Back in my boozey, pub-going days a Doner Kebab was the way to end a heavy night of drinking. Those days are well behind me now, but a Doner Kebab still remains a guilty pleasure – but it shouldn’t be because the Doner Kebab is actually a wonderful meal when it’s done well. It just has a reputation as a dirty, unhealthy meal due to it’s association with the drunken…
Before the foodie police come after me, let me start off by saying that while you see Vindaloo – the curry, not the godawful wretched football song released in 1998 – on pretty much every Indian menu in the country, it’s not actually Indian in origin. The Vindaloo was a dish made by the Portuguese settlers in Goa and was called Carne de Vinha d’alhos (which is literally translated as…
Moussaka confused me when I was a kid. I thought it was basically lasagne but with Aubergine instead of using sheets of pasta. But as I got older and wiser… well, older… Iwh of course learned that while there are similarities, the origins and flavour profiles are completely different. While they both used ground meat, Moussaka uses lamb as opposed to beef and, because of it’s Middle Eastern origins, it…
To paraphrase Brick Tamland from Anchorman… I LOVE LAMB. I think it’s my favourite meat in terms of it’s flavour, but I find its versatility isn’t as great as it’s meaty brethren. That’s why I’m always looking to find or come up with as many recipes using lamb as I can, and this one is a great use of Lamb Mince that is also quick and simple. It takes a…
We’ve all been there. You’ve gone for a night out, the “quick one” after work has turned into a big drinking session, and you’ve got that craving for a dirty kebab, which then you wake up with stuck to your face then next morning after you pass out in it. Oh. Oh… so that’s just me then? Anyway, despite the Doner Kebab’s stereotype as something you grab after a boozey…