Summary
Jay Rayner and the panel are answering questions from an audience of keen home cooks in Bolton. Joining Jay are chefs, cooks and food writers, Mallika Basu, Rob Owen Brown, Tim Hayward and Nisha Katona. They discuss new ideas for cooking with paneer, suggest interesting recipes using the humble sliced white loaf, and recommend the best seasoning mixes for a listener starting a new spice business. Later in the show, they chat all things paneer with Nomy Rauf from local Pakistani restaurant, Ayaan's Restaurant in Bolton.
Producer: Dulcie Whadcock Assistant Producer: William Norton A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | An early start here. It's time to kick off. |
| 0:10.0 | Your day. Morning! |
| 0:11.9 | What a line-up. |
| 0:13.3 | Oh, thanks very much. We do get some great guests on the show. |
| 0:16.1 | The crowd is loving this. |
| 0:18.3 | Thanks, guys. Thank you. Too kind. |
| 0:20.2 | From morning chaos to match day commentary. |
| 0:23.6 | And everything in between. |
| 0:25.0 | BBC sounds packed with personality. |
| 0:29.1 | Hello and welcome to the kitchen cabinet. |
| 0:31.1 | This week we're in Bolton, one of the largest and most populous towns in Greater |
| 0:34.8 | Manchester. |
| 0:35.7 | Nicknamed Worktown in the late 1930s, |
| 0:38.5 | Bolton has long been ahead of the curve. It lays claim to having the first railway in Lancashire, |
| 0:43.5 | the first spinning meal, and the UK's first drive-through restaurant. What's more, in 1937, the town |
| 0:49.8 | became the first in the UK to participate in a social research initiative called a mass |
| 0:55.1 | observation. |
| 0:56.3 | The large-scale investigation which sought to examine the habits and customs of the British |
| 1:00.4 | public deemed Bolton one of the happiest places in the country. |
| 1:05.0 | So, audience, if you're feeling miserable, that's probably on you. |
| 1:09.4 | Ready to reveal their own sets of customs and habits |
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