Jamie Oliver

RAS

kezlou wrote: »

My 9yr old watched a program at school by the local fire service which showed people with cans of lager and glasses of wine cooking. The next instance showed the wine spilling on the oven and causing a massive dinner. Since then he's been paranoid, he loves cookery programs and this one little thing stops him enjoying them. He say the adults are being silly don't they know it can cause a fire.

kezlou

What did you mean?

kezlou

Sorry RAS meant "massive fire"

Luckily he does, he sees us having a glass of wine and happily drinks his juice
We've explained to him and our eldest son that's its fine to drink and he's see us with our friends drinking. He also sees us socialising without alcohol so he sees you can fun either way.

We were at a friends house recently and we were having wine with our dinner and my friend children started freaking out saying you can't drink, you'll get drunk. My little one said they can drink, just because they have a glass of wine doesn't mean they'll get really drunk. The little girl said oh but my mam does, she downs the whole bottle. My little one replied oh my mam and dad don't they have one or two glasses each and sit and laugh with us.
thats what i'm going to do when i'm older, i'm going to have raspberry wine like my mam.

If i use wine in cooking he's fine, he just gets upset over drinking wine whilst the oven is on. the poor thing, hopefully he will calm down as he gets older.

lostinrates

RAS wrote: »

kezlou

What did you mean?

I presumed fire.

RAS

kezlou wrote: »

Sorry RAS meant "massive fire"

If i use wine in cooking he's fine, he just gets upset over drinking wine whilst the oven is on. the poor thing, hopefully he will calm down as he gets older.

Dumb fire folk in this case. Unless they were trying to show that liquids and electricity do not mix in which case why not use water?

Have you tried putting wine into a fire proof container (outside) and then putting something flamable in another container and proving to him how very very hard it is to get wine to light?

Compared with brandy say or meths?

kezlou

Thanks RAS thats a very good idea

AnnieO1234

Just got to say one thing, since consciously looking at my food budget and cutting back (after binning 120 litres of food one weekend) I find I'm cooking with wine even more for the extra flavour in dishes.

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lostinrates

AnnieO1234 wrote: »

Just got to say one thing, since consciously looking at my food budget and cutting back (after binning 120 litres of food one weekend) I find I'm cooking with wine even more for the extra flavour in dishes.

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Lol! It does add extra flavour I agree, its why I am rather liberal myself, but its still the first thing to go in lean months and I flavour in other ways. But if a bottle oF wine is opened every bit certainly gets used......

Barbeduk

Interesting thread although (I hope you don't mind me saying) in my opinion people are taking things far too seriously! It is, after all, a cookery programme.

I watched, liked some of the ideas, might make a tweaked version of the fish pie. But do you think that maybe the programme has been over hyped, and that it was never meant to appeal to those on a budget budget, but those on a middle class budget. BUT look at the debt free wannabe threads and see how many people think a weekly takeaway is the norm (when in the name of glory did all that sort of behaviour start?). If some of them could discover 'cooking' is just bloody easy peasy, it would save them a fortune.

We did laugh and comment that the meals would go further if he added a handful of lentils or a can of budget mushy peas. But that's what you learn from experience innit. And honestly, I'm not willy waving cus I don't have one.:rotfl:

I'll be watching next week Jamie, and hoping for rubber chicken or rubber mince!:)

Gigervamp

RAS wrote: »

kezlou

What did you mean?

Oh hell, I thought it was obvious. And I did have a little chuckle at the image that formed in my mind that spilling a glass of wine on the cooker lead to a massive dinner! :rotfl:

Hey, that's where Jamie's getting it wrong! :rotfl:

lostinrates

Barbeduk wrote: »

Interesting thread although (I hope you don't mind me saying) in my opinion people are taking things far too seriously! It is, after all, a cookery programme.

I watched, liked some of the ideas, might make a tweaked version of the fish pie. But do you think that maybe the programme has been over hyped, and that it was never meant to appeal to those on a budget budget, but those on a middle class budget. BUT look at the debt free wannabe threads and see how many people think a weekly takeaway is the norm (when in the name of glory did all that sort of behaviour start?). If some of them could discover 'cooking' is just bloody easy peasy, it would save them a fortune.

We did laugh and comment that the meals would go further if he added a handful of lentils or a can of budget mushy peas. But that's what you learn from experience innit. And honestly, I'm not willy waving cus I don't have one.:rotfl:

I'll be watching next week Jamie, and hoping for rubber chicken or rubber mince!:)

I like a handful of lentils because I like the lighter texture, particularly in summer. I have to admit, if I add lentils, then I notice the others eat more. I don't know why, they are perfectly filling:(. I think it might be a taste/ heft thing.