Excited by new food

I was very taken with an appetiser they served us in a restaurant in Spain. It was simply carrots in some kind of dressing, but it was so delicious none of us could leave it alone. I think it had coriander in it, but though I have tried many times to replicate it, it’s not the same. merlot what is cockle popcorn? It sounds intriguing!

Was merlot there then????

Oh Lord! Sorry Grannyactivist! Well spotted Ann! Long day.

Perhaps it was wishful thinking!??

I was intrigued about the cockle popcorn and found this â It looks so simple to make.

goodfood.uktv.co.uk/recipe/cockle-popcorn

Oops should have previewed first.
Found this RECIPE.

I won't be trying Cockle Popcorn any time soon. To me, cockles look like something recently removed from a child's nose!
However, I had battered tripe strips with a peach salsa last week which was delicious!

I had a side dish of cauliflower rice with pine nuts and pomegranate in a well known Italian chain restaurant on Friday - delicious, will definitely order again.

I looked up recipes for cockle popcorn and found the same one Marydoll; I'll give it a try, but I'm pretty sure the ones I had were in a tempura batter.
Juggernaught I love tripe - I thought I was the only person left in the world who did until I saw your post - so I'd like to try it battered, but not so keen on the idea of peach salsa with it.

My husband loves tripe too . We have been married 40+ years and I've cooked it twice for him . Once when he broke his leg and once when I'd really hurt him and I was saying sorry.
I like trying new food too and will always order something out of the ordinary from a menu.

tortillafortea.wordpress.com/2015/11/15/cockle-tempura/
Here's another

Juggernaut here in the North East, cockling means clearing your throat (probably before spitting), feeling sick or generally feeling revolted. There must be a reason for that!

grannyactivist
I'm normally not keen on honeycomb tripe, but battered and deep fried it was lovely.
I love a nice bit of thick seam, with plenty of salt and vinegar, and there are times when I'd happily kill to get a plate of hodge!
Then again, I'm rather partial to a bit of cow heel, or a nice trotter too!
Can you tell my grandfather was a master butcher?

Peach salsa is lovely with most things, finely chopped peach, a spoon of brown sugar, finely chopped red onion, chopped garlic, tiny bit of chilli, and a bit of finely chopped fresh mint!

Nanabilly
My DF was a huge tripe fan, but thankfully so was my DM, so it was served up a lot!
lizzypopbottle
That sums up my feelings about cockles perfectly!

tarasmulticulturaltable.com/sundaysupper-spanish-tapas-zanahorias-alinadas-spanish-marinated-carrots/

I think this may be the carrot recipe you want Greyduster,
but this next one is easier to follow IMO
spanishsabores.com/2012/06/11/marinated-carrots-zanahorias-alinadas/

Wow! Thank you for that grandetante. I have all the ingredients to hand so I will give it a go this week, and report back!

Cockles? Tripe? ???

I like most cheap meat and fish dishes. I like rabbit, tongue, kidneys, heart, trotters, ribs, ham hock, pork belly, oxtail, pork cheeks and the now much more expensive lamb shanks. Winkles, whelks and cockles, shrimps, finnan haddock and kippers. My family were very poor when I was young so we ate a lot of offal - I liked it then and I like it now, but the cheaper cuts of meat are getting harder to find even in butcher's shops.

Thanks for that recipe GrannyO - the photo is exactly what the cockles looked like.

Lizzypopbottle wrote:
Juggernaut here in the North East, cockling means clearing your throat (probably before spitting), feeling sick or generally feeling revolted. There must be a reason for that!

There is always a reason for dialect words and meanings. I understand that corn cockles are small weeds that (?used to?) infest grain harvests.



From Middle English cockil, cokil, cokylle, from Old English coccel (“darnel”), of unknown origin, perhaps from a diminutive of Latin coccus (“berry”). Wiki

My seafood limit is prawn cocktail crisps

I love cauliflower rice, especially with lots of turmeric and mushrooms...
But just the mention of coriander ? it tastes like soap in my mouth.

I read something about cockroach milk and 'milking' (it kills them) today. Apparently it appears on Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop site.

I'm not keen on coriander leaves (prefer parsley) but I love coriander seeds. I grind them and put them in, among other things, flapjack. They add a certain 'orangeyness'.