Anyone watching Tonight (ITV)?

pinksleepybear

I didn't watch the programme last night, I'll watch it online when I get home. However, I first cooked this recipe about a month ago and I think it's fabulous. Since you mentioned belly pork, I thought I'd share it.

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/5532/crisp-chinese-pork

It makes the best crackling and loads of it.

rls1973

Westywoodpecker wrote: »

[quote I've never seen someone look so amazed at the concept of re-using meat :rolleyes:

Why have a Sunday roast & throw the remaining meat away !! [/quote]
agree


talking of using up meat from a roast, can i just do a slight hijack....:o


we had a roast beef joint (well not me, but others in the family and i cut the bits up and froze them in little pieces.

will i be alright to cook them again now they've been cooked and frozen ? i'm thinking of some sort of stew. or is is dangerous? thanks in advance


(also, can you cook lettuce?i'm thinking of shredding it like you do with cabbage?)


back on topic....i think we'll be seeing more and more of these type of programmes, that can only be a good thing.

annifranakapan

I think that this programme was absolutely great!

I'm sure we all could have 'trimmed' the shopping bill further while increasing the amounts of veg, fruit, etc., however, I think the aim was to make people THINK about food shortages, increasing costs and how much food an 'average' family wastes; I think it certainly did that!

Hopefully as people become more aware of these issues they will relearn all the skills that a large majority of the the population has forgotten. I really believe that canny shopping and home cooking is an art!

I'm proud to say that I teach my 14 year old DD how to cook and that she absolutley loves doing it!

I'll get off my high horse now :rotfl:

Anni

bertiebots

This highlights the issue that skills are being lost...and we o/s er's could teach people a thing or too!!! I hope the thing about school cookery actually happens but my ds1 is in yr 7 and has already cooked pizza,pasty and muffins.The only problem with this is that they arent given enough time per lesson to prepare everything in class and the teacher gets some things pre prepared..... Its no good making 2 hours a week PE compulsary if the kids live of mcdonalds is it. And lessons in how to run a house and budget properly would be a great addition too.
OK now I shall jump down of my soap box but I hope the messege got through to at least a few people.

angel

Curv wrote: »

I've always wanted to be stylish - who would've thought it would be Martin Lewis who got me there, not Trinny and Susannah :rotfl:

Martin can help you be stylish if you want advice on stripey shirts!

Curv

angel wrote: »

Martin can help you be stylish if you want advice on stripey shirts!

Ooooh, I know! I think he has like, three: one on, one clean and one in the wash. Every time I see him he's got one or the other or the other on. Bless him... :money:

honey

Bargain_Rzl wrote: »

How long will it be available to watch online? I missed it last night and won't be home in time to watch the repeat...

29 days - pretty cool eh? I didn't know ITV website had this feature until today.

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margaretclare wrote: »

I agree with all that JackieO says above, EXCEPT for her comment about working mums.
the reason I commented about workong mums was a lot of the younger Mums I see when taking my grandson to school always seem to be moaning the fact that they never have the time to cook i agree with margaretclare that it's a cop-out as I always used to cook from scratch even when I was working full time and my children were younger .For years I used to,and still do, peeled spuds about 4-5lbs at a time and put them in a long Tuppaware continer in water in the fridge so I never had to resort to buying frozen chips .I still have the wavy shaped chip slicer that makes 'curly chips' from when I first got married in 1962 i think I paid about two shilling for it from Woolies and it has over the years made thousands of chips .my grandchildren lovely 'Grannies curly chips '

By the time my children were in their early teens they could keep house and use a washing machine ,iron and cooker as well as me, and when they came home from school if I was still at work, one would do the packed lunches for the next day, and the eldest would do any ironing that was needed. Both of my girls were quite capable of looking after themselves and could use almost any kitchen appliance if needed.
I also taught them to hang wallpaper as by their early teens my late husband was working in the Sudan and only came home on leave for two weeks every three months for nearly three years .so if things needed doing indoors then the gilrs and I would have a go and crack on and get it done.i once re-tiled our downstairs loo with a trowel in one hand and a book from the library about tiling in the other .needless to say my husband was impressed, but I shot myself in the foot because after he came home for good he said 'You do DIY better than me' so I carried on having to do it for the next 20 odd years:D
Kids do like to help if you give them an opportunity to. My youngest grandson Mikey is almost four, and has his own little apron to 'help' make cakes with his Mum and I and he loves to help out in the kitchen. Basic skills aren't that hard to learn and give the kids a chance and they like to feel useful. When my grandchildren come to visit me I always find them a little job to do to help and they love to feel needed and a pat on the back makes them feel good so we both win;)

nuttywoman

What got me about the programme though was as soon as i saw what the woman bought usually , nearly all ready meals and processed food i thought to myself that of course they could get her food bill down.
Why don`t they do the same with someone who can`t afford to buy all that ready made stuff and really are on a tight budget buying fresh cuts of meat, fresh veg etc, you know like we do, making 1lb of mince do 4 meals or more.
Now that would be interesting to watch.

ceridwen

JackieO wrote: »

. In a world where there are folk starving and the costs of basic foods are beginning to rise dramatically it would hopefully seem that processed food will become a thing of the past. I wonder how many of the 'Greenies' who bang on about a carbon footprint actually think about cooking properly and not buying containers of 'fast food ' I 'm sure it must be ecologically a better idea to eat fresh local produce rather than something that was boxed and frozen in a factory miles away.
Support your local food producers if possible, or they will dissappear..

Errr.....hello Jackie...one of those "Greenies" here reporting for duty:D I very rarely buy processed food honest Miss really Miss....that is an obvious one to us....and I usually make my own bread too Miss.

Thats why I'm here on Old Style miss - "picking the brains" of those who havent forgotten the old skills;)