the takeaway secret

sb44

Melonade wrote: »

WOW the curry looks delish :T

I didn't think much of the meatball subs I made on Wednesday. I had to re-heat them because everyone was out late so the sauce dried up a bit. OH and son loved them so I can't moan too much.

This morning I was going to make sausage patties for breakfast muffins tomorrow. I've just found out I split beef mince and froze it instead of pork mince (serious brain fade this week ) Asda have delivered the most rubbish dated mince ever... use by tomorrow!!! I only got my shop in on Wednesday :mad: Can I still make them and freeze half for another time? I know it always says freeze on the day of purchase but does everyone stick to this?

I would make them as in cook them and freeze them, that is what I did with two packs of mince. Now if we fancy a sausage muffin it only takes a short while for them to defrost.

Melonade

Thanks for the fast reply Gonna go and sniff the mince to see if it's ok, then make some patties

lisa26_2

I've ordered this book for OH for his birthday. I doubt he'll cook from it himself but I often ask him what he wants for a 'treat' tea and he can never decide so this should give him some ideas.

WHoever was asking about the onion powder....I saw a comment a few pages back that 'spiceworks' on ebay sell it. I've just had a quick look and they do indeed...in several diffent sizes and its free postage too. they have loads of stuff on there it looks fab!!

sb44

Well, I have taken one of those Lamb Doner slabs out of the freezer to defrost for 'tea' or dinner as my husband likes to call it (if you remember I cooked 3 at the same time the other week and froze 2).

I'm going to use my V Slicer to cut it as thin as I can, I mean Wilkinson Sword thin which should be easy to do when it is defrosted and chilled.



We will eat some tonight and the rest for lunch tomorrow.

Tomorrow, I am going to have another go at making some peshwari naan and those onion bhajis that were mentioned earlier in the thread (the ones you cook in the oven).

I am not going to bother making any of the curries yet as we have about 18 jars of Sharwoods curry sauces to get through.

For anyone who has a B&M or a Heron store nearby, make sure you buy some of the Crucial Squeezy Garlic Mayo and Crucial Squeezy Yoghurt and Mint sauces for your kebabs or indian meals, they are brilliant and only £1 for 500ml bottles.

anguk

sb44 wrote: »

I would make them as in cook them and freeze them, that is what I did with two packs of mince. Now if we fancy a sausage muffin it only takes a short while for them to defrost.

I make mine and freeze them raw, then just cook from frozen. There's a bag of 18 sausage patties in my freezer and goodness knows how many burgers.

sb44

lisa26 wrote: »

WHoever was asking about the onion powder....I saw a comment a few pages back that 'spiceworks' on ebay sell it. I've just had a quick look and they do indeed...in several diffent sizes and its free postage too. they have loads of stuff on there it looks fab!!

I paid 79p for 56g of onion granules (powder) in Sainsburys so they charge about the same for 100g.

Still a good price if you can't get out and cheap if you want to buy in bulk from there.

Some things are more expensive ie the oregano, which is £1.55 for 40g, I paid 42p or something like that in Aldi.

Sparklyfairy

Ok, I have the book now & I have all the ingredients to make the egg mcmuffin...only problem is that I haven't got an egg ring - but I have got a clean tuna tin (that someone wonderfully recommended on here!). I wanted to use this but I'm at a loss...I tried to (originally) cut both ends off the tin, but I couldn't get it to cut. Would it be possible to :

1. Put cleaned, greased tuna tin in pan (only top end cut off, bottom still on)
2. Add egg with tbsp water - break egg with knife
3. Cover with foil & turn on heat

Hopefully it'll be easy to remove so I can flip it...

Has anyone tried this & do you think it'll work? My dh is salivating as I type!

newlifeahead

I ordered the book on Monday after reading all the reviews and have received it today.

Can't wait to try this out. :j

Gothicfairy

Sparkly, can you not just use a can opener to remove the bottom ?

I use an old cookie cutter that is round (ish), works fine for me.

I love this book and I must have saved the cover price plus more on the breakfast muffins alone as my hubby loves them.

Sparklyfairy

Gothicfairy wrote: »

Sparkly, can you not just use a can opener to remove the bottom ?

I use an old cookie cutter that is round (ish), works fine for me.

I love this book and I must have saved the cover price plus more on the breakfast muffins alone as my hubby loves them.

I tried it already - it just wouldn't cut it for some reason. I tried & tried but ended up with loads of wonky initial cuts (that made holes) but I wasn't able to twist the handle for it to cut the bottom if that makes sense. The top of the tin - fine, bottom - no luck.

I will try to buy a cookie cutter if this fails - but I feel determined not to spend a penny more than I have to! I may just use one anyway - just hope dh doesn't mind it if it's star or heart shaped! :rotfl:

Love your name, btw!;)