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Lady Haywire · 07-02-2018 12:29PM

I had mushy pea fritters in Scotland. Seemed to be mushy pea and mashed potato in batter & deep fried. They were divine!!!
Must see if I can make them myself.

silverharp · 07-02-2018 12:42PM

Lady Haywire wrote: »

I had mushy pea fritters in Scotland. Seemed to be mushy pea and mashed potato in batter & deep fried. They were divine!!!
Must see if I can make them myself.

sounds tasty , there seems to be a north south divide in Britain where its not commonly eaten down South and more common up North. Its kind of like pea soup so could imagine adding some ham chunks into it as a stand alone lunch

beertons · 07-02-2018 01:26PM

I'm going to try make prawn tempura later. Gram flour sorted. Do I need to use beer in the mix though?

Gloomtastic! · 07-02-2018 01:47PM

beertons wrote: »

I'm going to try make prawn tempura later. Gram flour sorted. Do I need to use beer in the mix though?

Or sparkling water.....

beertons · 07-02-2018 02:13PM

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

Or sparkling water.....

Back out to the shops so.

kylith · 07-02-2018 05:13PM

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

Or sparkling water.....

And make sure it's cold and you don't beat the lumps out.

Is it made with gram flour? I always thought it was a mix of plain, corn, and rice flours.

beertons · 07-02-2018 05:32PM

kylith wrote: »

And make sure it's cold and you don't beat the lumps out.

Is it made with gram flour? I always thought it was a mix of plain, corn, and rice flours.

Saw somewhere equal parts corn flower and gram flour.

georgina toadbum · 08-02-2018 12:19PM

Anytime I've made it I've made it with plain and corn flour with sparkling water.

Gloomtastic! · 08-02-2018 03:55PM

Pinched from The Cool GIF thread, how cool is this!

Grid. wrote: »

Shenshen · 08-02-2018 04:23PM

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

Pinched from The Cool GIF thread, how cool is this!

SO cool - I'd love to try this, but knowing my luck I'll just end up ruining one of my pans...

rubadub · 08-02-2018 05:07PM

dball wrote: »

anyone know anywhere in Ireland I can buy a pack of 100 or 200 portions sized kerrygold butter servings

I would ask them on facebook. I find it can take months to get replies through official emails, but I have got really fast reponses on facebook. The facebook page says they typically reply within a day.

https://www.facebook.com/kerrygold/

Kat1170 · 09-02-2018 11:30AM

Shenshen wrote: »

SO cool - I'd love to try this, but knowing my luck I'll just end up ruining one of my pans...

'Half price' pans in Homestore&More at the moment

Loire · 09-02-2018 03:09PM

oscarBravo wrote: »

- I have a lime- and a lemon-sized version of this.

Yeah, but I'd be afraid of what the wife might do with them :eek:

beertons · 17-02-2018 03:59PM

I suggested yesterday to the family that it might be nice to get a Chinese take away today. I don't think the kids ever had a take away, that we ate at home. Normally, we get a pizza at the farmers market, or a pasta in a little restaurant. The novelty, they're so excited. And hopefully we get tomorrow out of it too, seen as the portions are huge.

LirW · 17-02-2018 04:05PM

That's so sweet beertons, they'll love it! If they're hesitant, there are still chicken balls.

I did a pantry clearout yesterday and I found 2 packs of dried beans (Canellini and some other light coloured ones) and a pack of Orzo.
I'd like to do a dish containing both, any ideas?

Also nice when you find like 6 packs of Amoy ready to wok noodles (not a big fan of egg noodles) when you think you ate them all.

beertons · 17-02-2018 06:36PM

Chips, rice a bit if chicken curry and prawn crackers. Meh. And they're bonkers now on half a glass of coke. We meant well. Hot garlic beef was nice. Couldn't taste the garlic though.

LirW · 17-02-2018 06:43PM

The problem I have with chinese take-away is that since I'm having a wok and lots of routine in quick Asian cooking I can't get much enjoyment out of it because it's so much nicer at home. Generally when I go out for food I want to do it because it's something I don't get as nice as home, my only guilty pleasure is McDonald's because I don't live close to one.

Did they enjoy it at least?

beertons · 17-02-2018 06:51PM

Yeah, that kinda happened me when I started making my own pizza bases. They never mentioned if they liked it. I think we'd have to eat it in a restaurant, with a few Chinese lads serving us, for them to get a proper feel. The same seats, with the dog hovering for crumbs, too same same.

Poochie05 · 17-02-2018 06:57PM

LirW wrote: »

That's so sweet beertons, they'll love it! If they're hesitant, there are still chicken balls.

I did a pantry clearout yesterday and I found 2 packs of dried beans (Canellini and some other light coloured ones) and a pack of Orzo.
I'd like to do a dish containing both, any ideas?

Also nice when you find like 6 packs of Amoy ready to wok noodles (not a big fan of egg noodles) when you think you ate them all.

Canellini beans and orzo could be the start of a nice minestrone. Garlic, onions, carrots, couple of cans of tomatoes, stock, a bit of greenery... perfect for a store cupboard clear out and using leftovers. I add green beans, or cabbage depending on what I have, frozen peas good if I’ve nothing to use up. I use a can of canellini so you probably need to cook the dried ones first. Add the orzo close to the end.

BaZmO* · 17-02-2018 07:35PM

Poochie05 wrote: »

Canellini beans and orzo could be the start of a nice minestrone. Garlic, onions, carrots, couple of cans of tomatoes, stock, a bit of greenery... perfect for a store cupboard clear out and using leftovers. I add green beans, or cabbage depending on what I have, frozen peas good if I’ve nothing to use up. I use a can of canellini so you probably need to cook the dried ones first. Add the orzo close to the end.

Yup. I was gonna suggest the same. I did the same recently. Leftover Orzo too.

It’s such a hearty dish

Poochie05 · 17-02-2018 07:47PM

BaZmO* wrote: »

Yup. I was gonna suggest the same. I did the same recently. Leftover Orzo too.

It’s such a hearty dish

Dinner in a bowl!

Loire · 17-02-2018 10:12PM

There's a superb pizza sauce in Tesco that's reduced at the moment called Mutti. I've always bought this at an Italian shop and never realised that Tesco sold it. For anyone interested in making their own pizzas this sauce is really delicious!

Maldesu · 17-02-2018 10:24PM

Loire wrote: »

There's a superb pizza sauce in Tesco that's reduced at the moment called Mutti. I've always bought this at an Italian shop and never realised that Tesco sold it. For anyone interested in making their own pizzas this sauce is really delicious!

However, just so people are informed, Mutti were recently (December 17) in the news for exploitation of workers in S. Italy. Cirio were another one.

Shenshen · 18-02-2018 12:19PM

LirW wrote: »

That's so sweet beertons, they'll love it! If they're hesitant, there are still chicken balls.

I did a pantry clearout yesterday and I found 2 packs of dried beans (Canellini and some other light coloured ones) and a pack of Orzo.
I'd like to do a dish containing both, any ideas?

Also nice when you find like 6 packs of Amoy ready to wok noodles (not a big fan of egg noodles) when you think you ate them all.

I'd say slow cook the beans with some tomato sauce, oven-roast some vegetables (auberinge, courgette, onions, sweet potatoes, whatever you fancy), then throw it all together for an unorthodox ratatoullie and stir through the cooked orzo.

silverharp · 19-02-2018 01:55PM

anyone heard of a scottish dish called Skirlie? best described as a comfort food, its pinhead oats fried in butter/fat with onions. I woudnt say its a revelation but not bad if you want a hot snack

19-02-2018 02:10PM

I've eaten it in Scotland. It's an accompaniment, similar to stuffing, served with a roast meal. I've never heard of it being eaten on its own!

igCorcaigh · 19-02-2018 02:19PM

silverharp wrote: »

anyone heard of a scottish dish called Skirlie? best described as a comfort food, its pinhead oats fried in butter/fat with onions. I woudnt say its a revelation but not bad if you want a hot snack

This recipe adds mashed potatoes, could be nice?

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1933/skirlie-mash?amp

silverharp · 19-02-2018 04:30PM

igCorcaigh wrote: »

This recipe adds mashed potatoes, could be nice?

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1933/skirlie-mash?amp

this is the video I picked it up from, had never heard of it before, its not high cuisine and its calorific enough with the fat added in.

Mince and Tatties with Skirlie | Scottish Comfort Food

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFi1EAwE7rc

Alun · 19-02-2018 04:52PM

silverharp wrote: »

I had a couple of flashbacks to my youth, one was mushy peas, didn't have them often but havnt had them in decades , bought a tin yesterday for dinner and it tasted amazing, real comfort food. Next on the list is corned beef(tinned), my mother used to make a kind of simple hash with it. Not easy to find, local Tesco doesn't sell it but should be able to pick it up today. I hope im not disappointed ;-)

You should try a warm pork pie sitting in a bed of mushy peas with mint sauce, a Yorkshire speciality, washed down with a pint of bitter of course

silverharp · 19-02-2018 08:05PM

^^
Looks good

believe it or not, mushy peas are my go to snack food at the moment (after getting a childhood flashback) and the basis for the odd light dinner, a couple of chili sausages and some mushrooms and Ive dinner in 10 minutes.

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