Cooking

[Christmas Tree 4005]

 

 

 

 

And so that future generations don't have to go through this learning curve....

 

[Park Life 71]

Meant to brown the meat first CT. Gives it flavour and seals it.

[Christmas Tree 4005]

Meant to brown the meat first CT. Gives it flavour and seals it.

 

 

I usually do, however the recipe that I was loosely working from said not.

 

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1940689/beef-and-vegetable-casserole-

[Meenzer 14143]

I like the last-minute addition of "oops, yes, best add the meat too".

[Christmas Tree 4005]

I like the last-minute addition of "oops, yes, best add the meat too".

Aye,

[Park Life 71]

 

 

I usually do, however the recipe that I was loosely working from said not.

 

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1940689/beef-and-vegetable-casserole-

Throw that recipe in the bin man.

 

Brown the meat with garlic and a dash of garam masala first...Then add a cup of red wine and a spoon of sherry vinegar...This mix tenderises the meat...Never add salt till after the water and the slow simmer stage as it brings all the fluid out of the meat.

Edited March 7, 2014 by Park Life

[Christmas Tree 4005]

Throw that recipe in the bin man.

 

Brown the meat with garlic and a dash of garam masala first...Then add a cup of red wine and a spoon of sherry vinegar...This mix tenderises the meat...Never add salt till after the water and the slow simmer stage as it brings all the fluid out of the meat.

I feel like starting again

 

Next time!

[Christmas Tree 4005]

Bad boys, bad boys, what you gonna do.....

 

[Meenzer 14143]

That reminds me - there was a massive crisis on my Aer Lingus flight last week because they ran out of scones. Everybody kept asking for them, and for some reason the "nearest" alternatives offered by the cabin crew - "We do have shortbread or Tayto?" - didn't cut it. At one point I was quite sure there'd be a passenger mutiny and we'd be headed straight back to Dublin to restock.

[Meenzer 14143]

(Scones are just sweet dumplings really, hence my thought process...*)

* ignore disclaimer if those actually are scones

[trophyshy 6453]

Ok, so I'm not a veggie. What are you called if you don't eat meat but do eat fish?

 

Pescatarian.

[Brock Manson 0]

There's no right or wrong way to make a beef stew.

 

Well, there is a wrong way if you don't brown the meat first. It gives added colour and flavour. Don't crown the pan otherwise the meat will boil in its own juice rather than start to caramelise.

[Christmas Tree 4005]

(Scones are just sweet dumplings really, hence my thought process...*)

 

* ignore disclaimer if those actually are scones

[Meenzer 14143]

...Yorkshire puddings?

[ChezGiven 0]

Steak, sautéed potatoes, cheese, Bordeaux.

 

Fuck off arteries.

[Meenzer 14143]

The fella cooked tonight. I'm still alive and we haven't split up. I'll take that.

[catmag 336]

The fella cooked tonight. I'm still alive and we haven't split up. I'll take that.

 

Blimey! What did he make?

[Meenzer 14143]

Just a curry, but he never cooks and when he does we tend to end up hurling insults and/or spatulas at each other. As such I'm welcoming the fact that things are a bit korma tonight.

[ewerk 26853]

BOOOO!!!!!

[Meenzer 14143]

[Tooj 17]

Gammon burgers sound rank.

[Brock Manson 0]

Definite euphemism, like.

[ChezGiven 0]

From The Guardian feature on Britain's spiciest dishes.

 

"The Widower, Lincolnshire

 

While preparing the Widower, a chicken curry at the Bindi Indian restaurant in Grantham, chefs wear goggles and a protective face mask. The ingredients, as displayed on the restaurant's website, include 20 of their own "Infinity" naga chillies, 10 fresh finger chillies, five scotch bonnet chillies, a tablespoon of chilli powder and a drop of chilli extract. Nobody had ever finished a portion until consultant radiologist (and daredevil) Ian Rothwell managed it in January last year. "It took Mr Rothwell just over an hour," said Muhammed Karim, the restaurant's boss, "but that included a 10-minute walk down Grantham High Street when he started hallucinating."

 

[Monkeys Fist 39186]

Why on earth would you eat that?

[Monroe Transfer 0]

To tell your mates in the pub.

 

If you don't die in the process.