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OK - I've consulted with one or two other BT members and we all think a Cookery thread is a good idea.

I am intending to try to make it Cooking with Literary Links....

For instance, today is St.David's Day - March, 1st. He is the patron saint for Wales, and the Welsh have the Leek as their national emblem.

So I hope you will all be having leeks in some form for dinner this week.

We are have chicken - baked in tomato and chorizo sauce with leeks, accompanied by mushroom bulgar wheat.

St. David's Day Chicken!

Very simple to prepare:

Put four boned chicken thighs, table spoonful of olive oil, pinch of marjoram and a very little salt and pepper, into a smallish ovenproof dish and cook at 180degrees celsius for about 25 mins. Then, (after 25 mins)add a small tin of tomatoes into which you have chopped a bit of chorizo sausage. The chorizo will give you enough flavour, so you don't need to add anything more unless you prefer more seasoning or a bit of chilli. Chop a small leek up into - diced - and add this to the chicken just before you pour the tomato mix over the top. Leave it in the oven for the last 15-20 minutes.

In the meantime, bring bulgar wheat to the boil with some chopped garlic, and then soak with finely diced mushrooms. Use the instructions on your packet of bulgar wheat. When the bulgar wheat is cooked, add a bit of butter if you like, and a teaspoon of fresh parsley is nice.


Add seasoning to taste - and serve.

I haven't got photos yet....but I will try to put a photograph or two in future.

Any constructive criticism will be very welcome.

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I think it's a good idea, Penelope. I do a little in the cooking department, and saffron is a great hand at it. Certainly a lot of literary links, as well as excellent writing about food. I finished reading a memoir by M. F. K. Fisher called Long Ago in France. She's an extremely skilled writer about life as well as food.
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The pictures should come with the instructions in the future to give a person unfamiliar with something like bulgar wheat a good idea of what the dish should look like. If it looks appetizing it's even more incentive to cook the dish. You should also include a shopping list so that a person like myself can, instead of printing out the entire instructions, just jot down what they need so that they can go to the store and buy it. I guess most moms have this stuff already in the kitchen but I mostly have beer and ketchup in my fridge. :)

Thanks so much Pen. I'll be trying to cook this tomorrow or the following night for sure.
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Yum! I wish I'd had dinner at your house tonight! Thanks for getting this rolling Penelope! I have never cooked with bulgar wheat. Would that be sort of a substitute for rice? Will have to try it!
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Penelope wrote:OK - I've consulted with one or two other BT members and we all think a Cookery thread is a good idea.
It is a great idea! Pitch it to Chris and see if he will set up a forum for you! I love the idea of tying in literary links and holidays to foods. I have Welsh oatcakes that I made a few weeks ago -- will that do for St. David's Day?

Thanks for the shout out, DWill. I do love to cook. I made a chocolate cinnamon bread last night. I will be brining it into work today, my last day at this job.
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Dawn wrote:

I have never cooked with bulgar wheat. Would that be sort of a substitute for rice? Will have to try it!
Yes, it is a carbohydrate, instead of rice, pasta or potatoes. It is a little bit like rice, although more flavoursome, a bit chewier and very easy to cook, it only needs soaking really. I sometimes do couscous, in the same way. I dissolve a good quality stock cube in the right amount of water, and then soak the couscous, or bulgar wheat. If you cover the bowl with tinfoil it cooks to perfection and just needs fluffing with a fork. Sometimes bulgar wheat needs to be boiled for ten minutes or so and then left to soak up the liquid....it depends what it says on the packet.
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Pitch it to Chris and see if he will set up a forum for you!
I don't think I need a forum. I've put it into 'Fun Stuff' forum. But I suppose the thing will be to see how the thread rubs along.
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Only have a minute but want to welcome this thread. (or forum) I have cut and pasted your recipe, Pen. Here is a pic from my last party which was a farewell/welcome for a sale of a house and old owner/new owner in neighborhood. The one hint from this is the cutting of the cake with dental floss. We got 16 perfect slices. Other dishes were lemon bars and an English trifle.

Oh, I also have never used bulgar wheat.

Dwill, I am a great fan of MFK Fisher. Will submit a meal she says you can eat on a desperation budget!
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Rats. You guys just killed my diet. However, this thread does look like a great idea. If you want to keep it "Booky", we could recommend and review some cook books and submit the choice recipes for our salivation.
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lady of shallot wrote:cutting of the cake with dental floss.
Waxed? Unwaxed?
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