Sweet Chili Duck Legs

Sweet Chili Duck Legs £2.99 from Aldi. A choice of 2 other sauces are available

There is a lot of snobbery aimed at German supermarkets Aldi and Lidl but you know what? Its foolish because they sell some good food if you catch them on a good day (which as more and more are turning to them is quick becoming every day). Superman would shop at these places. Batman too regardless of his billionaire status. And why the f**k not? These stores sell some darned tasty grub. Hell I don't need to go via Budget Alley but frog's legs in gravy! Everything, and I do mean everything comes down to taste. Laverbread, what Richard Burton once described as the "Welsh caviar" begins life in rockpools, which is hardly the desired home of any self respecting gentleman, and yet BOOM! Greatest. Welsh. Actor. Ever. Recommends it.
So cut the phoney chitter chatter and get yer asses down to Aldi and nab yourself some fine tasting treats. Duck is duck so what the f**k? Get it on the dish, it tastes delish!

Be warned: Do not cook in microwave for 18 minutes. I found it way too tough. 14 minutes would have done ace.
And two, when it says "thick" think toffee apple consistency. Its sweet too but hell, if it worked (and worked well) for someone who doesn't usually go for sweet food, then I can 99% say you will enjoy these legs.

Check my video out for a more 'in depth' description. Yeah the quality isn't that great but I might make this a trademark *winks* Enjoy!

Hot Spaghetti

As the nights draw in and cruel Mr Frost arrives with his icy talons, offing pensioners and making British Gas merry, the need for heat is now pretty much priority to us Brits. If you are a fan of hot sauce like my good self, you can get warm for free too (minus cost of sauce obviously), eliminating the need to walk around indoors in scarf and five jumpers. Win!! It works too! Regular readers of these blogs will know the kid of crazy heat these sauces throw out. Believe me, its quite comical reading how friends on Facebook are freezing their azzes off while I am sitting in a tee shirt, sweating buckets.

Egg, Chips & Beans

26 years in the making

One important thing to remember when it comes to food is that tasty food is very nearly always the most simple to make. Aye you can follow some dour celebrity chefs four hour guide on making some poncey dish like Camel Fritters in Pheasant Eyeball sauce but if you ever need something truly delicious and homely, keep it simple Charlie. (Whoever Charlie is). Google 'comfort food' and you won't find anything fancy. And it doesn't get any easier than the British classic ~ egg, chips & beans. This is food of champions, nosh of the gods! And if Bacon is the God of Scran (food), then egg, chips and beans are its messianic lieutenants.
Take a gander at the photo above. I cooked that last week. And every mouthful gave me waves of Orgasmatron (to keep it metal). Little wonder I got positive comments when I posted the pic on Twitter. Some sweet folk thought I had gone to a restaurant! Nope, I am Fry King Supreme, the chipper lord. 26 years of frying your own eggs will do that to a person. Boy it tasted good! I'd bet a kidney that even the most hardened lettuce head could not deny its greasy charms.

Colon Cleaning for Moshers

There. A work of Art

What is this you feast your eyes upon?! A cheesy, battered sandwich of doom! (Nothing was fried though and I don't use butter so it wasn't ALL bad.) Sometimes you gotta throw caution (and yer waistline) to the wind and eat dangerously. What good is a life spent munching on lettuce and muesli? And you can't put the awesome Professor Phardtpounder's Colon Cleaner on muesli. (Well you could but I suspect it wouldn't taste very nice). Ever since I first bought a bottle of Colon Cleaner (from Dr Burnorium's Hot Sauce Emporium) I have been smashing it on everything from bacon sarnies to chicken wings, so darned tasty! A Caribbean style, mustard-based sauce with Scotch Bonnet peppers but don't worry! Its nowhere near in the same league, heat wise, as say Blair's Mega Death so even newbies would handle his bad boy sauce. In fact if you are a fan of regular old mustard, you will enjoy this.
So what went into this epic sarnie of doom? Crispy chicken portion, onion rings (breadcrumbs), tomato, all topped off with delicious melted, stringed cheddar cheese and slapped between two slices of unbuttered toast. All grilled and served with hefty dollops of Prof Phardtpounder's Colon Cleaner. Spiffing chaps and chapesses, absolutely bloody SPIFFING! I think I deserve a massive pat on the back and tons of applause for creating such a marvellous work of Art.

Stovies

Got this recipe from a Scottish friend (thanks Glynis!) and im totally making it because it sounds like something im going to love.
How to make stovies - fry some link sausages. Peel some potatoes and onions. In a deep pan place a layer of sliced potatoes, then a layer of sliced onions, then a layer of the cut up cooked sausage. Keep going till everything is used. Generously salt and pepper, then add enough water to cover the bottom of the pot. Bring to a simmer and cover. Cook for 20 minutes, or until the tatties are mush, then mash with a masher.....totally delicious, but do taste better with square/Lorne sausage.
Add more pepper as you mash. Best eaten with French bread and butter.

Blair's Ultra Death Sauce

Sweet Chilli O' Mine

Bought a bottle of Blair's Ultra Death Sauce this week to replace my empty Mega Death bottle. Its a step up from Mega and contains red habanero pods, cayenne chilies, pirri-pirri chilies with added Naga Jolokia peppers and is a eye watering, nut melting 800,000 Scoville Units.

Icarus Wings

Not hot but tasty!

Discovered some hot sauces in the supermarkets a few days ago and seeing as ive become a big fan of them, it would have been rude for me not to have picked them up. The sauce in the pic cost just £2 from Tesco, a Heinz ~ Yellow Habanero. "A fiery yellow chilli sauce with sweetness to balance its searing heat." The guff on their website claims. "Ideal for splashing over pizza, pasta, stir fries, chicken, burgers and much more."
Now its a tidy sauce, lush as we say here in Wales but its certainly not "searing heat." Not even close! Hell if Heinz call this "searing heat", Id love to see them try Blair's Death range sauces. It IS tasty though, has a gentle sweetness to it with just a tiny nip to let you know that its trying to be a hot sauce and I will get more. They have two others as well: Chipotle & Garlic (a smokey, medium spiced sauce with a tasty note of garlic) and Green Jalapeño (a hot sauce with a very tangy, almost pickled taste) so will check those out too.

Festive Grub

The tastiest skin from a bird EVER. It might be bad for you but how can something this good be so bad? Makes chicken skim taste like lettuce. Oh my God fathers is it lush. Like an orgasm really. True story.

Below is the festive Phaal curry I make with the leftover meat. Gently fry some onions in lightly oiled saucepan, add the meat, the curry paste (I use Patak's) and pepper and chili and simmer for 15 minutes. You can add tomatoes too if thats your thing.
Oh and cook with some great metal playing in the background. I had Trivium's brilliant Ascendancy album kicking out.




Phaal Curry


Bacon and Cheese on Toast

Farmfoods: Spicy Wings

Farmfoods has become a great place to stock up on frozen junk food at wallet friendly prices. Feasts Of Metal cannot ignore this and since one has recently opened in Carmarthen (near MacDonalds), ive decided to share some tasty goodies. If you've never been there, seriously do so. They charge signicantly lower prices than what Tesco or Morrosons do. £1 for 4 turkey burgers, £2 chicken nuggets, £1 battered/crumbed onion rings. Ideal for parties or barbecues.

Spicy chicken wings


Chicken (buffalo) wings are not as popular here as they are in the United States for some reason (wise up people!) but they are a perfect snack to have on picnics or during movies/rugby matches/gaming marathons. (Ive even taken them into the cinema!) You can create different dips and sauces too so that things don't get samey.
To be honest I wan't expecting great things from these wings from Farmfoods but I was happy to have been proved otherwise. Really tasty and quite meaty too considering they are only chicken wings. (I know in the video below I say theres not much meat on them but that was filmed before id tried the bigger pieces.) In fact some bits seemed like bits of thigh. Only recommended for the spicy lovers out there, this is not a mild tasting sauce. £1.50 for a bag of 9 pieces is very easy on the pocket meaning you can stock up on a few extra bottles of the hard stuff.

The Result:



The chicken below wasn't from the same pack but a blog can never have enough pix of fried chicken and scotch. That was supper a few months ago.

Cacen Cymraeg ~ Welshcake

A Welshcake on my table yesterday

Okay fellow moshers, you won't see many sweet things in this blog because im not at all sweet toothed and can live without things like chocolate and candy. But Welshcakes are different; and this is isn't bias because im Welsh (well ok maybe a little), Welshcakes truly do rock! Very simple to make (lots or recipes online to check out) and is the perfect accompaniment to a cup of tea (preferably Glengetti), especially if like me, biscuits aren't your thing. And do be fooled by the size of a Welshcake, I can only manage two in one go and as you will have learnt by reading earlier parts of this blog, I have a huge appetite! Three Big Macs from the Golden Arches? No problem, can finish three in a heartbeat with three large fries. The Welshcake on the other hand, kicks my moshing ass.

Worth a trip to Wales alone

If you ever find yourself in Wales, ignore the packets of Welshcakes that are sold in supermarkets and get thyself to a traditional market (like the one in Carmarthen) where you will find much better made Welshcakes, usually made from a family recipe that has been handed down over many years. These are the best trust me.

Music to eat to ~ Dafydd Iwan, Paer Aeroplanes, Max Boyce, Tom Jones.