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There must be a word for burnt cabbage (aside from umami), it is so morish. I wonder if it is something you develop a taste for, I seem to love it more year on year, I think of all the wasted meals as a child when cabbage was just watery gloop and feel I have lead a half life.

My favourite way to prepare sliced cabbage is with 1 tsp butter and 1 tsp of chilli flavoured rapeseed oil in a frying pan. Cook until charred and simply eat it is it is - I suppose I could throw on a pork chop to add some protein - but I'd be happy with just the cabbage to be truthful.

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Your burnt butter looks smooth. I'm thinking boiled potatoes... Cheers!

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Brilliant. I shall be making Burnt cabbage butter at the weekend. Thank you

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Flavored butter + chicken? Count me in!

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Well-presented and exciting ideas - especially the idea of burning cabbage. Obviously, I shall avoid the butter part. Still, incorporating burnt cabbage has an intriguing appeal - it would be magical in introducing new flavors on the plant-based side of cooking...

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Oct 30, 2023Liked by Wil Reidie

I'm now starving first thing in the morning! 😁

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I assume you know the saga of Helen Rosner and her hair-dryer chicken? https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-gastronomy/yes-i-use-a-hair-dryer-to-make-roast-chicken

(Saga was mostly Twitter folks who thought she was trying to *cook* the chicken with the hair dryer. Facepalm.)

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I will!

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When I’m in Costa Rica (we have a home there) we get fresh chickens from a local farm. Can’t wait to try your recipe next time I’m there!

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When I’m in Costa Rica (We have a home there) we get our chickens from a local farm. Can’t wait to try your recipe next time I’m there!

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Sounds amazing

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Oct 27, 2023Liked by Wil Reidie

Tarragon butter: the poor man’s bernaise sauce...

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There's us been popping a quartered lemon inside the chicken all these years ... loving the care that goes into the drying process and the flavoured butters sound like a must-try. Fabulous food writing, thank you

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Do you think this dry brining technique would work on human flesh and if so, what flavor of burnt butter would you serve with it?

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Roasted mushroom butter is in fact amazing. A little rosemary or sage in there doesn’t hurt either. I also add a tiny bit of dried orange zest. This cabbage situation sounds sublime and I will be attempting it soon.

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Oct 27, 2023Liked by Wil Reidie

All sounds dreamy! Maybe this rainy Sunday...🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

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