Spoiler alert: This is another open love letter to Netherton Foundry pans with a happy ending and some bragging.Street Food Sat Down were lucky enough to join the lovely Sue from Netherton Foundry at Lichfield Food Festival this weekend and meet some very friendly and similarly passionate people including the Kitchen Shop Lichfield team.
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There are some born green fingered, some who learn and others who could set fire to a dead plant by watering it.
Hot curries get something of a bad rap as tasteless in many ways. Seen as just a vessel for unnecessary heat and not enough taste, they're also quite often associated with drunken louts ordering the hottest thing on the menu. It's a shame really, hot doesn't mean tasteless and those drunken louts inspired possibly one of the greatest comedy sketches ever - "Bring me the blandest thing on the menu"
To go about proving that hot isn't tasteless, vindaloo is my go to dish. Following my open love letter to Netherton Foundry and as part of the mutual support between homegrown companies that we often discuss on Twitter, Street Food Sat Down will be joining Netherton Foundry at Lichfield Food Festival on Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st August. This follows a Scouse honour that no pans will find their way into my handbag.
We will be giving demos and handing out tasters focused on their slow cookers (see middle of the collage). We'll be cooking a recipe created especially for Lichfield Food Festival. You'll be able to feel the lightness and quality of these British made beauties. Don't forget to come say hi and see what the fuss is about. Quick disclaimer: As always, thanks to Netherton Foundry for the use of their wonderful website pictures. Let's not beat about the bush, I love food, cooking and kitchen gear. I see kitchen equipment in the same way some women see shoes or handbags.
Some see high heels, low heels, boots, clutch bags, satchels, so on and so forth. I see Joseph Joseph, Le Creuset, technical gadgets, ceramic knives and the like in the same way. My equivalent of the ultimate handbag - be it Mulberry, Louis Vuitton or whichever to you - is Netherton Foundry Pans and this is my unofficial love letter to those beautiful spun iron pans. I may have mentioned a few too many times that I'm a Coeliac. It's something that gets thought about when planning Street Food Sat Down things because any kind of food intolerance or allergy sucks.
For sufferers, everything can feel like a battle. Having to check every food is exhausting, constantly having to ask and explain yourself then being made to feel like you're just being awkward can be upsetting. If mistakes are made, it can be uncomfortable or in severe cases, like nut allergy, it could prove fatal. Not what you want when you just want to enjoy good food and have fun with family and friends, so we think about these things by trying to exclude as many allergens as possible when we plan event catering. At my own wedding later this year, the entire menu will be gluten free and includes my beloved chicken, rice and peas. After the excitement of day one, we had another day with the ever entertaining Colin and Rich the sound guy who was occasionally seen sorting out screens and microphones.
This was also a very exciting day as we were demoing for the first time ever. More specifically, I was demoing Baz's recipe because he was off running kitchens elsewhere. I'm a techie not a trained chef so it was nerve racking. This weekend, we travelled to Shrewsbury Food Festival to join the volunteering force, affectionately known as Team Orange.
We help out on the Wenlock Spring Demo Stage by working backstage, helping chefs prepare their ingredients, washing up, cleaning the hob a lot and generally lending a hand. As always, the Wenlock Spring Team were fantastic at providing us with bottled water to keep the crew and chefs hdrated during the warm weather. |
About @SFSDTamPart North Walian, part Scouse, lover of food & music, hater of bad customer service, supporter of charities & Mountain Rescue Teams, Director and 'gofer' at Street Food Sat Down. Archives
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