Recent content by Tessamay

You're talking about "biltong" (pronounced just how you read it). Its a dried, cured meat. Usually its just beef since beef is easy to come by, but often made from game (Kudu, sprinkbok - kinds of antelope). Ostrich biltong is lovely too. Less fatty than other red meats! Less dry than jerky I...

ah, excellent! thanks Andy!

Hi! I'm wanting to make a sauce thats basically tinned tomato, garlic and one "dried red chile". For the life of me, I can't find any dried chiles near me right now! I have a chilli paste type thing that i know will give me the heat required, but i'm assuming the chile will add some sort os...

Thanks all for your tips/comments/thoughts! MUCH appreciated! I think perhaps this was a combination of these things, because i have seriously never tasted anything so bitter and disgusting! Even my boyfriend, who will eat anything, irrespective of even its expiry date, couldn't stomach it. I...

Hey! I wonder if anyone has any ideas, I've just cooked the most disappointing meal! :sad: Its a salmon asparagus fettuccine recipe: (courtesy of 'the joy of cooking') asparagus (boiled then lightly fried (1min in butter - though I used mainly olive oil for health reasons and only a little...

Hi All, I wonder if anyone can help me? I find it very frustrating converting from pounds to grams and ounces to litres, etc etc etc... I know you can do it online and there are always conversion tables, but a sort of conversion calculator for the kitchen would be SO handy. Where I could type in...