Comments on: Weekend Carnivore goes to Masterchef Live

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:11:31 +0000

I thought the Black Garlic was excellent. I could eat it raw with its sweet taste and lack of after smell. When I got my pot of it home I found it went really well with a generic tomato pasta sauce and even had it with a variety of things from salads to baked potatos.

By: Janice

Janice — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:48:10 +0000

Thanks so much for this brilliant round up of Masterchef Live. I really enjoyed reading about it, especially as I couldn’t attend.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:35:59 +0000

I’m SJ’s friend who went with her that day. We had a fab time and I’m just posting to say that I think that olivado oil is the find of the show. I have been able to make (for the first time decently anyways) my own fresh mayonnaise. I used a mix of the lemon zest oil the straight avocado oil and a touch of rice bran oil (another show bargain at £1 a bottle) to stop it being too strong. Whisked into my lovely yellow free range eggs it made for a gorgeous yellow coloured mayo. I added seasoning and a dribble of white balsamic vinegar. It can come again.
Have been using it all over the place and I’ve only had it a week. My only problem. It’s not going to last long!!
Thanks for a great day SJ
xx
There seems to be a lot of hype over cold pressed rapeseed oil but imo this oil knocks spots off any rapeseed oil we tasted that day and there was a few.

By: Sarah Jayne

Sarah Jayne — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:45:32 +0000

Thank you for the tips Jenny. I agree their Zest Avocado oil is really special. I used the extra virgin avocado to make oven chips the other night and it worked very well.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:16:36 +0000

Olivado’s Zest Avocado oil is divine. Try it with almost everything – pan fry your fish for a delicate flavour infused with lemon, drizzle it over salads, use as a dip for ciabatta and other breads. We use the Olivado avocado oil range whenever we used to use olive oil.

By: TheLittleWelsh

TheLittleWelsh — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:31:14 +0000

OMG we could have bumped into each other and not known! how funny! we’ve had a “pre-meet” LOL! love ur pics

here’s my version http://thelittlewelsh.blogspot.com/2009/11/masterchef-live-november-2009-olympia.html

xxx

By: Elisabeth

Elisabeth — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:52:03 +0000

Great pics – you have really captured the flavour (excuse pun) of those cooking demos.

And delighted you want to review my book!

By: Sarah Jayne

Sarah Jayne — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:07:29 +0000

I forgot to pick some up. We went to that stand right before the invention test and then never made it back. I agree that is was a great show and it had a better feel than the previous Good Food shows I have been to. I wish I had tickets for the Birmingham show because in past years that has been a great deal larger with many more ‘names’.

By: anne

anne — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:31:28 +0000

I picked up 2 tubs of that lovely buffalo mozzarella, was too good to resist! Mine got used up tonight in a tomato puff pastry tart, was delish

Lovely write up, thought was a great show this year.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:58:24 +0000

Wow! That sounds like a great day …. also made great reading