Cooking for one (Mark Three)

caronc

Farway wrote: »

Good spot on the W8rose pork Brambling, if it is anything like my FR pork you'll love it
In my Asda were huge ham lumps, nearly 1/4 pigs worth, just way too huge for one even cut up & frozen. W8rose had similar posh crackling ones half price, again too big for one. So no YS today

Not much help now Farway but I found a fab tutorial on You Tube when I got the venison haunch on how to break it down into to the various cuts and joints. The chap pointed out that lamb, gammon and pork could be done the same way. It was easy to do and a real eye opener as up to now I had always portioned a leg of something by basically halving or thirding it. I have a large on the bone gammon in the fridge that if I can squeeze it in will get frozen as is for Easter but if not I'll be following the video again. The gammon was bought with a view to using it over Christmas but the gathering planned for between Christmas & New Year ended up being smaller scale than expected so I cooked a smaller joint from the freezer rather than having lots of cooked ham LOs.



I was thirsty yesterday afternoon Wednesday after my steak bake (though the previous day's alcohol probably added to that:o) so I'm not surprised you were after a double sodium laden dose!


My poor nephew got absolutely soaked coming over this afternoon, thankfully the stove was already lit so we got him and his stuff dried off quite easily. My sis picked him up on her way home so at least he wasn't getting drenched again. We are just about there with his UCAS and RADA applications, it's been a bit of a slog but hopefully worth it in the long run.:)


Fish pie with spinach & peas for dinner, all from the freezer so minimal cooking or prep required:)

Brambling

I could get use to part time hours :rotfl: and quiet post Christmas roads

It was my managers birthday and he brought in Tunis cake, he tells me it's difficult to find these days, I'm not sure why anyone would want too :cool: I had a very tiny taste and it's slightly better than I remembered but not a favourite of mine. I remember it has being dry with like a cooking chocolate on top but I suppose it could because we would buy a cheap one in the 70s?

Lunch was chicken and veg soup which was very tasty but did make my stomach gurgle all afternoon, unfortunately including when I was talking to the senior manager :rotfl:

Dinner was a nice sirloin steak on the bone, picked up YS before Christmas with air fried chips, asparagus, green beans and tenderstem broccoli

Caronc us aunties have our uses when he gets in he can treat you to a large G&T or bottle of red

caronc

Brambling wrote: »

Caronc us aunties have our uses when he gets in he can treat you to a large G&T or bottle of red

I'm building my "brownie points" for when he's rich and famous .......


Tunis cake as far as I can remember the best bit was the marzipan fruits on the top the rest was just boring.

Brambling

caronc wrote: »

I'm building my "brownie points" for when he's rich and famous .......

Tunis cake as far as I can remember the best bit was the marzipan fruits on the top the rest was just boring.

Good plan :rotfl:

I will admit to stealing the marzipan fruits today

PasturesNew

Brambling wrote: »

... he brought in Tunis cake, he tells me it's difficult to find these days, I'm not sure why anyone would want too :cool: I had a very tiny taste and it's slightly better than I remembered but not a favourite of mine. I remember it has being dry with like a cooking chocolate on top but I suppose it could because we would buy a cheap one in the 70s?

caronc wrote: »

Tunis cake as far as I can remember the best bit was the marzipan fruits on the top the rest was just boring.

It did have a solid chocolate topping in the 60s. I think we had just one when I was growing up, as it was a luxury item really.

You might be interested to read this "original" recipe/provenance.
http://noodlefactory.typepad.com/cookbookie/tunis_cake/

PasturesNew

Having had the last two cheese/onion rolls for breakfast, I went out and was provided with a coffee and biscuit.

Once home/later I nuked a microwave rice, 4ldi mexican... which I ate with a teaspoon from the packet.

Kitchen reeks of rotten veggies; it turns my stomach to go in there. "She" is clearly not bothered, nor ashamed of the stink. It's day 3 of me noticing the smell... obviously doesn't do anything proper with old peelings, but lets them fester.

I also had 3 sweeties from my dwindling xmas chocs supply.

Brambling

PasturesNew wrote: »

It did have a solid chocolate topping in the 60s. I think we had just one when I was growing up, as it was a luxury item really.

You might be interested to read this "original" recipe/provenance.
http://noodlefactory.typepad.com/cookbookie/tunis_cake/

It's still has a solid chocolate topping, it would have been a luxury item if we had it

Would emptying the kitchen bin help with the smell?

unrecordings

I once shared a house with three female students who had a habit of just dumping used crocks in the sink after filling it with hot soapy water and just !!!!!!ing off. Eventually, I just blitzed the entire kitchen and cleaned every single pot, pan & piece of cutlery. And as it all belonged to me I deposited it in my room for safe keeping. House relations hit an all time low after that...

PasturesNew

Brambling wrote: »

Would emptying the kitchen bin help with the smell?

I can't do that. I struggle to stomach/manage my own debris ..... touching inside somebody else's bin, and work out what to do with it..is too much

Wednesday2000

I haven't eaten anything today, surprisingly I feel a bit full after yesterday's binge.:o:D

caronc wrote: »

I was thirsty yesterday afternoon Wednesday after my steak bake (though the previous day's alcohol probably added to that:o) so I'm not surprised you were after a double sodium laden dose!

I had a veggie burger, a few chips and two packets of crisps and then we got a pizza takeaway after that!

I was feeling ill a couple of days ago and I didn't eat that much in two days so I made up for it yesterday!

unrecordings wrote: »

I once shared a house with three female students who had a habit of just dumping used crocks in the sink after filling it with hot soapy water and just !!!!!!ing off. Eventually, I just blitzed the entire kitchen and cleaned every single pot, pan & piece of cutlery. And as it all belonged to me I deposited it in my room for safe keeping. House relations hit an all time low after that...

:rotfl::T