Re: whats on the menu

by Wilhelm Von Rhomboid 5th September 2011, 4:06 pm

Ginormous pate de foie gras in the bain marie, 6 duck breasts in the curing chamber with cardamom and star anise, massive pot of duck stock bubbling away and duck risotto on the menu for this evening to use up the rest.

by Jaded Green 5th September 2011, 5:17 pm

I'm on my way, Billy.....

Mr JG has got a couple of pork chops, a bottle of cider, lots of windfall apples and good intentions. He's cooking tonight.

by polgara 7th September 2011, 6:03 pm

Cottage pie from the freezer.

Made beef stew which will do 2 meals.

by Wilhelm Von Rhomboid 7th September 2011, 6:11 pm

24 chickens plucked, gutted chopped and separated. Meat ready to be minced and carcasses roasting off for stock. Still have a duck and a rabbit to do.

Supper meanwhile will be sausage, eggs, chips and beans. Although they are our sausages from our pigs, our eggs from our hens, our chips from our spuds, and beans... err, from a tin.

by polgara 7th September 2011, 6:27 pm

Still sounds great Billy. Sometimes something simple becomes a treat.

by MrsC 7th September 2011, 9:19 pm

Sausage and kidney bean casserole here with mashed potato. Plenty made so should do LMC for lunch tomorrow and me too!

Mrs C

by Jaded Green 7th September 2011, 9:48 pm

www.askitalian.co.uk/

as long as someone else does the cooking, I'm eating.....

by mr_sfstk8d 8th September 2011, 1:21 pm

Made a cabbage, potatoe and bacon skillet last night. Getting used to the stove at the new place, so didn't really brown off like I'd have liked, but still tasty. Plenty left over to put one supper up into the freezer and one for lunch today.

by polgara 8th September 2011, 3:34 pm

Beef stew was very nice, especially with dumplings.

by Lottie 8th September 2011, 5:22 pm

I love stew and dumplings... Very Happy

Fraid it's only pasta and salad tonight, been a bit of a mental day so no time.. Rolling Eyes

hey ho, it'll fill a hole... Wink

by Wilhelm Von Rhomboid 8th September 2011, 5:51 pm

Just sliced 6 kg of dry cure bacon and it is YUMMEH! So have a macaroni cheese/carbonara combo in the oven. using our own home-smoked cheese, home grown peas, and about, er 6kg of dry cure bacon.

Was going to have the giant duck I plucked yesterday but will have that tomorrow now. Unless we have one of the geese I have in mind to kill tomorrow.

by Jaded Green 8th September 2011, 6:11 pm

Was hoping I'd be opening another restaurant door tonight (I a supposed to be on holiday) but instead it is rainbow trout (from M&S) sauteed potatoes and green beans, possibly carrots too.

Then more stewed apple, this evening with a pitachio meringue (from Maison Blanc Embarassed

) and creme anglais - fancy custard!

Can't decide whether just to drink the final glassful of white wine or open another bottle!

by Wilhelm Von Rhomboid 25th September 2011, 3:09 pm

Hmm, been quiet in here.

Last night we had Venison stuffed with a whole lobe of foie gras topped with venison liver and bacon pate Wellington made with home-made puff pastry.

oh and veggies.

by mr_sfstk8d 26th September 2011, 2:00 pm

Sounds delish Billy.

Last night was a simple homemade cabbage soup. Getting chilly here, comfort food, good.

by Wilhelm Von Rhomboid 28th September 2011, 4:57 pm

A slow-roasting a saddle of venison in black coffee with chicory - sounds weird, have never tried it before, will have to see how it goes. Smells divine: roasting coffee mixed with venison, mmm, my stomach is rumbling and my mouth watering. I am a little concerned that the meat may be a bit dry though - there is nothing to lard it.

Also made 8kg of venison mincemeat for Christmas.

by Dandelion 28th September 2011, 7:54 pm

mr_sfstk8d wrote:Sounds delish Billy.

Last night was a simple homemade cabbage soup. Getting chilly here, comfort food, good.

Simple comfort food here too (although not because it's cold: we've had a glorious sunny day today). Butter bean casserole with dumplings.

by Kristy lee 28th September 2011, 10:41 pm

yesterday the kids and i made pasta from scratch.

Served it last night with some cooked up bacon, onion, garlic and cream sauce.

Was the best pasta i have ever ever made and all were happy

by polgara 6th October 2011, 5:35 pm

Today was one of my favourites
steak & mushroom soup casserole with pots & green beans. So simple but really tasty.

by CraftyBirdUK 6th October 2011, 5:39 pm

Tonight is chicken kiev with chips, veggies and salad...speaking of which I better go and check on it Laughing

by Wilhelm Von Rhomboid 17th October 2011, 8:18 pm

Chunky Rainbow trout fillets seared with thyme tips, rosemary and sweet chilli couscous, balsamic beetroot, and fresh horseradish yogurt for the grownups and mint yogurt pinkified with beetroot juice for the kids.
Not bad for a thrown together in half an hour special, if I say so myself.

by Jaded Green 17th October 2011, 10:58 pm

Miss JG is on a one woman mission to use up the garden apples.

We had carrot and apple soup tonight. Very nice it was too.

by Jaded Green 19th October 2011, 9:34 pm

Tonight we had liver and bacon. Haven't had liver for years. I bought a pack of liver for £1.26, which was more than enough for 3 people. I should have stuck with the first pack I picked up, it cost 96p!

by Dandelion 19th October 2011, 10:39 pm

Can't remember if I said a few weeks ago that I cut my finger quite badly, right down through the nail with secateurs. It was the night I had a pack of liver for tea, and I still went ahead and cut it up wearing rubber gloves because the plaster kept coming off my finger. I wouldn't recommend it: the liver appeared to have been blessed with far more internal plumbing than is usual and by the time I had finished I had blood everywhere. The liver was good though (cooked in white wine) and as you say JG good value.

by Kristy lee 19th October 2011, 11:12 pm

ouch D. Is it sad to say i've never eaten liver Embarassed

Last night we had continental lamb chops.

You seal off some short loin lamb chops. Cook up loads of pasta. Pasta gets added to some tomatoes which i sqeeze a bit into the pasta to let some juice out. Add some herbs.
Sit chops on top of pasta and top off with some onion and cheese of choice.
Cook on medium with the lid on for 1- 1 1/2 hrs. I always make 2 dishes to freeze some. my lovely daughter then eats the left over pasta the next day and my son will munch on the meat lol

by Jaded Green 20th October 2011, 9:33 am

Actually liver is very nice. As are kidneys.

I bought my liver from Sainsburys and it was cut up and didn't appear to need much trimming. I left a couple of bits in the tray and no-one complained about what they were eating.

Next time I am going to do a casserole, which was my first inclination yeterday only Delia's recipe said to cook it for 1 1/2 hours. I was worried that if I fried the liver I might over cook it and it would e leathery, but it wasn't. The frying pan was a mess though as I'd coated it in flour. I friend the onions and bacon first and put them in the oven so I could serve the liver as soon as it was cooked. Didn't mash the potatoes though and they would have been nicer mashed.

by Wilhelm Von Rhomboid 20th October 2011, 9:39 am

We had fresh goose blood fried with onions and boiled potatoes. It was scrumptious.

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