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Shopping List of Doom - KKCL

Hugh
2009-06-02 15:44:00 UTC

So, we’ve assembled our shopping list for the KKC shopping trip in about two hours’ time. And it’s, you know, nice and short…

We’re a bit worried about a couple of things. So, rather than do our usual thing of making it up and then having a million people tell us that no, it isn’t a blender, we’re going to get all KKC Live and ask!

1) 1.5 pints of blueberries – how many blueberries is that? This one’s from the French Laundry. I mean, I guess we could take a pint jug along to the supermarket, but I can’t imagine they’ll be too happy with us opening packets of berries up and pouring them in…

2) Chickpea flour looks like it’s going to be a pain in the ass to get. Should we just get some chickpeas, something heavy, and a hairdryer?

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160g Table Salt
8 chicken thighs
6 bulbs of garlic
250g olive oil
200g root ginger
100g Coriander seeds
100g cinnamon sticks
75g black peppercorns
25g cloves
20g mace
5 dried bay leaves
450g greek yoghurt
50g whole cashews
1 kg vine-ripened tomatoes
2 large onions
40g tomato puree
Fenugreek
Tumeric
1 tin coconut milk
1 green chilli
750g self-raising flour
20g sugar
6g baking powder
1l whole milk
100g whole eggs
12 more eggs
8 oz all-purpose flour
2 lb fava beans
100g marscapone
Curry powder
8 spring onions
Fresh veg stock
600ml double cream
100ml Creme Fraiche
Unsalted butter
Pack of sugar
Gelatin
300ml yoghurt
Vanilla bean
1 pint raspberries
1 pint strawberries
Mint
3 oz blanched almonds
Cornflour
Small bottle Sav Blanc or similar dry white
1 unwaxed lemon
1.5 pints blueberries

65g green cardamom pods
35g black cardamom pods
130g cumin seeds
200ml ish ghee
25g chickpea flour
10g Kashmiri Chilli powder
20g dried melon seeds
5g coriander seeds

Comments

Kathryn | 2009-06-02 16:17:33 UTC

Ah yes, pints of blueberries. In the US (for which audience Keller is writing) berries are sold in little paper baskets which are sized as pints and quarts. My Australian husband calls them punnets which I think is what you call them in the UK yes?

The measure used in a pint sized punnet is meant for measuring the volume of dry things (like berries) not wet things (like beer). Just to make it more fun US pints and Imperial pints are not the same either :). According to some googling the US dry pint is 33.6 cubic inches which converts to 550.60535 cubic centimeters.

So the question is how big are your UK punnets of berries? I’m guessing that they are some sort of metric measure. And I’m further guessing that it is probably a measure of weight instead of volume. Because that is just so much more sensible!

I’m not sure the easiest way for you to try and estimate how much a US dry pint of blueberries weighs. There not in season yet here where I am or I would offer to weigh some for you. Good luck, I hope the info above helps.

Kathryn | 2009-06-02 16:23:13 UTC

You should be able to find chickpea flour in any middle eastern store. Do you have one in your area? Maybe you could call to see if they have it instead of going all around looking for it. The Lebanese definitely use it in cooking. Hmm, it might be used in Indian or Pakistani cooking too, does anyone know?

Oh, and since it’s gluten free you also might try asking in a health food store.

Marc Hartstein | 2009-06-02 16:27:21 UTC

In the interest of Science! I’ve just run to my local grocery store, where blueberries are sold in pint containers. I picked up 10 pint packages and put them in the old spring scale they have hanging around. A pint of blueberries weighs very close to 0.75 lbs. Google tells me this is approximately 340g. (I’m assuming the weight of the package is negligible here especially when compared with the lack of accuracy of the scale in question)

So it seems you’re looking for something close to 510g of blueberries.

Good luck tonight; I’m looking forward to it.

Wren | 2009-06-02 16:43:50 UTC

Chick pea flour can be found in the foofier health shop, especially if it does bulk goods. I believe there’s a likely one on South Bridge-Clerk Street, but I would be surprised if it were still open this late.

I’ll try to tune in when I get home.

Marc Hartstein | 2009-06-02 16:57:08 UTC

Oops. Correction: I misread my notes. A pint is closer to 0.7lb.

10 pt. = 7 lb.
5 pt. = 3.5 lb.
(I took both these measurements for some reason)

0.7 lb. ~= 318 g.
1.05 lb. ~= 476 g.

Sorry about that.

Emma HM | 2009-06-02 17:05:43 UTC

We get gram flour (aka chickpea flour) in our local Tesco – either in the flour section or the “Specialist” (aka gluten/dairy/fun free) food section.

Good luck.

Hugh | 2009-06-02 17:20:33 UTC

Brilliant! Thanks, everyone – going shopping soon.

Heather | 2009-06-02 20:50:09 UTC

Chickpea flour (chana flour) is used a ton in Indian cooking – looks like you may be headed to an Indian market already?

Hugh | 2009-06-03 10:59:33 UTC

It turns out that chickpea flour is buyable in normal supermarkets! Who knew?

More of the same on the blog, later.

hampers | 2009-06-22 12:43:29 UTC

Your “short list” seems to be a long list for me. More veggies and spices were listed. Why not save yourself time from doing this thing? You can have all those veggies ordered and place in fabulous vegetable hampers which are prepared toxic-free and preservative-free.

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