Nice people thread part 8 - worth the wait

PasturesNew

I've always loved lumpy mash. I hate that goo that looks like wallpaper paste that I've seen in supermarkets.... my dad used to buy that when it was reduced and I used to get really annoyed with him, saying "I'd have made you real mash if you want it any time."

I sometimes steam halved potatoes when I want to make microwave jacket spuds as the texture's better than simply nuking spuds.

Generali

vivatifosi wrote: »

Would either of you happen to know whether you can use a potato ricer for sweet potatoes? I'm allergic to real potatoes so mash sweet potatoes, but it is hard to get them smooth.

It should be fine: I've used it on carrots and parsnips and it was very successful, even on carrots that were a little undercooked.

PasturesNew

I've not had sweet potatoes. I know they can be used like spuds, but I've just not seen the need yet. I did look at them in Lidl yesterday, but they looked knobbly (aka hard work to peel), so I picked up some regular white spuds instead

misskool

vivatifosi wrote: »

I always steam them. I do like the baked ones too, but if I cooked those they wouldn't last long enough to then be mashed, they'd be in my tummy well before that.

you can steam them until they are almost falling apart. and then they are easier to mash.

If you ever see white sweet potatoes, they are softer than the bog standard orange ones. I miss different varieties of sweet potatoes

also if you ever see purple yams. they are lush.

fc123

Nikkster wrote: »

I used a shepee - wouldn't do it again through choice!

Yup - will be my first time there. Been to Glastonbury three times, so it'll be my first time at another festival. Not that many other festivals appeal, but Bestival usually seems to have a good line up (e.g. not sure they've ever invited Chezza Cole), and the beginning of Sept usually has ok weather (crosses fingers). I bet you'd love going to a festival. Nowadays you don't even have to rough it if you want to splash out on a teepee/ other posh tent.

I did jokingly think about swimming for about a nanosecond, but I'd struggle to swim with my tent and weeks worth of kit

The whole toilet thing puts me off but there is an enterprising company called pootopia
http://www.pootopia.co.uk/
who do posh loos so I would go to one with them set up.

I would also go for David Bowie...that's the only big name that would draw me as he has been a musical like all my life....from Ziggy when I was about 10 to now.
Maybe Madonna...but I don't think she does them.

I guess if you swim to IoW someone has to go ahead with the kit.
I would quite like to do that too one day.

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

I've not had sweet potatoes. I know they can be used like spuds, but I've just not seen the need yet. I did look at them in Lidl yesterday, but they looked knobbly (aka hard work to peel), so I picked up some regular white spuds instead

Another reason to bake'em.....you don't need to peel, just eat them and leave the flesh.

I've been known to shrug and eat the peel. It's fibre. Fibre is good.

They are sweeter than potatoes, and less starchy. A little more like soft textured carrots really.

lostinrates

Swim to I.o.w. tow a dingy for stuff Easy.lol.

Nikkster

lostinrates wrote: »

Swim to I.o.w. tow a dingy. Easy.lol.

Yeah...
I think that is trailing behind blowing the house deposit on taking my ickle car on the ferry on my list of options

Edit: Maybe I could take passengers in the dingy and make some money instead? :rotfl:

neverdespairgirl

Or take passengers in your car?

Spirit_2

misskool wrote: »

Having another bbq on wednesday. PN you coming round?

For yesterdays BBQ took out of the freezer a pork belly joint and some M&S quarter pounder beefburgers, I also had 3 small sirloin steaks. However the chicken kebabs, lamb kebabs and sausages were enough..so the above went uncooked. I was quite happy thinking we would have them as a BBQ tomorrow. Pork belly is lovely as a BBQ meat and I cook the crackling seperately in the oven.

Only one snag, my husband has however had some serious dentistry today and will be on soft food for a few days. Tonight he had pea and ham soup, DD and I had dahl (cooked the lentils & veg but shamefully added a jar of sauce as I CBA). I will feel mean cooking crunchy and chewy meats tomorrow when he is still eating mush.

To make matters worse I also cooked a gammon joint yesterday so that we had home cooked ham for in the week. He won't be eating any of that either.