Burgers,three ways

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When the Beyond Baked Beans team asked if I’d do a recipe that would appeal to students for their blog I was pleased but stumped. It’s a long time since I was a student and I was lucky (or unlucky) enough to get through Uni without having to cook much more than the odd slice of cheese on toast and the very occasional chilli. This isn’t because I lived at home rather its because I lived in college all three years and the college catering seemed to be modelling itself on a pretty reasonable hotel. And then each time I [...]

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Mutton dressed as lamb,why not go the whole hogget

Waiting to be butterflied

It’s late spring (well it was when I wrote and it was published,we’ve now just edged into summer) and a time many of us associate with lamb,in fact,it’s common to think of lamb as a traditional dish for Easter. A moment to pause and think about this should make us wonder why? Easter can be as early as 22 March and as late as 25 April;and we mostly all know that spring is when lambs are born so how are these lambs old enough to be ready to eat by Easter? Well they aren’t. The lamb [...]

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Easy peasy BBQ baby chicken

Ahhhhhh its barbecue time of year and barbecue kind of weather:smell the grilling food,hear the chink of glasses,the laughter,the fun,the delicate aroma of firelighters,the burnt food,the lobster tinged neighbours. England,the summer.

But it’s be a shame not to join in with at least some of this,right? Correct. Here’s the easy chicken (well poussin actually) we did last night:2 poussin butterflied (dead simple this,lie it breast bone down,hold the parsons nose,cut along either side of the backbone and remove,flip it over,press down firmly on the breast [...]

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