What To Do With 8 Fresh Cones

[kook]

Well we know how you got your nick then eh :lol:

I had a passing thought of rolling them and smoking them, but I gave up smoking 15 years ago

Fresh hop cones, shoots and rhizomes are used in Belgian cooking.

Seriously - deep fry them and use them as Garnish for waterzooi.

 

[Cocko]

Waterzooi is a classic stew of Northern Belgian cuisine. Its name is Dutch, meaning "watery mess". It is sometimes called Gentse Waterzooi (in Dutch) or waterzooi gantois (in French), which refers to Ghent, a city in Belgium.
The original form is made of fish, either freshwater or sea, (waterzooi de poissons, viszooitje), though today chicken waterzooi (waterzooi de poulet, kippenwaterzooi) is more common. The most accepted theory is that rivers of Ghent became too polluted and the fish there disappeared[1]. The stew is made of the fish or chicken, vegetables including carrots, leeks and potatoes, herbs, eggs, cream and butter.
Typically, fish such as eel, pike, carp and bass are used. (Other fish such as cod, monkfish, or halibut can be used.) Gentse Waterzooi van Kip includes chicken. Gentse Waterzooi van Tarbot includes turbot.
Both the chicken and fish versions are based on an egg yolk and cream thickened vegetable broth and usually served as a soup with a baguette to sop up the liquid.

 

[dj1984]

Waterzooi is a classic stew of Northern Belgian cuisine. Its name is Dutch, meaning "watery mess". It is sometimes called Gentse Waterzooi (in Dutch) or waterzooi gantois (in French), which refers to Ghent, a city in Belgium.
The original form is made of fish, either freshwater or sea, (waterzooi de poissons, viszooitje), though today chicken waterzooi (waterzooi de poulet, kippenwaterzooi) is more common. The most accepted theory is that rivers of Ghent became too polluted and the fish there disappeared[1]. The stew is made of the fish or chicken, vegetables including carrots, leeks and potatoes, herbs, eggs, cream and butter.
Typically, fish such as eel, pike, carp and bass are used. (Other fish such as cod, monkfish, or halibut can be used.) Gentse Waterzooi van Kip includes chicken. Gentse Waterzooi van Tarbot includes turbot.
Both the chicken and fish versions are based on an egg yolk and cream thickened vegetable broth and usually served as a soup with a baguette to sop up the liquid.

Whoaaa straight over the top of my head :lol: ill just stick to steak and chips or 2 min noodles!!!

 

[Mantis]

Whoaaa straight over the top of my head :lol: ill just stick to steak and chips or 2 min noodles!!!

yep

 

[Mantis]

Has anyone actually chewed up a fresh cone.

This thought has just come to me after several pints of a wheat brew.

Tempted, but wary at this stage

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