What Should I cook tonight?

[Quiff Boy]

i've managed to find an option that i could vote for

terwat

i think it was the bit where you said:

"Quiffy, you can pretend there's no taste erm..sorry. I meant meat in em!!"

that constituted a declaration of war

and dont forget i have the heaviest artillery

[Mrs RicheyJames]

How about no? /Dr Evil

[Mrs RicheyJames]

i've managed to find an option that i could vote for

terwat

i think it was the bit where you said:

"Quiffy, you can pretend there's no taste erm..sorry. I meant meat in em!!"

that constituted a declaration of war

and dont forget i have the heaviest artillery

God I'm funny LMAO
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Calmed down a bit now but I was still very funny there.

[emilystrange]

my summer fave..

fry chicken breasts until golden. put in oven dish. squeeze lemons... four for about 6 chicken pieces i suppose. add some juice to pan to get juices and flavour. pour into dish over chicken with rest of lemon juice. cook in oven at about 200 C for 15-20 mins.

serve with the sauce spooned over. add salad and new potatoes.

yummy. and the sauce is good for dipping bread in.

can be done with quorn fillets too, i spose....

[rian]

Tonight I will cook fresh tortellini. Half with meat and half with just cheese. And cheese sauce with it. Lots of black pepper. And a green salad.

[emilystrange]

i'm going out, so someone else will cook my dinner.

[randdebiel²]

i'm going out, so someone else will cook my dinner.

[MrChris]

I'm having panfried cod loin, probably with a sauce of tomato and black olives, plus sauteed potatoes. I can have whatever I like, since it's always me that has to do the freaking cooking. But I'm not bitter. Actually, in a week or so I will enjoy cooking a lot more, since come 7:45 most weeknights there will be some football to listen to on radio 5, while I sizzle.

[randdebiel²]

Tonikght it's the duck breast thingy...
400 gr duckbreast pp bake it...
add a bit of boullion(1/8th litre), 2 spoons of honey, a sliced (first boiled) lemon, a bit of water a bit of decent vinegatr (preferably Sherry-vinegar) a bit of good beer (duvel would do, but really just a little bit)
cook noodles apart (chionese mie preferably)
bake vegetables in a wok (with soyasauce and garlic oil):I'll go for shii-take shrooms, a bit of chung mee and a few baby-maïs....
damn I'm already hungry, and I just ate kebab

[emilystrange]

I'm having panfried cod loin, probably with a sauce of tomato and black olives, plus sauteed potatoes. I can have whatever I like, since it's always me that has to do the freaking cooking. But I'm not bitter. Actually, in a week or so I will enjoy cooking a lot more, since come 7:45 most weeknights there will be some football to listen to on radio 5, while I sizzle.

before we got sky, i used to make excuses to clean things like the inside of the cooker so i could listen to the footy. or have a long bath.

[Mrs RicheyJames]

I'm doing the Italian baked chicken, so it was a waste of time with the poll really...........Still, I made myself laugh at one point.

[randdebiel²]

and I forgot, of course when the duck is baked, you have to slice it in fine slices (max 1 cm wide, and NOT in the length...)
and you place them in a circle across your plate, or in a different nice form if you preder....)

[_emma_]

All this talk about liver and fat and bones serves as great thinspiration for me. Thank you people.

[Mrs RicheyJames]

and I forgot, of course when the duck is baked, you have to slice it in fine slices (max 1 cm wide, and NOT in the length...)
and you place them in a circle across your plate, or in a different nice form if you preder....)

That sounds quite nice.

[Quiff Boy]

can be done with quorn fillets too, i spose....

that whole substitute/fake meat thing is the main problem facing public perception of veggie food. it allows you to be very lazy with what you cook...

also, the main problem that non-aware meat-eaters face is that when they think of a veggie meal they think of something that they would normally eat, just with the meat taken out.

so if you have a meal that is some meat, two veg (usally boiled! ) and some potatoes, and then you remove the meat you are basically left with some mash and two over-cooked tasteless veg.

now i will give you that, it probably is going to be pretty tasteless. (i'd argue that it was more to do with how you cook it than what you cook - eg: steam the veg & add some black pepper, add a little english mustard to the mash, etc etc)

to do veggie food properly you need to go back to basics. start again. rethink what the meal is goign to be.

the reason i took exception to SG's remark about it being tasteless is that since going vegan i have discovered some of the most wonderful, tasty dishes i've ever eaten in my life. fact.

in your average meat-oriented dish the meat is the centre-piece, the only bit that you really pay attention to is the flavour of the meat. you tenderise it, baste it, coat it in herbs and breadcrumbs etc etc etc

everything else on the plate is essentially just decoration, or to bulk out the dish.

but when you make veggie stuff you pay attention to ALL of it. every single fresh vegetable, every different type of bean you use, etc etc

the majority of stuff i eat has so many different things in it, each with their own subtle flavour that each mouthful has a slightly different flavour "composition" - it makes eating very exciting and very stimulating.

in short, i thought SG's comment about tastless veggie food was bullshit, betraying a lack of understanding of the fundamental nature of food, taste, and what/how we eat

ahem

[Mrs RicheyJames]

thinspiration

Did the artist formally known as Thrash Harry teach you that?

[Quiff Boy]

obviously mrchris is the exception to that rule

randdebiel² doesnt count because he comes from a more culnery-adventurous (sp?) country anyway

[Mrs RicheyJames]

can be done with quorn fillets too, i spose....

that whole substitute/fake meat thing is the main problem facing public perception of veggie food. it allows you to be very lazy with what you cook...

also, the main problem that non-aware meat-eaters face is that when they think of a veggie meal they think of something that they would normally eat, just with the meat taken out.

so if you have a meal that is some meat, two veg (usally boiled! ) and some potatoes, and then you remove the meat you are basically left with some mash and two over-cooked tasteless veg.

now i will give you that, it probably is going to be pretty tasteless. (i'd argue that it was more to do with how you cook it than what you cook - eg: steam the veg & add some black pepper, add a little english mustard to the mash, etc etc)

to do veggie food properly you need to go back to basics. start again. rethink what the meal is goign to be.

the reason i took exception to SG's remark about it being tasteless is that since going vegan i have discovered some of the most wonderful, tasty dishes i've ever eaten in my life. fact.

in your average meat-oriented dish the meat is the centre-piece, the only bit that you really pay attention to is the flavour of the meat. you tenderise it, baste it, coat it in herbs and breadcrumbs etc etc etc

everything else on the plate is essentially just decoration, or to bulk out the dish.

but when you make veggie stuff you pay attention to ALL of it. every single fresh vegetable, every different type of bean you use, etc etc

the majority of stuff i eat has so many different things in it, each with their own subtle flavour that each mouthful has a slightly different flavour "composition" - it makes eating very exciting and very stimulating.

in short, i thought SG's comment about tastless veggie food was bullshit, betraying a lack of understanding of the fundamental nature of food, taste, and what/how we eat

ahem

I've made many many veggie and vegan dishes. I don't just mean nut roast. The reason I said it was tasteless is because I like taking the pi$$ out of you

[emilystrange]

yes quiff i know. it was just in case anyone was interested.

[randdebiel²]

and I forgot, of course when the duck is baked, you have to slice it in fine slices (max 1 cm wide, and NOT in the length...)
and you place them in a circle across your plate, or in a different nice form if you preder....)

That sounds quite nice.

[Mrs RicheyJames]

obviously mrchris is the exception to that rule

randdebiel² doesnt count because he comes from a more culnery-adventurous (sp?) country anyway

Why is everyone else exempt? And how do you do that little 2 at the end of randdebiel's name?

[Mrs RicheyJames]

yes quiff i know. it was just in case anyone was interested.

not really. Now i'd remove that nose............

[lazarus corporation]

My favourite vegan meal is veg biryani, swiftly followed by a few pints of beer and a cigarette.

After 10 years of being vegan you'd have thought that I'd have worked out how to cook it myself...

(and I'm really missing the top quality Indian restaurants of Nottingham and Leicester - these southern ones just aren't up to standard).

[andymackem]

Quiffy: nice rant.

Trouble is, having experimented quite widely with cooking non-meat-based food I'm forced to conclude that I don't really enjoy the taste of many vegetables. Specifically the green ones.

I can do fantastic things with potatoes (right with you about seasoning mash, but I'd rather set up a gratin, pop in the oven at gas mark 2 before I go to work and dive into the creamy remains on my return). I've even produced some tolerable stuff involving mushrooms, and can do a rather splendid pasta veggie bake when pushed. Carrots are OK, but anything leafy turns me right off.

Half the veg I eat comes raw, fresh peas (no icy green globules for me, thanks) especially, but I enjoy my meat and use that to give my meals substance.

As for tonight, I think roast duck leg with a red wine and chorizo gravy on a bed of creamy seasoned mash. And chocolate choux buns to follow.

[Mrs RicheyJames]

and I forgot, of course when the duck is baked, you have to slice it in fine slices (max 1 cm wide, and NOT in the length...)
and you place them in a circle across your plate, or in a different nice form if you preder....)

That sounds quite nice.

I'm 'avin that cute little purple thing.......