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[Al ears]

Brown sauce? What are you doing?

Onions, garlic or peppers then add the baked beans. Brown sauce is great with a bacon or sausage sarnie but...but...but...

It's probably his mother's recipe....

 

[plastic penguin]

It's probably his mother's recipe....

I shelved brown sauce years ago. Now replaced it with HP fruity sauce (other brands of fruity sauce are available), which makes a sarnie a bit more interesting.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

My mum was a great many wonderful things, and I do eat some the way she prepared them, but this unholy concoction is all my own!

 

[Tinman1952]

I shelved brown sauce years ago. Now replaced it with HP fruity sauce (other brands of fruity sauce are available), which makes a sarnie a bit more interesting.

I used to go to a chinese restaurant in Keswick many years ago whilst on holiday and they served sizzling fillet steak in HP fruity sauce.....😋👍

 

[Al ears]

My mum was a great many wonderful things, and I do eat some the way she prepared them, but this unholy concoction is all my own!

I like your inventiveness, however not for me.
my mother also taught me how to make do in hard times but even now I cannot get some of her recipes as good as she managed .

 

[Tinman1952]

I like your inventiveness, however not for me.
my mother also taught me how to make do in hard times but even now I cannot get some of her recipes as good as she managed .

Talking of 'hard times', I just read that one in four people are skipping meals to make ends meet. That's quite shocking.....😕

 

[Al ears]

Talking of 'hard times', I just read that one in four people are skipping meals to make ends meet. That's quite shocking.....😕

Think I am one of them.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Sorry to hear that - hopefully better times await.

Mum always had tomato soup with bread broken into the bowl - still have it that way, and never understood why my kids don't like it.

I'll always fondly remember treacle pudding with custard (to which sugar was manually added) - lovely, but a heart attack in a bowl and not something I'd have now.

Mum wasn't a great cook - you'll notice that the above are all things from tins!

 

[plastic penguin]

Yh, we're all tightening our belts. I don't eat breakfast, haven't done since school days

I am increasingly going for cheaper cuts of meat and cheaper fish from the fishmonger, such as cod cheeks, Coley.... meat such as pork belly, shin of beef are becoming more frequent.

 

[plastic penguin]

Last night cooked a first dinner in 3 or 4 days. It looks oily and resembling a road accident, but the flavour was sensational. It was just a load of fridge and cupboard ingredients: red kidney beans in chilli and tomato sauce, mushrooms, lots of finely sliced onions, 15 cloves of garlic, dried herbs, carrots, red lentils, a Cumberland sausage to season and add a little interest. All mopped up with a little crusty bread.

I used good quality olive oil and extra virgin

 

[Al ears]

Last night cooked a first dinner in 3 or 4 days. It looks oily and resembling a road accident, but the flavour was sensational. It was just a load of fridge and cupboard ingredients: red kidney beans in chilli and tomato sauce, mushrooms, lots of finely sliced onions, 15 cloves of garlic, dried herbs, carrots, red lentils, a Cumberland sausage to season and add a little interest. All mopped up with a little crusty bread.

I used good quality olive oil and extra virgin

you are right.... Too oily, and only 15 cloves?

 

[DCarmi]

Last night cooked a first dinner in 3 or 4 days. It looks oily and resembling a road accident, but the flavour was sensational.

I'd recommend the Hairy Bikers sausage and bean casserole. You can always up the garlic!

 

[plastic penguin]

Last night we had a nice roast Mediterranean chicken dish. Made with herbs, paprika, crushed roasted garlic potatoes (skins on), green beans, whole carrots, roasted peppers and gravy from meat juices and veggie liquor.

The skin on the chicken was so crispy.

 

[bigboss]

Enjoyed a bit of sunshine on Saturday for barbecue!

 

[plastic penguin]

I've ordered myself a small meat grinder (mincing machine) with an attachment to make sausages.

Sausages and bacon get bad press because of their high salt and poor quality meat.

I want to prove fast food doesn't have to be bad for you. I have made sausages before using a piping bag.

Once I receive it and had a few practice attempts I'll post some pictures of 'Penguins Bangers'😋

Last night I made mushroom burgers. It was a triumph.

 

[jjbomber]

Meals that have to be cooked no longer than 20 minutes. No time for cooking!

Chicken Ping?

 

[plastic penguin]

Chicken Ping?

Or chicken ding.

 

[DCarmi]

I've ordered myself a small meat grinder (mincing machine) with an attachment to make sausages.

Reminds me that I have all the required sausage making stuff. Must get around to making them, one the freezer is emptied a bit.

 

[Friesiansam]

Missed this thread before, not that I actually cook. My wife is a retired chef, properly qualified, four year City and Guilds at catering college, so she is a damn sight better cook than I'll ever be. She cooks, I wash-up!

 

[plastic penguin]

Reminds me that I have all the required sausage making stuff. Must get around to making them, one the freezer is emptied a bit.

I haven't made them yet due to dodgy health for the past couple of months. Over the next few weeks I'll give it a go and let you guys know.

 

[plastic penguin]

Missed this thread before, not that I actually cook. My wife is a retired chef, properly qualified, four year City and Guilds at catering college, so she is a damn sight better cook than I'll ever be. She cooks, I wash-up!

With me it's the other way round: I do all the cooking and err indoors dons the marigolds.

 

[Al ears]

With me it's the other way round: I do all the cooking and err indoors dons the marigolds.

Same with me.
I enjoy cooking, she sees it as a chore.

 

[plastic penguin]

Same with me.
I enjoy cooking, she sees it as a chore.

I just find it relaxing.

 

[Friesiansam]

I just find it relaxing.

I have done a little cooking but, cooking for a chef is stressful…

 

[plastic penguin]

I have done a little cooking but, cooking for a chef is stressful…

Yep, it is if you have cook for dozens of whinging clients who demand their slow cooked osso bucco in ten minutes. That's why I gave up the professional kitchen.

At home for just two fuss-pots it's more chilled out.