Culinary Corner

[roguetrooper]

While I was off work for 3 months a couple of years ago after having my hip replaced, I started looking at different recipes from all kinds of cooking-types to try and make 'the worlds greatest.. (insert dish here)' as a contest between me and Wen-because she reckoned her cheese and onion pie was better than mine

Turns out a girl called Felicity Cloake who writes for the Guardian had the same idea and saved me a lot of time and experimentation.. Cheers Fliss.

I've made quite a few of her suggestions, recently including Steak and Ale Pie, Bolognese, and Boeuf-Bourguignon but tonight I'm going for Chilli

What's got me interested are 2 things:

1. No tomato
2. Includes a pint of coffee

Anyone else made chilli with unorthodox ingredients? I've had it with chocolate in it before, but never a pint of Mellow Birds

[DaddyR]

Chilli with chocolate gets a tick from me. I've not tried it with coffee though but eagerly await your report.

[Dillonstar]

RT I know for a fact you've had chilli made with coffee as you had it when you came to my stag doo! Also remember there being a fair bit of Dave's insanity sauce making it's way in there too!

D*

[roguetrooper]

RT I know for a fact you've had chilli made with coffee

D*

I’ll have to take your word for that. I don’t remember an awful lot about that weekend other than it involved an amazing breakfast, a lot of drinking and clay pigeon shooting.

I kind of remember the Insanity Sauce bough

[roguetrooper]

You know. It’s things like this that just confirm to me that I’m a definite candidate for early onset Alzheimers

[vengance101]

"While I was off work for 3 months a couple of years ago after having my hip replaced” is the single most OAP line i think I’ve read on here! I hope it went well by the way, my Dad had his done when he was quite young and i have seen how painful it can be so i hope you have recovered nicely and didn’t suffer too much in the process.

My daughter has biblical quantities of chilli flakes in the cupboard and like chilli chocolate too. Her taste buds will be fried like Dave Listers by the time she’s my age!

V

[Mane]

*vouch*
For coffee in chilli!

There's a Moroccan street-vendor pancake thing that's usually filled with a spicy tomato and coffee mix, but I prefer the non-tomato version because tomatoes make me sick, but I can't remember what it's called - it sure peps you up though!

[kaycee2011]

I once made Mexican Mole sauce from scratch (an entire mornings activity) which is effectively nuts, chocolate and a tonne of various dried chillis...Mmmm Mmmm soooo good!

[roguetrooper]

i hope you have recovered nicely and didn’t suffer too much in the process.

V

Yeah, I was a bit shocked that I needed it doing at 44 (I thought I'd torn a ligament) but apparently if you have a genetic disposition towards osteoarthritis, Motocross, Martial Arts and Running are the 3 worst things you can do to prematurely wear your hip out.

Op was fine : https://photos.app.goo.gl/w6dl2Y14OGJ6rj2j1

Then this year I unfortunately learned the limits of bending over stuff in Jan.. Then just be sure, I did it again in August

https://photos.app.goo.gl/w6dl2Y14OGJ6rj2j1

Check out my kneecaps

https://photos.app.goo.gl/L8SzFPqZUnGOqS0w2

Mexican mole sauce sounds ace kaycee. Will have a look at that.

The chilli was very nice, but a little on the sweet side for me. Would miss out the brown sugar next time I reckon.

[roguetrooper]

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