The cooking thread and what are you having for dinner tonight beansnikpoh?

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  • pangolin
    pangolin Posts: 6,604
    MattFalle this guys posts his US army base breakfast every day - looks like very similar fare.

    https://imgur.com/user/Honorbrachioswantsaname123

    Today's:


    Clockwise:
    - flavored water;
    - oatmeal. Thiiiick;
    - ;
    - BBQ sauce;
    - chicken waffle sandwich;
    - jalapenos, potatoes and eggs.
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  • elbowloh
    elbowloh Posts: 7,078
    pangolin said:

    MattFalle this guys posts his US army base breakfast every day - looks like very similar fare.

    https://imgur.com/user/Honorbrachioswantsaname123

    Today's:


    Clockwise:
    - flavored water;
    - oatmeal. Thiiiick;
    - ;
    - BBQ sauce;
    - chicken waffle sandwich;
    - jalapenos, potatoes and eggs.
    I always got the impression that US army rub was way better than UK fayre?
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Jeez the food we had back in the early 90s was bloody amazing, in the canteen it just good very well cooked food in huge portions, at the mess is was top restaurant quality and the NAFFI much like a fast food or motorway services type junk foods and snack, oh and beer B)
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 60,620
    seanoconn said:


    Do you know how happy Polish women are when you eat their food!? There are rewards.

    I'm not surprised ;)
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    pangolin said:

    MattFalle this guys posts his US army base breakfast every day - looks like very similar fare.

    https://imgur.com/user/Honorbrachioswantsaname123

    Today's:


    Clockwise:
    - flavored water;
    - oatmeal. Thiiiick;
    - ;
    - BBQ sauce;
    - chicken waffle sandwich;
    - jalapenos, potatoes and eggs.
    yup - exactly the same - I was attached to the US at the time.

    They take all their food everywhere they go so we/they get the same slop anywhere in the world they are.

    Its all boil in the bag and tastes like muck.
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    itboffin said:

    Jeez the food we had back in the early 90s was bloody amazing, in the canteen it just good very well cooked food in huge portions, at the mess is was top restaurant quality and the NAFFI much like a fast food or motorway services type junk foods and snack, oh and beer B)



    British issue Mk1 breakfast.

    And my mob get "better food".
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    MattFalle said:

    itboffin said:

    Jeez the food we had back in the early 90s was bloody amazing, in the canteen it just good very well cooked food in huge portions, at the mess is was top restaurant quality and the NAFFI much like a fast food or motorway services type junk foods and snack, oh and beer B)



    British issue Mk1 breakfast.

    And my mob get "better food".
    Since when? I had lunch in MOD HQ just before lockdown 1 and it looked nothing like that, mind you it wasn’t the same standard as during my service years.
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    edited April 2021
    I left the baked beans out of shot for fear of causing jealousy.
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    Basically, its Sodexo contracts using Sodexo staff. Budget per person is tiny, staff don't care, company reaps the profits.
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    the orange thing and the sarnies are British, the cardboard trays US.
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    I take it then you’re still serving but where and it what?
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,091
    Stevo_666 said:

    seanoconn said:


    Do you know how happy Polish women are when you eat their food!? There are rewards.

    I'm not surprised ;)
    But but but - you'd be too sick to do 'anything'.
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  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,625
    Pierogi. Polish dumplings, drizzled with burnt butter and maggi.
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    https://dgtzuqphqg23d.cloudfront.net/_UsTbX2uzi2D29-ZdAqfoxGrAIuemdCEpcaxAYxqkdQ-1536x2048.jpg
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    But then i ate the rest now I’m stuffed
    https://dgtzuqphqg23d.cloudfront.net/IES7rdAZLWFJ-M0eHhIOpFXFVUkIKePSmRz4GYYukEs-1536x2048.jpg
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • hopkinb
    hopkinb Posts: 7,129

  • hopkinb
    hopkinb Posts: 7,129
    Sideways shepherd's pie after Easter Monday lamb.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,091
    Hoppy; listen up: clean around the edges of your Gratin dish before you put it in the oven.
    Your brother will tell you too.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,091
    Fridays, Saturdays and bank holidays, when the sh1t was hitting the fan at Oarton's, my job was up front - putting dishes together, adding garnishes, arranging everything on the plates (underneath heat lamps), chefs bawling at me, me bawling at waiting staff, running around doing anything that needed done.
    Including putting things in ovens, glazing crème brûlée etc etc.
    If I had made a mess like that, i'd get a rollocking - so it's your turn.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • hopkinb
    hopkinb Posts: 7,129
    Pinno. Clean dish. Gravy bubbles.
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,201
    One thing that ticks me off is watery potato topping on cottage / shepherd's pies. Didn't grow my own potatoes last year wot wiv life stuff going on so have to buy from the s'markets. Tediously repetitively boringly poor and offputting. Maris Piper, 'All round', others... Any pointers as to getting good quality topping type tatties?
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,091
    hopkinb said:

    Pinno. Clean dish. Gravy bubbles over flowing 'cos the dish was either too small or over filled.

    FTFY

    I will take a picture of my pie dish (unadulterated) next time.
    I would have this evening - I had fish pie with mash, no mess.

    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,625
    orraloon said:

    One thing that ticks me off is watery potato topping on cottage / shepherd's pies. Didn't grow my own potatoes last year wot wiv life stuff going on so have to buy from the s'markets. Tediously repetitively boringly poor and offputting. Maris Piper, 'All round', others... Any pointers as to getting good quality topping type tatties?

    Maris Piper or Roosters. But supermarkets are a shady bunch that can sell you old stock or disguise a lesser potato as one of the above. Hit and miss.
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,091
    I shall be planting late spuds this year and I haven't decided which variety Seano, which one should I go for?
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,625
    pinno said:

    I shall be planting late spuds this year and I haven't decided which variety Seano, which one should I go for?

    Dad would know, his allotment is full of them. Give him a call.
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,201
    'ere ya go son.

    Kestrel, early, if can still get hold
    Charlotte, 2nd early/ early main, tasty 'new' potato
    Setanta, perfect texture for baking, roasting etc, not so good for boiled spuds.
    Cara, good all rounder, later main

    You're welcome.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,091
    Ta ^.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Topping on any pie for me now will always be sweet potato, potato and carrot mash, skins left on. Yum!
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,091
    I tried mashed sweet potato on beef in pie form, I really couldn't get on with it.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,083
    Best potatoes are free ones from the local farmer 😎

    Don’t see him as much with the pubs being shut 😢

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