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**ProtoClone**

Love crockpot meals, and I don't consider them lazy at all. Going to fast food joints, now that's lazy.

Last night we did swiss steak...MMMMMMMmmmmmm.

**Bullockist**

I haven't had bubble and sqeek since i was a little fella, might have to make some next week.

What i'm having for dinner tonight is lamb forequarter chops marinated in (cheap) tomato sauce (red sauce, ketchup) , garlic and soy sauce then grilled till crispy. It can also be cooked in the oven, works best when all the fat in the forequarter chop is falling from the bone due to long marination (preferably out of the fridge for a good 8-12 hours)

It is a fatty, salty deIight , has to be my favourite way to have lamb.

**ExNoctemNacimur**

Dreadclaw69 wrote:
Palindrome wrote:
Real haggis is illegal in the US as sheep lung, an essential ingredient, is not classed as a foodstuff.

Kinder Eggs are also banned here because there is a toy inside the confectionery, even though its in a large bright coloured plastic egg

That's so stupid! If you told a five year old me that there was a toy inside, I'd make sure I'd take the toy and leave the chocolate

PredaKhaine wrote:
Ensis Ferrae wrote:

I do wish that I could find more places that serve haggis here in the US though.

Deep fried Haggis is where it's at. I love going to scotland - they'll fry anything . I also got haggis on a pizza up there.

Remember - there are no calories if you didn't cook the food. Also calories don't count on a friday.
These are facts.

I need to eat with you.

I'm having braised chicken in soya sauce and other Chinese sauces with mushrooms and black fungus (which is actually really good). With it is rice and vegetables.

**Snrub**

dogma wrote:This would be horribly misinterpreted by many denizens of the Midwest.

Oh? Do explain.

KalashnikovMarine wrote:Learning all sorts of interesting new things today! Can someone point me to a solid recipe for toad in the hole, or share a family one?

I'll see if i can't find the recipe my mum uses. It'll be in one of her gazillion recipe books somewhere. It's real simple to make though. Takes no time at all to learn.

**PredaKhaine**

Leigen_Zero wrote:
PredaKhaine wrote:
In the UK, Bubble and squeak was the left over veg from a sunday roast. It's called bubble and squeak because of the noises it made while being cooked

Over in Wales it's known as 'fry up' (take leftover sunday dinner, mash together and fry in a pan), while we use 'bubble and squeak' to refer exclusivly to mashed-up potato & cabbage.

We call full english breakfast a fry up

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Dreadclaw69 wrote:
Lots of information about kinder eggs and good reasons for why they are banned

I had no idea that we (the british) had managed to kill ourselves with cheap plastic toys.
I'm speechless.

**Dreadclaw69**

PredaKhaine wrote:
I had no idea that we (the british) had managed to kill ourselves with cheap plastic toys.
I'm speechless.

I had no idea either until I read that link, normally I'd remember something like that if I'd heard about it.

**Nevelon**

Snrub wrote:
dogma wrote:This would be horribly misinterpreted by many denizens of the Midwest.
Oh? Do explain.

KalashnikovMarine wrote:Learning all sorts of interesting new things today! Can someone point me to a solid recipe for toad in the hole, or share a family one?
I'll see if i can't find the recipe my mum uses. It'll be in one of her gazillion recipe books somewhere. It's real simple to make though. Takes no time at all to learn.

Here is the Toad in the Hole recipe from my family cookbook. No idea how authentic it is, it's attributed to neighbors from when we lived in New Hampshire. Nice thing about having a family cookbook in an electronic format is I can quickly copy/paste recipes if people want them...

Toad in the hole

2 slices bacon (can omit bacon and grease pan well instead)
1/2 pound fresh pork sausage (8 or 9 links cut into 1/2 inch pieces) (can use frozen precooked sausage)
1 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 cup milk
3 eggs

Cook bacon until crisp, drain and set aside 2 tbsp drippings
Crumble bacon and set aside
Brown sausage in same skillet, drain.
Meanwhile, mix flour, baking powder, and 1 tsp salt. Add milk and eggs, beat till smooth.
Spread bacon drippings in 10x6x2 baking dish. Place sausage in dish, top with crumbled bacon. Pour batter over. Bake at 400 for 30-35 min. Serve with confectioner sugar, syrup, apples, lemon juice, etc. serves 4.

And to keep on the topic of the thread, dinner last night was sloppy joe's (aka hamburger sandwiches)

**ExNoctemNacimur**

I need to try me some Toad in the Hole!

**Asherian Command**

Any type of Thai Curry Which has in it
(FROM MY MEMORY)
3/4 cup of brown sugar
2 teaspoons of curry paste (Matters what type, red is spicy but not too spicy a little bit of a kick, green is spicy and has a kick, panag is not spicy at all)
2 cups of coconut milk
2 pounds of chicken or beef
1 cup of baby corn
2 cups of peas
1 teaspoon or 2 teaspoons of lemon or lime
some fish sauce to lower the spicyness of the meal
2-3 cups of rice in a rice cooker.
(Also you could add peppers, I wouldn't recommend it.)

Usually this is how you cook it.
First throw in curry paste into a sauce pan or into a dutch oven. Wait till it becomes fragrent and you can smell it very well,
Next add coconut milk (ALL OF IT)
Then add brown sugar.
Then add the chicken.
Stir well. add curry paste if needed, or add fish sauce if it is too spicy.
NEXT add all the vegetables. STIR WELL
Then add lemon.
Taste again. Too spicy Use fish sauce or salt. Too much lemon add more curry paste.
Congrats you now have a curry.
Rice is easy, buy a rice cooker. wait 20 minutes done. (Add water + 2-3 cups of rice)

The benefits of being a teenager with a mother constantly breathing down your neck and telling you have to cook.

**Dreadclaw69**

Nevelon wrote:

Toad in the hole

2 slices bacon (can omit bacon and grease pan well instead)
1/2 pound fresh pork sausage (8 or 9 links cut into 1/2 inch pieces) (can use frozen precooked sausage)
1 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 cup milk
3 eggs

Cook bacon until crisp, drain and set aside 2 tbsp drippings
Crumble bacon and set aside
Brown sausage in same skillet, drain.
Meanwhile, mix flour, baking powder, and 1 tsp salt. Add milk and eggs, beat till smooth.
Spread bacon drippings in 10x6x2 baking dish. Place sausage in dish, top with crumbled bacon. Pour batter over. Bake at 400 for 30-35 min. Serve with confectioner sugar, syrup, apples, lemon juice, etc. serves 4.

And to keep on the topic of the thread, dinner last night was sloppy joe's (aka hamburger sandwiches)

With the exception of the sugar and all at the end that sounds pretty accurate. I've normally seen toad in the hole served with potatoes and gravy.

Last night's dinner was some spicy chicken done in the microwave while baking cupcakes and a protein shake.

**suspiratus**

I am having a chiness instant noodle soup with a hint of caliban green mist lurking in the room after airbrushing

a healthy alternative for Friday afternoon

**PredaKhaine**

That's weird toad in the whole

"Serve with confectioner sugar, syrup, apples, lemon juice, etc. serves 4."

Yorkshire pudding is nice as sweet or savoury, but not both at the same time surely?

We don't cut the sausages up either.

Plain Yorkshire with any of the following - Jam, treacle, maple syrup, lemon juice in fact anything sweet is nice, but I wouldn't put sausages in after that point.
Toad in the Whole with sunday veg and onion gravy is fantastic.

Also, a (smaller) whole circular yorkshire pudding with stew inside is nice. Or beef stroganoff.

**timetowaste85**

Asherian Command wrote:
Any type of Thai Curry Which has in it
(FROM MY MEMORY)
3/4 cup of brown sugar
2 teaspoons of curry paste (Matters what type, red is spicy but not too spicy a little bit of a kick, green is spicy and has a kick, panag is not spicy at all)
2 cups of coconut milk
2 pounds of chicken or beef
1 cup of baby corn
2 cups of peas
1 teaspoon or 2 teaspoons of lemon or lime
some fish sauce to lower the spicyness of the meal
2-3 cups of rice in a rice cooker.
(Also you could add peppers, I wouldn't recommend it.)

Usually this is how you cook it.
First throw in curry paste into a sauce pan or into a dutch oven. Wait till it becomes fragrent and you can smell it very well,
Next add coconut milk (ALL OF IT)
Then add brown sugar.
Then add the chicken.
Stir well. add curry paste if needed, or add fish sauce if it is too spicy.
NEXT add all the vegetables. STIR WELL
Then add lemon.
Taste again. Too spicy Use fish sauce or salt. Too much lemon add more curry paste.
Congrats you now have a curry.
Rice is easy, buy a rice cooker. wait 20 minutes done. (Add water + 2-3 cups of rice)

The benefits of being a teenager with a mother constantly breathing down your neck and telling you have to cook.

Personally, I'm a fan of masaman curry, myself. And you can add things like peanuts and stuff as well-it's delicious. But I sincerely appreciate the simple breakdown of how to make a good curry-I'm gonna have to make that at some point soon. Like tomorrow night. If my date falls through.

**Nevelon**

Dreadclaw69 wrote:
With the exception of the sugar and all at the end that sounds pretty accurate. I've normally seen toad in the hole served with potatoes and gravy.

PredaKhaine wrote:That's weird toad in the whole

"Serve with confectioner sugar, syrup, apples, lemon juice, etc. serves 4."

Yorkshire pudding is nice as sweet or savoury, but not both at the same time surely?

Plain Yorkshire with any of the following - Jam, treacle, maple syrup, lemon juice in fact anything sweet is nice, but I wouldn't put sausages in after that point.
Toad in the Whole with sunday veg and onion gravy is fantastic.

Also, a (smaller) whole circular yorkshire pudding with stew inside is nice. Or beef stroganoff.

To be honest, I don't recall ever eating it with the fruit & stuff, but that's the copy/paste from the cookbook. And sometimes it works mixing sweet and savory. Pork chops are often paired with apples, as an example.

**PredaKhaine**

Nevelon wrote:

To be honest, I don't recall ever eating it with the fruit & stuff, but that's the copy/paste from the cookbook. And sometimes it works mixing sweet and savory. Pork chops are often paired with apples, as an example.

Yep, you've got a point, it's just not something I've tried with toad in the hole.

Tin Miner Pasty is another example. Beef at one end, apple sauce at the other.
Tis a wondrous pie.

**ProtoClone**

Last night my wife and I went to one of our favorite bars, Stellas Lounge.

We had 1/2lb burger, stuffed with bacon and blue cheese.

If you go there on Thursdays they are half-off. So, we only spend $15 total, with drinks, for that.

**Monster Rain**

Let me explain a little something about making Thai Curry or really any food from that region:

You need to take ginger, garlic and some arbol chilis and chop them into a paste in a food processor or mortar and pestle or something. I have some of this in my refrigerator at all times, since it makes basically anything taste awesome. Saute this until it's translucent and then add your curry powder. I think you'll be happy with the result. Now, I would also advise making your own "curry powder" or garam masala, but that can be a bit of a project.

**Dreadclaw69**

Nevelon wrote:
To be honest, I don't recall ever eating it with the fruit & stuff, but that's the copy/paste from the cookbook. And sometimes it works mixing sweet and savory. Pork chops are often paired with apples, as an example.

No disagreement that sweet and savory can mix well, especially things like pork as you mention or sausages with apple and sage and I'm told that chicken and waffles are tasty. I'm just used to associating told in the hole and Yorkshire puddings with a Sunday dinner, complete with mash, veggies and gravy.

**marv335**

KalashnikovMarine wrote:
Can someone point me to a solid recipe for toad in the hole, or share a family one?

Make up some Yorkshire pudding batter.
3 eggs,
115g of plain flour
285ml milk
pinch of sea salt
1 teaspoon of colemans english mustard powder (optional)
Whisk the ingredients together, then leave to rest for 30 mins.

pre-heat the oven to its highest setting.

Take a pound of sausages.
Fry them in a little oil until nicely browned and cooked through.

Put the fried sausages into a casserole dish. make sure the oil from frying covers the base of the dish.
Put in the heated oven for a few mins until the oil is hot.
Pour in the batter, bake for 15 mins or so.

Serve with a good gravy, mashed potatoes, veg of choice.

**Doctadeth**

Peppered steak bought home from my work, with some awesome roast potatoes (recipe is amazing. peel some creme gold potatoes, chop em in half or into chunks, then parboil for ten minutes, give em a good shake then into a greased oven dish. Add four gloves of garlic (peeled) add olive oil to coat. Bake for 45 minutes flipping once.

Then my caramelised carrots, some homemade minted peas (add virgin olive oil and some spearmint, mix)

Finally, top it off with the devils chocolate mousse I made last night.

Then retire to between the sheets with my missus.

**Nevelon**

Corned beef, boiled cabbage/carrots/potatoes, Irish soda bread.

**dogma**

Snrub wrote:
dogma wrote:This would be horribly misinterpreted by many denizens of the Midwest.
Oh? Do explain.

Pud is Midwestern (possibly other regions as well) slang for penis.

**timetowaste85**

Nevelon wrote:
Corned beef, boiled cabbage/carrots/potatoes, Irish soda bread.

Reuben sandwiches followed by Killian-boiled hot dogs with Guinness at a friend's house. BTW...Killian beer-boiled beef hotdogs are amazing-boil for 15 minutes until the ends split open and the beer soaks in. It's delicious. And by delicious, I mean the best hotdogs I've ever had. And I've had them deep fried.

**Necros**

Doing meatloaf today. Ground beef, 1 packet of onion soup mix, 2 eggs, diced up peppers in teeny bits and about 27 cloves of garlic. No breadcrumbs or anything, since I'm doing this dumb low carb diet thing.

**PredaKhaine**

Fishfinger sandwich. Tartare sauce.
Happy.

**Alfndrate**

Corned Beef, Cabbage, Potatoes, Carrots, Soda bread, beer..

And the Ottawa Senators game

**Snrub**

Had shredded beef cheek and mash last night on a sammich. Veeery tasty.

Tonight is meatballs and rice. Delish.

**Doctadeth**

Next Sunday, I am cooking up a lobster and leek Terrine....going to be quite interesting....ack.

**redbristles**

Here is the Toad in the Hole recipe from my family cookbook. No idea how authentic it is, it's attributed to neighbors from when we lived in New Hampshire. Nice thing about having a family cookbook in an electronic format is I can quickly copy/paste recipes if people want them...

Toad in the hole

2 slices bacon (can omit bacon and grease pan well instead)
1/2 pound fresh pork sausage (8 or 9 links cut into 1/2 inch pieces) (can use frozen precooked sausage)
1 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 cup milk
3 eggs

Cook bacon until crisp, drain and set aside 2 tbsp drippings
Crumble bacon and set aside
Brown sausage in same skillet, drain.
Meanwhile, mix flour, baking powder, and 1 tsp salt. Add milk and eggs, beat till smooth.
Spread bacon drippings in 10x6x2 baking dish. Place sausage in dish, top with crumbled bacon. Pour batter over. Bake at 400 for 30-35 min. Serve with confectioner sugar, syrup, apples, lemon juice, etc. serves 4.

And to keep on the topic of the thread, dinner last night was sloppy joe's (aka hamburger sandwiches)

The sugar/sweet stuff is all kinds of no, you would never get that over here, it would usually come served with mashed potatoes and veg and lots of gravy. Also I'm ot convinced by the bacon, but I've also never experienced anything that bacon hasn't improved, may have to try this...

**KalashnikovMarine**

I think a steak and some fixings sounds good for tonight...