Gript Media Podcasts

You Can Cook Too 40 - Persian Chicken with apricots and almonds

Patricia shows you how to make a delicious Persian chicken with apricots and almonds, perfect served with couscous, a Greek salad and some pitta or flat-breads.

She pairs it with The Swan, written by Camille Saint-Saëns.

 

Ingredients
600ml/1 pint chicken stock (or veg stock)

10-12 strands saffron

1 very large onion

25g/1oz butter

1 tabsp. olive oil

1 teasp. ground cinnamon

4 chicken breasts (on the bone if wished)

100g/4 ozs. chopped dried apricots

25g/1 oz sultanas

50g/2ozs while unskinned almonds

Salt and black pepper

Instructions

Boil the stock and add the saffron. Leave on the side.

Peel and chop the onion. Add to the oil/butter mix until soft then stir in the cinnamon Transfer to a plate

Add the chicken to the pan and fry until brown.

Add the onion/cinnamon mixture followed by the apricots, sultanas and almonds. Sprinkle with pepper and add in the stock. Bring to the boil. 

Simmer or cook in the oven for about 40 minutes. Add more pepper and some salt as liked.

TRSI 115 - Just tell the truth

It's been a bad week for Irish media on various fronts, Orwell faces cancellation for failing to speak positively of the USSR after WW2, and the wonderful history of the Molotov bread basket.

Borderline 06 - Kevin Myers

Gareth sits down with journalist and author Kevin Myers. They discuss Kevin's views on the Irish media, cowardice, the death of George Floyd, Black Lives Matter, and what it felt like to have his career and reputation reduced to tatters over obviously spurious allegations that he was an anti-Semite and a Holocaust denier.

TRSI 114 - Katharine Birbalsingh

Gary sits down with Katharine Birbalsingh, a British educator and headmistress of Michaela Community School, a school in inner-city London run on traditional educational principles. Last year Michaela's students achieved some of the best GCSE scores in the country, receiving the highest possible grade at a rate four times higher than the national average. They talk about the impact traditional educational methods can have on the opportunities available to children, particularly those from poor and ethnic minority backgrounds.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tiger-Teachers-Take-Katharine-Birbalsingh/dp/191290621X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1594383295&refinements=p_27%3AKatharine+Birbalsingh&s=books&sr=1-1

TRSI 113 - Peter Hitchens

Michael sits down with the journalist, author, and broadcaster Peter Hitchens. They discuss the fall of the USSR; revolutionary politics; how the current political climate compares to earlier revolutions; why Britain should have stayed out of World War 1; and if there's any hope left for conservatives.

You Can Cook Too 39 - Crispy Chicken and Chickpea Stew

Patricia shows you how to make Donal Skehan's very simple and very tasty crispy chicken and chickpea stew.

She pairs it with Summertime, by George Gershwin.

 

Ingredients
Serves 4

1 tbsp olive oil 

8 chicken thighs 

250ml chicken stock or perhaps a little more

1 x 400g tin chickpeas drained and rinsed

2 tbsp sun dried tomato pesto

100g baby spinach or garden peas

Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method

1. Heat a large frying pan over a medium heat. Sprinkle the skin of the chicken evenly with salt and pepper. Add chicken to pan, skin side down. Cook 8-10 minutes or until skin is crispy, remove any excess fat. Turn the chicken thighs and add the stock, chickpeas, pesto and stir together. Continue to cook for another 2-3 minutes or until the chicken has cooked.
2. Once the sauce has slightly reduced season to taste and stir through the spinach and serve. On its own, or with bread or even boiled potatoes. 

Irish Herbalist 11 - Diverticulitis

The Irish Herbalist talks about the causes, symptoms, and natural treatments for Diverticulitis, an inflammation of part of the intestines which can cause abdominal pain, cramping, nausea, and constipation.

TRSI 112 - Mountain presses on soft earth

In order to bring Irish political analysis to a level of rigor and trustworthiness never before seen Gary and Michael ask the I Ching about Irish politics and if you should subscribe to this podcast.

 

https://www.ichingonline.net/

TRSI 111 - Deirdre McCloskey

Michael talks to Professor Deirdre McCloskey, of the University of Illinois at Chicago. They discuss the idea that the West became the richest and more powerful region of the world because of slavery and colonialism.

Borderline 05 - Ian O'Doherty

Gareth talks to Ian O'Doherty, one of Irish media's few dissenting voices. They talk Black Lives Matter, asking if those who support it are too stupid or too lazy to check out what the BLM organisation openly say they want; and the media mob that chased Kevin Myers out of journalism.