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My right index finger where I just dropped my soldering iron on it. :(:bigcry:

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I had Enchiladas this evening.

Cooked them last night but (as usual) did far too much for just me so I ended up having them for lunch and dinner today as well :D

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We had an exciting pasta and sauce.

very exciting.

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Would you like me to could cook Swedish Chicken in the Basket? :)

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Probably be better off cooking the chicken in the oven ;)

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As per MLM's avatar, swedish chicken goes in the basket.

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Really?

I thought that the Swedish Chef liked to "Put the chicken in the urven"?

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Roast beef. roast potatoes and veg + gravy..............mmmmmmmmmmmmmm :D

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I seem to recall he had a penchant for Basketball as well :)

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I have just put a half shoulder of lamb (on the bone) into the oven (220 degs C) seasoned with garlic, honey, sea salt and mixed herbs. In 45 mins I will move it to the bottom oven (160ish degs C) for the next 6-7 hours. It will emerge so tender that the meat will literally fall off the bone. :D
It will be served with sprouts, roast potatoes and gravy :drool:
............washed down with organic red penfolds wine :drunk: :D

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Ok, all 'round to Ramrod's for dinner today then.....

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I had bacon rolls for breakfast (YUM!).

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What he said ..lol

Me, I've yet to eat today :( been busy, just finished packing for 5 days work in Southampton, leaving 15.00hrs today, I'll try and eat before then :rolleyes:

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It'll have to be a big lamb if half a shoulder is to feed us all!

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It's big but not that big (said the actress so the bishop) :D

edit----17:04......just roasting the 'taters now :D

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I hope it tasted as good as it sounded :tu:

I've just stuffed a sea bass with lemon wedges & tarragon, wrapped it in wet newspaper & bunged it in the oven for 20 minutes, can't wait :drool:

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Well as its Sunday night, I just have something quick and simple as I have things to get ready for the week.
Tonight I think I'l be making myself a croissant filled with Brie cheese and chopped tomato and then roast on the grill.

Quick and simple.

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So it has something to read whilst cooking???? :)

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Oh it was :Yes: :D

....as opposed to the lesser known land bass :D

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...or if you're really hungry - a double bass.

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:LOL: - I'm just eating it now - yummy :)

(the wet paper keeps it lovely a moist, the fish gently steam cooks, rather than drying out - and if done 'just so' , the skin/scales stay stuck to the paper when unwrapped, saving a messy job at the table :) )

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Well it's a takeaway curry courtesy of Tesco for us tonight, veggie for him and lamb for me. :drool: The excuse is we are still decorating and I can't cook dinner and be up a step ladder at the same time!

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Well, it's Pizza for us tonight. Nothing flash, just Sainsbury's own brand.

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The pork joint has been slow cooking in the bottom oven since 10:30 this morning--seasoned with garlic, honey, sea salt and pepper.
I have just put the roasting potatoes into the top oven.
The veg will be steamed.
All served with lots of garlicy gravy :drool: :D

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Ginster Pastry's and a Bombay Bad Boy Pot Noodle.


Real Grub.

Washed down with a few cans.

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f'kin pmsl :D bwahahahahaha! :rofl:



...I'm still turning those roast potatoes.....every 10 mins :drool: :romance:

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Dinner: Beef Caserole

Dessart: Fruit Salad

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Some ready meal for me tonight - due to some problems I couldn't work on Friday, so I'm working today - and I'm going to be working late... The missus has gone out with the little 'un, so I'm left to fend for myself... (though she did offer to cook me something before she went...)

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Beef Wellington,
Broccoli
Carrots
Roast Potatoes.

Cannot decide between a Pacific Bay Merlot ( Californian) or a Hardy's Crest Cabernet Sauvignon (Aussie),


So I think I will have both. :cool:

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you like??

And for supper a king sized Pot Noodle beef and tomato flavor, washed down by the rest of the 6pack of beer,

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still pmsl :DAbsaf'kinlutely :tu: :D



.....btw....I have been roundly complimented on my meal (for 7 :erm: )......especially the roast potatoes ( I have a secret recipe) :naughty:

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I am known for my simplicity in meals, however seriously I am a qualified chef, and when I have to put on a posh meal I always get remarks on how good it was.

;)

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GCSE in home economics? :D

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A Level in BoneIdleNess more like.

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Hmm... I microwaved it... when it was done, I tipped it out of the plastic container, and threw that away - I wish I'd kept it now, might have tasted better than the food. :)

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Pot Noodles are your friend. ;)

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Atleast with a microwave meal, there's some uncertainty that the box will taste better - with pot noodles, you _know_ the box would taste better :)

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Fresh Trout cooked in foil with large Prawns, Capers a small glass of White Zinfandel and seasoning.

Tesco's Finest roast potatoes in goose fat.
Julien of Carrots avec Tarragon.
Green beans & garden peas.

The rest of the bottle of Zin for me and any of the red that the wife doesn't drink.:cool:

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A King Size Spicy Curry potnoodle two microwave burgers, and a large blue WKD drink with a normal size pot noodle for afters.

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You do eat well don't you? :erm: :D

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I still have a bombay badboy pot noodle in the cupboard - not had the guts to try it yet :)

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heathen , whats wrong with good old fashioned roast potatoes done properly , some nice maris piper potatoes , par boiling them until the outsides are going soft , drain them and rough them up in a collander , make sure the fat is smoking and put them in the oven for about 1 - 1/5 hours :tu: , sorry , i will go back into my hidey hole now :disturbd: :D :D :D :D

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Aye I do :D ,
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Do it man do it..full on with the hot sauce...be a man.

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Normally do that but the time factor prevailed.:)

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Pah! Sausage, beans and mash! :)

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Pot Noodles are nice... They never quite taste like they are supposed to though..


Actually, the worst tasting thing I can think of (not strictly speaking food). Any hot drink from a vending machine is bad. Apart from Chicken soup. For some reason, although it doesn't taste much like chicken, it can be quite nice.

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Not all that 'bad' a 'boy'.......imo
I did a extensive taste testing of pot noodles last year sometime and posted the results here on the forum somewhere....... :)

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And how much time did you spend in hospital??? :)

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Ha! The last time I ate hospital canteen food I thought that pot noodles were more nutritious........what was really depressing was that the 'Hospital Nutritionist' room was accessed via the canteen :erm:
...........Kent & County Hospital, Tonbridge Wells, if anyones interested. Colchester General isn't much better though :(


......back to my taste test...........I tried about 6 or 8 pot noodles in the course of an afternoon.....I think the test results are in the 'pot noodle' thread :D

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Just knocked off for a while from me 4 hour shift in my second job as a taxi driver but before I left I put a Half Leg Of Lamb in the oven stuffed with Garlic and Herbs on a very low heat and now come home to house full of pleasant aromas.

Will wait a while for it to cool and then yum yum yum.

:D

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king size pot noodle, spicy curry flavor. for supper at 3am.

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BL**DY H*LL!!!

Didn't realise it was 3am....... Oops.....

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lol

I am here till 5am :dozey:

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WoW!! You must really like this forum.....

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I help where I can i dont sleep much never have.

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Wow !!! Yeah you seem to be a night person !!!
As for Pot Noodles.....Ewww......there was a topic dedicated to them a while ago. Can't stand them.

On the menu today: Grilled Salmon covered in this lovely sauce. Nice.

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Today's lunch will be leftover home-made chicken chow mein from last night. Made enough for three portions when I cooked it last night so that's today's food sorted :D

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Believe it or not I do love pot noodles quick simple and easy to cook. But I am a fully qualified (nvq and gnvq) in cooking and I can make some lovely dishes..I choose not to because my dads picky on his food likes nice and simple 1950 style dishes, and my mother has issues eating full stop.. so its when I get my house that I will be making nice dishes again and not waking up to a spicy curry potnoodle and a can of strongbow..

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OK, how about this for a meal. Opening paragraph of a Guardian restaurant review:

"We ate: exotic vegetable pizza; cauliflower and apricot mousse, saffron sauce and crispy black pudding; quail leg beignet, chocolate mayonnaise; beans on toast, glazed hollandaise, curried quail egg; chicken boudin, green grape and tomato salad; "shooter" of fresh pineapple juice, beetroot cream; ragout of wild mushroom and peas, smoked butter sauce; baby artichoke and caper salad; smoked bacon, white asparagus, beetroot dressing, vanilla glaze; poached monkfish, sweet ginger sauce, lavender; glazed tomato and hollandaise; wild mushrooms, pimento chewing gum, tomato consommÃÃâ€*’©, poppy seeds, dried leeks, fennel powder; poached halibut wrapped in courgette, crab bisque, garlic beignet, morels; roasted fillet of beef, truffle glaze, horseradish; French cheeses; melon and vanilla milk; sherry trifle; baked lemon tart; milk chocolate soufflÃÃâ€*’©; espresso and chocolate truffles."

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Just be glad you're not going in the bog after him :erm:

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*frrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrp*

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It all sounds very nice (well except for the chocolate mayonnaise :erm: ), but that lot would feed me for a week ;)

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*knocks on door*

What are you doing in there? It shouldn't take you that long! I swear there's something wrong with you!


/exits Mrs Nug mode

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The portions are not super-sized. Got to state a vested interest. The restaurant concerned is one of my clients. But I can say, hand on heart, that it serves the most delicious, exciting and extraordinary food I've ever eaten. And if you think chocolate mayonnaise is an unusual combination, how about curried fudge. Much nicer than it sounds, honest!

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Last nights meal:

Mackeral fish with herbs and tomatoes, olive oil, etc.
Really nice mediteranean dish, served with rice.

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curried fudge actually sounds better than chocolate mayonnaise ;)

I go more for the Rick Stein 'simpler the better' approach, but some of those dishes did sound delicious.

Last night we had monkfish & chickpeas in a garlic & tomato sauce, very nice it was too :)

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Todays breakfast..twirl choccy bar...drink...volvic...tea time...fish and chips..and two beers..supper potnoodle probally kingsize.

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Volvic is probably the best thing. Very nice mineral water.

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As opposed to Mackeral ????????:)

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Erm yep that too :)

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I like volvic always have plenty of it in stock here, although it does go off quick one opened. Only get about 1day life with it, but the climate control in my rooms heater is to keep it at 80degrees C.

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Whats wrong with good old Corporation Pop.

The tap water in this area is of excellent quality, and at the moment is icy cold straight from the tap, :tu:

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or even Mackerel ;)
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Just had a Lamb Korma. yummmmmm. Welll had to finish yesterdays roast lamb somehow ;)

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The part of France it comes from is very nice down there as its a volcanic region. My Gran lives there and the air is nice, its fresh, and there are some lovely walks that really let you relax and chill out.

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Right............in addition to our au-pair, we have our ex-au-pair and their friend staying atm (thats 3 French girls :naughty: :D )
So I cooked Sunday lunch for all of us. Ros-beef (of course! :D )
The beef went into the top oven at 10.30pm last night and into the bottom oven 45 mins later.....it came out about 14 hours later and was superb! :drool:
Served with roast potatoes, veg and gravy made from the meat juices....mmmmm :D
.............and horseradish :)

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you old perv you.

my nephew and i have just cooked chocolate cornflake cake thingys.... my nephew put more chocolate on my arms than on the cornflakes :erm:
remind me never to bake cakes with him again:D

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Curry.... :drool:

Dinner - What did you have?
 

Like the 'what music are you listening to?' thread.....

What did you have for dinner?

A classic opportunity to scrutinise fellow forum members dietry habists etc before they migrate to the toilet thread... :p:

I had Sausages, saute potatos and (my secret recipe) bbq beans...

(ok tonight I was lazy... :rolleyes: )

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didnt we already start this thread ;)

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...ghlight=dinner

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I had tacos... Mmmmm TexMex... :drool:

Came out really nice... except I didn't drain pan with the onions and peppers in that well, so the meat was a bit too oilly. Tasted great, but won't help me lose any weight.

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Well we will be having vegetarian pies, baby new potatoes and fresh broccoli, carrots and cauliflower.
Not sure about dessert yet - probably shouldn't! :Yikes:

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I did search... honest!!!

Must have missed that one in my eagerness to divulge / share my dietary runes... :dunce:

Oh well, carry on / ignore as applicable.

;)

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Chicken Tikka Masal, Pilau Rice, Naan Bread.

I was Gonna have a Tarka Tikka Masala, it's like a Chicken Tikka Masala but a little 'otter :D

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Oh picked the right night for me.

I cooked myself Pork Adobo. :)

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Toasted pitta breads stuffed with ham and spreading cheese!

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mmm round these parts we have breakfast, dinner then tea

so do you mean dinner or tea???

in my case nothing so far today :erm: just about to head off to the freezer and have a look :rolleyes:

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Topics merged.

Oh, and I had oven chips, chicken & burgers. :)

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Cheers Paul M....

Sorry, will search better in future....

Hope u enjoyed your dinner btw...

;)

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asda's good for you chicken hotpot.............. :(

wont be having it again in a hurry

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Tea ;)

Sorry forgot about that...

(and from originally being from up north as well... Slaps wrist)

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Beef in a Whisky and cream sauce with cheesey bacon potatos yummmmmmmmm

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I just had stew and dumplings that my mother in law cooked me.

Um - I'd love to say it was really nice.

But it wasn't.

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now where is that link to Buxom Woman :Yikes: :D :D :D

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Luckily for me she is out at college learing to sign :)

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Just thought I'd share my culinary experiences of the last couple of nights with you all:

Saturday Night

Home made, stir fried, garlic and basil chicken with egg fried rice.

Verdict: fantastic, my GF thought it was delicious, and I'll definately be making it again.

Sunday Night

Tuna Pie. Tuna fish, baked beans, mashed potato, cheese. Baked in the oven

Verdict: delicious, not sure I'll be able to persuade my GF to eat this one though, she says it sounds gross!

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I had my stir fry head on the other day too - did a sweet n sour chicken stir fry. Was yummy. UB's rice, microwaved, mixed with half a jar of sweet n sour sauce, packet of veg mix from Tesco, few fresh mushrooms, packet of turkey breast from Sainsbury. Hey presto.

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Mine was made from fresh root ginger, a few cloves of garlic, light soy sauce, ground nut oil, chilli bean sauce, sugar, chicken stock, fresh basil leaves.....oh yeah, and there was some chicken and some rice in there as well (cheated on the rice though, used UB's).

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Gressingham Duck Breasts with Vichi carrots, roast tatties and cauliflower followed by English Strawbs and good vanila ice cream. With a glass (or two of Cabernet Shiraz). That and the sunshine = a perfect Sunday (except I did the cooking :erm: )

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Best Chinese takeaway in town, Salt and Pepper spare ribs. :drool:

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must be borinng I had fish and chips with a couple of cans of carlinng
it was loverly