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Author:  oceanicitl [ Wed Jan 06, 2010 1:35 pm ]
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Seems a few of us are foodies so why not share tried and tested recipes here.

I was baking up a storm over Xmas made a couple of Nigella's recipes and they were absolutely gorgeous!

Double choc chip cookies:

http://www.nigella.com/recipe/recipe_de ... px?rid=117

I didn't make the mint glaze but they were lovely without.

Chocolate cloud cake:

http://www.nigella.com/recipe/recipe_de ... px?rid=252

Author:  adidan [ Wed Jan 06, 2010 1:53 pm ]
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Lol, interesting choice of recipes Caz considering all of the diet talk recently. :D

Author:  tombolt [ Wed Jan 06, 2010 1:58 pm ]
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Well, this evening I shall mostly be making a curried pumpkin soup. Not got a recipe, but will probably use an onion, a couple of potatoes, the pumpkin, a bay leaf, some curry powder and some cumin.

Been eating a lot of beef stew with the weather as it is recently. Stewing steak, onion, garlic, a bottle of ale, a bouquet garni and in the slow cooker for 6 hours, delicious.

Author:  AlunD [ Wed Jan 06, 2010 2:13 pm ]
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A couple of quick and easy soups.
Chicken and Sweet corn soup
1 Onion liquidises / chop then start to fry in small amount of vegetable oil.
1 Pack of frozen sweet corn liquidise half add all of it to onion
1 tin chunky chicken in white wine sauce liquidise and add to rest.
Mix season and cook out.
Leave partly chunky

Pea & Ham soup
1 Onion liquidises / chop then start to fry in small amount of vegetable oil.
2 Pack of frozen peas liquidise all of it to onion
2 Chicken or Ham stock packets
2 packs of smoked bacon bits
Season
Cook out then blitz to creamy consistency.

And great chicken dinner meal
http://www.hairybikers.com/index.php?action=recipes&id=96

Author:  oceanicitl [ Wed Jan 06, 2010 2:33 pm ]
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adidan wrote:
Lol, interesting choice of recipes Caz considering all of the diet talk recently. :D


Ah but because I've been good and lost weight recently I can afford to be a bit naughty - a little bit of what you fancy is good for you ;)

Author:  oceanicitl [ Wed Jan 06, 2010 2:34 pm ]
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AlunD wrote:


YUM nomnomnomnomnomnomnomnommmmmmmmm

Author:  saspro [ Wed Jan 06, 2010 2:35 pm ]
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AlunD wrote:
Pea & Ham soup
1 Onion liquidises / chop then start to fry in small amount of vegetable oil.
2 Pack of frozen peas liquidise all of it to onion
2 Chicken or Ham stock packets
2 packs of smoked bacon bits
Season
Cook out then blitz to creamy consistency.



Wouldn't a Pea & Ham soup actually need ham in it?

Author:  AlunD [ Wed Jan 06, 2010 2:37 pm ]
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saspro wrote:
AlunD wrote:
Pea & Ham soup
1 Onion liquidises / chop then start to fry in small amount of vegetable oil.
2 Pack of frozen peas liquidise all of it to onion
2 Chicken or Ham stock packets
2 packs of smoked bacon bits
Season
Cook out then blitz to creamy consistency.



Wouldn't a Pea & Ham soup actually need ham in it?

:roll:

Author:  saspro [ Wed Jan 06, 2010 2:41 pm ]
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AlunD wrote:
saspro wrote:
AlunD wrote:
Pea & Ham soup
1 Onion liquidises / chop then start to fry in small amount of vegetable oil.
2 Pack of frozen peas liquidise all of it to onion
2 Chicken or Ham stock packets
2 packs of smoked bacon bits
Season
Cook out then blitz to creamy consistency.



Wouldn't a Pea & Ham soup actually need ham in it?

:roll:


I see no mention of ham

Author:  ProfessorF [ Wed Jan 06, 2010 8:08 pm ]
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Quote:
AlwaysInformed: Bacon Scientifically Cures Hangovers
April 23, 2009


It’s no secret that a warm Bacon, Egg & Cheese sandwich is many people’s go-to fix for a hangover, but why? A team of researchers at Newcastle’s University Centre Life decided to investigate this correlation. They found that food, in general, helps cure hangovers because it speeds up the metabolism so that the body can quickly rid itself of the alcohol. Is this the greatest scientific discovery ever, or what?

But, bacon, in particular, has a scientifically special place in the hearts of the hungover. This is because “a complex chemical interaction in the cooking of bacon produces the winning combination of taste and smell which is almost irresistible”—even to vegetarians! It’s the “reaction between amino acids in the bacon and reducing sugars in the fat [that] provides the sandwich with its appeal.” So the next time you crawl out of bed and head for the deli, you might be better off heading to the kitchen, since the smell of sizzling bacon is almost as therapeutic to your headache as the indulgent ingestion of the crispy swine. Either way, sounds like science is simply proving something us Hungry Hippos have known, and practiced, for an awfully long time.


Source

Author:  oceanicitl [ Thu Jan 07, 2010 11:20 am ]
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Next time you make a spag bol try a bit of dried chilly in it - lovely and warming for these cold days! :)

Author:  AlunD [ Thu Jan 07, 2010 11:21 am ]
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always add chocolate to chilli :D

Author:  rustybucket [ Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:19 pm ]
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AlunD wrote:
always add chocolate to chilli :D

But only if you don't have any molasses sugar

Author:  Geiseric [ Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:17 pm ]
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I'm not entering this thread again....... (Exits with growing hunger pains)

Author:  AlunD [ Thu Jan 07, 2010 2:20 pm ]
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heat overn to 180c
whole shoulder of lamb
8 small onions
head of garlic
8 sprigs of thyme
olive oil


rub skin of lamb with oil and season
put onions in a large cassarole, splash with oil, bit lamb on top.
Stick in oven for 15-20 minutes so the lamb takes a little colour put lid on, turn heat down to gas 1/4 (mine only goes down to gas mark 1 - still worked fine)

after 5 hours (yes - 5!) add 250ml balsamic vinegar, remove lid and cook for another hour put on top of hob on low heat, skim off fat and reduce what's left to a nice jus serve with mash potato

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

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