I've already made a boo boo

HappyShopper3

I got this new food processor and thought to save time I'd throw in a carrot to chop it for a stew. Uh, bad mistake as I didn't realise that it chopped so finely! This is my first time using a food processor. So I've put the chopped carrot into a freezer bag and put it in the fridge. Will this keep as I can put that in a curry instead?

Pink.

It will keep in the fridge for a day or two, but if you want to keep it for longer you could freeze it. No need to do anything with it, just pop it into the freezer.

Pink

HappyShopper3

Thanks! Doh, I can't believe I did that. Takes me back to my school days where the cookery teacher said she despaired of me and wanted to hit me over the head with a frying pan!

stuart264

I used to have a wife like that her "best ever" was using the smoke alarm as a kitchen timer.....and I am not joking.

crossleydd42

You've got the basis for carrotte rapée, so sprinkle a vinagrette on it, or add it to a salad.

HappyShopper3

Hee hee I can see what started off as a stew might end up as a soup at this rate!

LOL Stuart it gladdens my heart to know I'm not alone!

Bogof_Babe

Or just sling it in the stew as originally planned. Who says veg has to be visible?

scrimperjan

Not as bad as my first go with my food processor. I made pastry, chopping the fat into the flour in the bowl. When it got to the 'crumb' stage I decided to finish it off by hand, as I wasn't sure how much water it would take. So I took the bowl off, dribbled some cold water in, and gave the mixture a good squeeze....forgetting that the (very sharp) chopping blade was still in the bowl under the mixture, until I felt my finger end split....

aimeelister

Another suggestion

Carrot and lentil Soup

Grated Carrot (i normallly do about 3)
Chopped onion
4tbsp of red lentils
1 tsp Curry Powder
2 pints of veg stock (2 veg sotck cubes made up with 2 pints of hot water)

Boil the red lentils in water for 10 mins and strain and rinse.
Fry the onion off, add the carrot, add the stock and curry powder and season with salt and pepper. Add the lentils and cook for 20 mins until carrot is tender.

stuart264

Everybody has to learn somehow, I learned to cook years back when I shared digs with this retired ex-army chef, he was doing fantastic stuff and I was living off microwave lasagne so I asked him to show me a few things, then it turned into my career as I got my first job as a buyer with a kitchenware importer because I was the only applicant that put "cookery" under the hobbies on his CV

HappyShopper3

scrimperjan wrote:

Not as bad as my first go with my food processor. I made pastry, chopping the fat into the flour in the bowl. When it got to the 'crumb' stage I decided to finish it off by hand, as I wasn't sure how much water it would take. So I took the bowl off, dribbled some cold water in, and gave the mixture a good squeeze....forgetting that the (very sharp) chopping blade was still in the bowl under the mixture, until I felt my finger end split....

LOL Jan! My main disasters were in my cookery class at school and that's why I've avoided cooking ever since. One day we were told to bring in plain flour and self raising flour for two different recipes. I had forgotten to mark on the container which was which. Ha! You guessed it. I endeavoured to make a victoria sponge with the plain flour! Flat as a pancake. So, I had to start from scratch with the self raising flour.

That's not all....As I put the ingredients into the electric mixer I put my finger into the bowl (Can't remember why!) and my finger got jammed in the electric whisk! LOL. Oh, no damage was done fortunately but I felt such a fool.

Just a quick question, my stew is finally cooking and I'm gonna leave it on all night. :eek: Providing I have a kitchen to come down to in the morning, once the food is cooked what is the best way to let it cool down quickly? Can I take the lid off as once the food is cooled sufficiently I want to freeze some of the stew and have the rest tomorrow night. Will it be ok to put the stew in the fridge that I'm gonna eat tomorrow and just reheat it?