Mundane News

[MikeG]

Cold roast spuds?

Can be delicious. They seem to concentrate the flavour.......but obviously the texture isn't great.

Talking of roast potatoes, and cold, the very best of the best is made by par boiling the day before, draining and allowing to cool. Refrigerate over night, then straight into a sizzling hot oven with plenty of goose fat. You'd have to torture me to get my secret herb combination!

 

[Reynard]

Can be delicious. They seem to concentrate the flavour.......but obviously the texture isn't great.

Talking of roast potatoes, and cold, the very best of the best is made by par boiling the day before, draining and allowing to cool. Refrigerate over night, then straight into a sizzling hot oven with plenty of goose fat. You'd have to torture me to get my secret herb combination!

I swear by a mix of beef dripping and garlic oil for my roasties. And by leaving all day in well-salted water prior to parboiling.

 

[classic33]

Can be delicious. They seem to concentrate the flavour.......but obviously the texture isn't great.

Talking of roast potatoes, and cold, the very best of the best is made by par boiling the day before, draining and allowing to cool. Refrigerate over night, then straight into a sizzling hot oven with plenty of goose fat. You'd have to torture me to get my secret herb combination!

Last part sounds easy enough.

 

[MikeG]

........leaving all day in well-salted water prior to parboiling.

I'm curious. What difference do you think this makes?

 

[fossyant]

My wife has turned the oven on to cook rhubarb crumble, in this heat .

We have tonnes of the stuff and she is the only one that likes it. Over 4kg

 

[Serge]

My wife has turned the oven on to cook rhubarb crumble, in this heat .

We have tonnes of the stuff and she is the only one that likes it. Over 4kg

Mmm, 4Kg of rhubarb crumble. (Apologies to Homer Simpson).

 

[fossyant]

4kg of rhubarb. The rest is in a gin.

We had over 1kg of strawberries as well from the garden but they weren't eaten as i wasnt well.

 

[Serge]

4kg of rhubarb. The rest is in a gin.

We had over 1kg of strawberries as well from the garden but they weren't eaten as i wasnt well.

Mmm, rhubarb gin.
(OK, I'll stop now).

 

[Serge]

Mmm, something.

 

[tyred]

I always seem to attract the attention of the pub bore

 

[Reynard]

I'm curious. What difference do you think this makes?

I reckon it gives them a crunchier finish. Always do the same for chips as well.

 

[Reynard]

Just had a nice ride.

 

[classic33]

I reckon it gives them a crunchier finish. Always do the same for chips as well.

New spuds?

 

[classic33]

Just had a nice ride.

Between two slices of bread!!

 

[Illaveago]

What seemed just like a simple case of fitting new batteries into the TV remote control escalated out of all proportion !
When the TV still didn't work after changing them my immediate thought was that it had broken as it was still switched on at the wall . I then thought is the power on ? A light switch proved that there was no supply . Trip ? The trips looked fine but after a phone call to the power supply peeps to see if the power was cut off they said that it should be on as there was nobody working on the mains in the area . They guided my wife through resetting the trips .
No ! We didn't have any power !
My wife had asked one of our neighbours if their power was on and it was. The power supply peep said that they would send someone out to investigate the problem .10 minutes later a knock at the door . It was a power supply peep who was working in the area and had blown some fuses. They soon established it wasn't that.
2 vans became 4 vans which became 5 vans a trailer and a digger , which then reduced to 4 vans and then 2 vans before increasing to 5 vans a generator and 3 holes in the ground .
We now have power but it is a temporary repair .