Cooking Tonight #5

[Nicos]

Cold BBQ chicken with salad tonight. Our own lettuce, cucumber, rocket, beetroot, egg, cooked courgette and french beans,
Yog for pud

[Florence Fennel]

So happy for you. Why no cake????

Forgot to take it out of the freezer GF

[Florence Fennel]

Lasagne and salad. Egg custard.

[Nicos]

Forgot to take it out of the freezer GF

No microwave Flo?

[Florence Fennel]

No microwave Flo?

Yes Nicos - why didn't I think of that?

[Snoop Puss]

Chicken plus veg in a cast-iron marmite. Mr Snoop dropped the lid off my chicken brick... I've had this marmite for a while and only rarely used it when we have lots of visitors that need feeding. Fingers crossed it does the job, as it would save me buying another chicken brick. Weighs a ton, mind.

For afters, strawberries and mascarpone (masquerading as clotted cream - obviously not cc, but the best I can do here).

[Bren In Pots]

Snoop I did a search for ' cast-iron marmite' I did think it was a typo at first so its similar to my Dutch oven but shallower and has straight sides.

Mushroom and veg lasagne with salad and sourdough this evening.

[greenishfing]

I searched for 'cast iron marmite' too. Not a description I'd heard before. It looks very useful and heavy. I do like cast iron for cooking, but some of mine weigh an absolute ton.

Last night I made tomato soup. We had it with grated parmesan and soft bread and butter. Strawberries and cream.

Tonight I think salmon, pea and sweetcorn risotto. Strawberries and cream if there are any nice ones. If not orange jelly with mandarins in it and cream.

[Snoop Puss]

That's interesting, Bren. Nicos will be able to clarify the traditional shape of a marmite, but the one I saw on Wikipedia looks nothing like mine: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Creuset-Mar...079JXTJLC?th=1 Don't look at the price, I paid a pittance in comparison with that No idea why, except possibly it was being sold off just to get rid of stock because no-one was buying them. It is a ridiculously large item, but very useful for stews and the like when we have families visiting. The lid is a large proportion of the total weight, so I move it around without the lid on.

Anyway, the chicken itself was very good, possibly better even than in the brick, says Mr Snoop. But the veg did burn a little bit around the edges, tastily so, actually, but that means it's going to be hard work to clean the pot.

Unsurprisingly, cold chicken with salad today. Which will at least compensate for the effort of washing up the pot. More strawberries for afters.

[Florence Fennel]

Throw Out Friday

[Nicos]

Creamy mushroom pasta with chopped turkey and a side salad
fresh peaches and yog for pud

[Bren In Pots]

That's interesting, Bren. Nicos will be able to clarify the traditional shape of a marmite, but the one I saw on Wikipedia looks nothing like mine: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Creuset-Mar...079JXTJLC?th=1 Don't look at the price, I paid a pittance in comparison with that No idea why, except possibly it was being sold off just to get rid of stock because no-one was buying them. It is a ridiculously large item, but very useful for stews and the like when we have families visiting. The lid is a large proportion of the total weight, so I move it around without the lid on.
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That does look good Snoop especially the price you paid.
This is my Dutch oven we've owned it for 45 years its part of a set including 2 saucepans and 3 skillets, the lids fit pans and skillets. They're all been well used over the years.

[Mark Rand]

To be fair, the Wikipedia marmite looks like the real thing according to my jars of yeast extract!

Fish 'n chips tonight

Slow cooked chicken casserole tomorrow.

[Nicos]

Thai fish curry tonight

[Snoop Puss]

To be fair, the Wikipedia marmite looks like the real thing according to my jars of yeast extract!

That's a lovely looking piece, Bren. Must be lovely having a set like that. Cast-iron pans last forever. I reckon most of my kitchenware will outlive me. Never had the space for 'good' stuff before, so I've bought it rather late in life. And it's all very random as a collection as I buy pieces opportunistically, when I spot them by chance going cheap. I still enjoy using them. And knowing I'll never have to buy another frying pan in my life. The number of non-stick frying pans I've thrown out beggars belief.

Right, talking of special offers, I've got some butter puff pastry bought cheap too. I think an onion tart is in the offing.