Aug. 25th, 2014

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In the figuring-out of what to do for dinner (I had cold cooked rice in the fridge, so of course I'm making a Moghul chicken korma with rather a lot of work attached, to go with), I have finally listed everything that's in the chest freezer. This is for my own instruction and reference, obviously, and I don't promise to keep it up-to-date (tho' it is on Evernote for exactly that purpose - like the fridge-freezer list of yestermonth, which, let's be honest, has hardly been updated at all though I've been swapping things in and out of there ever since I drew it up), but just in case anyone's interested, this is what we have as of today:

Chicken thighs x 2
Veal kidneys
Ground pork
Ground beef x 3
Ground veal
Corned beef
Pig's brains
Lamb's kidney
Lamb's trachea
Chorizo sossidges
Lamb's kidney fat
Tri-tip
Chicken leg x 2
Lamb off-cuts
Pork back fat
Lamb's heart
Lamb's liver
Lamb's lungs
Beef steaks x 2
Chicken tenders 0.5
Pork steak x 2
Bacon x 2
Shrimp
Andouille sossidge
Lamb chops
Scallops
Chicken breast
Hamburgers x 9
Blood sossidge
Beef liver
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So as noted hitherto, I'm putting together a classic Bangladeshi dish, a Moghul chicken korma. Which doesn't have many ingredients, but numerous spices in various preparations. I have been roasting and grinding and marinating for a while now - but like eating appetizers rather than the main course, these little fiddly details are where the real fun lies. I love grinding a roasted cinnamon stick; you start out with a hot bit of bark, and end with revelations. And this one I hadn't come across before: steeping saffron in warmed rosewater. Two self-intent perfumes - in another mood, I'd call them narcissistic - meeting and embracing. It's delightful.

And now I have to go out into the garden and pick chillies. A takeaway korma in the UK is a joke, so mild it effectively has no spice at all, curry for people who really don't like curry; this ... will not be like that. (But I'm putting the chillies in whole and at the last minute, so people who don't want a sudden rush of heat can just pass them on to me.)

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