Mahow's all new, all new, all new food thread

[Giggles]

Possibly the wrong thread, but green tea and almond milk is pretty nice. Unsweetened isn't as good but healthier.

Use canderel.

[Magic]

Aspartame. :sick:

[Giggles]

Sorry, I forgot.

#cleaneats #paleo.

[Baz]

Had some pork in the slow cooker all day (after 3 bouts boiling it in water for 12 minutes each time, to get rid of all the salt) that's almost ready to be pulled. :drool:

[Giggles]

Why are McDonalds advertising their new range of wraps by showing them being made by a filthy unwashed looking wretch?

[Lewis]

Did anybody know Warburtons now do 'Giant Crumpets'? I bought a pack, and I think you were better off just having two normal ones.

[Giggles]

Sweet Lord yes.

http://www.joe.ie/life-style/pic-this-wrap-from-a-tipperary-takeaway-is-bigger-than-your-house/518701


http://m0.joe.ie/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/09092419/Wrap3.jpg

[Raoul Duke]

Why are McDonalds advertising their new range of wraps by showing them being made by a filthy unwashed looking wretch?

I saw that the other day. Ridiculous. Are they trying to market Maccy D's to hipsters now?


Did anybody know Warburtons now do 'Giant Crumpets'? I bought a pack, and I think you were better off just having two normal ones.

Crumpets are boss, not seen giant ones.

I've seen Tesco have stopped selling lemon and raisin pancakes. True shame as I fucking loved those .

[wullie]

Anyone like crumpets straight out of the pack? It's like bread-flavoured rubber but I like it.

[Boydy]

I never really saw the fuss with crumpets. Gimme a Scotch pancake over them any day.

[Giggles]

I bought American pancakes the other day instead and they were much nicer.

[Boydy]

Aren't American pancakes and Scotch pancakes the same thing?

As opposed to those shitty crepe things that the English refer to as 'pancakes'.

EDIT: Yeah, same thing basically. (http://womensthoughts.co.uk/difference-between-usa-and-uk-pancakes/) They're great.

[Giggles]

Aren't American pancakes and Scotch pancakes the same thing?

As opposed to those shitty crepe things that the English refer to as 'pancakes'.

EDIT: Yeah, same thing basically. (http://womensthoughts.co.uk/difference-between-usa-and-uk-pancakes/) They're great.

The scotch ones are like the ones I used to get in NI that people toast and butter. These American ones (I'd never seen them before) were a lot thicker and looked a lot like a crumpet without the dimples. May have been just that type and not typical of what they normally are though. I like the scotch ones too though.

[Ian]

Crumpets. :drool:

[niko_cee]

I fucking hate crumpets. Like eating a sponge. And not the good type of cake sponge.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3276151/Is-sponge-chips-tea-Woman-23-eats-20-SPONGES-day-soaking-apple-flavoured-Fairy-liquid.html

[Jimmy Floyd]

What you have to understand with crumpets is that they themselves are not the attraction of eating crumpets. They serve merely as the perfect receptacle for excessive amounts of melting butter. They should probably be the national dish of England.

[Raoul Duke]

I'm quite fond of a CHEEKY bit of jam/marmalade on a crumpet :nodd:

[igor_balis]

What you have to understand with crumpets is that they themselves are not the attraction of eating crumpets. They serve merely as the perfect receptacle for excessive amounts of melting butter. They should probably be the national dish of England.

Exactly. I had some the other day and I just kept applying butter until they reached saturation point. I put some Sainsbury's taste the difference raspberry conserve on them as well, but that was just because I knew it would annoy loads of people on here.

[phonics]

Penne is the worst pasta. Awful stuff.

[Magic]

Lol that looks atrocious.

Just spent £15 on two fillet steaks for tonight. Broccoli stems, green beans and red potato creamy mash and finally peppercorn sauce to accompany.

[Giggles]

Penne is the worst pasta. Awful stuff.

It's all the same shit in a different shape :cab:

The dried stuff anyway obviously.

[Giggles]

Lol that looks atrocious.

Just spent £15 on two fillet steaks for tonight. Broccoli stems, green beans and red potato creamy mash and finally peppercorn sauce to accompany.

It was awesome. Though I would never expect someone actually actively looking forward to broccoli stems and green beans to understand.

[Magic]

Sauted with butter and garlic though. :drool:

[Jimmy Floyd]

Pasta shapes are more about what they do to the sauce, which in penne's case is hold it in quite nicely. Conchiglie (shells) are the kings though.

[Giggles]

Pasta shapes are more about what they do to the sauce, which in penne's case is hold it in quite nicely. Conchiglie (shells) are the kings though.

I like the big huge shells. Maybe they're the ones you mean, but they grab loads of sauce.

Normally I have the tubes (penne), spirals, and some small shells and I'll grab whichever I land at first. So long as it's not spaghetti I don't care.

[Bernanke]

Penne is alright (Rigatoni is a better version), but I agree that Conchiglie is the best. Farfalle can go to hell though.

[Giggles]

Penne is alright, but I agree that Conchiglie is the best. Farfalle can go to hell though.

I don't mind the bows. It's like getting two shells stuck together.

[Giggles]

So was phonics just complaining about the shapes of the tubes not getting enough sauce or does he think they taste differently?

[Pen]

Tagliatelle is probably my favourite, though I tend to use spaghetti (should that be without the 'h') the most. Not a fan of Conchiglie or Fusilli for some reason, and macaroni is probably the one I actively avoid. Penne is alright.

[Bernanke]

When it comes to longer pasta, the wider it is the better. Pappardelle > Tagliatelle > Spaghetti. I need to make Pappardelle more often. :drool:

[Giggles]

They're all too messy for me. If I'm stuck and there's only long pasta in the house it needs broken up before cooking.

[niko_cee]

By broccoli stems do you mean tenderstem broccoli Magic?

The co-op had some special pasta shape thing called lumaconi or somesuch on offer a while ago, which was a high quality dried pasta shape.

[Magic]

By broccoli stems do you mean tenderstem broccoli Magic?

The co-op had some special pasta shape thing called lumaconi or somesuch on offer a while ago, which was a high quality dried pasta shape.

Yep.

[randomlegend]

They're all too messy for me. If I'm stuck and there's only long pasta in the house it needs broken up before cooking.

:face:

[Giggles]

:face:

Why would I want to be wiping sauce off my chin and clothes when there are cleaner and tidier options out there?

[Disco]

Yup, only one way to eat 'long' pasta. :rolleyes:

[John]

I had no idea Giggles was seven.

[Disco]

Never read that many of his posts then.

[Magic]

:face:

:D

[Magic]

So the steaks are off because the in laws invited us for tea, Old El Paso enchiladas. :drool:

:cry:

[Giggles]

Yup, only one way to eat 'long' pasta. :rolleyes:

I'm throwing something together at home. Not everything has to be some wanky blowhard restaurant experience you notiony cunt.

[Disco]

I'm throwing something together at home. Not everything has to be some wanky blowhard restaurant experience you notiony cunt.

I meant rather that you could just eat it like a sensible, civilized human but feel free to jump to whatever conclusions you like, I'd hate you to break the habit of a lifetime and have a thought rolling around in your brain.

[Giggles]

I meant rather that you could just eat it like a sensible, civilized human but feel free to jump to whatever conclusions you like, I'd hate you to break the habit of a lifetime and have a thought rolling around in your brain.


Or you could just eat a different pasta seeing as they all taste the same. Eating one that you have to sit and wrap around a fork while holding a spoon in the other hand because it makes you feel like something you're not is just the act of nothing but a cunt.

[Disco]

So it doesn't matter what pasta you eat but if you eat that one you're a cunt.

Well done mate.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

You don't need a spoon.

[Giggles]

So it doesn't matter what pasta you eat but if you eat that one you're a cunt.

Well done mate.

When you're only eating it for show, yes.

When did you get your spine implant anyway you invisible fuck?

[niko_cee]

Eating it for show.

:D

Fucking hipsters!

[John]

Eating spaghetti for show. :D

You're a fucking idiot, Giggles.

[Giggles]

Eating spaghetti for show. :D

You're a fucking idiot, Giggles.

Can be the only reason for eating it unless it's what you're given and you've no choice.

I do like how I get this and phonics can say penne is disgusting and it just passes by. Not what's said, but who says it.
If I had opened with penne is rank then we'd never have got to spaghetti because I'd be still copping abuse for that.

Job done.

[phonics]

You have more in common with Liverpool than I thought, Giggles.

[Giggles]

You have more in common with Liverpool than I thought, Giggles.

It's worth noting these things.

[John]

You've missed the point by a billion miles, as usual.

[Giggles]

You've missed the point by a billion miles, as usual.

That's a politician answer. Am I right or wrong? Would I have got as easy a ride for saying the same as others and vice versa?

[Pen]

You probably get more grief because you seem a bit more passionate about this than Phonics.

Don't take the BANTER too hard.

[John]

That's a politician answer. Am I right or wrong? Would I have got as easy a ride for saying the same as others and vice versa?

Do you not see the difference between saying penne is shit and saying people eat spaghetti to show off?

[Giggles]

Do you not see the difference between saying penne is shit and saying people eat spaghetti to show off?

I do easily see that, but the only flaw is that it didn't start out as that. If you read back, I just copped it first for saying I break spaghetti up before cooking it. Easily on a par with saying penne is shit, just different outcomes.

So again, same questions.

[igor_balis]

I can be a bit of a food snob, but I'd rather spunk £5 on posh jam sometimes than live in a World where anything except stale bread and tap-water is gratuitous poncery for hipster wankers.

[five time]

when did you get your spine implant anyway you invisible fuck?

:D

[Disco]

I do easily see that, but the only flaw is that it didn't start out as that. If you read back, I just copped it first for saying I break spaghetti up before cooking it. Easily on a par with saying penne is shit, just different outcomes.

So again, same questions.

No, you didn't seem to even consider eating it sensibly, it was either smash it to pieces or cover yourself in food. I'm not sure, but there might be a middle ground somewhere.

[Lewis]

I'm with him on all packet pasta tasting the same, and if the difference is to be found in 'what they do to the sauce' then you aren't using enough sauce.

[John]

I do easily see that, but the only flaw is that it didn't start out as that. If you read back, I just copped it first for saying I break spaghetti up before cooking it. Easily on a par with saying penne is shit, just different outcomes.

So again, same questions.

You should read back yourself. RL lolled at you for breaking up the pasta and others got involved when you suggested you couldn't eat spaghetti without getting covered in sauce. You weren't set upon for saying you break spaghetti up, you were set upon for eating like a child, and then set upon further when you turned into a complete wanker and claimed people only eat fucking spaghetti to show off.

Bin the victim complex, you're bad enough as it is.

[Giggles]

You should read back yourself. RL lolled at you for breaking up the pasta and others got involved when you suggested you couldn't eat spaghetti without getting covered in sauce. You weren't set upon for saying you break spaghetti up, you were set upon for eating like a child, and then set upon further when you turned into a complete wanker and claimed people only eat fucking spaghetti to show off.

Bin the victim complex, you're bad enough as it is.

Pure politician.

[John]

It's probably time to start treating you like Harold.

Add 'politicians' to the list of things you don't understand.

[igor_balis]

I can barely eat spaghetti without covering myself in food, but I'm the most cack-handed person I know. I briefly thought I was dyspraxic or something, but I'm just an idiot.

[Giggles]

It's probably time to start treating you like Harold.

Add 'politicians' to the list of things you don't understand.

You were asked a question a couple of times that you danced around and didn't answer. I understand perfectly.

[John]

You were asked a question a couple of times that you danced around and didn't answer. I understand perfectly.

I answered by telling you that your premise was wrong. You didn't 'cop it' for saying you smashed spaghetti up, you copped it for implying you couldn't eat it without covering yourself in it if you didn't smash it up. That you then went on to say that people eating spaghetti were showing off is just parmesan.

That's not the same as saying penne is shit, so your pathetic little tantrum was based on a falsehood.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

A discussion about pasta turns into this, fucking hell. :D

[Giggles]

Spaghetti :cool:

I am so going to make these.

http://tiphero.com/spaghetti-and-meatball-muffin-bites/

[Disco]

The original pic looked quote nice too.

[Magic]

Giggles proper fucking meltdown mate.

Between this and bowling it's been an exceptionally bad night.

[Giggles]

The original pic looked quote nice too.

It was. Hadn't made the barbeque sauce for a long time and put some maple syrup in it this time in place of some of the sugar. Though it must be said that corned beef is a tad salty in it due to the curing. Would be nicer with normal beef.

[Giggles]

Giggles proper fucking meltdown mate.

Between this and bowling it's been an exceptionally bad night.

If the bowling was a meltdown then you're really searching hard for stuff that isn't there.
Uninformed maybe. Meltdown? Wouldn't think it.

[Magic]

This thread was a meltdown, the bowling stuff was just lol.

[Giggles]

This thread was a meltdown, the bowling stuff was just lol.

It sure was. But the Grand Prix was shite and the Mrs was at a musical, so it's put the evening in.

[Spoonsky]

You don't need a spoon.

http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/203/4/5/new_middle_finger_emoticon_by_tailsfan97-d41d2xi.gif

[Dquincy]

I made cheese puffs today, were nice but needed more cheese. Might add Parmesan next time.

[Giggles]

How have I only just discovered breakfast burritos now? :drool:

[Lewis]

I was a big fan of their Sylvester Stallone advert, but Warburtons' new Muppets one is spectacular. I'll buy some more of their bollocks giant crumpets in tribute.

[Magic]

My fillet steaks were incredible. Well worth the price.

[John]

I've just had a Solero for the first time in ages.

It feels inherently wrong to be eating an ice cream at midnight in November but fuck me it was good. :drool:

[phonics]

I've just had a Solero for the first time in ages.

A Cornetto, at best, would have been sufficient for your taste buds. No need to show off with your fancy ice lollys.

[Lewis]

You've never quite been able to act working class, have you mate?

[phonics]

I'm Jewish Working Class at a push.

[John]

Hot on the heels of Chinese takeaways adopting the 'munchy box', and immediately one upping themselves with the 'salt and pepper munchy box', now fucking breakfast cafes have started doing them.

http://i66.tinypic.com/2hgafbl.jpg

I give it maybe six months until every food in Scotland is available in stupid quantities squashed into a pizza box.

[Boydy]

What's a salt and pepper munchy box?

[John]

A munchy box consisting of nothing but their 'salt and pepper' versions of things. Ribs, chicken balls, chips, wings, etc.

[Ian]

Salt and pepper munchy box? Fucking want that. Though if they're mostly made up of things on the bone I'm a bit suspicious of those from takeaways because they tend to be so inconsistent.

[Giggles]

I want nothing on the bone ever from a takeaway. Or anywhere for that matter, it's only a mess.

I still haven't tried the local places munchie box yet, but from the sign they don't seem to have chips in it. I'll need to investigate further.

[Smiffy]

.....

[Boydy]

That looks horrible.

[Smiffy]

.....

[Lewis]

Is that a fish bowl?

[Smiffy]

.....

[Giggles]

Who cares if it looks like the picture, it'll taste magic.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It's loaded with Baileys so I highly doubt it.

[Giggles]

That's the best thing about it, and the mint bits look easily removable. Perfect.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That's the best thing about it, and the mint bits look easily removable. Perfect.

As a non drinker and a coffee hater, baileys is one of the worst things to have ever been produced for me.

[niko_cee]

Baileys is pretty rank, as are Baileys things like cheesecakes or the aforementioned trifle.

Proper trifle, though, is one of Britain's greatest gifts to the world. There can't be many better desserts, if any.

[Giggles]

Baileys is pretty rank, as are Baileys things like cheesecakes or the aforementioned trifle.

Proper trifle, though, is one of Britain's greatest gifts to the world. There can't be many better desserts, if any.

I started making trifle with Baileys years ago as a happy accident and couldn't touch it now with sherry in it.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I can't have had a trifle for about 15 years. That bastard Blair got me hooked on tiramisu.

[Lewis]

In recent years the trifle I've had seems to be using more shitey fruit and less of that sponge in the jelly foundations, so put that down to Blair.

[Boydy]

Trifle is shit.

[Reg]

Trifle is good. Seems like whoever invented it just had a bunch of ingredients left over and gave no thought to the order of the layers, but it worked out.

I had an amazing tiramasu in Rome. It was the best thing I ate there. It seems pizza is pizza, wherever you get it. Saying that we didn't go to any fancy restaurants.

[Luca]

Tiramisu is the thinking man's trifle.

[Giggles]

Thinking that it tastes too much of coffee. I like a subtle flavour or a coffee with my dessert, but tirimasu is too much.

[Boydy]

Tiramisu is shit too.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

'Shit' is being kind to it.

[Smiffy]

.....

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I think I will do a Korean inspired grilled octopus tomorrow :drool:

Just the thought of it is making me drool.

[Baz]

Do almonds go off/mouldy?

Some idiot left a bag of them open on the backseat of my car and they've ended up everywhere, in places I can't reach. I don't want them to make the car smell nutty or something.

[Magic]

I just ate some the other day that I know have been opened (not in a bag just loose) in our kitchen drawer for over a year and they tasted fine.

Also made some lovely peanut stir fry thing last night, so much easier and convenient than a packet.

[Boydy]

You found loose almonds in your kitchen drawer that you knew had been there for over a year and you ate them?

[Magic]

Yes. Unblanched.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Fresh almonds shit all over all other nuts but sadly I don't think they are sold in the UK.

[Luca]

Roasted almonds are the shit.

[Giggles]

Tesco honey roast cashews :drool:
For normal unflavored nuts I like macadamia and brazil.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

When you're fucked off with things there really is no better soother than ice cream.

This is the best I've made yet, comfortably-

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/chocolate-hazelnut-gelato-recipe.html#communityReviews

[John]

I bought some of that 'Skyr' Icelandic yogurt earlier, and I've just given it a try now.

Consider my support for them in the Euros withdrawn. That's a fucking war crime.

[Giggles]

Vile shit. Greek, it is not.

[Jimmy Floyd]

We have assembled possibly the best cheese board of all time for Christmas. A whole Stilton, a whole truckle of Cheddar, and so as not to be too UKIP about it, we've also got a few French numbers including a goat's cheese which is wrapped in soggy chestnut leaves and is the most pungently superb thing I've tasted in a long time. Add a couple of Camemberts which I'm going to bake at some point, and expanding by another stone will be a small and sweet, sweet price to pay.

[Disco]

I bought some of that 'Skyr' Icelandic yogurt earlier, and I've just given it a try now.

Consider my support for them in the Euros withdrawn. That's a fucking war crime.

I thought that at first, the sour edge takes a bit of getting used to but I'm a fan now.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Anyone got a good slow cooker recipe for pulled pork?

An auntie hates turkey so my Mum thought we could lob a shoulder into the slow cooker so she has something and everyone else has just that bit more meat.

[Lewis]

Tell the awkward bitch to go without or stay at home.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It does mean more meat for the rest of us though...

[Magic]

How can you hate turkey? It's tasteless.

[Giggles]

Anyone got a good slow cooker recipe for pulled pork?

An auntie hates turkey so my Mum thought we could lob a shoulder into the slow cooker so she has something and everyone else has just that bit more meat.

I do it in this.

500g carton of passata
2 chopped onions
2 cloves garlic chopped
200ml cheap cola
6 tbsp sugar (4 white, 2 brown or 4 white and a good squeeze of maple syrup)
7 tbsp balsamic vinegar
2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1½ tsp chilli powder
1 tsp English mustard powder
1 tsp smoked paprika

Fry the onions, garlic, and chilli powder until softening. Add the cola and bump up the heat and stir til it's all gloopy after reducing.
Mix that and everything else up, pour over the meat, and stick it on for 12 hours.

Fire in a few drops of liquid smoke to the mix too if you have it.

[Boydy]

If they're presumably having all the other stuff you'd normally have with turkey with it, it's not really going to need a lot of flavouring, is it? Especially not some sort of barbecue flavouring.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

If they're presumably having all the other stuff you'd normally have with turkey with it, it's not really going to need a lot of flavouring, is it? Especially not some sort of barbecue flavouring.

Probably not.

It's definitely not going to have any chilli or anything.

I was thinking of a dry rub involving oregano, smoked paprika plus some other stuff in the cupboard overnight and then into the slow cooker with some stock maybe for 10 hours or so.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I bought a pulled pork spice mix and added oregano, thyme and cumin which went onto the pork the night before. It then spent about 12 hours in the slow cooker with a bit of stock and a tin of chopped tomatoes.

Came out exceptionally well, so much so that I'll be making doing it again purely to have sandwiches with. Although I'll be using more spices, something like carnitas :drool:

[randomlegend]

Black forest yule log I made for Christmas day:

http://i.imgur.com/FJQlpVO.jpg?1

Bit of a mammoth effort and a couple of mistakes along the way, but I was pleased with how it came out in the end. Tasted good which is the main thing.

[Giggles]

Black forest yule log I made for Christmas day:

http://i.imgur.com/FJQlpVO.jpg?1

Bit of a mammoth effort and a couple of mistakes along the way, but I was pleased with how it came out in the end. Tasted good which is the main thing.

That looks absolutely brilliant. Any cross section pics?

[randomlegend]

I didn't take any I'm afraid, but it was another Tim Kinnaird recipe and this is one from his shop's facebook:

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtf1/v/t1.0-9/12274748_976562549081995_8021223082532656064_n.jpg ?oh=808aa00d67839a9b7fdd20ff7752d63a&oe=5707AC96

[Giggles]

:drool:

[Adamski]

Anyone got a health fryer? Are they worth the outlay?

[Giggles]

Got one a while back as we only have a single oven and it's very handy. Very fast to cook and we'd use it over the oven for most things now.

[Giggles]

That's the stuff.


http://i.imgur.com/2h3aHbA.jpg

[Boydy]

Anyone else use a slow cooker and find their stuff ends up a bit too watery? I know you're not meant to add as much liquid but I didn't think I had the other day when I was making a chilli. I just used some passata which is normally quite thick but it ended up more like a soup. Suppose some moisture came out of the vegetables I chucked in as well.

Also, if anyone has any good slow cooker recipes, please share.

[Giggles]

Anyone else use a slow cooker and find their stuff ends up a bit too watery? I know you're not meant to add as much liquid but I didn't think I had the other day when I was making a chilli. I just used some passata which is normally quite thick but it ended up more like a soup. Suppose some moisture came out of the vegetables I chucked in as well.

Also, if anyone has any good slow cooker recipes, please share.

Near better to half steam the veg first and then put them in.
I've s good few recipes knocking about. I'll gather them up and PM them to you, though most slow cooker stuff is what you could make in a casserole dish anyway. It just lets you use tougher meat and can be more convenient.

[Boydy]

Near better to half steam the veg first and then put them in.
I've s good few recipes knocking about. I'll gather them up and PM them to you, though most slow cooker stuff is what you could make in a casserole dish anyway. It just lets you use tougher meat and can be more convenient.

Yeah, I guess but then that kind of defeats the purpose for me using - the convenience of chucking stuff in and leaving it. Suppose I could put the veg in later, maybe. Or just steam it separately and have it on the side or something.

And cheers, that'd be good.

[Giggles]

I've always done that with root veg as the temperature never cooks it enough for me on low.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

http://www.simplybeefandlamb.co.uk/recipes/beefale-and-turnip-stew-slow-cooker-version#sthash.7UqXYvuV.dpuf

Just put that on although I've used stock, halved shallots and I had to cube up some proper turnips as I couldn't get baby ones.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

What else have you tried as a stew?

I've found lamb and red wine to be the best combination so far.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

What else have you tried as a stew?

I've found lamb and red wine to be the best combination so far.

In the slow cooker? Nothing.

I've done a pork belly stew and a lentil and sausage one in the oven using a casserole dish.

I might try this next:

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1940707/chorizo-pork-belly-and-chickpea-casserole-

It looks :drool:

[Jimmy Floyd]

What sort of biryani has fruit in it?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

What sort of biryani has fruit in it?

A lot have raisins or as they should be called 'Devil Shits'.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

In the slow cooker? Nothing.

I've done a pork belly stew and a lentil and sausage one in the oven using a casserole dish.

I might try this next:

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1940707/chorizo-pork-belly-and-chickpea-casserole-

It looks :drool:

I was just meaning in general. I haven't tried any in the slow cooker but that looks tempting. I've found slow cooker chilli to be spot on though, always do it that way now rather than in a saucepan.

[Ian]

Made this today:
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1758666/chinese-braised-beef-with-ginger

And it's lovely. I used brisket

[randomlegend]

That looks bloody delicious.

[Ian]

I managed to not bite clean through the star anise I got in tonight's portion as well, which I'm calling a massive bonus.

[Giggles]

These are going to be so wonderfully dirty in around 6 hours time :drool:


http://i.imgur.com/Ei0viGx.jpg

[Boydy]

What is that? Ribs?

[Giggles]

Yep, bacon ribs.

[-james-]

I'm lazy, so the meals I opt to make most often are ones that take under half an hour involve as little washing up as possible. A favourite at the moment is blitzing some sundried tomatoes, basil, olive oil, garlic & parmesan and chucking it over some pasta.

Any in a similar vein I should be aware of?

[Lewis]

Crisps.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm lazy, so the meals I opt to make most often are ones that take under half an hour involve as little washing up as possible. A favourite at the moment is blitzing some sundried tomatoes, basil, olive oil, garlic & parmesan and chucking it over some pasta.

Any in a similar vein I should be aware of?

Get Nigel Slater's book 'Real Fast Food', it's full of such things. The man is nothing short of a genius.

[randomlegend]

Aye, that book is cracking. All of his books that we have are great in fact.

[Giggles]

Well those ribs were fucking amazing.

[niko_cee]

The heart, liver and lungs of a sheep boiled in its own stomach tonight.

:drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCR4try5LHI&t=17m30s

Christ, I need to go there.

[Magic]

Need something cheap and easy for 4. Suggestions please.

[Giggles]

Need something cheap and easy for 4. Suggestions please.

Fish & chips.

[Disco]

Do a simple roast.

[Ian]

He's saving that for after dinner, Disco. :henn0rz:


Need something cheap and easy for 4. Suggestions please.

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/3963/hot-harissa-lamb-with-couscous

Delicious and a piece of piss. I think I've only done it a couple of times with the couscous, other times I've taken a bit more time to make a spicy rice or something to go with it because couscous is yawn. The lamb is the business though.

Along similar lines in terms of how easy it is to make: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2195654/chorizo-pilaf

They might be easier than you're actually after if you want something that looks a bit more impressive.

[Giggles]

Surely "cheap and easy" for Magic would be only hiring the second best catering company in town to do it.

[randomlegend]

Made chocolate and blood orange marshmallows the other day.

My god :drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

http://static.approvedfood.co.uk/thumbs/75/221/1000/1/src_images/Encona_Brazilian_BBQ_Sauce_142ml.jpg

I bought this today, it's fucking glorious.

[Giggles]

What's in it that makes it Brazilian?

[Lewis]

The Zika virus.

[Boydy]

:D

[Pepe]

Went to a Taiwanese restaurant and had the 'hot and spicy chitterlings'. It was superb. :drool:

[randomlegend]

http://www.restaurantbenedicts.com/menu/

Went here tonight for the girlfriend's birthday. Had the lamb, the pigeon and the trifle (with the cocktail). She had the mussels, the cod and the same for dessert. It was all absolutely bloody lovely. I should have done something in food instead of medicine.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Is that the second Great British Menu item you've tried now?

Well third with the trifle.

[randomlegend]

I don't think I've had any before tonight.

We went to the Caxton Grill (twice :uhoh:) which is Adam Handling's restaurant, who came runner up on Professional Masterchef. Perhaps that's what you're thinking of. The first time we went there for the tasting menu was the best meal (I hate that word) I've ever had.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I don't think I've had any before tonight.

We went to the Caxton Grill (twice :uhoh:) which is Adam Handling's restaurant, who came runner up on Professional Masterchef. Perhaps that's what you're thinking of. The first time we went there for the tasting menu was the best meal (I hate that word) I've ever had.
I could have sworn you ate Tom Kerridge's duck dish.

[randomlegend]

No (sadly :(), we tried to book to go there with some friends but it's fucking impossible.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That and the goat dish this past year are what I'd love to try.

[Giggles]

Was that the one with the cylindrical chips?

[randomlegend]

Both of the Great British Menu dishes tonight were pretty special, but I thought the pigeon was the star. It was sensational.

EDIT: The duck was, yeah. I've got the recipe for it actually...

I know he's lost a lot of weight, but it's no secret how he got so fat after seeing the recipes in that book. Buttered ham for fuck's sake.

[Lewis]

Has anyone ever made soda bread? I bought some the other day from Morrisons (the proper brown loaf stuff with oats on, rather than the right-angle 'farls') and it was mega, but I rarely go to Morrisons, and nobody else sells it. However, it seems easy enough to make, since it doesn't need the yeast and pissing about that has always put me off threatening to make bread, so I thought I might have a crack at it because my life is utterly without meaning.

[randomlegend]

I've not, but give it a go and report back.

I can't imagine you making bread :D

[Lewis]

I once got it into my head that making my own malt loaf was a good idea, but then I worked out that it was about three times cheaper to buy. This makes sense because it's seemingly made with shit we already have.

[Boydy]

I fucking love the idea of you baking, Lewis.

[igor_balis]

I just had a nice cheese and onion sandwich.

[niko_cee]

Soda bread is supposed to be very easy to make.

I want to try and make my own Mozzarella after watching that 'Jimmy' ponce do it last night.

[randomlegend]

Soda bread is supposed to be very easy to make.

I want to try and make my own Mozzarella after watching that 'Jimmy' ponce do it last night.

http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2015/10/how-to-make-fresh-mozzarella-from-scratch-recipe.html

I've not had a go yet (will at some point) but the serious eats recipes tend to be really good.

[Raoul Duke]

I had haggis for the first time yesterday (at a slightly delayed Burns night birthday thing). It was pretty awesome, despite looking like a headless seal :|

[niko_cee]

3 pancakes down. One with sugar, lemon and integrated sultanas, one with lotus biscuit spread and one with bonne maman caramel spread (winning so far).

:drool:

[Giggles]

I need to get milk on the way home to make some this evening. I can't stand anything on them though.

[niko_cee]

:D

What's the point?

It's some going to make pancakes a depressing thing.

KUTGW

[Giggles]

:D

What's the point?

It's some going to make pancakes a depressing thing.

KUTGW

That's a stupid statement just following the company line. I love the taste of them plain and find anything on them ruins them, what's depressing about that?

[Raoul Duke]

I'm having pancakes tomorrow. Easily one of the best nights of the year.

[niko_cee]

That's a stupid statement just following the company line. I love the taste of them plain and find anything on them ruins them, what's depressing about that?

It's just (amusingly) typical of you.

[Giggles]

It's just (amusingly) typical of you.

That I like something a certain way? I've always eaten pancakes that way, it's how I like them. You're just being incredibly lazy.

[Boydy]

You English lot can't do pancakes properly anyway.

[igor_balis]

Giggles drinks water from the toilet cistern because taps are for pretentious media types. Well, pretentious media types and sheeple just trying to go along with the consensus. Fair play for being such a trailblazer of belligerent philistinism.

[randomlegend]

Plain pancakes :D

[Giggles]

Giggles drinks water from the toilet cistern because taps are for pretentious media types. Well, pretentious media types and sheeple just trying to go along with the consensus. Fair play for being such a trailblazer of belligerent philistinism.

Because I prefer pancakes plain than with something on them? :D

What sort of a fucking twat are you to get so offended by that?

[Toby]

Scottish style pancakes are quite nice plain, but it probably is a sweeter recipe. I usually try a bit of the first one to make sure the recipe is right and end up eating the whole thing on its own.

[igor_balis]

Because I prefer pancakes plain than with something on them? :D

What sort of a fucking twat are you to get so offended by that?

I'm not offended by it and nobody else is you weirdo, everyone is just playfully taking the piss because it is CLASSIC giggles. I've been posting on this forum for about 5 minutes compared to everyone else, and even I would immediately guess you if someone showed me a post on here about liking pancakes plain with your name and avatar redacted.

[Giggles]

I'm not offended by it and nobody else is you weirdo, everyone is just playfully taking the piss because it is CLASSIC giggles. I've been posting on this forum for about 5 minutes compared to everyone else, and even I would immediately guess you if someone showed me a post on here about liking pancakes plain with your name and avatar redacted.

The CLASSIC giggles is where you're a complete twat though. People don't have to like or dislike something because of a persona or because people feel they should, it should just be down to what they like.
If I never bothered trying them with anything because I thought it was pretentious or force fed myself them plain even though I think they're nicer coated, then you could CLASSIC away to your little hearts content. You're trying too hard in this case and just blowing your wad a little easy.

[Toby]

If I never bothered trying them with anything because I thought it was pretentious or force fed myself them plain even though I think they're nicer coated, then you could CLASSIC away to your little hearts content.

Ha! He admits it, he actually likes things!

[Giggles]

Ha! He admits it, he actually likes things!

:D don't tell anyone.

[igor_balis]

The CLASSIC giggles is where you're a complete twat though. People don't have to like or dislike something because of a persona or because people feel they should, it should just be down to what they like.
If I never bothered trying them with anything because I thought it was pretentious or force fed myself them plain even though I think they're nicer coated, then you could CLASSIC away to your little hearts content. You're trying too hard in this case and just blowing your wad a little easy.

Sorry. :(

I didn't mean it to come across as cunty as it did, I'm not very good at this banter shit. I'll go back to posting stupid youtube videos. x

[randomlegend]

Stand your ground son. Liking his pancakes plain is absolutely CLASSIC Giggles, and I don't know why he's so bum-devestated about it.

[John]

That's a stupid statement just following the company line. I love the taste of them plain and find anything on them ruins them, what's depressing about that?

We have a company line on pancake toppings now? When did that happen? I'll update the handbook.


The CLASSIC giggles is where you're a complete twat though. People don't have to like or dislike something because of a persona or because people feel they should, it should just be down to what they like.
If I never bothered trying them with anything because I thought it was pretentious or force fed myself them plain even though I think they're nicer coated, then you could CLASSIC away to your little hearts content. You're trying too hard in this case and just blowing your wad a little easy.

It absolutely fits your persona to have pancakes plain, though. Whether you're doing it deliberately is irrelevant.

Going bonkers over a tiny poke is also CLASSIC Giggles, come to think of it. You're on a roll here.

[Giggles]

We have a company line on pancake toppings now? When did that happen? I'll update the handbook.



It absolutely fits your persona to have pancakes plain, though. Whether you're doing it deliberately is irrelevant.

Going bonkers over a tiny poke is also CLASSIC Giggles, come to think of it. You're on a roll here.

Ah the big guns wade in :rolleyes:

Well done on taking the time to quote and not even getting what was said. And, bonkers? Jesus Christ be a bit more melodramatic there you fiery little tart.

[Disco]

Does he eat these without incident or do they go everywhere?

[Boydy]

I bet it's Scotch pancakes (the thick ones made with self-raising flour) he's on about and you're all going to look like dicks.

And if it is, he's also right.

[niko_cee]

Had a ham and cheese pancake for lunch. It was quality.

Will probably hold off doing all three meals in pancake form.

[Giggles]

I bet it's Scotch pancakes (the thick ones made with self-raising flour) he's on about and you're all going to look like dicks.

And if it is, he's also right.

Well I call them Northy pancakes but I expect they're the same. That said, I also like the thin ones with nothing as I like the taste but it's the self raising ones I'm making. Just made the mix.
Why let being right or having a preference get in the way of the forum narrative though?

[Giggles]

Had a ham and cheese pancake for lunch. It was quality.

Will probably hold off doing all three meals in pancake form.

The Mrs had said about cheese in one and it's something I've never tried. I make a batch again some day to try that as it sounds interesting.

[randomlegend]

I bet it's Scotch pancakes (the thick ones made with self-raising flour) he's on about and you're all going to look like dicks.

And if it is, he's also right.

Boydy being the other person who likes plain pancakes. Who'd have thought.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I'm having some with mushrooms garlic and cheese which are rolled up, bread-crumbed and fried again.

They're a Polish staple.

[Boydy]

Boydy being the other person who likes plain pancakes. Who'd have thought.

Scotch pancakes, yeah. Well, with a bit of butter on.

Crepes need a filling.

[Boydy]

I'm having some with mushrooms garlic and cheese which are rolled up, bread-crumbed and fried again.

There a Polish staple.

That sounds fucking terrible for you. But also delicious.

[randomlegend]

That Mahow post has given me a semi. Fuuuarrrk.

[Spammer]

Gravy or golden syrup for me.

Pancakes are basically the same thing as Yorkshire puddings so gravy is perfectly appropriate, before any cunt starts piping up about it.

[Boydy]

Gravy?! On pancakes?

You really are a pervert.

EDIT: I was so outraged I didn't even read the rest of the post. :rosebud:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Wait, what?

Like proper gravy? :cab:

[Spammer]

Pancakes are basically the same thing as Yorkshire puddings so gravy is perfectly appropriate, before any cunt starts piping up about it.

[John]

You're doing either pancakes or Yorkshire puddings wrong if they're basically the same thing.

[Spammer]

It's the same mixture.

[randomlegend]

Well they do have the same ingredients in pretty much the same proportions and so aren't particularly different in terms of taste. I guess it logically should kind of make sense.

In reality it doesn't though, and you should be ashamed of yourself for doing it.

[Spammer]

You're all a bunch of fucking cunts.

Try it. Go on.

[Reg]

Hammer's right. My friend told me this at school and my mind was blown.

Pancakes only seem really different because we put sugar and lemon and whatnot on them.

[Boydy]

Someone give me a good (and preferably easy) recipe for a tasty soup in the slow cooker.

I was looking at some that looked pretty nice but they were all like 'fry this and that first'. Fuck that. I want to just dump it all in and leave it.

[Giggles]

CLASSIC Hammer, gravy on everything.

[Disco]

Hammer's right. My friend told me this at school and my mind was blown.

Pancakes only seem really different because we put sugar and lemon and whatnot on them.

Kind of, you cook them in a very different way and end up with different textures and consistency.

[Reg]

To be fair, the gravy would even the textures out.

[Spammer]

I also like my women covered in gravy.

[Spammer]

Fucking housemate has acted like I've shit on the floor when I told her why I was turning the kettle on. Daft mare.

[John]

Those two posts go beautifully together.

[niko_cee]

:D

They really do. Superb.

[mikem]

It is obviously not Fat Tuesday for the rest of the thread. What is the UK version?

Sadly I'm in the non-New Orleans (or the shit) part of the US today so it is just taking the afternoon off, King Cake, and teaching my daughters how to make gumbo today.

[Boydy]

Pancake day. Hence all the pancake talk.

The fuck is 'fat tuesday'?

[mikem]

Mardi Gras

[Giggles]

We tend not to have that here.

[mikem]

Do they do the pancakes on the continent too or is that just a UK thing?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Poland do 'Fat Thursday' (Tłusty Czwartek).

Doughnuts and over fried dough products are eaten.

[Spammer]

Those two posts go beautifully together.

Fucking hell :D

[Toby]

You lot are definitely doing pancakes wrong if you accept the idea they're just Yorkshire puddings cooked differently. Put some sugar in for fuck's sake.

[randomlegend]

Yeah, we're the ones doing it wrong not putting sugar in it :cab:

[phonics]

People do savoury crepes here. I tell them to get to fuck and pass the Nutella.

[Toby]

Yeah, we're the ones doing it wrong not putting sugar in it

I'm glad we agree.

[randomlegend]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=pancake+recipe

[Toby]

Just because lots of you are wrong doesn't mean you're any less wrong.

[John]

Even allowing for the ingredients being exactly the same they're such obviously different things that saying so isn't a justification for putting gravy on a pancake. Use the same justification and serve up a pancake with your next roast dinner, see how that goes down with the family.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I've never seen a pancake recipe use sugar.

[Toby]

Then I suggest you educate yourself.