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

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  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 16,010
    :shock:
    I have been awol for a bit. Is Pinno crocked?
    Here's a pic of Shirley Eaton. Nurse uniforms were much better in years gone by.

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  • hopkinb
    hopkinb Posts: 7,129
    Phwoaar.

    I'm stuck in Coventry til tomorrow. Good luck with your procedure Pinno. Make sure they get the right side/joint/person...
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,530
    hopkinb wrote:
    ..Good luck with your procedure Pinno. Make sure they get the right side/joint/person...

    It's done. They did.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Pinno wrote:
    hopkinb wrote:
    ..Good luck with your procedure Pinno. Make sure they get the right side/joint/person...

    It's done. They did.


    how you doing dude? all good? any pics of nurses?
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,530
    I haven't got a smart phone, so no pics.
    I feel good, though I asked the anaesthetist to wake me up at around closure so I was only out for just under 2 hours.
    Physio after lunch and then I am going to commandeer a wheel chair me thinks and go exploring.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • slowmart
    slowmart Posts: 4,516
    @ Pinno, heal well and quickly old fella :wink:
    “Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring”

    Desmond Tutu
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,530
    Slowmart wrote:
    ...old...

    Oi! Probably younger than you but thanks for the sentiment anyway.

    Back OT:

    Pasta bake. Now there's pasta bakes and there's... pasta bakes.

    I got bored of them. The toots love pasta in any shape or form. In fact the sauce/accompaniment will simply be put aside if they don't like it, so I did it differently.

    Garlic, 3 medium onions, 2 Red onions - fried until until soft in butter and olive oil.
    I fried 400g of minced beef and added it to the onions. I then added smoked paprika and lots of Basil, salt. pepper plus a generous table spoon of tomato puree, stirred into hot water and poured in. I also added 500ml of beef stock. A sort of Bolognese but rich in a different way.
    This simmered away until thick. Roughly 2 hours. Enough sauce for 2 dinners (2 adults, 2 children).

    Meanwhile, I cooked 16 oz of Fusilli and a cheese sauce (roux base).

    Layered it up adding chestnut mushrooms, cheese sauce on top, sprinkle of breadcrumbs and in the oven for 35 mins @ 170 deg.

    Lovely.

    Best of all, I converted Shorty to Cocoa away from the sickly Drinking chocolate. 1 block of dark chocolate per mug, broken up and hot milk poured on top. That's a result.

    Where tf is Monsieur Gastronome>?
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,834
    Pinno wrote:
    Where tf is Monsieur Gastronome>?
    I think he said he had a couple of business trips to Scandieland this month. Either that or he's eaten himself to death.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • hopkinb
    hopkinb Posts: 7,129
    Off to Norway next week. Otherwise everything is a pain up my @rse.

    I have mainly been eating fuel rather than fun.
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    minted lamb, mashed spuds & kale. ciukdn't be bothered to go to Edwyns so its all i had un the back of the fridge.

    Hayden is eating roots & roadkill

    #prayforHayden
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • hopkinb
    hopkinb Posts: 7,129
    Lime pickle and poppadoms.
  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    Just had my Friday-Fill of Fish and Chips.
    Bet the mrs is cooking fish tonight...
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 16,010
    darkhairedlord wrote:
    Just had my Friday-Fill of Fish and Chips.
    Bet the mrs is cooking fish tonight...

    And I bet you don't tell her you don't fancy it after she's cooked it...
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,530
    hopkinb wrote:
    Off to Norway next week. Otherwise everything is a pain up my @rse.

    I have mainly been eating fuel rather than fun.

    Vodka (Snaps), Knekkebrød and roll mop herrings.

    http://www.swedishfood.com/swedish-food ... es-pickled
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    My daughter made us a six course tea. Cheese and ham toasted baguette course, pork pie course, crisps, biscuit course, desert course, cake course.
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    chicken fillets wrapped in bacon with kale and salad.

    maybe a glass of rose to wash it down.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • Lagrange
    Lagrange Posts: 652
    Pinno wrote:
    hopkinb wrote:
    Off to Norway next week. Otherwise everything is a pain up my @rse.

    I have mainly been eating fuel rather than fun.

    Vodka (Snaps), Knekkebrød and roll mop herrings.

    http://www.swedishfood.com/swedish-food ... es-pickled


    Gravidlax was salmon air cured. To stop wolves, hyenas and stoats eating the fish they covered it with stones - like a grave. Hence the term 'Gravidlax' Tastes like shit.
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    the MFs thought gravidlax was the sauce stuff

    #blimey
    #everydayschoolday
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,530
    Gravidlax is pure joy compared to Lutefisk.
    Tinned white fish. Then it 'ferments' and the tin blows up like a football.
    Then you poach it and serve it with Bechamel sauce at Jultid (Christmas time). Make sure that if you are lured/too drunk/blackmailed into eating this stuff, you have buckets of Bechamel sauce on tap as it is the most rank thing you could ever put in your mouth.
    I could (theoretically) compare it to giving a 2 dollar prossie cunnylingus at the end of her shift.
    Those of you who are better travelled could probably give provide a less theoretical comparison.

    *Or all of the above.

    Enough of that. Culture has definitely drifted north. Or else, a little bit of class has come this way. We found a tin of Twinning's Swiss dark chocolate drink in the supermarket.
    I'm sipping it now in the late arctic evening, though the conclusion, is that I prefer plain old Cocoa.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,530
    Poor show Hoppy. We need regular input.

    The floor is yours...
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • hopkinb
    hopkinb Posts: 7,129
    Last night was mushroom risotto made by me. Night before was iberico pork secreto, bbq'd by me. Just had gambas pilpil, halibut with aioli, and some clams for lunch by the sea. I expect I reek of garlic. Off out for dinner later. Not sure where. Otherwise, tomatoes, cheese, jamon iberico, croquetas, bread and olives have all featured heavily.

    I have mainly been drinking very cold dirt cheap verdejo (EUR 1.89 per bottle) and manzanilla.
  • homers_double
    homers_double Posts: 8,335
    Irish fish chowder tonight for me as the freezer decided to go on the blink and a rake of prawns, scallops and fish need eating pretty darn quick.

    Luckily the half lamb we bought last week hadn't even started to thaw before we caught it.
    Advocate of disc brakes.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,530
    How you gonna make this 'Chowder' HD?

    Vegetable curry me/us.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    minted lamb with figs, coucous & fresh spinach salad. Rose wine, chilled.

    TDV got addicted to spinach salad from a small restaurant in Hanoi when we lived there years ago - utterly, utterly, utterly wonderful city in an amazing country. The dressing on the salad was divine.

    The owner sold dodgy Chinese beer that gave you a headache the minute you drank it. Again, divine.

    Then head down to the lake & drink bia hoi, go home them come back at 5 in the morning for chocken pho, coffee and fake Marlboro red while the locals Tai Chi.

    #halcyonicsublimedays
    #neverbebeaten
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • hopkinb
    hopkinb Posts: 7,129
    Ham, cheese. Lush.

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  • homers_double
    homers_double Posts: 8,335
    Pinno wrote:
    How you gonna make this 'Chowder' HD?

    Vegetable curry me/us.

    No idea, MrsHD made it whilst I was painting the bedroom walls, twas good though and for a little kick she pan fried the scallops and prawns separately in some chilies and garlic.
    Advocate of disc brakes.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,530
    Piri piri smoked Mackerel, baby potatoes, side salad and a Sour cream based sauce.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • mouth
    mouth Posts: 1,195
    smash pizza. better than it sounds.
    The only disability in life is a poor attitude.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,530
    Mouth wrote:
    smash pizza. better than it sounds.

    Powdered potato topping. Hmm...
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • hopkinb
    hopkinb Posts: 7,129
    Pinno wrote:
    Piri piri smoked Mackerel, baby potatoes, side salad and a Sour cream based sauce.
    Oooh. That sounds lovely. I always have smoked mackerel in the fridge.

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