Realy good burgers

[Zak33]

let's not discuss fish finger quality.. that's more variable than burgers!!!!!

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Better than my two fish fingers and peas (although I did enjoy them!)

Easier to cook than the chicken or the burger methinks!!

Damn.I wouldn't have believed anything would make me feel hungry tonight, and you had to mention that.

Hmmm.

Well, it's a bit like asking me if I prefer driving a Ferrari or an Aston Martin. They're both really nice, but very different, and which I prefer depends on how I feel on the day.

I just had my dinner,and some Ras malai and now after reading what you had I feel hungry!

it's ALL better than Nandos.....how the HELL that got so popular is an utter mystery!

Well,at least you didn't know my mate at uni,who decided everytime we went out for dinner,we had to go to a Nandos to the extent I just got twitches everytime someone suggested we go there again.

Its way too soggy for my liking - some of the Tandoor cooked chicken,is really nice and crispy.

[Saracen]

let's not discuss fish finger quality.. that's more variable than burgers!!!!!

Indeed. But I can suggest a high quality one if you wish.

[Ttaskmaster]

it's ALL better than Nandos.....how the HELL that got so popular is an utter mystery!

As Apartheid slowly drew toward an end, we had a massive influx of Saffers into the UK. Dick Enthoven saw the opportunity to bring a much-loved Saffer restaurant to a new market, but with that same influx providing an existing customer base to kick-start everything.
Of course, like most UK imports, it went down the pan before it was even introduced and what has remained ever since is a very pale imitation of what the original was.

Proper Nandos is pretty good, but here we use cheap chicken and don't cook it properly anyway.

[peterb]

Rather like burgers, "fish fingers" vary from really, really nice to truly disgusting. I hope you had the former.

They werde OK - but made from Pollack rather than cod.

Did you see the "In the factory" episode about fish fingers?

The fish are caught and packed in ice on the trawler, landed still packed in ice and filleted and the fillets layered in standard size boxes and deep frozen.

The slabs are then sliced, breadcrumbed, packed and distributed while still deep frozen.

And provided you don't let them thaw on the way from the supermarket, they stay deep frozen until you cook them - probably about as fresh as you can get without catching the fish yourself.

[Saracen]

They werde OK - but made from Pollack rather than cod.

Did you see the "In the factory" episode about fish fingers?

The fish are caught and packed in ice on the trawler, landed still packed in ice and filleted and the fillets layered in standard size boxes and deep frozen.

The slabs are then sliced, breadcrumbed, packed and distributed while still deep frozen.

And provided you don't let them thaw on the way from the supermarket, they stay deep frozen until you cook them - probably about as fresh as you can get without catching the fish yourself.

I did ondeed see that "Factory" prog ... and most of the rest of the series, like Curry sauce, pasta, sausages, etc,

The F-finger made in that ptig was the one I offered to suggest. We've had them a few times and are pretty impressed. I mean, it's a fish-finger, not a fresh sea bass pan-fried by Rick Stein, but for a f-finger .... pretty dsmn good. It's a relatively cheap, freezer-based stand-by meal.

[peterb]

I did ondeed see that "Factory" prog ... and most of the rest of the series, like Curry sauce, pasta, sausages, etc,

The F-finger made in that ptig was the one I offered to suggest. We've had them a few times and are pretty impressed. I mean, it's a fish-finger, not a fresh sea bream cooked by Rick Stein, but for a f-finger .... pretty dsmn good. It's a relatively cheap, freezer-based stand-by meal.

Sadly I don't have that supermarket (Waitrose IIRC) near me . Mine were Birds Eye (Aye ate Cap'n) and they were OK.

[Saracen]

Yes, it was Waitrose, and it's my closest supermarket. About 10 minute walk, 5 mins by car.

Birds Eye are, IMHO, okay, but these were better. Chunkier, for a start, but what did impress me was, from that program, that what goes into them was fresh-caught fillets and ONLY fillets .... then frozen, cut to size, breadcrumbed and shipped to store.

[Moby-Dick]

Yes, it was Waitrose, and it's my closest supermarket. About 10 minute walk, 5 mins by car.

Birds Eye are, IMHO, okay, but these were better. Chunkier, for a start, but what did impress me was, from that program, that what goes into them was fresh-caught fillets and ONLY fillets .... then frozen, cut to size, breadcrumbed and shipped to store.

We went and bought some the next day good fish fingers! though my daughter had a crayfish and salmon fish finger sandwich from a local food festival at the weekend - very tasty!

[Zak33]

We went and bought some the next day good fish fingers! though my daughter had a crayfish and salmon fish finger sandwich from a local food festival at the weekend - very tasty!

WINNER!!!!!!!! Crayfish and Salmon oh god I'm hungry now!!!!!

[Moby-Dick]

I think they have the recipe here http://www.crayfishcapers.co.uk/

[peterb]

I think they have the recipe here http://www.crayfishcapers.co.uk/

Looks like a win-win - just shows its an ill wind...

Now if only grey squirrel meat caught on as a delicacy....

[Moby-Dick]

https://www.wildmeat.co.uk/blogs/rec...k-bbq-squirrel ;-)

[Saracen]

https://www.wildmeat.co.uk/blogs/rec...k-bbq-squirrel ;-)

You just had to, didn't you?

Mind you, I think I'm going to print and laminate that spatchcocked page, and the squirrel and chorizo recipe and staple them to a tree in my garden. Give the little bar-stewards fair warning.

[spacein_vader]

You just had to, didn't you?

Mind you, I think I'm going to print and laminate that spatchcocked page, and the squirrel and chorizo recipe and staple them to a tree in my garden. Give the little bar-stewards fair warning.

The squirrels up your way must be a bit better educated than ours if they can read.

[Saracen]

The squirrels up your way must be a bit better educated than ours if they can read.

Oh ye of little imagination. Just translate into squirrelese .... i.e. show 'em the pictures. And then, show 'em a shotgun. They ought to get the message.