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Website: http://kittensinthekitchen.blogspot.com/

Location: UK

About: I'm an enthusiastic, messy, passionate cook who loves nothing more than writing about cooking, thinking about cooking or reading about cooking... Well, except maybe eating...

Favorite foods: chiles, chilies, chillies, fish, tomatoes, curry, pasta, indian, vietnamese, thai, soup

Last bite on earth: That is like asking my favourite song - it changes with the weather, my mood or the company! But it would need to be savoury; spicy and piquant. Something lively, that would set my mouth alive. But, anyway - what a morbid question!

The Ten Most Recent Comments By kittie

From Talk

Sichuan Peppercorns

Ooo - I love sichuan peppers too!

One of my favourite recent recipes is slow pan-fried sichuan duck. I served it with bok choy - but it would equally well with mashed potatoes and a rich fruit-based sauce...

kittie at 9:35AM on 05/19/08

From Talk

Ideas for Duck Breasts

simon - that sounds fabulous - I'm definitely going to try this.

kittie at 9:49AM on 05/12/08

From Required Eating

Poutine: Curdy Canadian Comfort

I have only ever tried poutine once, so, soooo good... the taste memory lingers on, my mouth is watering once again...

I wonder if I can source curds in the UK...

I want poutine... :(

kittie at 9:48AM on 05/12/08

From Talk

Easy Curry Recipe

Here is another super easy recipe :)

Fry up an onion until soft then add a couple of cloves of garlic, and maybe a tablespoon of grated ginger and fry for another couple of minutes. Add whatever meat you are using and brown. Add some curry powder (see the packet for quantities!) and a tin of chopped tomatoes and simmer for about 20 minutes. (Season as required)

To get a creamier curry, add some yoghurt when you add the tomatoes, and/ or some cream at the end. (Don't let the cream boil!)

If you don't add cream, you could try adding a squeeze of lemon juice at the end for a slightly different flavour!

kittie at 4:42AM on 05/06/08

From Required Eating

Can You Handle the Stink?

Strange coincidence!
I tried a washed-rind for the first time on Sunday night - the Durrus and also a calvados washed brie! It was part of one of the most amazing cheeseboards I have ever seen (about 30 gorgeous cheeses...). The Durrus was my favourite. The stink was potent; I couldn't believe I was even going to put it in my mouth... but when I did it suddenly transformed into this deep, smooth, creamy lushness.

I am a washed-rind convert, and look forward to stinking out public transport soon!

kittie at 12:26PM on 02/05/08

From Required Eating

Ibérico Ham: Crazy Good But Worth the Price?

Another amazing way to eat jamon (with bread!):
Split your bagette in half, you can optionally toast the cut side. Rub the cut side with a split clove of garlic, then follow by rubbing it with a wedge of tomato so the bread soaks up the tomato juices. Season with a little salt and fresh ground black pepper and place the slices of ham on the top.

kittie at 11:39AM on 12/14/07

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Ibérico Ham: Crazy Good But Worth the Price?

Interesting thread!

I fell in love with jamon when on holiday in Spain a few years back (I'm from the UK) It is still pretty expensive stuff, even over here - but to me it's worth it for a treat. When I pay that much money though, I don't make a sandwich - just a platter of jamon, some smokey cheese, and olives. Add a glass of wine, and that's my heaven!

kittie at 11:21AM on 12/14/07

Responses to Comments by kittie

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Ibérico Ham: Crazy Good But Worth the Price?

I'll go on record and say I didn't think it was anything special. It was good but it wasn't particularly nutty or 'porky'. $20 for 1/4 pound was overpriced. I'd pay maybe $10.

chaevans at 10:58PM on 07/06/08

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Poutine: Curdy Canadian Comfort

My home town is known for it's french fries in the summer, and poutine is served up regularly at these establishments...Around here it's not summer until your had your helping of poutine.

Lilartist at 1:30PM on 05/18/08

From Talk

Ideas for Duck Breasts

i have a great absolute failproof receipe from a true southern louisiana girl---aka i cook alot of duck! Bone out the duck breast & season all sides with classic seasoning s, p, garlic, red pepper. Then take some jalapenos and cut them in half lenghtwise (seeded for the less adventerous) cut you some slices of cream cheese & layer them like this---1 slice of bacon,duck breast, jalapeno, cream cheese. roll it up and secure with a toothpick. Grill them and enjoy scrumptious!

Trena at 1:01AM on 05/13/08

From Required Eating

Can You Handle the Stink?

Pleasant Ridge Reserve is our "house" cheese. When it first appears in October it has a totally different smell, and taste than it does when it finally runs out...usually around April. As it has become more well known I fear the limited supply will be depleted sooner. Perhaps my genius husband deserves a wheel for Valentines Day...nothing says love quite like the stink of cheese.

Vanessa at 1:10PM on 02/06/08

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Can You Handle the Stink?

I love many stinky cheeses. Love them.

So, it's Thanksgiving. I'm a guest at an apartment way downtown. I'm to bring the cheese tray. I take the cheese out of the fridge about an hour before I leave my house. I get the bus. It's a long trip. The bus is really warm. My cheeses really start to stink. I mean really. People around me start sniffing the air. Talking among themselves. What the heck was that smell? They're grumbling. I sit there all innocent-eyed, furtively looking around as though I would somehow find the culprit. I ended up getting off the bus a couple of stops early when it appeared that people were beginning to recognize where the smell was originating from.

That said, the cheeses were awesome. I don't think I'll ever go that route again though.

chisai at 6:44AM on 02/06/08

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Can You Handle the Stink?

Speaking of Belgian beers, Chimay makes a nice stinky cheese that's washed in their Trappist beer during aging.

jamieforrest at 6:36PM on 02/05/08

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Can You Handle the Stink?

Cowgirl's Red Hawk was too strong for me, but I love their Mt. Tam - the three cream. I'd sort of written off stinky cheese as not for me, but reading your post makes me curious...maybe someday I will be ready!

And aharste, I thought durian wasn't allowed in Singapore at all! I'm glad you kept it though, I love it!

mballena at 5:15PM on 02/05/08

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Can You Handle the Stink?

I went through this stage a couple of years ago where I felt the need to experiment with stinky cheeses, and had one similar to what you have pictured here that my friend brought home from Germany.

After my third go-round, I finally realized that it just wasn't for me. Cheese that smells and tastes like feet - not my thing. I tried the funky Belgian beers with Lactobacillus and Brettanomyces and couldn't handle those either.

philn at 4:02PM on 02/05/08

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Can You Handle the Stink?

aharste: you're really lucky no one said anything! i've seen ANGRY chefs verbally abuse and expel durian-toting patrons in singapore...

having said that, i don't mind stinky cheeses when they reward you with flavor. it's the cheeses that offer no reward for the stink that i'm wary of. my russian housemate seems to have a penchant for bringing home exactly these...

onedaylingers at 3:59PM on 02/05/08

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Can You Handle the Stink?

I brought a Durian on the subway in Singapore because I had bought it at a wet market not knowing it was against the rules to take one on the subway. When I came face-to-face with the sign of a Durian with a red slash through it at the station, I was not giving up my Durian. I kept swinging the bag back and forth hoping to dissipate the smell. I received a lot of looks and I expected to be outed any minute, much like a real human by a pod person in the movie "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"

aharste at 3:23PM on 02/05/08