Sunday roast
i thought id treat my brid to a roast chicken on sunday. my mum used to do it all the time, so how hard could it be.
so on the menu was
roast chicken
proper stuffing
home made yorkshire puddings
mashed potatoes,
boiled peas
proper gravy
i popped the chicken in the oven, put the tatters on then sat back and waited till half an hour b4 the chicken would be done b4 i did the rest.
45 mins later i was covered in sweat, id burned myself, the sink was full of pans and plates, my t shirt was covered in various stains.
im a good cook, but trying to get everything on the plate at the same time while still hot was a nightmare. from now on im gonna stick with at the minimum two pan meals.
so on the menu was
roast chicken
proper stuffing
home made yorkshire puddings
mashed potatoes,
boiled peas
proper gravy
i popped the chicken in the oven, put the tatters on then sat back and waited till half an hour b4 the chicken would be done b4 i did the rest.
45 mins later i was covered in sweat, id burned myself, the sink was full of pans and plates, my t shirt was covered in various stains.
im a good cook, but trying to get everything on the plate at the same time while still hot was a nightmare. from now on im gonna stick with at the minimum two pan meals.
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You know I was going to say the same thing.
Then again do we trust our wifes in Mile's hands. Again he might get all sweaty.
Anyway's Miles. We still have not seen a decent picture of your lady friend. Cmon do the honours.....?
its turining into readers wives this place.
Preferably with her clothes on Miles. Its all to easy for you to get the wrong idea aint it? :p
In anycase did I hear you complain when the WOS wags thread was in full flow??
A nice boiled bacon joint cooked in carrots, onions, barley, pulses and potato. Seved with cabbage and mashed sweed. Shhhhllluuurrrpp ..... mmmm.
I miss meat.:sad:
:D
gaylord......
At least Mile didn't offer to help you with this.....
well i was going to invite him and his gf over to ours for a roast, but i dont think i will now. :)
(kidding)
Do you eat meat Walrus?
Or are you more of an egg man? :roll:
Usually a bloke will willingly let the woman cook and will begrudge cooking himself.
However, show a man a Barbeque and its another story. Woah bedite any woman that atempts to light a man's barbeque, she'll be restled to the ground before she gets in 30 feet of it.
I'm sure its some neandertholic throwback about being the Aphla male??!
Why? (delete as appropriate)
1. For health reasons, meat packs to much fat etc
2. Coz my wife told me too
3. both the above
4. other (explain)
Aye.
Roast chicken - complete with very crispy skin
Roast potatoes - again very crispy
Roasted onions, garlic, shallots
Maybe even some stuffing.
Plus a massive cake at the end of it.
My Resons:
1: Doing without meat, and fatty foods in general (except cheese, man I love cheese) is good for me.
4a: Well my Wife is a veggie, and I have been without meat for months and it's not hardship, and not difficult to keep up. She has put no pressure on me to become veggie too.
4b: There are too many cows and sheep in the world, pooping, belching and farting causing a methane problem. Cows are responcible for more emmisions than our cars.
4c: I dont like the thaught of an intellegent living thing, dying for my cullinary delight.
My one rule when it comes to eating meat: don't eat anything I've socialised with beforehand.
If I haven't met it, I can eat it.
Sunday roasts I mastered many moons ago. It is all about timing. You can usually cook the meat well in advance and let it settle for a good half hour or so before even looking at it with a knife.
I also pride myself on my steak and kidney pie, and my stew and dumplings (oo-er -ed).
id kill and eat stephen hawking if i there was more meat on him. If you eat something with a brain you absorb its intelligence, also it has to be your slave in the after life.
Who told you there was an after life?? That was just made up to stop us going mad.
Every one knows it's only robots, and machines that go to heavan.
:roll:
jesus said it. it was a long time ago though, luckily though someone had the foresight to write it down. theres a book that tells you how to get there. it has ten rules you must follow or something bad will happen.
1 thou shalt not kill unless hungry
2 thou shalt not steal unless you need a hit
3 thou shalt honour thy mother and thy father unless they are talking shit.
4 thou shalt not covert thy neighbours fat wife
5 thou shalt not make gravy idols
6 thou shalt not commit adultery in the same postcode as the missus
7 thou shalt not bear false witness, unless its for yer mates
8 thou shalt not have any other gods, unless they are a pop star
9 thou shalt not take gods name in vain unless you have been kicked in the nuts
10 remeber the sabbath, use it to recover from massive alcohol and drug binges.
..whilst forgetting the Ian Gillan years.
:)
thats a better joke.
Thank god i'm going to my mum's for dinner tomorrow! I'm looking forward to some home cooked stew and potatos with veg!
you can mate, just start giving it a go. (do a search for the stew thread) a stew is really simple and cheap. it takes ages on the hob but its worth it, and if your on your own, itl last a few days.
try doing simple things, eg get some spaghetti, some ragu, but instead of just that, brown some mince, galic and onions, and mix it in. totally worth it. much nicer. and have a look at the packet foods you get, sometimes they have recipe ideas on them. most simple meals wont take longer than half an hour.
She insists on cooking something for as long as it says...so if it says cook on 400f for 2hrs...she will. I've tried to explain that it varies by oven etc but she will watch the chicken turn black before she pulls it out of there.
Before I got divorced my mom came over and insisted on making us a sunday lunch and made a really big deal about how good it would be.....
Well my ex and her 2 kids looked at the blackened mess on their plates and then at me...I motioned for them to eat and they 'tried' to get it down.
The final straw for my mom that caused her to breakdown and cry was when I went and got an old shoe with a hole in and put the chicken breast in it off my plate and gave it an approving look.
So.....can't say I miss home cooking too much!
You cant eat all that junk you die young :(
Making a chille con-carnie is easy and nice too. Takes 20 mins tops and if you make enough will last you a while.
If I make veggie chillie on a Monday, I fridge the rest. Then on Thursday my wife makes a Pizza and we have sallad, jacket potato with chillie on it.
We then eat the remaining chilly on saturday in Burritos.
I was the same as you, mainly because after a nightmare day i dont want to spend ages chopping stuff up and prepping food etc when i'm starving hungry
I started making my own 'wraps' as in buying a packet of those soft wraps from Tescos, then chucking in mayonnaise, adding lettuce/cucumber and then chucking in prawns or chicken, add a bit of coriander etc and then roll it up and cut it in half
Well tasty and doesnt take long to do at all and its a bit healthy. Still dont like making huge long meals though
Also enjoy doing woks where i chuck a ton of crap in, add a bit of sauce which i think may work and do some 'experiments'. Pretty quick as well