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Comedy last night

June 9, 2011 7 Comments Filed Under: Food, Recipes, Uncategorized

stargazy pie
Stargazy pie, a recipe from my book
Robin Ince at the underground comedy supper club, msmarmitelover's
Robin Ince pondering on the weirdness of doing stand up in someone’s living room
stargazy pie
Notes on last night: 
Comics
Robin Ince at my comedy supper club, The underground restaurant
Robin Ince: comic for the scientific/sceptic circuit, a bunch of guys I like to go heckle sometimes. We bickered slightly about Ben Goldacre who he assures me is really nice really. Loved his set. He used the word fuck a couple of times. One table in the corner looked disapproving. Robin will also be at Camp Bestival.
Isy Suttie: the second time she’s come and both times a huge hit. Best known from Peep show but a fantastic stand up comic too.
David Trent, comedian at my Underground Restaurant supper club, comedy night
David Trent: utterly bonkers school teacher with a booming video and speakers set that he did on my balcony. At one point he laid on the floor and screamed. God knows what my neighbours thought. Brilliant.
Elis James:  Welsh comic who can also perform in English. Missed him, but heard rolls of loud laughter from the living room.
The brilliant Josie Long, compering at my underground restaurant comedy night, msmarmitelover

The night was compered by the irrepressible Josie Long who did an impromptu ‘play’ about the Mitford sisters with all the voices. Coincidentally I just bought a Mitford cookbook on Amazon thinking that I could perhaps do a Mitford themed night. When the book arrived, disappointingly it turned out to be recipes from an American town called Mitford. Further research has revealed that the Duchess of Devonshire, Deborah ‘Debo’ Mitford, hasn’t touched a stove since the war. Although she has in fact written a cookbook, Chatsworth cookery book, with the help of her chefs. Jessica Mitford, known as Decca, once contributed a recipe for Roast Goose to a cookbook “Roast Goose. Take a goose and roast till it’s done.”
Another gloriously sniffy sentence from the book when pondering some of the chefs at the great house: “There’s something about working in a kitchen that produces ‘characters’- like those chefs that pop up nightly on the telly. I don’t know why they have to be so unpleasant – but that is the fashion now, not something I could put up with at such close quarters “
James of The Cotswold Food Year came down to help me. He’s a cool head in the kitchen, I always enjoy cooking with him. We had a salad dressing competition: he likes to put lime in his and I will only put lime in an Asian style salad dressing.
My dressing is in my book: a good mild Dijon mustard such as Maille is essential.
Whack a load of mustard in a bowl, slowly add olive oil until you have the volume you need. Squeeze in some fresh lemon juice. Taste. Salt. Done. You can mince in some garlic if you want.
Texturally it should be amalgamated and quite thick, not as liquid as a usual British vinaigrette. It should coat the leaves of the salad rather than dribble down to the bottom of the bowl.
Menu:
Josie Long, issy sutie, Robin Ince, The Underground Restaurant comedy night
Prosecco with home-made elderflower cordial
Elderflower fritters in tempura batter, sprinkled with Maldon salt and a shake of Ume plum liqueur
marigold rolls, msmarmitelover
Marigold bread rolls, coated with pumpkin seed oil and marigold petals
Nettle soup with a drop of porcini oil
stargazy pie, The underground restaurant
Stargazy pie from my book with herring
vegetarian stargazy pie, The underground restaurant
Veg option: asparagus stargazy pie. 
Mixed leaf salad with tarragon, fried artichoke hearts, apple and my great dressing.
Cheeses from Neal’s Yard. Pear marinated in perry (yes Chris Pople, I’m trying to use up all the unused boxes of perry you bizarrely bought for the bar at the Underground Night Market) and cardamom. Oat biscuits.
Knickerbocker glory: meringue, lemon ice cream, gooseberry coulis, lavender sugar

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  1. Intern

    June 9, 2011 at 11:19 am

    Oh my goodness, please do a Mitford Night. That would be the best thing ever. I'm coming as Debo!
    Thank you again for last night – we had such a good time, and now my friend is even inspired to start her own supperclub…
    All best, Lizzy (Intern)

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  2. Catofstripes

    June 9, 2011 at 11:39 am

    I like the sound of that Knickerbocker Glory, I can feel motivation coming on very strongly. Ta.

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  3. James

    June 9, 2011 at 2:16 pm

    Wow – that was a quick post. I've still got stuff from a year or more ago to post.
    Seemed to be the best comedy night yet. The David Trent set – amazing. So taken in…
    Dressing? That's liquid mustard! 🙂

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  4. The Curious Cat

    June 9, 2011 at 8:47 pm

    How do you eat those herring pies? Are there lots of bones?!

    What's wrong with Ben Goldacre? I like how he outted Gillian Mckeith somewhat…

    And you've just reminded me of the massive hardback I own that is in the garage somewhere collecting dust on the Mitford sisters. Need to fish it out and read it sometime!

    Yummy food as usual! xxx

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  5. Anonymous

    June 10, 2011 at 1:02 pm

    Those stargazzy pies look like cartoons. Fabulous.

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  6. theundergroundrestaurant

    June 12, 2011 at 7:25 am

    Curious Cat: the recipe is in my book. No the fish are 'canoed' the bones are taken out but the heads and tails are left on.
    Custard: they do don't they? Minnie Mouse's kitchen at Disney Land is one of my biggest inspirations!

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  7. Shaheen

    June 14, 2011 at 6:31 pm

    I've often wondered what a good vegetable sub would be for the sardines for stargazy pie, and you have answered it. Brilliant.

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