This meal is a doddle - easily within the range of beetroot sandwichers

[Cycling Naturalist]

Half a box of mushrooms going manky, cream getting rapidly past it's pour down a drain date. Decent offer on six pork chops for a fiver from the Co-Op - not a patch on the peerless Gloucester Old Spot from Steve in Chirk, but quicker cooking and more sauce receptive.

Chop up mushrooms really finely together with about a third of a small onion. Fry up gently (don't use butter as otherwise it will be over rich) and half a clove of garlic. Once reduced add plain flour and paprika. Cook very gently for two minutes and reserve.

Parboil thick slices of potato.

Fry the pork chops (actually they are loin steaks - I should have looked at the label and not the price) and reserve. and rest in warm place. Get sauce mix back in frying pan, heat through and add milk and cream, stir gently. Do not overcook, but adjust seasoning with black pepper.

Score parboiled potato and shallow fry in neutral oil until golden brown. Rustle up some boiled peas (go on Vernon - you can do it) and pour the sauce over the pork.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Here's Patrick minutes before he prepares a meal

 

[pauldavid]

Here's Patrick minutes before he prepares a meal
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Is he the one on the left, if it is he must have his cuban heels on cause he's not normally that tall

 

[IDMark2]

Half a box of mushrooms going manky, cream getting rapidly past it's pour down a drain date

For someone who posts what he cooks every day there is a lot of manky stuff in Patricks repertoire. Take that as you will.

 

[Cycling Naturalist]

Is he the one on the left, if it is he must have his cuban heels on cause he's not normally that tall

I've been Photoshopped to lose weight and about thirty years.

 

[Andy_R]

Half a box of mushrooms going manky, cream getting rapidly past it's pour down a drain date. Decent offer on six pork chops for a fiver from the Co-Op - not a patch on the peerless Gloucester Old Spot from Steve in Chirk, but quicker cooking and more sauce receptive.

Chop up mushrooms really finely together with about a third of a small onion. Fry up gently (don't use butter as otherwise it will be over rich) and half a clove of garlic. Once reduced add plain flour and paprika. Cook very gently for two minutes and reserve.

Parboil thick slices of potato.

Fry the pork chops (actually they are loin steaks - I should have looked at the label and not the price) and reserve. and rest in warm place. Get sauce mix back in frying pan, heat through and add milk and cream, stir gently. Do not overcook, but adjust seasoning with black pepper.

Score parboiled potato and shallow fry in neutral oil until golden brown. Rustle up some boiled peas (go on Vernon - you can do it) and pour the sauce over the pork.

So you couldn't be arsed to make a proper Diane sauce then. Instead you've made a half arsed job of attempting a stroganoff. Shame.

 

[brand]

Bought some Mushrooms in a cheap shop in Louth. They were in long life silver bag same as you get out of a tin. I assume, as I have never bought them that way. 2 kilo weight 1.2 kilos drained. Should be good for stews. 50p each so had to buy one. Got home translated the French into English came out as field Mushrooms. Tried them, good not fantastic and take a while to fry. Frooze most of them after draining the liquid into a pan and reducing it by about 2\3 to use as stock. Sick note should have bought more, yet again failed to take advantage of a bargain. Only shop about once every 3 or 4 weeks. Next time went in still had some, got 4 for myself. 4.8 kilos should be enough for a while specially stew and currys.
Now Patrick I have the better part of 2 stone of Haddock in the freezer, so recipes for Haddock and Mushrooms needed!​

 

[rich p]

cuban heels

Typo? I think you meant cuban eels, lightly sautéed and served on a bed of cigar leaves rolled on the thigh of a virgin etc etc etc

 

[ChrisV]

@steveinchirk lol

 

[Aperitif]

Here you go

Serves one.
Not cyclist food then.

 

[Aperitif]

He can multiply.

"go forth and multiply" I sense...

 

[brodiej]

Here's what I ate yesterday.
Namby-pamby metropolitan lefty types take note.
Haricots avec sauce de tomate on sourdough toast.
Locally sourced haricots. Grown in Rhyl apparently, according to Mafanwy at the coop. She says they are then cooked in a succulent tomato sauce and tinned, so no need to do that bit myself. 21p for a tin with a slight dent at the Coop.

Southern prosecco swilling socialists will be unaware of the artisan Welsh bakery Mother's Pride. Lovely stuff - Mafanwy sells it only a week out of date for 48p. The mould gives it the lovely sourness.

Toasted with some delicious Anchor butter and a simple meal that would make the average Labour voting, London residing, Guardian reading, yurt dweller choke on their lentils

 

[ChrisV]

 

[tomgordon]

Beer

 

[Piemaster]

Photographic evidence of food that exists. Or at least did before adding pancetta and scoffing it.