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Bloody gorgeous though. i recommend sweet potato mash as a side...
B
Ali & Arkady - you can buy pig trotters in Ridley Road market, not that I ever have, but they are plenty.
@Arkady, what's the Woody's Chorizo like? Must be cheap if you got all those ingredients for under £12. I never really thought of Chorizo as an economy food, but maybe you're using it in that anchovy style in that a little goes a long way. I've always just found it hard and full of gristle, too expensive. How do you get addicted?
@ Dorothy – I’ll hold my hands up; now I come to think of it I may already have had the chorizo in the fridge, but I only used half a sausage – a little goes a long way. I find it a touch tough and gristly myself if eaten cold – though if you chop it up small enough it’s quite nice with cheese. But slice it and throw it in the pan and it browns and softens, and releases a tasty oil which permeates your meal… sometimes so much oil comes off that you really have to pour some away or it can be a touch overwhelming – in pasta dishes especially. But in stews or hotpots it’s perfect. I actually use it more often than not when cooking, which is a touch disturbing now I come to think about it.
I love processed and cured meats of all kinds. The more processed the better – I can eat my own bodyweight in pâté in a single session.
Arky
99p pizzas, though - ugh. I may not be much in the kitchen, but I can still make a cheese toastie that tastes better than those (or most oven pizzas, for that matter, but that may be my reverse Midas touch with the oven coming in again).
Arky
Apologies if that's rather vague, I think I may have a sort of intuitive sense of direction where the ability to cook is in other people...
I thought the way into the nature reserve was down by the old Arsenal stadium and Arsenal Tube - ie Gillespie Road.
Arky
The Londie on Ferme Park Road is nicer, cleaner and with a much better wine selection.
I am looking into this story for the Islington Tribune.
The shopkeepers said that they are selling up to Sainsbury's, Islington Council don't know anything about it though.
Does anybody know how long Woody's has been there?
Thanks
Tom
Dirt cheap fruit and veg (cheaper than Chapel Market) all stalls are priced about the same, but vary in quality/freshness, so worth a stroll up and down to check out before you buy.
Lots of fishmongers along the market drag, but the butchers are mostly along the pavement/shop fronts.
There is a massive West African and Turkish community in Dalston/Hackney and the variety of veg and especially fish & meat reflects this (fresh herbs, about 40 types of chillies, exotic fish, sheep heads, cows foot - in addition to the aforementionned trotters).
There is also your usual tat on sale too (plastic bling accessories, plastic bling bags, shiny bling leggings), big big pots and pans, incense, African and Caribbean CDs and DVDs. There is also the marvelous Dalston Mills (set back, shop front) which has all the fabric, buttons, zips, threads etc you could ask for - and super cheap too.
I work close by, go all the time and love it! Yesterday I bought 15 bananas for £1, 4 bunches of spring onions for £1, 20 limes for £1 and 2 fat sea bass for under a fiver (they gut and descale for you). Plus one fella gave me a free red chilli and thumb size piece of ginger because he thought it was hilarious that's all I wanted and not worth weighing.
Check it out!
I do think it's a shame that there aren't a few more interesting shops there, I understand that it used to be more diverse. They bitch about it a lot in the Nickelby.
Also, something ought to be done with the scrappy area of land/dumping site between the old Stroud Green station house and the bridge carrying the parkland walk over Stapleton Hall Rd - it's an eyesore.
Finally, has anyone noticed how bloody rude they are in the garage on stapleton hall Rd? the fellah deliberately blanked me for about 30 seconds last time I went. Then I asked for rolling papers and tobacco and you'd think I'd asked to murder his wife.
Arky