{"id":85,"date":"2009-11-03T11:25:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-03T11:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/2009\/11\/03\/investigation-into-londons-rich-cultural-diversity-day-1"},"modified":"2009-11-03T11:25:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-03T11:25:00","slug":"investigation-into-londons-rich-cultural-diversity-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/2009\/11\/03\/investigation-into-londons-rich-cultural-diversity-day-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigation into London&#8217;s rich cultural diversity, Day 1: Sorrel Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">POLSKI SKLEP<br \/>\n<\/span> &#8211; Polish provisions on your doorsklep (sorry).<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday I began a week of looking at what London has to offer beyond standard supermarket fare. The results are below. Be not alarmed by the video&#8217;s duration, as always there is some music at the end &#8211; this time courtesy of the wonderful Beirut.<\/p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='700' height='394' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jhyiCZI5ux8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' allowfullscreen='true' style='border:0;'><\/iframe><\/span>\n<p>Polish shops for you &#8211; Click <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=polish+shops+london&amp;fb=1&amp;hq=polish+shops&amp;hnear=london&amp;view=text&amp;ei=oyfwSun3POGrjAeg85XHCA&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=local_group&amp;ct=more-results&amp;resnum=1&amp;ved=0CBsQtQMwAA\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=polish+shops+london&amp;fb=1&amp;hq=polish+shops&amp;hnear=london&amp;view=text&amp;ei=oyfwSun3POGrjAeg85XHCA&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=local_group&amp;ct=more-results&amp;resnum=1&amp;ved=0CBsQtQMwAA', 'here');\">here<\/a> to see where they are.<\/p>\n<p>Oh &#8211; the recipe:<\/p>\n<p>Serves 2 &#8211; probably costs 75p a head<\/p>\n<p>1 jar of szczaw<br \/>\nA little chicken or vegetable stock<br \/>\nA little cream<br \/>\nAn egg<\/p>\n<p>Empty the jar of sorrel into a saucepan and add some stock. Simmer. You won&#8217;t need to season the already salty soup.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile boil an egg for 8 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Add a little cream to the soup and stir for a minute. Peel the egg and cut it in half, before serving on top of the soup in warm bowls.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">OTHER IDEAS FOR SZCZAW<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The sharpness of sorrel makes it ideal for fish; try draining the szczaw and serving it warm with a smoked mackerel fishcake.<br \/>\n&#8211; A szczaw sauce\/white fish combo is similarly a match made in the upper reaches of Elysium<br \/>\n&#8211; Try the patties on <a href=\"http:\/\/milk-and-pumpkin.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/russian-sorrel-patties.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/milk-and-pumpkin.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/russian-sorrel-patties.html', 'this');\">this<\/a> Polish blog<\/p>\n<p>Hit me with further sorrel-based ideas if you have any.<\/p>\n<div id=\"geo-post-85\" class=\"geo geo-post\" style=\"display: none\"><span class=\"latitude\">0<\/span><span class=\"longitude\">0<\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POLSKI SKLEP &#8211; Polish provisions on your doorsklep (sorry). Yesterday I began a week of looking at what London has to offer beyond standard supermarket fare. The results are below. Be not alarmed by the video&#8217;s duration, as always there is some music at the end &#8211; this time courtesy of the wonderful Beirut. Polish [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[8,11],"tags":[613,615,767,792],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1zdji-1n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}