did you get the things we needed? (an occasional series)

[ramtops]

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 ...

Comments

[timill]

So what does the reserved cooking liquid get used for? The recipe says to reserve it but it is not then used?

[ramtops.livejournal.com]

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.

[timill]

Right. So it could probably do with a link or pointer from nibblous then.

[vampwillow]

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

[timill]

I think Geoff's a bit protective of his pigs...

[etriganuk.livejournal.com]

... right up to the moment he cheerily waves them off to the abbatoir!

[blackberry44.livejournal.com]

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.

[mkillingworth.livejournal.com]

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.

[ex-the-major316.livejournal.com]

Having not yet read the recipe all my mind can do is worry about the cat food.

[alicephilippa.livejournal.com]

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.

[ex-the-major316.livejournal.com]

I believe the response I'm trying to give right now is *ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww*

[purple-peril.livejournal.com]

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?

[ramtops.livejournal.com]

no, I don't think so. Costco is entirely different to Makro, somehow.