The Bosun, Saucy wench Tartarre and I were foraging in Mr Sainsbury's Emporium the other night.
"There be some fine bargains here look at this here stir fry veg at 40p" quoth the salt rimed soul as his tar stained fingers placed it in the trolly.
"And these here sea beetles at £2.99 be well fit for the captain's table" added the Saucy Wench her handsome bosum heaving with excitment.
"Just the thing to try out that Sambal paste we got in that there Lundon Town's Chinese quarter" I mused.
So into a pan of hot oil goes one chopped onion, six crushed garlic cloves, one chopped chili, give it a bit of a stir and add a punnet of chopped mushrooms, a good slug of light soy sauce, two teaspoons of Chinese five spice powderfollowed by the prawns. add to that the Sambal paste and watch everthing go a fantastic red colour.
Discover there is no Chinese wine or sherry or white vermouth in the house compromise on red vermouth add a good sized slug to cool stuff down and a slug of Chinese black smoked vinegar. In goes half the pack of stir fry veg and a pack of chopped coriander.
I served this on rice with a glass of West Country Scrumpy.
