Meat, Have you noticed? I have
Oct 17th 2011, 3:16 am
#31
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Re: Meat, Have you noticed? I have
When we had not been living here long I once mistakenly ordered Pigs Cheek in a restaurant. I thought I had ordered pork stuffed with prunes and pinenuts which sounded tempting. However the finished dish which is apparently considered a delicacy, was about 90% glutenous fat. I found it completely inedible. They were quite upset when I didn't eat it. It cost 16 euros and was one of the most expensive dishes on the menu.
It is delicious, I've never had a bad one. There should be fat, but not that much. They are pretty much just a variation of carne guisada, which is my favourite winter dish, and so tasty and cheap that it is silly
Rabo de toro is also very nice, but here the quality varies a lot. I've had some delicious and horrible versions. The bad versions typically have too much fat and not enough meat
I've had manitas de cerdo once in a good restaurant, they were nice, but a bit geletinous
Tocino is for eating in stews, dread the thought of eating it raw!
Oct 17th 2011, 10:15 pm
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Re: Meat, Have you noticed? I have
I order carrillera (or galtas in Catalan) quite often
It is delicious, I've never had a bad one. There should be fat, but not that much. They are pretty much just a variation of carne guisada, which is my favourite winter dish, and so tasty and cheap that it is silly
Rabo de toro is also very nice, but here the quality varies a lot. I've had some delicious and horrible versions. The bad versions typically have too much fat and not enough meat
I've had manitas de cerdo once in a good restaurant, they were nice, but a bit geletinous
Tocino is for eating in stews, dread the thought of eating it raw!
It is delicious, I've never had a bad one. There should be fat, but not that much. They are pretty much just a variation of carne guisada, which is my favourite winter dish, and so tasty and cheap that it is silly
Rabo de toro is also very nice, but here the quality varies a lot. I've had some delicious and horrible versions. The bad versions typically have too much fat and not enough meat
I've had manitas de cerdo once in a good restaurant, they were nice, but a bit geletinous
Tocino is for eating in stews, dread the thought of eating it raw!
Nov 4th 2011, 11:50 pm
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Re: Meat, Have you noticed? I have
If you like English pork pies, then you'll probably have eaten pigs trotters. They are rich in gelatine when cooked & also make fantastic stock for gravy. I attempted to make a game pie recently & got 2 pigs trotters for the jelly. Very rich.
Nov 5th 2011, 1:49 pm
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Re: Meat, Have you noticed? I have
Nov 5th 2011, 10:11 pm
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