Allithwaite Easter Meet 2012 Friday 6th – Monday 9th April

[Bongoplod]

Hello all

Sorry for posting so long after the meet but some of you may be aware that I went camping straight from Allithwaite to Chipping for asnother 4 days,got home today......BLOODY WET AND FREEZING !!,although a lovely pretty,spotless site,with very friendly owners,and in a quaint village with 2 cracking oldy worldy pubs within 500 yds

Anyway,great weekend and lots of laughs ..(UP,DOWN....UP,DOWN ) ,thanks Jo and Chris for organising another crumper,and thanks again Chris for the CD and hospitality on sunday night.

Alan,can you sit down now and bend your leg

Granny........Congratulations and celebrations,we`ll wet the babies head at the next meet.

Dave,please keep us posted on your progress,and Tomo,hope you managed to get sorted this time ,and all went well on Wednesday with your Op,again keep us posted.

Nice surprise to see DaveUpNorth again after so long

Photos tomorrow as Ive been saying Hello to Mr Morangie, (dont like referring to him as Glen,as hes a bit special)


Brian

[Bongoplod]

OLIVES...........THE RECIPE AND METHOD

After a few libations of some lovely vin rouge during the Jacobs Meet over a rather splendid weekend I was asked for me recipe for them there Olives.

So, by popular demand I've put the info down for you, Jo, Karen, Pete, Alan et al!

Ingredients

Green pitted Olives (in brine)*
Fresh Garlic very finely chopped (to taste)
Fresh or dry chilli very finely chopped (to taste/tolerance)
Fresh lemon (lemon juice if you want)
Olive oil**
Corriander seeds - 2 to 3 tablespoons

Method - please follow exactly

Drain the olives - pour brine away and leave the olives for an hour or so (shake sieve occasionally to get rid of most of it)

Either open a can of larger or pour a large glass of wine (either red or white will do)
Drink above libation and relax - repeat as required

Crush corriander seeds in pestle and mortar and place into large bowl
Finely chop garlic and chilli and place into large bowl
Take 2 slices from 2 end of the lemon (ensure good flesh is in slices) and chop into small pieces and place into bowl
With remainder of lemon, squeeze the fresh juice and place into the bowl. Ensure there are no seeds

Partake of another libation
And another

Take drained olives and put into bowl
Cover the ingredients in the bowl with the olives and mix throughly

Place into plastic tub and leave in a cool place (not the fridge) for about an hour and then taste to see if you need to tweak it by adding extra garlic/chilli/lemon - it's all about your own taste so don't be afraid of changing the quantities

Have another libation and enjoy the olives

*The best ones are in Lidl - a nice big kilo jar for about £1.60 - really good quality and value
** Aldi does really good olive oil, their green top bottle is best for the olives

Many thanks for that Oz,Ill be trying them Sunday night while watching telly with a libation (never heard that word before ) but just to clarify the highlighted bit above,do you just drain em and leave em,or do you soak em in fresh water to swill the brine away ?.

Also,remind me again how long they will keep for, and should I store them in the fridge or not?

Cheers,
Brian

[bongodonkey]

Hi Brian,

Personally mate i just let the olives drain, though you can rinse them too. By draining them you retain a more saltier taste, which lets them keep better.

The olives stored in a nice cool place will keep for around 10/12 days.

[Bongoplod]

Hi Brian,

Personally mate i just let the olives drain, though you can rinse them too. By draining them you retain a more saltier taste, which lets them keep better.

The olives stored in a nice cool place will keep for around 10/12 days.

Cheers Oz, off to Lidl in the morning for the Olives,got everything else

Brian

[bongodonkey]

Groovy mate, keep me posted on how they turn out.

Got the bongo booked in for some TLC at the end of the month and then it will be advertised......typically I've already seen a replacement, but cant' do owt until current one is sold

Still, can't wait until it all starts to happen.