Food, glorious food

[mrph]

Unsurprisingly, one of the best things about having a proper kitchen is that cooking's much easier and more enjoyable. I'm also wasting less food, as it's much easier to store and sort ingredients (and to quickly do something interesting with leftovers).

Accordingly, there's a small risk that this may turn into a cooking blog for a bit. If it does

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Seeds

[miss_whiplash]

I'm finding the same thing with coriander seeds in soup, just heated in a pan a few seconds until fragrant. They really add something too.

[mrph]

Hmm, not done so much with them - I love coriander as a green herb, but haven't really used the seeds (or roots) enough to judge...

[mimmimmim]

They're kind of citrussy. Obviously I use a lot ground up in curries...

[djpsyche]

Just had to put my icon here :)

[mrph]

Yay!

Now that Scandinavia has some of the world's most acclaimed restaurants, I'm waiting for the Swedish Chef to take on New Nordic Cuisine... :-)

[mimmimmim]

I like sprinkling a few caraway seeds on cabbage while I'm cooking it (I either pop it in a steamer over the spuds, or in a pan with a tiny bit of water and some butter to steam by itself, so the caraway flavour isn't lost.)

Have you seen my food blog? :-)

[kantti]

Did you use homemade or shop-bought stock?

[mrph]

Mostly shop-bought (M&S seem to have some of the best I've tried), largely because I've been quite disorganised at doing my own...