OT as hell: ready meals

"Yesterday's Muck Cooked Again"

 

Slag tag?

 

Cooling probs with the overbored scooter?

 

Me neither, and it barely counts as food IMHO

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Borough Market is great.



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Heh. The usage is older than the young gentleman...

 

I missed that. How many apes should a person eat then?

 

"Bottle of aussie chardonnay, tub of haagen-dazs and weightwatchers
ready-meal. Tenner says she'll munch that lot while wearing pyjamas with
pink piggies on and Colin Firth on the telly."

 

Aye, I can whip up a batch of soup in about 15 minutes, start to
finish. I usually prefer to start with a few chopped onions and some
bacon bits, then simply throw in few assorted veggies [1][2] and turn
up the pressure cooker for about five minutes. A hand blender takes
only another couple of minutes, then add salt (lots) and pepper to
taste. Serve with a bit of cream, cheese, or whatever takes your
fancy.

[1] Parsnip, carrot and potato, for example, in that order of volume.
[2] And chillies, of course.

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I've never made soup before. Do you absolutely need a pressure cooker?
I don't own one of those.

 

A few months ago I started cooking up things like chilli, bol sauce and
shepherds pie in bulk, tubbing it up and bunging it in the freezer.
Average cost per portion works out at around a quid, it's no less
convenient than buying in a ready meal (other than the minimal effort
required to start a batch going, and a few pans to wash), and it saves
me an absolute fortune on lunches alone.

Supermarket shelves are full of 'value added' products. I can add my own
value, thankyouverymuch, even when short on time.

 

If you want to do it quickly, yes. Otherwise a slow cooker would do the
job. Or a saucepan. Or a blowtorch and crucible, if you're in Ray Mears
mode.

 

When on holiday in Scotland withthe ex-wife and a couple of other
couples, we dropped into the local shop for supplies. The basket
contained something like four bottles of single malt, a couple of
bottles of gin - and a loaf of bread. Cool as you like, the bird on
the till looked up and said "And just whit do you think you'll be
doing with all that /bread/?" I laughed so much, I nearly paid.

 

Blowtorch and crucible? If it's outdoors, don't you mean Ray
Blumenthal, or was it Heston Mears?

 

Crucible? That'll be Ray Reardon.

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Bleee. Don't then end up crispy round the outside and tepid in the
middle?

 

Only when the main ingredient is an armadillo.

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No.

This is the really easy Pea and Watercress soup, what I made the other
night, using no fancy gadgets.

?oz butter
1 red onion, chopped
800ml vegetable stock
350g frozen peas
1 bunch of watercress
chopped fresh mint (cane use dried)
salt and black pepper

1. Use a large saucepan and fry the onion in the butter until soft.
2. Add the stock, peas and watercress.
3. If using dried mint, add it now.
4. Bring to boil, simmer for about 10 mins.
5. Season to taste (I don't actually use any salt)
6 Blend the soup using liquidiser or hand blender.
7. If using fresh mint, add it now, heat through a bit more.
8. Serve with nice fresh bread.

Takes about 20 mins, all told. This makes a good 3-4 servings, but it
freezes well.

 

wrote in @i56g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:

<waves>

I use them. About 38p for a pack. I only make a beef stew[1] about once
every 6 weeks or so and have no other use for suet. The only flour I keep
in the house is wholemeal bread flour which is not ideal for dumplings
either.

[1] in an attempt to reduce intake of red meat as my cholesterol is
borderline for chemical intervention

 

There was an interesting prog om radio 4 last night: bound to be on listen
again if you missed.

"Costing the Earth" - about supermarket ethics and how their supply chain
pollutes the environment. The Ross on Wye farmer, John Chinn, who polluted
the River Wye countless times, was my next door neighbour. Never liked the
bloke: he could teach Champ a few things about arrogance!