Whats For Dinner?

Mental Granny · Feb 27, 2011

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Sounds good ! :icon_sunny:

Now I have to figure out what to take for my linch tomorrow

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Unicorn · Feb 28, 2011

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This is the traditional Yorkshire pudding recipe, it is only a basic batter mixture but it's the way you cook it that makes it abit different.

100g (4 ozs of PLAIN flour)
pinch of salt.
1 egg
250 mls (half a pint of milk, or milk and water)
15 g (half an ounce of fat

Put your flour in a large basin or blender, making a hollow for the egg in the middle, gradually mix in the flour salt and milk until the flour is worked in... BEAT WELL.
Now the secret is to heat your fat in the oven until it is smoking hot. Use a largish tin or oven proof dish. when your fat is smoking hot, pour in the mixture and bake for 20 mins on gas mark 8, or 230c, or 450f on a shelf near the top of the oven.

I would be very interested to hear how it turns out for you if you decide to make it.

goldie1959 · Feb 28, 2011

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THANK YOU !! I will make it this week end :notworthy:

AU24K · Feb 28, 2011

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goldie1959 said:
THANK YOU !! I will make it this week end

Please let me know how it turns out! Pics, too!
I'm always looking for new ideas!

Best wishes,
Scott

AU24K · Feb 28, 2011

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Same ole thing as last night. No glory or glamour here....
However, leftovers can achieve flavors that are best appreciated after the ingredients are left to permeate for later consumption after a day or two! :thumbsup:

(that's my story and I'm convincing myself of this fact.)
Except for the pop tarts.
Maybe a handful of half price valentine chocholates purchased on Feb. 15 instead.....

Best,
Scott

WindHarvester · Mar 1, 2011

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We made a huge pot of chili this weekend so that what we've been having mostly. Tonight the leftover chili is getting froze and we are having corn beef roast with a spicy mustard glaze bacon wrapped asparagus and scalloped potato's.

WindHarvester · Mar 1, 2011

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Corned beef is glazed and in the oven, asparagus is wrapped and ready. Heartburn city here I come, for some reason corned beef gives me a bad case everytime but it's one of my families favorites.

Mental Granny · Mar 1, 2011

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Fixed myself a cheese burger tonight ! Yumm!

boogeyman · Mar 1, 2011

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AU24K said:
UGH!
Leftovers again!
Y'all know how hard it can be cookin' for one?

Gotta remember not to eat anything that's fluorescent, green or has fuzz.......

Best,
Scott

Hey! Ya gotta live life dangerously once in a while! As long as it doesn't look like a science project gone wrong it might be good! Remember if all else fails, spit it out & head to Mickey Ds

AU24K · Mar 2, 2011

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Made a mistake one time and ate some "slick' bologna. Once.

Hmmmm, wonder how long THIS bologna has been in the fridge......

Best,
Scott

Mental Granny · Mar 2, 2011

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Chili beans or eggs an a few others you never fix when your going to sleep in a tent with someone !! :tongue3:

Unicorn · Mar 2, 2011

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It seems that most all chilli dishes go down well in the US, not too sure about before sleeping in a tent with your partner is wise..

. for me..well chillie dishes have to be kinda on the mild side, which is strange really, cause I do like curries. They go down literally with a bang (scuse the pun) over here in GB. We have got so many Indian restaurants. I think a vindaloo curry is about the hotest you can eat, but again I have to eat the milder ones.

Mental Granny · Mar 2, 2011

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Do you have many BBQ or Mexican place in GB ? Here tons of them an Pizza but in the mid section where I am not much Indian, Thai an such ....

WindHarvester · Mar 2, 2011

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I love Indian, Thai, Chinese, BBQ, Mexican, Japanese. In all honesty I have never eaten food I don't like, except spam but I will if I have too.

We live in a small town that got it's first Chinese restaurant a few years back and any time I say we are having Chinese the old timers say "well you must like eating cats and dogs",I always tell them that I don't know what kind of meat it is but if it is cat and dog they do a darn good job on the seasoning.

Unicorn · Mar 2, 2011

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Wild Harvester and Mental Granny. We do have a few Mexican eating places. We seem to go more for the Indian, Thai, Chinese, and Italian. We do have pizza parlours, but I haven't seen a place that does bbq, there could be some, probably in London maybe. Alot depends on our weather over here, but when the weather is nice, bbq's are really taking off in a big way. It's nice to sit out in your back garden enjoying a bbq, that's when..... it's not raining lol. It's really only been in the last few years that we have started to copy the US with bbq's, but they have become really popular.

AU24K · Mar 2, 2011

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To a purist, there is a major difference between true BBQ
and backyard "grilling." I like both! :thumbsup:

I like Indian cuisine, but it is very hard to find an establishment that serves it. I sometimes dabble with ingredients to try to create that taste of India. Not much luck.... $:-\$

Just finished making a pot of potato soup. Will have cheeseburgers and a bowl of soup later.

Best,
Scott

Unicorn · Mar 2, 2011

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What is the difference then Scott between backyard grilling and a bbq? silly question probably but I thought they were one and the same.. :icon_scratch:

AU24K · Mar 2, 2011

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The major difference between BBQ and backyard grilling is the amount of cooking time involved.

True BBQ is more commonly SLOW cooked for hours, also some are smoked.
Backyard grilling is all about getting the dogs and burgers cooked quickly to keep everyone happy as soon as possible.

Also, there are the more common cuts of meat that are BBQ'ed such as ribs, brisket, etc. that are best prepared the slow cook method.
Dogs and burgers and more simpler items are usually grilled.

Best Wishes,
Scott

Unicorn · Mar 2, 2011

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My first instinct to your post Scott was to gasp...thinking......Oh my goodness you cook dogs :laughing7:

I immediately realized that you meant... hot dogs. It was just an immediate reaction... because we don't shorten the word hotdogs over here, in fact this is the first time I have heard it. Sorry, now I shall be laughing at myself all evening. :laughing9:

You are quite right about subtle flavours tho, the foreign restaurants seem to just manage to get the right amount of spices in without one overpowering the other.

WindHarvester · Mar 2, 2011

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Unicorn said:
My first instinct to your post Scott was to gasp...thinking......Oh my goodness you cook dogs I immediately realized that you meant... hot dogs. It was just an immediate reaction... because we don't shorten the word hotdogs over here, in fact this is the first time I have heard it. Sorry, now I shall be laughing at myself all evening.

You are quite right about subtle flavours tho, the foreign restaurants seem to just manage to get the right amount of spices in without one overpowering the other.

Some people even call them "wieners" here in the U.S.

I'll bet your jaw just dropped on that one.

Ask Scott about "Rocky Mountain oysters".

I'll give you a hint, it isn't seafood.