Rocket in leafy salads.

[excuseme]

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Does anyone like the taste of "Rocket" and why is it being added to all green leaf salads.
This seems to be a modern green leaf added to what used to be nice mellow mixed leaf salad and ruins the taste of everything. I hate it and pick out every bit that I can find before starting to eat any salad on my plate, this means that the hot part of a meal has got very cool while I have to sort out this leaf that is very strongly flavoured and horrible!
I am talking about meals eaten out, not homemade.

 

[JudyN]

I like rocket, but my mum has a similar gripe - in a restaurant she'll ask for proper iceberg lettuce, not those 'silly little leaves that get stuck between the teeth'!

 

[excuseme]

My husband likes rocket too. But it overpowers all other tastes in a salad and it's horrible !
I would be quiet happy with the watery iceberg any day.

 

[Mad Murphy]

It's just the latest hype isn't it? I don't mind the odd rocket Leaf but not loads of it.
It's bit like balsamic vinegar I personally don't like it we went to the restaurant of a famous TV chef in London and the meal was ruined by a thick and I really mean thick layer of balsamic vinegar over everything I couldn't taste if the meat was fresh a week old or a year old because all you could taste of the whole meal was vinegar.
And whats with the salted caramel ? It seems you can't buy anything without it being flavoured with salted caramel, a little is nice but not on everything..

 

[JudyN]

I love balsamic vinegar. Salted caramel/chocolate though? There's a reason we don't sprinkle salt on our puddings, it's a terrible idea...

 

[Hemlock]

I love rocket - I could eat it by the bagful! Just send me yours.

 

[colettedb]

Rocket lover here - we grow it on the windowsill. I’d rather have a bowl of rocket than a packet of crisps or biscuits

 

[Flobo]

Yep, another big fan of rocket here too! I happily eat it just on it's own, loads of it!
Also love salted dark choc(with or without caramel) and chilli choc...

 

[JoanneF]

Have you ever had chillI chocolate ice cream? Now, that's taking it to a whole new level.

 

[Flobo]

Wow that sounds nice! Wonder if you can get a non cow juice version??

 

[excuseme]

My favourite ice cream is the "New Forest" Oriental Ginger, mmm

 

[Flobo]

Hmm, interesting...oriental ginger... so is that just ginger or does it have other oriental bits in it like lemon grass? I could imagine that being rather tasty!

 

[excuseme]

Just pieces of ginger.

 

[RGC]

I quite enjoy rocket but only as a balanced combination. It can be (or with my taste buds) overwhelming of other ingredients. The same goes for balsamic and for curries - for me curries can either be a fragrant combination or food that hurts.
Has anyone got an air fryer? Now there’s a discussion topic.

 

[Flobo]

Isn't an air fryer just a microwave in disguise?? I won't have one of those either, not unless my family agree to me(they point blank refuse to wear one strangely) wearing my tin foil hat for protection...!

 

[Mad Murphy]

Ive got two air fryers a single and one of the double ones. Cuts the use of oil for frying , cuts the use of oven use for small portions.

We use it for all sorts of things not just the advertised chips and sausages..

(got a microwave too, I like it as a plate warmer.)

 

[JudyN]

Isn't an air fryer just a microwave in disguise??

No, it's more a very small oven in disguise. I got one a couple of weeks ago and really like it. Chips do well, bean burgers (the ones that come in a breadcrumby crust) come out lovely and crunchy, and it's great for veggie fajitas. DS2, who has ME/CFS, probable mild autism and a screwed-up sleep cycle, finds it much easier to use than the oven - it's also quicker and more economical. He says it warms up pizza really well too!

 

[JoanneF]

I have one of the old fashioned ones that has a round bowl and a rotating paddle for chips, risotto etc. I can't get ny head round how the new ones can cook chips evenly without moving them?

 

[JudyN]

You do have to shake them once or twice - but they heat the air more evenly than in a conventional oven, hence more even cooking.

 

[RGC]

Precisamente - it’s just a mini oven so you’re not wasting time and energy waiting for it to heat up. The term ‘air fryer’ is something of a misnomer. We’ve had super results over the past year. We’re still in the experimental stage. We’ve had perfect roasted dinners and casseroles. I can’t say that I’d attempt broccoli again in the air fryer - not a success. We’re lucky in that we’ve a food preparation annex to one side of our kitchen so this black culinary device doesn’t dominate. I think the air fryer (Ninja 400UK) has just two drawbacks - it takes i/ the soul out of cooking and ii/ too much space.