Strange secret ingredients you put in your cooking?

Strong coffee in chili is a good call. Someone I know in Texas saves the coffee pot dregs, strains it out and uses the day old coffee in his "bowl of red" (I think he calls it?) the next day.

I think chocolate gets lost in a spicy chili.

 

Love fenugreek. Cumin seeds set loads of dishes off brilliantly as well.

 

Nutmeg, just a pinch, in tomatoey pasta sauces.

 

When frying bacon, drizzle enough maple syrup over it to just slightly caramelise it. Brill in a bacon butty

 

I use cum in.

Sorry - cumin.

 

Not been to the Bradford one but I will take a look...now you've mentioned it ...

 

The amount of coriander and cumin seeds we go through is crazy. We grow our own chilis and then slowly roast them before blitzing them to create our own chili flakes. Tend to have more zing than the typical supermarket ones.

 

Probably quite basic but a little bit of five spice in a vegetable chilli is superb.

 

My secret is Bounty bar in a curry.

 

The only thing a bounty should go in, is the bin.

Hideous confection, criminal offence to possess one if I was Emperor.

 

So, one day I was almost out of margarine to add to the mashed potatoes, I added clotted cream instead, BEST potatoes I have ever tasted.
In regards to Yorkshire Puddings, I add jalapenos peppers diced up, delicious, I have them on their own not with Sunday dinner.

 

Margarine in mashed potato yuk,only best butter.

 

Best butter isn't always available in Colorado where I live mate

 

Sorry mate,come back to Barnsley it's brill.

 

One day mate

 

It's Just around the corner from Bombay Stores Shed.
Then after shopping and stocking up on spices and fresh produce, we go for a couple of Pints at the legendary Fighting **** and then for a curry.
What could be better on a Sunday afternoon?

 

Hang on, you can't get butter but clotted cream no problem.

What's your local grocery store like?

 

Normal folk might just do mash taties with milk and butter.

I put in a big dollop of mayonnaise as well.

Have done it for years, and it makes a pleasant difference (to me anyway)

 

I've often thought about growing my own chilli peppers. Do you do it in a greenhouse or just on the windowsill?

 

That's very surprising, considering the variety of produce available at most American supermarkets. I'm assuming you must live quite off the beaten track, as Publix and Trader Joe's are both extremely well stocked and seem to be all over the place. It was only when we got into the depths of Alabama that we had issues - in a couple of towns we visited, the only shop was Piggly Wiggly. Makes the local Co-op look like Harrod's food hall.