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50p a day til Christmas - healthily?! Weezl's next challenge...
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mmmhhhh......... DM and I did rabbit stew at the weekend - we didn't tell dh and kids what the meat was... the reaction was not good - "where's the meat?" "funny looking chicken" "too fiddly" ok...
mmhhh... how can I get a pig's head in the house without anyone seeing?!0 -
Well I bet you're all wondering how I did with all this porcine experimentation.
Brain escalopes.... Initial thoughts were :eek:, but on actual tasting I think they could be very very nice
. I personally still can't eat it because although the taste is lovely- buttery, livery yummy taste, I still can't quieten down the voice which is saying "they're brains!!" enough to enjoy them. Had I been ignorant and not checked in halfway through the pm I wouldn't have known and then scoffed the lot! I did manage a mouthful though.
Pigs head...:T:T:T. Just like any pork joint (but served with a smile;)). Really, it just is pork meat. Maybe slightly different fat:meat as it's lots of little muscles rather than bits of a few big ones, but taste and texture is like any pork joint.:D:D.
I think if slow roasted, it would be so much more interesting and fun to bring out at a dinner party. Why don't you try it?:money:
Overall opinion of a fussarse....:beer:
‘If men define situations as real, they are real in their consequences'[FONT="] W.I. Thomas and D.S. Thomas.[/FONT]0 -
Well done Weezl, very impressed with your piggy exploits and loved the running commentary ISOM :rotfl: I actually think the brain sounds quite nice.. am I weird?
Erm, after all that my rundown for the day seems fairly boring!
Breakfast - branflakes, milk, raisins, half pot of yoghurt - 18p
Lunch - red lentil curry - 15p
Snack - pineapple & ginger muffin - 6p
Tea - omelette (two eggs - 46p, splash of milk, onions - free, 1/3 courgette - 8p, bit of grated parmesan on top, cooked in microwave), wholemeal pitta bread (12 for 80p in Sainsburys - 6p) - about 60p
Pudding/ Supper - other half of yoghurt with crumbly bits from end of packet of branflakes, raisins, one passionfruit, all mixed together - about 20p
Total for day - £1.19
Out tomorrow so will probably have late lunch/ early dinner somewhere (hopefully courtesy of OH
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Edited to add - and well done AM too! Debt@16.12.09 £10,362.38, now debt free as of 29.02.2012."I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better."0 -
shaz_mum_of__2 wrote: »
Supposed to go on holiday in a few weeks not sure of the legalities whilst on sick ?? Only going caravanning to thetford forest not flying round the world
Shaz
Me neither Shaz....er.....and I should be....whoops! Best to say nowt methinks at work....at t'least there will then be no comments from the "nitpickers" and theres ALWAYS "nitpickers":cool: 0 -
hello Ceridwen:A, you still pals with me and ISOM after today's meaty exploits?
It was organic meat!
Love Weezl x
:hello:Jonathan 'Fergie' Fergus William, born 05/03/09, 7lb 4.4oz:hello:
Benjamin 'Kezzie' Kester Jacob, born 18/03/10, 7lb 5oz:)
cash neutral gifts 2011, value of purchased gifts/actual paid/amount earnt to cover it £67/£3.60/£0
january grocery challenge, feed 4 of us for £400 -
Nice to hear that you enjoyed it as well AM
Brains - I'm with you. If served and not told I'd probably try -- but knowing what they are would put me off. As I'm the cook in our house, I'm afraid that one's just not gonna happen here !!!Cheryl0 -
My self & hubby; 2 sons (30 & 27). Hubby also a found daughter (38).
Eldest son has his own house with partner & her 2 children (12 & 10)
Youngest son & fiancé now have own house.
So we’re empty nesters.
Daughter married with 3 boys (13, 10 & 6).
My mother always served up leftovers we never knew what the original meal was. - Tracey Ulman0 -
Well I'm back; soap & yog done! Not sure if I did the soap right shaz...it went custardy very quickly with the hand blender! is that right? Anyway I got three bars out of that batch & may have a go at the olive oil one next! Interestingly I put blue dye in and...it came out pink lol!!
Well done on trying the brains Mr Weezl - I just couldnt do it!! Hope Mrs Weezl has done as promised and had a nice bath & hair treatment to chill after the days "distrubances"! Greta fun but exhausting! Am sitting here with Alfie purring beside me with a nice beer, having just had a bath!Nerd no 109 Long haulers supporters DFW #1! Even in the darkest moments, love and hope are always possible.0 -
hello Ceridwen:A, you still pals with me and ISOM after today's meaty exploits?
It was organic meat!
Love Weezl x
Yep....I'se still pals.....:cool: hang on in there a leetle minute whilst I try and find a smilie with fingers poked down throat............;) SO glad I resisted the temptation to click on your piggie links....will continue to resist methinks (not hard)...Hang on in there whilst I eat my veggie curry (my dinner tonight). Okay - duly noted it was organic! and not wasting the world's resources....
Of course - in response to ISOM's earlier comment about ideas for next adventure.......oooooh! dont tempt me...so dont tempt me! Errrr......skipdiving anyone????:D Oooooh go on...you know you're tempted!;). I'll let you make it Marks & Spencers - rather than Lidl - honest;) Quite frankly - I'd take half a dozen skipdiving expeditions any day in preference to one session with a pigs head:D :rotfl: I know my limitations - me.
(EDIT: M.S.E. brings a whole new meaning to the phrase "The lights were on - but no-one was at home". In our case "the light is on - so they're on board" - hiya Weezl old pal...you knew I was "here" - <wink>).0 -
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