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Awful thing to happen Hester, worst feeling ever. Been there.
I need to ask a really stupid question here - a cooking one
What would you throw into the slow cooker with lamb? I did a big lamb stew last week and one of the things I put in was broccoli, which tasted even more sewagey than it usually does. Is there some rule that i don't know about re brocc? And what will taste good with lamb? TY!
Carrots, onions, celery and potatoes (maybe turnip or swede - basically root veggies!) overcooked broc is icky
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Mar - any veg that is OK with a long slow cook - basically nothing green!! A tagine is very nice
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TY Knitwitch - icky it definitely was!!
Erm silvsava... I had to google tagine. I thought it was a new vegetable that I'd never heard of
:D one of those strange foreign things like courgettes or aubergines... :rotfl: 0 -
I'm sorry. I laugh much at the greens hater slow cooking her greens. You poor, poor wummin. Never slow cook your greens. :eek:
Dunno if you wohld like this but I put a spoon of mint sauce in with my lamb and stock. It's yummy to us, maybe to you too?0 -
Wee ratbag:D and will try the mint sauce x 0
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In my opinion, which is the only one that counts now I live on my own, there are few meat dishes that are not improved by the addition of mint sauce. I adore the stuff, especially when it's freshly made, but the jars are acceptable.I believe that friends are quiet angels
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So sad HH.
Mar, some red wind and a good dollop of cranberry sauce? Had to laugh at the slow cooked brocolli, sorry!0 -
If I had any red wine then it would be finished by time the dinner was ready. The stress of cooking would see to it!0
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Mar - sorry Tagine is just a lamb stew with a few different ingredients chucked in ( it is in this house!) Usually depending how I feel -bit like the Muppets Swedish Chef according to to my son Small victories - sometimes they are all you can hope for but sometimes they are all you need - be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle0
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