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I am a keen amateur cook and watch hours of cookery progs on tv and read alot too. I have watched most of Heston’s ‘The perfect…’ episodes. How the hell is any ‘normal’ person supposed to recreate any of his ‘you can do this at home recipes??!! ‘ Has anyone on here ever tried? Surley not as we spend most of our time thumbing through the form, drinking and posting. Has anyone ever eaten in his restaurant(s)? I read they are very very good and he deserves all the michelin stars he gets. But if you are bloody starving, would you rather have a big mac or a fish pie whilst listening to an i pod of the sounds of the sea?….
You try having a barbie with him cooking!!!
Barbie was fired up seven in the evening, first food was ready just after midnight – bl**dy good food but everyone pi$$ed by the time it was ready.
Food in the restaurant is very good – it makes you think and is a multi sensory experience.
Also – probably no surprise here – his wife does not let him cook at home!!!
Paul. I would love him to pop round and knock up a supper on a Friday night after a hard days work…I do like his enthusiasm though.How the hell is any ‘normal’ person supposed to recreate any of his ‘you can do this at home recipes??!!
How indeed, not possessing a flamethrower, centrifuge or anything similar in my kitchen.
I knew I should have nicked more kit from chemistry lessons….
Blumenthal achieved a first by concocting a variant of mashed potato that repulsed even Mrs Column, an absolute conoisseur of the stuff. After watching Blumenthal for what seemed an age ramming potatoes through a blender, adding milk and sugar, attacking them with a bunsen burner, filtering them and basically going through the entire GCSE Chemistry list of experiments to produce a mysterious, filmy white puddle, a clearly perplexed Mrs Column turned to me on the couch and said, "What’s he done with it? I’m not f***ing eating that!!"
Lucky I just find all mashed potato disgusting anyway.
gc
Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.
So do I find the whole mashed potato thing evil but that’s because they forced it down my throught at school. I find pureed anything gross. Shame.
Same for me and for the self same reasons!
Mrs C similarly can’t stand baked beans following schooltime traumas. Funny how the mind and tastebuds remember, isn’t it…
gc
Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.
So do I find the whole mashed potato thing evil but that’s because they forced it down my throught at school. I find pureed anything gross. Shame.
I Love mashed potatoes, gravy and sausages
Crizzy did you read your PM’s??
KT, I just checked my mail box and it’s empty!!
Should work as others hasve PM’ed me before..Any chance you could try again please? Baffling. Thank you.I think he is a nutter and I won’t be visting his restaurant. Hanging around three and half hours for Egg & Chips ain’t my idea of a good night out.
I Love mashed potatoes, gravy and sausages
..so do I !
here’s your recipe for today:
peel spuds – boil spuds 20 minutes – mash spuds with good knob butter.
Serve with 1 large pork and leek sausage, some fried onions, and a large dollop of plum chutney [Rick Stein’s is very nice, if you can get it].Bon Appetit!
…who needs Heston
GC, given Mrs Colunm’s love of mash is she a member of the somewhat exculsive and if I may say so rather distinguished ‘Institute of Chessy-Mash’?
My personal recipe:
4 large potatoes
1 large bag of Sainsbury’s grated mature cheese
2 slightly over ripe tomotoes.Wash, peel and cut potatoes into quarters. Boil for 20mins (add salt as required). Drain potatoes and add large knob of butter and a small quantity of milk. Allow butter to melt from the heat of pan and the milk to warm. Mash for 20secs. Add the whole bag of cheese. Mash again for 1min. Transfer the cheesed mash to an over-proof dish. Make nice pattern on top with a fork. Cut the tomotoes into slices and place on top of mash. Grill under a medium heat for 15mins.
Enjoy.
She could live off cheesy mash, given half a chance! Tomatoes are in her personal Room 101, though, so we’d have to modify the recipe to replace the toms with something else – preferably more cheese.
gc
Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.
I Love mashed potatoes, gravy and sausages
..so do I !
here’s your recipe for today:
peel spuds – boil spuds 20 minutes – mash spuds with good knob butter.
Serve with 1 large pork and leek sausage, some fried onions, and a large dollop of plum chutney [Rick Stein’s is very nice, if you can get it].Bon Appetit!
…who needs Heston
I just realised I have sausages in the fridge! Fresh ones too I must buy potatoes tonight and an onion!!!! And some gravy –
maybe I should do a shop Crizzy – check PM’s
you don’t need spuds KT you need Smash : http://www.premierfoods.co.uk/our-brands/smash_home.cfm
lasts much longer than fresh tatties and so quick to cook
Paul. I would love him to pop round and knock up a supper on a Friday night after a hard days work…I do like his enthusiasm though.
Should work as others hasve PM’ed me before..Any chance you could try again please? Baffling. Thank you.
it should be there now…
maybe I should do a shop 
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