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bubbs

Welcome, no a bit heavy to carry 🤣🤣
Farm foods have napolina chopped tinned toms with herbs 4 for £1 

beanielou

Good result @SingleSue

Coxy11

Thanks for the liver suggestions. It was from Donald Russell - we used to get regular deliveries from them before DH’s redundancy. When DS2 went to uni I found £125 of gift cards in his room so I bought them off him. One was a lifestyle card which I swopped for DR. I got 2 x 150g packs for £6 which isn’t great value so I need to not bodge the cooking!

joedenise

I'd stick to lambs liver if you like the calves liver - not quite as mild but certainly very much cheaper!

@bubbs - you don't cook liver in milk you soak it before cooking to help to tenderise it but no idea whether it actually works!  Don't think it does as my mum used to soak it and I still absolutely hated it but when I was growing up you ate what you were given or went without so obviously I ate it but didn't eat it again after leaving home until about 10 years ago when DH said he really fancied some liver and bacon!  So I told him if he wanted it he'd have to cook it so he's cooked it ever since and I prefer it fried to casseroled.

beanielou

Liver is so not for me.
Shudder.

maman

I'd agree with @joedenise. I've always bought lambs liver as that's what we had at home. The other week I had calves liver in a restaurant and it was excellent but not so different from lambs to be worth the extra cost. I think of it as a (still) cheap meal. Hope you enjoy it @Coxy11. 

joedenise

Morning all, looks to be another nice day although feels a bit cooler this morning but still warm for November.  DH has a hospital appointment this morning so we will be eating lunch out today so no idea what I'll be having.  Might even look to see if there's some liver and bacon on the menu but that really depends on where we eat!

So today's plan:

B - toasted cheese sandwich - HEA2; HEB
L - TBC
D - Salmon parcels- P; S; F; 2

HEA1 - milk
HEA2 - cheese
HEB - bread
Syns - probably some at lunchtime; dry white wine 2

Have a good day everyone.

Jellybaby

Morning everyone,

I can eat small amounts of pate but never, ever liver with onions or in a casserole, although I always think it looks nice, especially with onions.  Liver and tripe were monthly staples when I was growing up and each time I (happily) went hungry. 

Very, very windy here and think it's to last until Saturday morning.  Unfortunately, rain showers throughout so no washing done here 

The fridge and fruit bowl are decidedly bare so meals until shopping day on Saturday may get a bit random.

Today's food:
B - bacon omelette with tomatoes and mushrooms
L - tuna salad sandwich (HEXB), apple and banana
D - spaghetti bolognaise with parmesan (HEXA2)
Syns - 1.5 salad cream

Have a good day all,

ruby_eskimo

Morning all.  I'm with you @beanielou, liver isn't really for me but I'll have a steak and kidney pie if it's offered 😂

Not making the trek into the office this week because of tube strikes so feeling a bit off - keep thinking it's Friday 😒  Had another walk last night and feel like I'm starting to get back into the swing of things.  Breakfast was scrambled egg on toast again, lunch is yet more leftover soup and then dinner was going to be mushroom risotto but we're out of risotto rice so I'm going to make a mushroom pasta dish along similar lines to the one I made last night, just replacing the chicken with mushrooms.  Will see how it goes!

Hope you all have a good day - need to get my washing on the airer I think as it's very grey and gloomy here!

maman

Strange how we can all love/hate various offal. While I enjoy liver I can't contemplate kidney. ☹️ I once had to ask staff to remove one from a mixed grill as I couldn't stand the smell.

We never had tripe as a family meal but my dad loved it so mam would occasionally cook it for him as a treat. I remember the kitchen smelled as if a herd of cows had just walked through! Dad loved things like that, probably brought up on them, as my nana was very frugal. When he travelled ' oop North' with his job he loved that he could buy pigs trotters as a take away.

So much for my walk down Memory Lane! 🤣 We're out for lunch too @joedenise so will post menu later. Is that 2 x white wine or a thimble full for 2 syns? 🤣