Re: whats on the menu

by polgara 12th January 2012, 3:08 pm

Made 2 cottage pies & 2 lasagne today, trying to fill the freezer with ready mades for what may be to come in a few weeks.

by Wilhelm Von Rhomboid 12th January 2012, 3:16 pm

Just made ring doughnuts.

Had venison chill tortillas for lunch and about to make venison lasagne for supper.

by Adrian 12th January 2012, 3:28 pm

Just set beans a baking in the slow cooker
Parmesan mash and beans tonight I think

by Dandelion 12th January 2012, 9:12 pm

MrD goes to archery on a Thursday evening so DD1 and I have curry night!!

by KtMcG 13th January 2012, 4:24 pm

Homemade pasties from yesterday, got a little carried away with the pastry making so this will be pasty meal number 4! Shocked

by polgara 14th January 2012, 1:53 pm

Cottage pie, with the remains of a packet mushroom soup as part of the gravy.

by Adrian 14th January 2012, 2:03 pm

I made a chilli in the slow cooker yesterday and knocked out a dozen pittas, that usually does us for 2-3 meals

by Wilhelm Von Rhomboid 14th January 2012, 3:18 pm

Have been told we do not want venison today. Shall roast a couple of chickens instead.

by Dandelion 14th January 2012, 3:47 pm

Trying to use things up from the freezer, so mackerel (from one freezer) with gooseberry sauce (goosegogs from the other freezer!!). Will have to plan meals with some of the UFOs I came across when finding the mackerel!!

by Wilhelm Von Rhomboid 14th January 2012, 5:30 pm

How are you doing the mackerel? I find their structural integrity suffers on thawing so more freeform dishes work better.

by Dandelion 14th January 2012, 7:10 pm

I agree completely (but too late to do anything about it...) Last time I think I cooked them whole in the oven - this time I boned them (sort of) and just pan fried them. They're just finishing off now, and next time I'm going to buy them from the fish counter and get them filleted. a) I'm not very good at filleting and b) they were much squidgier, having been thawed out. Never mind - hopefully they'll taste good.

by Wilhelm Von Rhomboid 14th January 2012, 7:21 pm

taste is not diminished by freezing, only firmness.

by Dandelion 14th January 2012, 8:50 pm

Wilhelm Von Rhomboid wrote:taste is not diminished by freezing, only firmness.

That sounds like something from the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations!!

The fish was good (but I'm determined to learn how to bone them properly next time!)

by Wilhelm Von Rhomboid 14th January 2012, 9:05 pm

Dandelion wrote:
Wilhelm Von Rhomboid wrote:taste is not diminished by freezing, only firmness.
That sounds like something from the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations!!

The fish was good (but I'm determined to learn how to bone them properly next time!)

fillet them while they are only half thawed - much easier.

by Dandelion 15th January 2012, 3:22 pm

That makes sense - will try that next time. Found a You Tube clip from the BBC of a lady with a long scary knife filletting mackerel: I can understand the theory, but am not sure if I have the patience to pull out all the pin bones with a special pair of tweezers! (They must leave those in when they bone them at the fishmongers.)

by polgara 20th January 2012, 4:10 pm

Steak & kidney pud, & 1 for the freezer.

Casserole/stew cooking for tomorrow.

by polgara 21st January 2012, 9:12 pm

Stew was yummy & I made the remains into a curry to freeze for an instant meal at some time.

by Kristy lee 22nd January 2012, 10:43 am

even though it's summer here and stinking hot. I made Beef Stroganoff in the slow cooker today. Was so so so yummy too

by polgara 23rd January 2012, 12:07 pm

Sliced lots of roasted meat, made a tasty brown sauce & made 2 nice lunches, 1 to freeze.

by Wilhelm Von Rhomboid 23rd January 2012, 12:27 pm

Making gnocchi with crispy venison prosciutto and grated black truffles.

by polgara 26th January 2012, 6:26 pm

Had Toad in the Hole with roasties & baked beans. Result blood sugars sky high Mad

Also made 2 chicken casseroles, 2 beef ones & 1 sausage one, 4 single serving bacon rolls, so the freezer is getting full of instant meals, which means when we get some good weather I can send spend the day in the garden. Well happy. whats on the menu - Page 20 887172

by Wilhelm Von Rhomboid 26th January 2012, 7:13 pm

Noticed this morning I had a rather large cock which was causing distress to some ladies in the village, so after choking my chicken, I made Poule au Pot with some rich goose stock for supper. Haven't had it for a while and it was quite delicious and just the thing on a chilly evening.

by Wilhelm Von Rhomboid 28th January 2012, 10:58 pm

Had friends to dinner. Which is rare, as few people can stand me. We had:
A smoked salmon and 2 smoked trout, with blinis;
Salad of watercress, mixed leaves, rocket, bacon, black pudding, pigeon breasts and foie gras.
Roast haunch of venison with braised red cabbage witha pple and bacon and savoy cabbage with cream and bacon.
Banoffee pie (well I didn't - I had stilton, as I don't do puddings)

by Jaded Green 29th January 2012, 4:29 pm

sounds great.

by Wilhelm Von Rhomboid 29th January 2012, 4:30 pm

Roast duck today.

by Jaded Green 29th January 2012, 4:48 pm

Yum.

We're thinking of ordering a duck from Abel and Cole

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