Sorry - late posting

On Tuesday ( October 1st) the chapter heading was " Oxtail another way". I can be a bit squeamish when it comes to strange cuts of meat and so Mr Slater's description of the flesh on an oxtail was not ideal. Neither was my experience when buying the Ox tail but that's another story.

The recipe was Slow cooked oxtail with five spice and tamarind. 

Once I got my head round handling the tail it was a relatively easy recipe to make - not one I will rush to do again even though I did enjoy the flavour of this dish. 

The second recipe was Poached pears with cream cheese and ginger sundae

I made the mistake of preparing this an hour or so before we were to eat it and so my ginger biscuits lost some of their crunch. A lesson learnt! Husband liked this one especially as it was a serves 6 and he could eat up the leftovers for a few days - didn't seem to mind soggy biscuits!