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kittylester Thu 15-Feb-18 15:26:33

I recently found a recipe for chicken legs with very thinly sliced truffles inserted between the skin and the flesh and then roasted on potatoes which were mixed with cream and parmesan. Thought they would be nice for DH and I on Sunday.

On my normal Sainsbury's shop I asked if they sold truffles as I couldn't find them. The nice young man rang somebody to establish whether they did and where they might be. Finishing his phone call he offered to take me to them. I trotted obediently along behind him to find myself in the chocolate aisle. grin

Squiffy Thu 15-Feb-18 15:43:40

Oh, go on, give it a try! What with all the cavorting and romping going on on GN, chocolate and chicken sounds quite mild!

Artyfarty Thu 15-Feb-18 16:05:08

grin

lemongrove Thu 15-Feb-18 17:32:44

Kitty how

lemongrove Thu 15-Feb-18 17:34:31

Sorry......how funny! ?
Did you buy any?
They know how to live it up in Leicestershire! Truffles egad!

MawBroon Thu 15-Feb-18 17:44:30

Sounds perfect!

Moocow Thu 15-Feb-18 18:23:45

Oohhh chicken and chocolate grin

Mapleleaf Thu 15-Feb-18 18:29:14

?

loopyloo Thu 15-Feb-18 18:40:20

Sainsburys hmmm perhaps try a Waitrose or use truffle flavoured olive oil.

kittylester Thu 15-Feb-18 18:56:51

We only have a small Waitrose near us so I think I will need to do a tour of the local delis. Otherwise we are watching DGS2 play football on Sunday and will pass a big Waitrose on the way home.

Not sure oil will work!

Menopaws Thu 15-Feb-18 19:55:03

Yes please

Bathsheba Thu 15-Feb-18 20:06:04

Well chocolate chilli is a thing, so why not chocolate chicken? Though it does sound the sort of thing Olive from On the Buses would do. Who remembers Stan being advised by his GP to have his fish poached, not fried, and he came home to find Olive poaching his fish fingers? grin

SpringyChicken Thu 15-Feb-18 22:50:54

Hahahaha. Good one.

Mamissimo Thu 15-Feb-18 23:07:11

Sainsburys usually does have truffles - tiny ones - they’re in the little section where you can get Japanese ingredients and preserved lemons and other unusual bits and bobs.

Jalima1108 Thu 15-Feb-18 23:59:52

kitty the best thing to do is to borrow a pig, put it on a lead and take it for a walk in a nice damp wood.
The pig will hunt out the truffles for you

Easy peasy grin

kittylester Fri 16-Feb-18 06:48:30

I spent ages looking in that bit massimo but all my Sainsbury's had was truffle oil and truffle salt

The store I use has reduced its range a fair amount.

harrigran Fri 16-Feb-18 08:33:12

You need a Waitrose kitty, or there again maybe not. I asked about fresh goji berries and they said "sadly, no, but we can get you a plant to grow your own" I don't think even a Waitrose sourced plant would provide me with berries for the dinner I was preparing the next day grin

Nanna58 Fri 16-Feb-18 10:38:55

I asked a young thing for pease pudding in Sainsbury's the other day and was taken to the dessert aisle!

sweetcakes Fri 16-Feb-18 11:10:13

Google that's what I do when I want something specific and can't find it in the shops or try amazon. Enjoy.

sue01 Fri 16-Feb-18 11:10:51

Years ago I asked the Manager of the tiny local Co-Op if they had crème fraiche..... he looked at me and then said... you're not from round here are you ??

adaunas Fri 16-Feb-18 11:31:36

Your recipe sounds lovely- hope you find the truffles. Had a similar problem with trying to buy Bacon Jam. Was neither in the bacon nor the jam aisle. It had been recommended by Sainsbury’s too, but they’d never heard of it in our up north branch.

kittylester Fri 16-Feb-18 11:34:52

I've seen that in ours adaunas!! It was near the chutneys. I'll swap if you come across any truffles. What do you use it for? Sounds odd.

Aepgirl Fri 16-Feb-18 11:36:54

I once asked the fish monger in my supermarket if they had any whitebait. He asked if I wanted it filleted. Can you imagine a fillet of whitebait? He had no idea what it was, and said the nearest they had was whiting!

Incidentally, I've never heard of bacon jam either and I live down south.

Jaycee5 Fri 16-Feb-18 13:05:27

sue01 That made me laugh.

carol58 Fri 16-Feb-18 13:23:07

Truffles? Goji berries? Bacon jam? Be lucky to find more than one kind of apple in the shops near me....