shinyarmour90

Hey everyone! I'm back with a culinary update. Today I made a relatively simple main course consisting of a tropical potato mash (with added ginger, galanga, and using coconut milk rather than buttermilk) with a "rundervink," a roll of minced meat in bacon. However, my main story today concerns the dessert.

What you see above is a chocolate yoghurt with a dash of cardamom, a
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Yes, it's an oven roasted chicken! Baked potato with cream cheese and a side of spicy apple slaw. The chicken was roasted in a marinade of dill, rosemary, and sage, along with tomatoes, lemon juice, and bay leaves.

Firstly, I would like to thank whoever put my fish 'n chips on the front page! It's given me a boost of confidence and I may yet start an actual food blog... so here's what I made yesterday! This tart has a crispy bacon and leek filling along with lots of eggy goodness. There's a melted butter and caramel sauce on top which would have...
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I've more or less decided to try myself on Masterchef next year (2018). To prepare myself, I'll be cooking up a special recipe every week. This week, I opted for fish n chips after Gary Mehigan's recipe. It was phenomenal. The sauce, which I prepared with parsley from my own garden, was the absolute star of the show.

So I went to the first ever Amsterdam comic con on Saturday, and I was amazed by how small it was. The biggest venue of the Netherlands sadly only rented out a single hall for the event. It was still very awesome, in spite of Sean Astin taking an extra hour after his break for a business call... I have so much to complain about...
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As promised to @faron, here are some pics of my pet turtle and all round favourite asshole, Lord Voldetort. He's about three years old, killed his brother a year ago, and has been sentenced to solitary confinement ever since.

(Photo credit goes to...someone. It's on the pic but I can't read it and Google wouldn't tell me)

Many of my army of flowers (lol) may have heard about my weekend plans. I went to Castlefest on Saturday, which is one of the largest fantasy themed festivals in the country, and on Sunday I went to a small festival in Belgium called the Lokerse Feesten.
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Thanks @pandapops for the idea to make a curry! This here is a mango curry with sweet potato, carrot, parsnip, and more roots. Some yoghurt and cilantro is added, along with some mango chutney (couldn't be bothered to homemake one this time) and fresh naans.