I always find it works out cheaper to buy a whole Gressingham duck. Supermarkets seem to go through phases of selling them at a reduced price, so you can get one for £7.50 at various times. I roast it and there is enough for me to be eating it for a week.
These days, because the weather is so hot, I am generally eating salads, and baguette with cheese and grapes, and peanuts with banana.
I got a whole large duck in Lidl at Easter, and even spread over several meals, it was too much for the two of us. I’m not all that fired up on it tbh. Chicken likewise I find boring. Steak I could live without. About the only meat I would really miss is lamb. And belly pork.
Tonight's comestible is slow cooker beef brisket ragù. Per standard operating procedure, I've topped up the liquid level with extra red (and a dash of brandy). It's slow cooking now. I'll serve it over pappardelle with roasted broccoli florets. To think that only a few years ago, my culinary horizon was beans on toast.
It is that special time of year here. The fresh garlic and fresh basil are out and incredibly, are cheaper and better than last year, thanks to excessive heat and rain. Even the pine nuts cost less that last year. It is the time for making a year's supply of pesto, while getting high inhaling both the basil and garlic.
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These days, because the weather is so hot, I am generally eating salads, and baguette with cheese and grapes, and peanuts with banana.