Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

GDB2222

PasturesNew wrote: »

I kept waking up in the night. Ended up giving up at about 4.30 and got up.

SC's been filled with a simple chilli, all the washing up's been done and I'm on my 3rd coffee

I do like the SC. No poncing about .... keep it simple. Open lid, throw in raw mince, tin of tomatoes, tin of baked beans, sachet this time of chilli from Sainsbobs .... job done. I've also got the final 1/2 a red pepper I'd bought nearly 3 weeks ago, so that's going in in a few hours' time too. Didn't bother with onion, that's "poncing about"... probably spent £2.70 with what's in the pot, it'll make 5 meals, unless I get greedy when it'll make 4.

I prefer baked beans to kidney beans in chilli these days. Kidney beans, even in a SC, can be a bit underwhelming.

Do you drain the tinned tomatoes, or throw the lot in?

You can buy bags of pre-chopped onions, to save poncing time.

PasturesNew

GDB2222 wrote: »

Do you drain the tinned tomatoes, or throw the lot in?

You can buy bags of pre-chopped onions, to save poncing time.

I scoop each one out, individually, using the tines of a fork to enclose the little bit where the stalk joins.... with the tomato secured at the stalk part I then slice that bit off and discard it. All the liquid goes in though. It's just those little stalk bits that are removed/discarded/not used.

I know you can ... but that'd mean looking for them and then they'd take up freezer space, which isn't that large. I could/should cut onions, I've even got some here I bought a couple of months ago ... but I simply CBA. I've got some dried ones too, which I could add in the last hour if I wish to.

GDB2222

PasturesNew wrote: »

I scoop each one out, individually, using the tines of a fork to enclose the little bit where the stalk joins.... with the tomato secured at the stalk part I then slice that bit off and discard it. All the liquid goes in though. It's just those little stalk bits that are removed/discarded/not used.

I know you can ... but that'd mean looking for them and then they'd take up freezer space, which isn't that large. I could/should cut onions, I've even got some here I bought a couple of months ago ... but I simply CBA. I've got some dried ones too, which I could add in the last hour if I wish to.

I really like onions as a veg, so I'd lob them in whole , minus the outer skin of course. It's so good to discuss haute cuisine!

PasturesNew

GDB2222 wrote: »

I really like onions as a veg, so I'd lob them in whole , minus the outer skin of course. It's so good to discuss haute cuisine!

Lobbing is the skill of the true genius artisan.

GDB2222

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PasturesNew wrote: »

SC's been filled with a simple chilli, all the washing up's been done and I'm on my 3rd coffee

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I prefer baked beans to kidney beans in chilli these days. Kidney beans, even in a SC, can be a bit underwhelming.

My flatmates tried to SC a chilli using unsoaked unboiled kidney beans with catastrophic results.:(

SingleSue

Off out to do some cupcake decorating......not that they will look anything like they are supposed to!

GDB2222

PasturesNew wrote: »

To be fair, I'm sure it's easily done. Dried bags should have a big red "DANGEROUS" sticker stuck on them.

Everything else in life you just chuck in .... and that one, common, ingredient needs special attention.

I just buy tins

As it's been 5 hours, I just tried a small cheeky bowl of the chilli. Definitely nice/very edible. You really can't go wrong with chilli can you. A fool's dinner ... er, except for people using dry kidney beans

I CBA to make rice, or anything else, to go with my quick taster, so I just had the chilli. I'll do an accompaniment later.

This internet cooking guru has published a retraction and apologised to his fans - presumably when the !!!! hit them.

http://dadcooksdinner.com/2010/09/slow-cookers-and-red-kidney-bean-poisoning.html/

GDB2222

PasturesNew wrote: »

I do despise the renaming of buns to be called cupcakes.

I've never decorated a bun..... if invited I'd be happy to turn up and chat to those doing it, but it'd not be in my skillset to even put a big dot on each one.

Isn't it a bit like jewellery? I mean the same sort of skills are involved, such as manual dexterity and an eye for design. If you can do jewellery you might be absolutely ace at cake decorating.