We in the UK would not fight for a loaf of bread

neverdespairgirl

Let us eat cake.

reweird

For the life of me I cannot imagine or see a good honest hard working family fighting over a £1.75p Waitrose loaf. But maybe that's just my standards.

reweird

:rotfl:

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Let us eat cake.

From your interpretation we can all take it that you fail to realise the real meaning and origins of the quote you pathetically misinterpret for your own agenda. I have said it before and I will keep saying it, the language, interpretation and reading of our yoof is absolutely shocking. You are one said example.

Generali

Blacklight wrote: »

A glass of wine or twelve on a Sunday afternoon whilst trying out some of the really tasty old cuts that nobody does these days (breast of lamb, pork belly, brisket) is my idea of relaxing these days.

More food than you can shake a stick at for about three quid? Lets open another bottle of wine! Roll on winter Sunday roasts.

Breast of lamb St Menehould is a great recipe (Google it if you don't know it, Elizabeth David's is fantastic).

Pork belly is a wonderful cut, just fantastic. I either roast fast and hot with salt, sugar and 5 spice (cure the belly with the salt and sugar for a couple of hours before roasting, serve with rice and green leaves wilted with garlic and soy) or slow cook in cider with a stuffing made from carrot, celery, apple, onion, parsley or sage and breadcrumbs.

I used to leave the local butcher's in Kent with a bag full of delicious meat and offal for the week. I'd rarely spend more than a tenner.

stonethrower

I am not fond of cooking but who cares my other half is a chef.

Cleaver

ILW wrote: »

Whenever I have attempted to make something myself, it comes out tasting much worse than the supermarket ready made stuff. I am a rubbish cook though and really find it a chore.

That's fair enough. As I said in my post, cooking isn't for everyone and we all have different interests.

One thing I cannot stand is anything to do with cars. I pick the cheapest metal box I can find every five years or so, I have no knowledge or interest in what anyone else drives and the thought of spending time washing it and cleaning is ludicrous to me. I take it to some valet place once every six months or so, but I even hate the chore of doing that. But fully aware that some people love their cars, right from spending months carefully looking for one to then lovingly cleaning it each week. Horses for courses I guess.

Cleaver

stonethrower wrote: »

I am not fond of cooking but who cares my other half is a chef.

Do they enjoy cooking at home too? Just curious, as sometimes chefs aren't that keen on prepping and cooking food during their downtime as well and their partners actually often do a lot of it.

Cleaver

Generali wrote: »

The next plan is to give curing bacon a shot. I did it before but in salt only rather than using a proper cure. Can't do that in Sydney. It's a pity as the result looked great.

I've never even thought of trying that. Let us know how you get on if you give it a try.

vivatifosi

I like this thread. It's a bit like sitting in front of a warm fire on a Sunday morning, before stepping out into a blizzard, which is what most of the rest of this board feels like.

Cleaver

Nice isn't it? Let's just all join a friendly cooking board instead. I'm way more interested in that than house prices anyway.