Irene Posted November 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2017 Saturday evening dinner this week: Slow cooked Gammon Shanks with Caramelised Apple Sauce (courtesy of M&S ); Fresh Egg Noodles; Steamed Stringless Runner Beans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted November 4, 2017 Report Share Posted November 4, 2017 Grilled trout today with samphire and Actifry roasted summer(!) vegetables. The vegetables are courgette, red pepper, green pepper, orange pepper, red onion, plenty of whole garlic cloves, cherry tomatoes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted November 4, 2017 Report Share Posted November 4, 2017 Its Saturday. Spaghetti with Bolognaise and plenty of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted November 5, 2017 Report Share Posted November 5, 2017 Pork steaks. 'Er Indoors will have roasters, carrots and sprouts with hers, and I will have salad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted November 5, 2017 Report Share Posted November 5, 2017 Roast pork shoulder, sage and onion stuffing, sprouts, roast parsnips and roast potatoes. Oh, I forgot, apple sauce. An easy way of making apple sauce is to score into the skin of a Bramley apple around its equator, place in a dish and microwave for a couple of minutes until soft. Cool a little and the skin will come away easily. Spoon the flesh into the dish, removing the core. Mix with sugar to taste and that's it. If there are lumps, you haven't cooked the apple enough. This only works well with Bramley apples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted November 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2017 Sunday Dinner this week (one of our regulars): Roast Chicken, Roast Potatoes & Parsnips, Sprouts, Carrots and Gravy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted November 6, 2017 Report Share Posted November 6, 2017 Grilled real kippers and bread today. I cannot bear those nasty plasticky things sold as kipper fillets and which have never been near a smokehouse but rely on the products of a chemical factory for flavour (I know, I used to work for one). Waitrose does nice kippers but we normally get them from a local smokery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted November 7, 2017 Report Share Posted November 7, 2017 Chips with scrambled Egg and diced Onion (fried) and Mushrooms (fried) accompanied with sliced Beetroot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted November 7, 2017 Report Share Posted November 7, 2017 Pork and Iberico chorizo burgers with salad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted November 7, 2017 Report Share Posted November 7, 2017 Fishy week, this week. Today is mussels cooked as I outlined previously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted November 7, 2017 Report Share Posted November 7, 2017 We are having Southern Fried Chicken with pasta in a tomato & basil sauce. I am experimenting with the mix of spices and herbs. Tonight's mix is smelling good - but the proof is in the eating. I only cook fired chicken when the sunflower seed oil in the fish fryer is approaching its last legs because it gets flavoured and I then dispose of it. I take all used cooking oil to the local Council tip where they have a large tank you pour it into. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted November 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2017 Tuesday Menu for this week: Fresh Trout, coated with seasoned flour and pan-fried in butter; New Potatoes - boiled; Purple Sprouting tender stem Broccoli. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted November 7, 2017 Report Share Posted November 7, 2017 What is the protocol for that meal - brown or tomato sauce, red or white wine? I am not a great fan of fresh trout - but we sometimes buy lightly smoked trout which is delicious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted November 7, 2017 Report Share Posted November 7, 2017 Back to the sweet cure bacon chops covered with home made apple sauce, this time served with Iceland Cheesy potato pockets. peas and a fried egg. ( Don't normally have an egg with it but I felt like one so that's what got served. ) In this case the sauce protocol is simple Genuine Lea & Perrins Worcester sauce, cheap knock offs not permitted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted November 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2017 2 hours ago, AlanHo said: What is the protocol for that meal - brown or tomato sauce, red or white wine? Neither tomato or brown. I often make leek sauce, but tonight we had beurre. White wine is my preference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted November 8, 2017 Report Share Posted November 8, 2017 14 hours ago, AlanHo said: I take all used cooking oil to the local Council tip where they have a large tank you pour it into. The council most likely pass it on to be made into bio-diesel. Ever noticed the smell of fish and chips around buses these days? That's because they are using bio-diesel derived from waste cooking fat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted November 8, 2017 Report Share Posted November 8, 2017 Today's episode of fishy week is pan-fried lightly smoked salmon with new potatoes, fine beans and sugar snap peas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted November 8, 2017 Report Share Posted November 8, 2017 30 minutes ago, -pops- said: The council most likely pass it on to be made into bio-diesel. Ever noticed the smell of fish and chips around buses these days? That's because they are using bio-diesel derived from waste cooking fat. Ah - that explains why bus exhausts in Birmingham and Bradford smell of curry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted November 8, 2017 Report Share Posted November 8, 2017 Brighton bus exhausts certainly smell of fish 'n' chips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted November 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2017 Wednesday is usually a rice or pasta dinner... Tonight, it will be: Homemade Beef Chilli; Basmati Rice; and steamed Fine Green Beans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted November 8, 2017 Report Share Posted November 8, 2017 We had fish cakes this evening. I had mine coated with a bread-crumbed light batter and deep fried with McCains Home fries deep fried and Birds Eye frozen peas. The ladies - who had returned from a slimming World weigh in - had their fish cakes pan fried in a low fat spray with salad. Libby was celebrating having been given a certificate for losing half a stone in 4 weeks. I yawned and started to worry about the danger of her needing a new load of clothes. She now weighs 70 Kg (but I didn't tell you that) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted November 8, 2017 Report Share Posted November 8, 2017 Another lazy day, M&S precooked half roasted chicken, new potatoes and a bit of salad, but being a dimwit I quite forgot the brand new pot of cheese coleslaw in the fridge, would have gone very well with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted November 9, 2017 Report Share Posted November 9, 2017 Continuing with the fishy week, today is going to be homemade fish pie - mixed fish in an onion and parsley sauce with a creamed potato topping. Served with "baby" carrots and sugar snap peas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted November 9, 2017 Report Share Posted November 9, 2017 Today was an eat out lunch day, so we drove off to the Swan and had a nice hot baguette with salad and chips, I had chicken & bacon and Mum went for the BLT. Dinner will be grazing off whatever we can find if and when somebody gets peckish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted November 10, 2017 Report Share Posted November 10, 2017 Today is chicken breast fillets (the tiny parts of chicken breast sold at a low price, usually) wrapped in ham and roasted with a cheese sauce topping. Served with a baked potato and green beans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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