The Cooking Thread

[sime42]

1 hour ago, PeteB said:

Celery with a decent hummus, prefer hummus with a garlic bite!

 

Just done a chicken and bacon pasta bake with tagliatelle and carbonara sauce. Nice!

 

Yeah, garlic has got to be an integral part for me.

[AHPP]

 

 

Seed ID please. This is hacking me off that I can’t remember the name for them. On some bread described as ‘naan inspired loaf’ or similar. I was sceptical too but it’s in fact lovely. Anyway. What are the seeds?

[AHPP]

Nigella.

 

 

[AHPP]

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[openspaceman]

Too big for nigella

[sime42]

8 hours ago, AHPP said:

Nigella.

 

 

 

I reckon Nigella, (also called Black Onion seeds it seems, confusingly). They've got that strange angular shape. Black Mustard seeds are little round balls.

 

 

[peds]

19 minutes ago, openspaceman said:

Too big for nigella

 

I'm not sure about that... the photo is quite well zoomed...

"Na-an inspired bread" (or translated: bread inspired bread) does suggest that they'd be nigella, anyway.

 

Black sesame seeds are also available. 

 

Of course, historically, one of the most important jobs these little black seeds, whatever they were (nigella, sesame, poppy etc), was to hide the inevitable mouse droppings. 

Same as "crispy leeks" as a popular garnish for fish (is that an errant bone in my mouth? No, probably just a bit of crispy leek...) or a good grind of black pepper when cooking with wild mushrooms, or anything foraged or freshly harvested... hide the evidence. 

[sime42]

I'm not sure that it worked in AHPPs case.

 

[AHPP]

[AHPP]

They’re definitely nigella. Had some biscuits with them in a while ago. I could remember the joy, just not the word. 

Edited September 18 by AHPP