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  1. “I wouldn’t normally say this, but the meat should be at least free-range.” Why would you not normally say that? Chicken should be always at least free range!

    As for the wine, I always go with Ian Parmenters’ adage; if its not goood enough to drink, its not good enough to cook.

  2. Hi Claire. I always buy only free-range or organic chicken (although it’s not as simple in a restaurant), but I wouldn’t normally say it on this site because I try not to sound TOO preachy; it is cheap eats after all!
    But definitely agree about the wine, it’s a damned lie that you can use cheap plonk for cooking and it’s just as good!

  3. Fair dues Peter. Although I eat meat, I do want the animal that feeds me to have had a good life until it meets me. 🙂

  4. When in Spain I buy jars and jars of the sort of thing you made out of the olive, anchovy and pickled chilli. Difference being that on these sticks there is pickled onion, pickled chilli, pickled pepper and possibly something else that I can quite remember. The juice itself is mainly vinegar and very little sugar (which seems to be the opposite here). Do you know the things I’m talking about and if so, is there anywhere I can buy them here in Dublin? I can eat pickled anything by the jar if it’s very sharp, I hate that lots of “pickles” here contain heaps of sugar!

  5. I know what you mean Nic. Perhaps buy pickled foods in Polish stores instead?