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Re: Dinner tonight
« Reply #2445 on: February 05, 2009, 11:44:40 AM »
What we find most useful about a slow cooker is that it will render the cheaper cuts of any meat into a tender dish. The big advantage is that you can throw in the ingredients, switch it on and forget it for the whole day ~ or until Mrs TG finally gets home.
We use ours a lot for cooking rolled Brisket,
Brown the meat all round in a frying pan with a little olive oil. Place in Slow cooker.
Use the same pan to quickly soften some chopped onions and add a little water and butter (deglaze the frying pan in otherwords) Add onions and any veg that takes your fancy (we go for carrots, sliced mushrooms or whole button mushrooms) herbs and seasoning to your taste. Now cover the meat with stock (Hot water and an oxo cube if you prefer) switch it on and forget it until half an hour before you want to eat it. Then give it a stir, add something to thicken the "gravy" and serve with mashed potatoes.

Same recipe works just as well with some chicken breasts instead of the beef ~ and add a slosh of red wine to the stock.

Even I couldn't fvck that up!. I shall have a go at the weekend.  happy088
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Re: Dinner tonight
« Reply #2446 on: February 05, 2009, 03:58:31 PM »
The remains of the Cottage Pie is looking out from its shelf in the fridge saying "Eat me, please", and part of me says that's the prudent, sensible, credit-crunch thing to do...
The other part says something about a take-away...  whistle:
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Re: Dinner tonight
« Reply #2447 on: February 05, 2009, 04:19:39 PM »
Lamb steaks, mash potatoes and carrots...  cloud9: oh and courgettes...  sick2:
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Re: Dinner tonight
« Reply #2448 on: February 05, 2009, 04:30:14 PM »
Weetabix  Shrugs:

The brat is eating at her friends and I can't be arsed . It's either that or a take away so I'm going for the healthier option  noooo:
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Re: Dinner tonight
« Reply #2449 on: February 05, 2009, 04:34:35 PM »
Special K...  redface:

And now Weetabix for you Miss D  eeek:

I can see the soirées in Pissouri being a gastronomic cornucopia  ::)

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Re: Dinner tonight
« Reply #2450 on: February 05, 2009, 04:38:09 PM »
Yes, I'm going to pick up one of those 'Variety Packs' for when she is here...  whistle:
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Re: Dinner tonight
« Reply #2451 on: February 05, 2009, 05:07:08 PM »
And make a wise selection from you wine cellar no doubt.









Now let me see ~ shall we have the red or the white? rubschin:
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Re: Dinner tonight
« Reply #2452 on: February 05, 2009, 05:11:10 PM »
Both I fear  noooo:
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Re: Dinner tonight
« Reply #2453 on: February 05, 2009, 05:13:07 PM »
Both I fear  noooo:

Oh the Rose












How the f*** do you put an accent on things in here without having to create a word doc and copy/paste the damned thing? Anyway I meant Pink Wine.
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Re: Dinner tonight
« Reply #2454 on: February 05, 2009, 05:19:32 PM »
You mean like Rosé, like?  ;)
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Re: Dinner tonight
« Reply #2455 on: February 05, 2009, 05:22:41 PM »
 Banghead Bastardo! ~ how you do that without leaving the board and importing it from other places? ...................
...  tunble:

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Re: Dinner tonight
« Reply #2456 on: February 05, 2009, 05:27:20 PM »
Tell me later ~ I have to take boys to swimming now as SWWLTBO is attending "Open Evening" at the THW's school.

I am not allowed to go to such events as I am an embarrassment apparently. I have rows with teaching staff when they offer platitudes and excuses in place of answers to my questions. I ask the "wrong" questions too. rubschin:














Oh and dinner tonight will depend on who gets home first ~ SWWLTBO will try to cook something ~ I will elect to buy a take away.
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Re: Dinner tonight
« Reply #2457 on: February 05, 2009, 05:28:50 PM »
Banghead Bastardo! ~ how you do that without leaving the board and importing it from other places? ...................
...  tunble:

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You said it...  whistle:

On my keyboard, Option E, then E gives that accent é.  We had a whole thread & kerfuffle in another place about this when the swear filter was kicking in.
I used to just post words like bügger with no problem  eeek:

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Re: Dinner tonight
« Reply #2458 on: February 05, 2009, 08:45:52 PM »
There be different colours then...?  rubschin:
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Re: Dinner tonight
« Reply #2459 on: February 05, 2009, 08:50:51 PM »
Thai Chicken Cakes in Thai green curry sauce with rice.

You guessed it ~ I cooked in the end.  whistle:
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