About this episode
The Kitchen Cabinet panel answers listener-submitted culinary questions in a Postbag edition.
Jay Rayner and the Kitchen Cabinet panel return with a Postbag edition, answering questions sent in by you, the listeners. Chefs, cooks and food writers, Jocky Petrie, Sophie Wright, Melek Erdal and Jeremy Pang, wrestle with a bumper serving of culinary dilemmas. Topics include, what you should do with two kilos of fresh lychees, whether flouring mean before browning is recommended or an unnecessary faff, and which kitchen gadgets are more trouble to clean than they’re worth. Along the way they tackle fears of fish bones, scepticism about expensive caviar, complaints about the word “smell”, and the perennial question of whether chefs lean too heavily on onions and garlic. Producer: Dan Cocker Assistant Producer: William Norton A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4
People in this episode
Host: Jay Rayner
Guests: Jocky Petrie, Sophie Wright, Melek Erdal, Jeremy Pang
Topics covered
- culinary dilemmas
- cooking tips
- kitchen gadgets
- food questions
- chef advice
Keywords
- lychees
- flouring meat
- kitchen gadgets
- fish bones
- caviar
- onions
- garlic
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: BBC Radio 4, Somethin' Else
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