see Cultivation and uses below). Most cranberries are processed into products such as juice, sauce, and sweetened dried cranberries (e.g. Craisins), with the remainder sold fresh to consumers. Cranberry sauce is regarded an indispensable part of traditional American and Canadian Thanksgiving menus and European winter festivals.
Since the early 21st century within the global functional food industry, there has been a rapidly growing recognition of cranberries for their consumer product popularity, nutrient content and antioxidant qualities, giving them commercial status as a "superfruit".
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http://www.rawfoods-livingfoods.com/beetroot-juice.html
Haven't tried it yet but I might razz:. Watch out for the pink pee effect though eeek:
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http://www.rawfoods-livingfoods.com/beetroot-juice.html
Haven't tried it yet but I might razz:. Watch out for the pink pee effect though eeek:
You're a gem Pasties. cloud9:
Just got to find a decent healthy grub shop now amongst all the bloody fast food shit takeaways that we are adorned with 'round this rancid shit 'ole.
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I'm sure you can get the basic veg at the Asda ;). Then, just blitz away to your heart's content cloud9:
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Can you become my personal shopper too 8)
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razz: A new career beckons! D'you think I could do the Gok Wan thing? rubschin:
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Oh yes...I always need new shoes, clothes, jewellery and accessories.
You would do a fine job 8)
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rubschin:
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razz: A new career beckons! D'you think I could do the Gok Wan thing? rubschin:
Is that an anagram?
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razz: A new career beckons! D'you think I could do the Gok Wan thing? rubschin:
Is that an anagram?
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http://www.rawfoods-livingfoods.com/beetroot-juice.html
Haven't tried it yet but I might razz:. Watch out for the pink pee effect though eeek:
I drink beetroot juice mixed with carrot and celery juice. cloud9:
Carrot, parsnip ,celery, and ginger juice is also very nice IMHO.
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razz: A new career beckons! D'you think I could do the Gok Wan thing? rubschin:
Is that an anagram?
happy001 happy001
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http://www.rawfoods-livingfoods.com/beetroot-juice.html
Haven't tried it yet but I might razz:. Watch out for the pink pee effect though eeek:
I drink beetroot juice mixed with carrot and celery juice. cloud9:
Carrot, parsnip ,celery, and ginger juice is also very nice IMHO.
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I drink beetroot juice mixed with carrot and celery juice. cloud9:
That's just made me retch sick2:
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Right. I managed to get a fairly large punnet of pure fresh cranberries last night from the Morrisuns.
God almighty they are bitter, not unpleasant at all, but you wouldn't lob a handful in yer gob that's for sure. noooo:
So, how best to eat them then? Sprinkle of sugar with some fresh cream like stawberries? Shrugs:
The price of them, they've got to be eaten.
Morrisuns have got some right old weird and wonderful friut and veg. ;D
I saw this peculiar looking Dragon fruit and duly purchased it.
Looks like the jesters 'at tbh, but I haven't got the foggiest what it is or how you prepare it for scoffing.
Anyone tried one? confused:
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Cranberries are best made into a jam/jelly or sauce by boiling them with sugar
Dragon Fruit "How to eat" info here: http://thaifood.about.com/od/introtothaicooking/ss/dragonfruit.htm
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Cranberries are best made into a jam/jelly or sauce by boiling them with sugar
Dragon Fruit "How to eat" info here: http://thaifood.about.com/od/introtothaicooking/ss/dragonfruit.htm
Mine looks just like that. cloud9:
Never even heard of them before last night. confused:
Taste like a cross between kiwi and pear apparently.
You ever eaten one Snoops?
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Cranberries are rather peculiar to be eaten as just as berry. We juice them or make them into a sort of chutney/jam thing to eat with poultry.
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Cranberries are best made into a jam/jelly or sauce by boiling them with sugar
Dragon Fruit "How to eat" info here: http://thaifood.about.com/od/introtothaicooking/ss/dragonfruit.htm
Mine looks just like that. cloud9:
Never even heard of them before last night. confused:
Taste like a cross between kiwi and pear apparently.
You ever eaten one Snoops?
Not knowingly but sometimes it is best not to ask what the chef has put in a dish you enjoy. Used to eat in Thai restaurants quite often when I worked in London and seldom knew what was in the superb side dishes.
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Cranberries are best made into a jam/jelly or sauce by boiling them with sugar
Dragon Fruit "How to eat" info here: http://thaifood.about.com/od/introtothaicooking/ss/dragonfruit.htm
Mine looks just like that. cloud9:
Never even heard of them before last night. confused:
Taste like a cross between kiwi and pear apparently.
You ever eaten one Snoops?
Not knowingly but sometimes it is best not to ask what the chef has put in a dish you enjoy. Used to eat in Thai restaurants quite often when I worked in London and seldom knew what was in the superb side dishes.
Wulfed it last night, and the general opinion is that it DOES indeed taste like a cross between a Kiwi and a Pear.
Not overly exciting like, and those black bits look a bit like frog spawn tbqh. Bit off putting. sick2:
Fine looking fruit though. I've suggested getting a few and lobbing them on the crimbo tree as deco's. rubschin:
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Still got these cranberries. What am I going to do with them ey? Can they be left bathing in damp sugar over night to sweeten them up a bit p'raps? rubschin:
Really can't cook them. That would be sacralidge. noooo:
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Juice them.
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Juice them.
Still be bitter though. rubschin:
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Juice them.
Still be bitter though. rubschin:
Cranberries >>> cranberry juice >>> cranberry wine.
Simples. happy088
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Juice them.
Still be bitter though. rubschin:
Juice 'em and mix with apple or orange juice to utilise the natural sugars in the other juices to sweeten them.
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Juice them.
Still be bitter though. rubschin:
Juice 'em and mix with apple or orange juice to utilise the natural sugars in the other juices to sweeten them.
Do you think he meant the juice will still be bitter or he will?
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Juice them.
Still be bitter though. rubschin:
Cranberries >>> cranberry juice >>> cranberry wine.
Simples. happy088
Simples? 'T'is if you've done it before I suppose.
Giz the low down on it please, before these luvlee cranberries go mouldy. cry:
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Juice them.
Still be bitter though. rubschin:
Cranberries >>> cranberry juice >>> cranberry wine.
Simples. happy088
Simples? 'T'is if you've done it before I suppose.
Giz the low down on it please, before these luvlee cranberries go mouldy. cry:
Oh I dunno how to do it... Shrugs:
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Juice them.
Still be bitter though. rubschin:
Cranberries >>> cranberry juice >>> cranberry wine.
Simples. happy088
Simples? 'T'is if you've done it before I suppose.
Giz the low down on it please, before these luvlee cranberries go mouldy. cry:
Oh I dunno how to do it... Shrugs:
Snoopy will. He knows everythink does our Snoopsie. cloud9:
Meanwhile BM, you're just an ole gas bag.
Simples really.
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http://southernfood.about.com/od/cranberries/Cranberry_Recipes_and_Links.htm (http://southernfood.about.com/od/cranberries/Cranberry_Recipes_and_Links.htm)
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TBH I have never encountered Cranberry wine.
I would imagine, as with any fruit, the addition of yeast to the juice would start some sort of fermentation leading to alcohol but personally I suspect BM is pulling your leg ~ after all he is capable of drinking hospital hand wash if he knows it has alcohol in it ::)
Juicing cranberries is no different to juicing any other fruit. Apply pressure to ripe fruit and juice will emerge ~ more pressure = more juice.
I reckon Nick's helpful link to recipes is your best bet. Cooking the berries is without doubt the usual option. The reason the supermarkets sell them is for the foodies who want cranberry sauce but think its better if they make it from first principles rather than buy it ready made in a jar. We buy ours in a jar as life is just a tad too short to fvck about making cranberry sauce or jelly starting with berries.
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angel1
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How to make cranberry wine (http://scorpius.spaceports.com/~goodwine/cranberrywine.htm)
Fresh and distinct, our Cranberry Wine is semi-sweet with an "easy-to-enjoy" taste.
OK?
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He won't do it noooo:
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He won't do it noooo:
You're right...
If he couldn't type 'cranberry wine' into Google there is little hope... noooo:
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He won't do it noooo:
You're right...
If he couldn't type 'cranberry wine' into Google there is little hope... noooo:
I didn't do that because I (stupidly granted) assumed you had some simple home made recipe that you were going to share with me, you know, when you said "simples" like. ::)
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happy001