Monthly Archive for January, 2006

Froth my milk up

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Waz
on January 28, 2006
in Breakfast, Cooking techniques explained, Cooking videos, Favourites and Video recipes
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Click here to view the videoOne of my pet hates is a cappuccino without good froth, especially one for which I’ve forked out my hard-earned readies.

After I dropped many a hint, Lenny gave me an espresso machine for Christmas. Determined not to replicate the work of dud baristas who have been fleecing me for donkeys’ years, I went to work quickly to perfect my frothing technique. Now Crash Test Kitchen is ready to go public with the cappuccino tips you’ll find in this episode.

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Too many of the coffee chains get away with selling fraudulently priced beverages with coarsely bubbled, over-aerated scum on top that has absolutely no body to it. Carry a coffee like this across the room, or up the street to your job, and you’ll find the foam has burst its bubbles and collapsed into plain old milk again. Really, really bad foam will discombobulate under the weight of the mandatory chocolate powder or flakes alone. Continue reading ‘Froth my milk up’

Tajine or not tajine?

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Waz
on January 10, 2006
in Beef, Cooking videos, Lamb and Video recipes
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Click here to view the videoThe festive season has come and gone, and yes, I know, I know, we sidestepped the whole issue of a Christmas episode.

Things were pretty hectic in the Crash Test Kitchen. We had 15 unruly expats and Brits over for Christmas dinner and we cooked two turkeys and a pork roast at once in our huge oven, along with a mountain of vegetables. Our freezer is now full of delightful soups - pea and ham, turkey, leek and ginger - that will keep us fuelled up well into the New Year.

Our MiniDV camera decided to see in the New Year by giving up the ghost, leaving us with no way to shoot episodes. After much heavy contemplation of the expense, followed by some serious comparison shopping, we’ve bought a new unit. So Crash Test Kitchen is back in business.

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Tajine, or our version of it, was one of our staples as we travelled across Canada in Gus the Bus last year. Continue reading ‘Tajine or not tajine?’