# Grouvee Food: Bites **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [June 17, 2023, 5:46pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/grouvee-food-bites/11953 "2023-06-17T17:46:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BMO](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/bmo/32/16491_2.png) [@BMO](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/BMO)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 1:23am UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/grouvee-food-bites/11953/22 "2023-06-29T01:23:41Z")
> [@El\_Diegote](#): > > I was challenged by @BMO\* to have a branston cheese sandwich and, as I’m mentally 11 years old Is it the mentality of an eleven year old, or is it something more akin to this? When I became a chef I made a pact with myself that I’d try any food at least once and not turn down an opportunity to try something new. I decided that to be the best chef I could be I needed to be willing to experience everything and that I couldn’t turn something down based on the idea that I wouldn’t like it. If I tried something and didn’t like it, then I could turn it down in future. I later changed careers to pursue other interests but I’ve kept that pact with myself. ---
**Author:** ![Nelemania](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/nelemania/32/11700_2.png) [@Nelemania](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/Nelemania)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 6:44am UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/grouvee-food-bites/11953/23 "2023-06-29T06:44:40Z")
> [@BMO](#): > > try any food at least once and not turn down an opportunity to try something new A rule I live by myself. Sometimes it leads to regret, but more often it leads to greatness and new favourite recipes. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Diegote](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/el_diegote/32/14572_2.png) [@El\_Diegote](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/El_Diegote)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 9:33am UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/grouvee-food-bites/11953/24 "2023-06-29T09:33:37Z")
Probably a bit of one, a bit of the other. I knew that I would like branston and I tend to try (and like) most of the things I eat. However, that doesn’t necessarily explain the need of having to do it the exact same day I was called lol. ---
**Author:** ![anon13834866](https://discuss.grouvee.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@anon13834866](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/anon13834866)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/grouvee-food-bites/11953/25 "2023-07-01T16:24:27Z")
![20230701_064213](https://discuss.grouvee.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/961264d9bdaf8c8bafbd57ebaf80f4d4c8341557.jpeg) Girlfriend made a cake for a friend’s BBQ for independence day aka 4th of July. ---
**Author:** ![BMO](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/bmo/32/16491_2.png) [@BMO](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/BMO)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/grouvee-food-bites/11953/26 "2023-07-04T17:56:27Z")
I’m really itching to bake a cake. It’s been a while because of the pandemic. I had no reason to bake cakes for just two people. But now I feel the call of the baker! Got to put all this formal training to some use now and then. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Diegote](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/el_diegote/32/14572_2.png) [@El\_Diegote](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/El_Diegote)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/grouvee-food-bites/11953/27 "2023-07-04T19:37:59Z")
I found a recipe for homemade Marmite and, considering I’ll leave the UK soon and became addicted to it, will try it. ---
**Author:** ![BMO](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/bmo/32/16491_2.png) [@BMO](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/BMO)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/grouvee-food-bites/11953/28 "2023-07-04T19:44:59Z")
Share the recipe! Are you moving somewhere where Marmite isn’t imported? ---
**Author:** ![BMO](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/bmo/32/16491_2.png) [@BMO](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/BMO)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/grouvee-food-bites/11953/29 "2023-07-04T20:01:00Z")
Since I’m in a cake baking mood, but have nothing recent to show off, I’ll post something I made pre-pandemic. This is a summery cake I made a couple years ago, with Genoese sponge, layers of rhubarb and custard and a strawberry swiss meringue buttercream. My partner runs [an Instagram account that pairs food and children’s literature, so the photo below was taken for a post about _The Adventures of Miss Petifour_](https://www.instagram.com/p/BzOEYKkA4iB/?igshid=YmM0MjE2YWMzOA==). ![Photo of a pink cake with Genoese sponge, layers of rhubarb and custard and a strawberry swiss meringue buttercream](https://discuss.grouvee.com/uploads/default/original/2X/2/210366e0f46a612c918a7910fe0be7a72dd899c4.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![El\_Diegote](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/el_diegote/32/14572_2.png) [@El\_Diegote](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/El_Diegote)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/grouvee-food-bites/11953/30 "2023-07-04T20:31:47Z")
If I end up going back home when I finish my PhD, probably. I know I never saw Marmite at all anywhere there and vegemite is just inferior. Recipe I will follow: [Make-your-own Marmite recipe | Sainsbury`s Magazine (sainsburysmagazine.co.uk)](https://www.sainsburysmagazine.co.uk/recipes/mains/make-your-own-marmite) ---
**Author:** ![El\_Diegote](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/el_diegote/32/14572_2.png) [@El\_Diegote](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/El_Diegote)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/grouvee-food-bites/11953/31 "2023-07-04T20:32:44Z")
Wow that’s talent right there. My carefree approach to the kitchen always kept me away from sweets, which I have always thought as something that need a lot of care and precision. ---
**Author:** ![BMO](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/bmo/32/16491_2.png) [@BMO](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/BMO)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/grouvee-food-bites/11953/32 "2023-07-04T21:23:40Z")
Where is home? (Feel free not to answer) ---
**Author:** ![BMO](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/bmo/32/16491_2.png) [@BMO](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/BMO)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/grouvee-food-bites/11953/33 "2023-07-04T21:27:10Z")
After my studies, my chef apprenticeship and working as a saucier for a time I did an apprenticeship as a pâtissier. But I’m rusty. I haven’t worked professionally since the mid-2000s. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Diegote](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/el_diegote/32/14572_2.png) [@El\_Diegote](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/El_Diegote)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 9:59pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/grouvee-food-bites/11953/34 "2023-07-04T21:59:42Z")
![homeis](https://discuss.grouvee.com/uploads/default/original/2X/7/7f016f05ac2ef02b2e5e9eb914a698ad4696b144.jpeg) Lol no, Chile. Left a few years ago with a state scholarship and will have to go back eventually, though if a specialised job appears, I might be able to postpone that comeback for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Nelemania](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/nelemania/32/11700_2.png) [@Nelemania](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/Nelemania)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 8:23am UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/grouvee-food-bites/11953/35 "2023-07-05T08:23:43Z")
Marmite is such a weird thing. I had it once but I am not sure I consider it food after that experience. “Love it or hate it.” - I definitely hate it. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Diegote](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/el_diegote/32/14572_2.png) [@El\_Diegote](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/El_Diegote)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 12:04pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/grouvee-food-bites/11953/36 "2023-07-05T12:04:52Z")
Saw a birthday card the other day with a picture of a marmite jar in the front and two boxes for you to check: \_ I really like you \_ I hate you ---
**Author:** ![anon13834866](https://discuss.grouvee.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@anon13834866](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/anon13834866)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2023, 1:44am UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/grouvee-food-bites/11953/37 "2023-07-09T01:44:21Z")
We made a sorta stroganoff-esq thing. Ground lamb, with bowtie pasta. A milk and flour based roux that became a thick sauce. Added pesto, garlic, and lemon juice. Then mixed in onions and bell peppers, broccoli and green beans. Topped with chopped cherry tomatoes and parmesan. Pretty good… I ate two servings lol ![IMG_20230708_181936](https://discuss.grouvee.com/uploads/default/original/2X/d/d809220f14ca194582264c860e2d2d9534903869.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![georgeypoorgey](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/georgeypoorgey/32/15084_2.png) [@georgeypoorgey](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/georgeypoorgey)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 4:52pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/grouvee-food-bites/11953/38 "2023-07-10T16:52:29Z")
Homemade biscuits this morning. Ate one with a fried egg (made by me) and some bacon (made by my lovely wife). Ate the other with butter and blueberry preserves. ![PXL_20230710_160700694](https://discuss.grouvee.com/uploads/default/original/2X/2/2b9e2f6ebb0a4d703f98f47fe50db9e1ddb987cb.jpeg) ![PXL_20230710_160056808](https://discuss.grouvee.com/uploads/default/original/2X/f/f0db8f13691f9b9a5a266f630bcb9591bbe0f52a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![georgeypoorgey](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/georgeypoorgey/32/15084_2.png) [@georgeypoorgey](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/georgeypoorgey)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 11:59pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/grouvee-food-bites/11953/39 "2023-07-10T23:59:51Z")
I made a soy chorizo gravy and ate it with an egg, a roasted tomato, and my biscuits from earlier toasted. Wanted to cook myself dinner, was creatively inspired enough to make myself this lazy Mexican eggs benedict, but was too lazy to not reuse my biscuits from breakfast, and too lazy to take a picture. It was good, and I enjoyed it. ---
**Author:** ![georgeypoorgey](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/georgeypoorgey/32/15084_2.png) [@georgeypoorgey](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/georgeypoorgey)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 12:13am UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/grouvee-food-bites/11953/40 "2023-07-13T00:13:45Z")
Made some cauliflower gnocchi. Decided to use my soy chorizo gravy as a base for a pasta sauce. Added some Trader Joe’s taco Gouda (I’m not gunna look up the actual name). Turned out pretty good! ![PXL_20230712_234804681.PORTRAIT](https://discuss.grouvee.com/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a9517b094ede1cf6fb4b905006c0eb93bdfd3b7d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Nelemania](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/nelemania/32/11700_2.png) [@Nelemania](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/Nelemania)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 10:49am UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/grouvee-food-bites/11953/41 "2023-07-13T10:49:33Z")
> [@georgeypoorgey](#): > > cauliflower gnocchi I am definitely going to try that once I can stand in the kitchen again. 🤗 [Previous page](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/grouvee-food-bites/11953.md?page=1) [Next page](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/grouvee-food-bites/11953.md?page=3)