Are old fashioned dinners a thing of the past?

Granadino · 26-11-2020 11:44AM

The amount of money I have wasted over the years buying expensive lunches, sandwiches etc.
I have been trying to make my own lunches over the last few years. Healthier, less rubbish waste, way way cheaper.
I can't recall what the place was in Dublin, some kind of posh salad bar. I paid a tenner for a salad, or was it 12e. I had no issue at the time paying it and it was nice, and I understand you have to take out costs for the business, but when I thought about it later, I thought why the f*ck am I paying 12e for a salad?

boardlady · 26-11-2020 11:47AM

I still do a form of a roast on Sunday - although I like to spend the day out and about so I've modified it a bit. I pop the meat (ham or beef joint) in the slow cooker and peel the veg (spuds, carrots, turnip etc). Then I go off and have my day. By the time I get back to it - 4/5, I just have to heat the oven and throw in all the veg. The meat is ready in the slow cooker when they are done in the oven. It's one of the easiest dinners to make actually!

neris · 26-11-2020 11:53AM

Feisar wrote: »

Polish tripe soup is a beautiful thing.

Some of those polish and east european dishes are an acquired taste. got served a starter dish over there one time which was like a jelly but the colour texture and bits inside reminded me of something from a tin of dog food.

dubstarr · 26-11-2020 11:53AM

CelticRambler wrote: »

:pac: :pac: : pac:

Not boring at all, if you invest a bit of time and imagination into the recipes. My summer visitors ate potatoes every day for two weeks and the only complaint I had was three days later from one young lady who said she was suffering severe withdrawal symptoms and could I send her some more. :cool:

Yes, they were all lockdown refugees; but no, none of them are or were responsible for any restrictions. They travelled to one of the least infected parts of France (where I live), kept at a distance of approximately 2-5km from other humans not part of our bubble for the duration of their stay, and quarantined themselves when they returned to their respective corners of the continent.

Im not a fan of spuds,i could take them or leave them.I like them now and again.No way could i eat them every day.

CelticRambler · 26-11-2020 11:56AM

dubstarr wrote: »

Im not a fan of spuds,i could take them or leave them.I like them now and again.No way could i eat them every day.

Come over here and give me a chance to convert you!

dubstarr · 26-11-2020 12:02PM

CelticRambler wrote: »

Come over here and give me a chance to convert you!

Nope:D

Saying that i do have a son who would eat them everyday.A big plate with loads of butter.But out of all my kids hes the plainer eater by far.Obviously takes after his oul fella

Graces7 · 26-11-2020 12:04PM

dubstarr wrote: »

Im not a fan of spuds,i could take them or leave them.I like them now and again.No way could i eat them every day.

My easiest meal when I am not up to cooking is a small baked potato, microwaved and 2 scrambled eggs, also microwaved. Easy peelers afterwards.

Love potatoes; rarely pasta, maybe not for months now, and rice is for puddings.

Each to his/her own.

jim o doom · 26-11-2020 12:07PM

I do a lot of standard dinners throughout the year, coddles and stews I generally keep for the winter when it's cold. Plus with those sort of meals you might get two or three dinners out of a big one, with only two of us living together.

I also cook all sorts of roasts, lamb, pork (esp pig belly), ham, chicken, duck, whatever. Not specifically on a Sunday, but many times on a Sunday too.

Don't only do that though, I'm interested in other foods, so do BBQ/smoked stuff in the summer, tacos, curries, paella, pasta, whatever. Cooking is fun and satisfying, it's nice to cook traditional dinners and it's nice to cook other countries food too.. especially during the lockdown with little else to do than drink and eat at home.

meeeeh · 26-11-2020 12:08PM

neris wrote: »

Some of those polish and east european dishes are an acquired taste. got served a starter dish over there one time which was like a jelly but the colour texture and bits inside reminded me of something from a tin of dog food.

Some might be. However I also noticed that while Irish like to try different cusines people often prefer their stuff to be incinerated not just well done. I gave up on getting inlaws to try stake tartar. Even fried eggs have to be overdone.

seamus · 26-11-2020 12:13PM

Mullaghteelin wrote: »

I call it "old people food."
7 Days a week of potatoes (including chips) was not unusual, and is still my father's typical daily menu.

When I was a teenager there was a standing rule that if it was five o'clock and my Ma wasn't home, then you should just peel a lock of potatoes for the dinner.

As a result there was some form of potatoes 5-6 nights a week. Almost always boiled/mashed.

So for the first five years after moving out, I couldn't look at a boiled or mashed spud.

Feisar · 26-11-2020 12:38PM

neris wrote: »

Some of those polish and east european dishes are an acquired taste. got served a starter dish over there one time which was like a jelly but the colour texture and bits inside reminded me of something from a tin of dog food.

Probably solidified bone broth, was it cold?

26-11-2020 01:03PM

Cheapest simplest dinner ever twice baked potato with beans or tuna, for other potato dishes, duck fat roast potatoes, proper mash with butter salt and pepper, new potatoes with butter salt and pepper.

I have made homemade leek and potato soup for lunch today.

Potatoes are endlessly versatile.

Aglomerado · 26-11-2020 01:04PM

dubstarr wrote: »

Im not a fan of spuds,i could take them or leave them.I like them now and again.No way could i eat them every day.

I'm regarded as a freak when we have a Sunday dinner at home: I'm the only one who doesn't reach for the bowl of boiled spuds in the middle of the table. I clear my plate apart from that though.

I like them roasted, baked, mashed etc. Just not boiled.

GLaDOS · 26-11-2020 01:06PM

I've made both coddle and stew in the last few weeks, lovely when its cold like this. Shepherds Pie next weekend.

ablelocks · 26-11-2020 01:56PM

at least 5 out of 7 days we have an "old fashinioned" dinner - that is, a proper meal - could be a stew, could be meat and veg and spuds, but could just as easily be a lasagne or a bolognese or a stirfry, but it's a meal that we all sit down to and enjoy. sometimes there'd be starters, sometimes desserts and definitely all 3 on a Sunday.

but coddle? never

sbsquarepants · 26-11-2020 02:08PM

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

If you look up recipes online, all you get is abominations. You do not cook it in an oven, and you do not brown the sausages or rashers first. This is the way.

They don't call it "mickey stew" for nothing.

Amen brother!

Blessed be the coddle.

Fúck me that looks delicious.

.anon. wrote: »

That'd bring a tear to a widow's eye.

I think I could eat coddle if the sausages were grilled or fried first.

Jesus no. Take the leap of faith my anonymous friend - those sausages are fantastic exactly as they are!

dubstarr · 26-11-2020 02:27PM

sbsquarepants wrote: »

Amen brother!

Blessed be the coddle.

Fúck me that looks delicious.

Jesus no. Take the leap of faith my anonymous friend - those sausages are fantastic exactly as they are!

I have to say that looks gorgeous.I could happily eat a bowl [or 3]of that now.

CelticRambler · 26-11-2020 03:15PM

dubstarr wrote: »

I have to say that looks gorgeous.I could happily eat a bowl [or 3]of that now.

You know it's got potatoes in it?

dubstarr · 26-11-2020 04:51PM

CelticRambler wrote: »

You know it's got potatoes in it?

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo:D

trashcan · 26-11-2020 06:01PM

Aglomerado wrote: »

I'm regarded as a freak when we have a Sunday dinner at home: I'm the only one who doesn't reach for the bowl of boiled spuds in the middle of the table. I clear my plate apart from that though.

I like them roasted, baked, mashed etc. Just not boiled.

Boiled is my least favourite spud, but I’d still eat them. Food of the Gods in my opinion. Chips, jacket spuds, roasties, wedges. Yum.

ATC110 · 26-11-2020 06:06PM

It all went wrong when "eat what you're given" was replaced with asking and giving children what they want along with separate mealtimes for parents and children.

CelticRambler · 26-11-2020 06:46PM

trashcan wrote: »

Chips, jacket spuds, roasties, wedges. Yum.

Sautéd, rissolé, dauphinoise, mashed (with lashings of butter and milk), fried mashed (with added onion and black pepper). Double yum! :pac:

dubstarr · 26-11-2020 06:52PM

ATC110 wrote: »

It all went wrong when "eat what you're given" was replaced with asking and giving children what they want along with separate mealtimes for parents and children.

No you really think being forced to eat food you genuinely dont like is a good thing.

And eating at different times,well sometimes thats just what happens.

whisky_galore · 26-11-2020 06:59PM

meeeeh wrote: »

Some might be. However I also noticed that while Irish like to try different cusines people often prefer their stuff to be incinerated not just well done. I gave up on getting inlaws to try stake tartar.

Tried a raw meat type thing once, biting into soggy cold raw meat is best left to the inmates of the lion enclosure at the zoo.

Cushtie · 26-11-2020 06:59PM

There is usually a roast here on a Sunday, either Chicken or Beef. Was only saying to herself the other day we must do a roast pork, didn't have one in ages.
rarely have lamb but the old folks at home have killed a couple of lambs for the freezer so will pick up some of that next time home. Christmas I suppose.

during the week it would be a mixture of regular stuff, Bacon and cabbage/turnnip. lasagne, pasts dishes, bangers and mash, home made pizza and chips, etc etc

I love a good beef stew, big pot, lasts a couple of days and the second day is always nicer. Shepards Pie is another real comfort food for me, seriously don't know when to stop.

Never had coddle, love drisheen and also liver and onions on occasion. that's rare enough now i would say.

Saturday Night is normally takeway night, going to try and cut that back to once every three weeks.

whisky_galore · 26-11-2020 07:01PM

ATC110 wrote: »

It all went wrong when "eat what you're given" was replaced with asking and giving children what they want along with separate mealtimes for parents and children.

If they don't eat what they're given, they can sod off and make whatever they want themselves.

jim o doom · 26-11-2020 07:05PM

I fry off my sausages for colour and caramelisation on the casing when I'm making coddle. Same for any bacon going in there, it defo adds flavour.

I can eat it just straight boiled, but the colour of them is a tad off putting, and food is a mix of visual, smell and flavour.

jim o doom · 26-11-2020 07:07PM

whisky_galore wrote: »

If they don't eat what they're given, they can sod off and make whatever they want themselves.

Weirdly I was a super picky kid and my parents coddled me (hah!) letting me eat what I wanted, and now as an adult I can and will eat almost anything, including everything I hated as a child.. well except maybe most mushrooms.

My wife on the other hand, who was also super picky, well her parents forced her to continually eat stuff she absolutely hated, never made any allowances for her preferences, and now as an adult, she is still picky.

Hard to say if it was parenting approach to food that has us as we are, or if we would have ended up with our picky vs not picky preferences as they are anyway.

_Brian · 26-11-2020 07:09PM

We make our own sausages here, not all the time but we make about a months worth each time.

It’s good crack, we all get involved and have a bit of fun.

jim o doom · 26-11-2020 07:23PM

_Brian wrote: »

We make our own sausages here, not all the time but we make about a months worth each time.

That looks epic, is there bacon in there as well? I have a meat mincer but I don't have a sausage machine.. yet..

Are old fashioned dinners a thing of the past?

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