I popped (or nipped) down to Costco to purchase the huge hunk of cured pig that I always do for Friday night at Team Waste Summer Camp, our annual gathering at geoffcampbell‘s gaff (10 years this year – I can’t believe it). Here’s the recipe – it has no business working, but it does.
I came home with
- the aforementioned dead pig
- a 4Gb USB U3 memory stick, to try running Ameol as a portable application (see previous posts re server crashes etc)
- 2 large smoked Austrian cheese “sausages”
- 2 kgs of chicken thighs
- 1 kg of French unsalted butter
- a new dressing gown
- 6 bottles of wine
- the new Freya North paperback
- a pack of various smoked meats – chicken, duck, etc – will be nice for lunches this week, and
- 48 cans of cat food
- 16 part baked baguettes
Ho hum …
So what does the reserved cooking liquid get used for? The recipe says to reserve it but it is not then used?
In Nigella’s book, it is to make a sort of soup thing with black beans. Although I think I might do some white pinto beans with onions and the stock to accompany the gammon this year.
Right. So it could probably do with a link or pointer from nibblous then.
Ah yes, I’ve heard of the Team Waste event.
Wouldn’t it be more fun to start the recipe
First catch a pig ...
though? ;-P
I think Geoff’s a bit protective of his pigs…
… right up to the moment he cheerily waves them off to the abbatoir!
That’s Costco for you!
I haven’t seen the assorted smoked meats in mine yet. I shall look out for it.
Those baguettes are really good.
Unfortunately our fussy cats won’t eat canned food.
Growing up in the South as I did, I’ve seen that recipe before. It does work very nicely. It’s amazing the things that you can do with Coca Cola. You guys have fun. Unfortunately, we can’t make it.
Having not yet read the recipe all my mind can do is worry about the cat food.
It’s to make curry…
A house mate at college *cough* years ago, was a little short of cash, and used a tin of Kit-e-Kat to make a curry. Not one of his better ideas.
Alice.
I believe the response I’m trying to give right now is *ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww*
The pork steaks you may or may not have eaten at the party, and the home-made BBQ sauce, were made with Dr Pepper 🙂
Ah, Costco. That’ll be a bit like Makro then. I have fond memories of wandering around Makro buying piles of Stuff I Don’t Actually Need. Come to think of it, I should probably sign up while I’m still running a company. Do you have to prove your eligibility again when you renew after a year?
no, I don’t think so. Costco is entirely different to Makro, somehow.