I love trying new things
and, living in Cornwall don't get that much opportunity to try ethnic foods - the most multicultural we usually get down here is the world foods section in Tesco.
So when I do visit upcountry (which is anywhere else) I get a bit excited.

Last time I visited Plymouth I managed to find an african foods stall in a market, manned by a bored looking teenager. She clearly didn't understand my enthusiasm as I looked through various packets and asked what they were. I settled on "pepper soup mix" a bag of odd looking seeds and berries I'd never seen before. She actually asked me why I wanted it with a bemused expression.

I had to go to Southampton this weekend and sought out an asian minimarket and bought Taro root mochi which looks like blobs of playdoh, and haw flakes, small discs of dried chinese hawthorn paste that I haven't had since I was five...

I do actually eat and enjoy all these things!
(teasus likes tea, Sun 30 Jun 2013, 22:19, 10 replies)

Are you middle class by any chance?

(Woodlouse say it with flowers. Send her a Triffid, Mon 1 Jul 2013, 0:30, closed)

nope
poor, on shite benefits and I was in care.
(teasus likes tea, Mon 1 Jul 2013, 10:03, closed)

You have ideas above your station.
Super Noodle sandwiches should be the height of luxury.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Mon 1 Jul 2013, 10:59, closed)

What the fuck does ethnic foods mean?
Also, there must be shit loads of things to eat in Cornwall that you've never tried.
( The Awful Puppy Bakery is still bored, Mon 1 Jul 2013, 3:31, closed)

I am led to understand that their pasties are delicious.

(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Mon 1 Jul 2013, 4:59, closed)

pasties are over-rated

(teasus likes tea, Mon 1 Jul 2013, 10:04, closed)

You'd best leave cornwall then before the rest of us kick you out.

(Woodlouse say it with flowers. Send her a Triffid, Mon 1 Jul 2013, 20:51, closed)

by ethnic foods
I mean foods that aren't traditionally English...
There are a few fish I haven't tried and I've yet to track down whortleberries, but I think that's about it...

Star-gazey pie is quite nice, as are hevva cakes and saffron cake...
(teasus likes tea, Mon 1 Jul 2013, 10:08, closed)

I'm awful at identifying stuff like yam and okra
Even if I bought it I'd probably muck it up. I'm better in Asian supermarkets as I can actually navigate to an extent, but I've never found a real use for shaoxing wine in all my time doing so.

Case in point: I bought some reduced slices of pork belly for a couple of pence in Sainsbury's and stuck it in the freezer hoping to use it. No idea. Water bath, attempt to make char sui-style sauce? Suggestions welcome, I should stop biting off more than I can chew (haha).
( Bats, Mon 1 Jul 2013, 7:17, closed)

Smear it with some garlic, ginger and chilli
Roast slowly on a low heat until just cooked.
Then shroud all but the skin/crackling in foil and turn the oven up to Satans' Depths till the skin is bubbled and golden brown.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Mon 1 Jul 2013, 7:26, closed)