Gwylan
Guru
- Location
- All at sea⛵
Run out of bread. Get the bread maker on for fresh bread in the morning.
Tonight I cooked...
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Run out of bread. Get the bread maker on for fresh bread in the morning.
Gwylan
Guru
- Location
- All at sea⛵
Now reclining in bed as the smell of cooking bread wafts through the house.
Just need to encourage my house mate to get the coffee on.
Gwylan
Guru
- Location
- All at sea⛵
Today I cooked Matzos. For a Passover experience thing.
If that was what the Israelites had to eat in the desert no wonder they moaned.
Not the first time I've made them, but they are always interesting.
A lot cheaper than the supermarket item.
If that was what the Israelites had to eat in the desert no wonder they moaned.
Not the first time I've made them, but they are always interesting.
A lot cheaper than the supermarket item.
VinSumRox
Über Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders
Burgers on the barbie 1st of the year
gbb
Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
Another cheapish meal (I'm beginning to worry myself, am I turning into a worse tight wad than I already am 
)
Small roast chicken, £2.81 I think, yellow sticker price.
White rice with some sweetcorn and diced mushrooms mixed in and a jar of sweet and sour sauce
Total cost for 5 of us...less than £6
Kids mullered it for a change, nice to keep it fairly simple and healthy (barring the sweet aand sour perhaps)
)Small roast chicken, £2.81 I think, yellow sticker price.
White rice with some sweetcorn and diced mushrooms mixed in and a jar of sweet and sour sauce
Total cost for 5 of us...less than £6
Kids mullered it for a change, nice to keep it fairly simple and healthy (barring the sweet aand sour perhaps)
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Another cheapish meal (I'm beginning to worry myself, am I turning into a worse tight wad than I already am
Small roast chicken, £2.81 I think, yellow sticker price.
White rice with some sweetcorn and diced mushrooms mixed in and a jar of sweet and sour sauce
Total cost for 5 of us...less than £6
Kids mullered it for a change, nice to keep it fairly simple and healthy (barring the sweet aand sour perhaps)
Hah! I bet you're still not as bargainiferous as me
BTW, home made sweet & sour is easy. Half a stock cube made up (chicken or veg), a thinly-sliced onion, a generous squeeze of tomato ketchup or puree, a couple of rings of canned pineapple plus some of the juice (NOT in syrup), and cornflour to thicken. You can add some chilli, Chinese 5 spice, ginger, sweet pepper, bamboo shoots and spring onion if you have / want it.
You can poach / warm up your chicken in the sauce prior to thickening.
It will be WAY nicer than a jar. And a lot less sugar.
bitsandbobs
Über Member
Ants climbing a tree.
Gwylan
Guru
- Location
- All at sea⛵
We gave our barby away. It was 20 years old and recovered from a delinquent tenant. But they knew about BBQs
gbb
Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
I first that and my brain registered 'We gave our BABY away'....
gbb
Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
No big skills, no flair, made fish, chips and.mushy peas tonight.
Fish was cod, out the box from the supermarket so no biggie there but...
The chips !!!!
I always buy a 10kg bag from our local farmer (technically he no longer farms, he's in his early 80s and simply buys at market now).and usually sells Picasso ...this week he had a different variety who's name I can't remember.
THE best chips I've had in a very long time...
I simply have to find out what they were...crispy, tasty, golden, firm, everything a good chip could be
Fish was cod, out the box from the supermarket so no biggie there but...
The chips !!!!
I always buy a 10kg bag from our local farmer (technically he no longer farms, he's in his early 80s and simply buys at market now).and usually sells Picasso ...this week he had a different variety who's name I can't remember.
THE best chips I've had in a very long time...
I simply have to find out what they were...crispy, tasty, golden, firm, everything a good chip could be
Gwylan
Guru
- Location
- All at sea⛵
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Maris Pipers generally make the best chips. Georgina (usually sold as a baking potato) also makes a reasonably decent chip.
You really do need a floury potato. Desiree (red-skinned) are also good, but they have a naughty habit of absorbing a lot of fat, so you may end up a bit wider than normal, afterwards...
Shame you can't get Bintjes here in the UK...
briantrumpet
Legendary Member
- Location
- Devon & Die
Well, today I made my first lot of cheaty hummus with tahini instead of the very cheaty peanut butter. I kinda prefer the peanut butter version, but the tahini one might grow on me.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/easy_hummus_96922
https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/easy_hummus_96922
