Comments on: Making Plans for Nigel http://www.lastnightsdinner.net/2008/02/21/making-plans-for-nigel/ A peek into our kitchen Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:56:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Jennifer Hess http://www.lastnightsdinner.net/2008/02/21/making-plans-for-nigel/#comment-2011 Jennifer Hess Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:55:50 +0000 http://www.lastnightsdinner.net/2008/02/21/making-plans-for-nigel/#comment-2011 Anita - Ha! Sorry if I got the song stuck in your head (that goes for the rest of you, too). claudia - I really think you'd like this. If you can get your hands on some good kidneys, give it a try! erik - A bit of an obvious choice of title, but I'm glad you appreciated it! Mary - Oh no! I know it can be hard to overcome those first bad experiences with certain foods. Su-Lin - I do not but I'm going to try to get my hands on everything he's written. I have a major crush. :) ann - That's so awesome - Nigel as kitchen angel! Anita - Ha! Sorry if I got the song stuck in your head (that goes for the rest of you, too).

claudia - I really think you’d like this. If you can get your hands on some good kidneys, give it a try!

erik - A bit of an obvious choice of title, but I’m glad you appreciated it!

Mary - Oh no! I know it can be hard to overcome those first bad experiences with certain foods.

Su-Lin - I do not but I’m going to try to get my hands on everything he’s written. I have a major crush. :)

ann - That’s so awesome - Nigel as kitchen angel!

]]> By: ann http://www.lastnightsdinner.net/2008/02/21/making-plans-for-nigel/#comment-2010 ann Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:52:39 +0000 http://www.lastnightsdinner.net/2008/02/21/making-plans-for-nigel/#comment-2010 oooooh, I *heart* Nigel. He's my cooking god. When things go wrong I feel like he's sitting on my shoulder telling me it's all going to be alright. I don't have this book though, I'll have to keep an eye out for it. I'm not sure I'd love kidneys in sherry, but I think I know someone who would. I'll have to show this to him ;-) oooooh, I *heart* Nigel. He’s my cooking god. When things go wrong I feel like he’s sitting on my shoulder telling me it’s all going to be alright. I don’t have this book though, I’ll have to keep an eye out for it. I’m not sure I’d love kidneys in sherry, but I think I know someone who would. I’ll have to show this to him ;-)

]]> By: Su-Lin http://www.lastnightsdinner.net/2008/02/21/making-plans-for-nigel/#comment-2008 Su-Lin Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:03:44 +0000 http://www.lastnightsdinner.net/2008/02/21/making-plans-for-nigel/#comment-2008 Love all of Nigel Slater's recipes! Do you have his Kitchen Diaries? It makes for wonderful bedtime reading. Love all of Nigel Slater’s recipes! Do you have his Kitchen Diaries? It makes for wonderful bedtime reading.

]]> By: Mary Coleman http://www.lastnightsdinner.net/2008/02/21/making-plans-for-nigel/#comment-2005 Mary Coleman Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:20:21 +0000 http://www.lastnightsdinner.net/2008/02/21/making-plans-for-nigel/#comment-2005 I haven't had lamb kidneys since I was young and my mother was cooking each meal that Julia Child did on The French Chef. She presented my father with a plate of Julia's Lamb Kidneys, Dad looked at us all and said, take a bite...we did and the next thing I knew we were in the car on the way to the Belle Meade Motel for their fried chicken. I'd be willing to try them again. Maybe. I haven’t had lamb kidneys since I was young and my mother was cooking each meal that Julia Child did on The French Chef. She presented my father with a plate of Julia’s Lamb Kidneys, Dad looked at us all and said, take a bite…we did and the next thing I knew we were in the car on the way to the Belle Meade Motel for their fried chicken. I’d be willing to try them again. Maybe.

]]> By: erik_flannestad http://www.lastnightsdinner.net/2008/02/21/making-plans-for-nigel/#comment-2004 erik_flannestad Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:30:46 +0000 http://www.lastnightsdinner.net/2008/02/21/making-plans-for-nigel/#comment-2004 Oh, darn it, that was supposed to be two "esses" and one "ee" in "Ulysses". Some English major I am. Oh, darn it, that was supposed to be two “esses” and one “ee” in “Ulysses”. Some English major I am.

]]> By: erik_flannestad http://www.lastnightsdinner.net/2008/02/21/making-plans-for-nigel/#comment-2003 erik_flannestad Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:29:05 +0000 http://www.lastnightsdinner.net/2008/02/21/making-plans-for-nigel/#comment-2003 Nice one! The world needs more XTC lyrics! Anyway, despite a fondness for Joyce, ("Most of all he liked grilled mutton kidneys which gave to his palate a fine tang of faintly scented urine.") and XTC, I have not yet bonded with kidneys as a food source. I think, after reading the above passage from "Ulysees," I did once experiment with them, but it was very early on in my cooking life did not go at all well. The recipe does sound good, though. Perhaps the next time the missus is out of town, as she had a traumatic experience with kidneys in her youth. Nice one! The world needs more XTC lyrics!

Anyway, despite a fondness for Joyce, (”Most of all he liked grilled mutton kidneys which gave to his palate a fine tang of faintly scented urine.”) and XTC, I have not yet bonded with kidneys as a food source. I think, after reading the above passage from “Ulysees,” I did once experiment with them, but it was very early on in my cooking life did not go at all well.

The recipe does sound good, though. Perhaps the next time the missus is out of town, as she had a traumatic experience with kidneys in her youth.

]]> By: claudia at 'cook eat FRET' http://www.lastnightsdinner.net/2008/02/21/making-plans-for-nigel/#comment-2001 claudia at 'cook eat FRET' Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:20:14 +0000 http://www.lastnightsdinner.net/2008/02/21/making-plans-for-nigel/#comment-2001 i've never ventured to kidney world... but if you cooked it for me or if we were at a restaurant i'd so go there. i’ve never ventured to kidney world… but if you cooked it for me or if we were at a restaurant i’d so go there.

]]> By: Anita http://www.lastnightsdinner.net/2008/02/21/making-plans-for-nigel/#comment-2000 Anita Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:13:13 +0000 http://www.lastnightsdinner.net/2008/02/21/making-plans-for-nigel/#comment-2000 And if our Nigel says it's tasty, it must be tasty... :D That said [er, sung?] I'm not sure kidneys would be the first recipe I'd try. But it does <i>look</i> delicious. And if our Nigel says it’s tasty, it must be tasty… :D

That said [er, sung?] I’m not sure kidneys would be the first recipe I’d try. But it does look delicious.

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