Oh, and...

[venta]

Since you lot seem to be a mine of culinary information, here's another one:

What does one do with anchovies ? It came as a bit of a surprise to me a while back to discover I like them - marinated in oil and various other Mediterranean things, they bear no resemblance to the nasty, dried up cadavers one encounters on pizzas.

I usually just eat them with bread, or I suppose you could include them in antipasti. Last night I experimentally ate some with a leek and lemon risotto, and... well. It was edible, and I'm not dead. But it didn't really work, and I won't be repeating the exercise.

The anchovies have rather a sharp taste, and I can't really think of things that they'd go well with. Anyone got any suggestions ?

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[stompyboots.livejournal.com]

As long as you chop them very small, anchovies are a great way to add body to any tomato-based sauce. They're one of the main ingredients in Worcestershire sauce, so you can (within reason) add them to almost anything you would WS. If you leave the pan on a medium hob to get quite hot, then add olive oil, you can then put finely chopped anchovies in once the oil starts to shimmer. If they're small enough, they'll actually melt away.

[venta.livejournal.com]

Melt ? Blimey.

I know WS is made with anchovies, but it tastes completely different...

What does your foody mum do, by the way ? Just curious, as my mum writes a cookery column and various foodie features for the newspaper she works for, so I've spent my entire life being a guinea pig for experimental recipes :)

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[stompyboots.livejournal.com]

Me too!

My mum writes a food column in the States, does a bit of freelance work for the food scetions of American papers, and maintains a website on where to get non-American food in Washington. She's also doing some radio cookery thing, and is trying to get a cookbook off the ground. Not bad for someone who doesn't actually eat!

How are you so slender with a foodie mum? It's not fair!

[venta.livejournal.com]

radio cookery thing

Sauté your transistor lightly in olive oil...

Sounds exciting - and like it's a full-time job. My mum works for a very little newspaper, so she's cookery columnist, but also farming editor, business editor, and possibly she delivers the things too :)

<ducks and runs in case she's reading this>

How are you so slender with a foodie mum? It's not fair!

Good luck, I think - well, it certainly isn't good judgement. I think I won a fast metabolism in life's draw - which is only fair, because I sure as hell didn't get a decent immune system :(