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What did you have for lunch thread - NO BLOG LINKS & NO PIC QUOTING

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  • #2792
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users Posts: 16,737 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    sporina wrote: »
    If you like pitta bread and live in Cork City you gotta try Izz Cafe's pitta bread - divine - I get it with hummus.

    There's very good Syrian flatbread available in Cork. The Alternative Bread Company in The English Market sell it.
    Really good and great value.


  • #2793
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,054 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    the beer revolu wrote: »
    There's very good Syrian flatbread available in Cork. The Alternative Bread Company in The English Market sell it.
    Really good and great value.

    Yeah, that's a very nice flatbread. Love it.

    I got some of the rye bread from Pana yesterday (was it you that recommended it TBR?). Anyway, it is very good! Bought a half loaf, they sliced it for me. €3.20 I think?

    Had it with tuna salad. Yum!


  • #2794
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users Posts: 16,737 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    igCorcaigh wrote: »
    Yeah, that's a very nice flatbread. Love it.

    I got some of the rye bread from Pana yesterday (was it you that recommended it TBR?). Anyway, it is very good! Bought a half loaf, they sliced it for me. €3.20 I think?

    Had it with tuna salad. Yum!

    It was someone else recommended it, I had it and confirmed the fact.
    I'm addicted to it now. It freezes very well.


  • #2795
    sporina
    Registered Users Posts: 6,778 ✭✭✭sporina


    the beer revolu wrote: »
    There's very good Syrian flatbread available in Cork. The Alternative Bread Company in The English Market sell it.
    Really good and great value.

    Love TABC - not had that but the Izz one is wow.. when they serve it, its like a balloon.. freshly baked.. doesn't get much better..

    But must get one from TABC - would be handy to have at home.


  • #2796
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,054 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    sporina wrote: »
    Love TABC - not had that but the Izz one is wow.. when they serve it, its like a balloon.. freshly baked.. doesn't get much better..

    But must get one from TABC - would be handy to have at home.

    Oh, flatbread is so much better eaten fresh. Definitely.

    But do try Ahmed's (? name) flatbread.

    Both white and wholegrain. It's not made by TABC, they just sell it. He also sells it to restaurants.


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  • #2797
    Dave_The_Sheep
    Registered Users Posts: 7,328 ✭✭✭Dave_The_Sheep


    Had to use up some stuff or it'd go off, getting rid of leftovers.

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  • #2798
    sporina
    Registered Users Posts: 6,778 ✭✭✭sporina


    Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »
    Had to use up some stuff or it'd go off, getting rid of leftovers.

    your baby spuds look lovely and buttery...

    we eat a lot of them in this house - they are so handy (and tasty {esp when roasted in the oven})


  • #2799
    Dave_The_Sheep
    Registered Users Posts: 7,328 ✭✭✭Dave_The_Sheep


    If I'm roasting/baking baby potatoes, I use the air fryer myself, just the right size and seems to get crispier results, if that's what you're after. Those ones above were just boiled, then tossed with some shallot oil and salt/pepper before firing on to the place. Not much f*cking around with them. As you say, they're very handy and give good results.


  • #2800
    sporina
    Registered Users Posts: 6,778 ✭✭✭sporina


    Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »
    If I'm roasting/baking baby potatoes, I use the air fryer myself, just the right size and seems to get crispier results, if that's what you're after. Those ones above were just boiled, then tossed with some shallot oil and salt/pepper before firing on to the place. Not much f*cking around with them. As you say, they're very handy and give good results.

    we don't have an air fryer, but we usually steam em for a while then chop em up, oil and season and bung em in the over until crisp.. lovely and mushy on the inside, crispy on the out.. hmm.. the overall success depends on the quality of the spud though


  • #2801
    cubatahavana
    Registered Users Posts: 990 ✭✭✭cubatahavana


    Leftovers from yesterday’s bbq.

    Bavette steak sandwich


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  • #2802
    notAMember
    Registered Users Posts: 1,637 ✭✭✭notAMember


    Smoked mackerel (Hederman’s, pure treat!), with a dressed salad of roasted peppers, radish, lettuce, cucumber, beetroot, tomato. Very tasty indeed


  • #2803
    sporina
    Registered Users Posts: 6,778 ✭✭✭sporina


    notAMember wrote: »
    Smoked mackerel (Hederman’s, pure treat!), with a dressed salad of roasted peppers, radish, lettuce, cucumber, beetroot, tomato. Very tasty indeed

    hmm it is a pure treat - so €€ - we get their smoked salmon on occasion..


  • #2804
    notAMember
    Registered Users Posts: 1,637 ✭✭✭notAMember


    sporina wrote: »
    hmm it is a pure treat - so €€ - we get their smoked salmon on occasion..

    The mackerel are way cheaper than the salmon. 5 euro for two.


  • #2805
    Recliner
    Registered Users Posts: 878 ✭✭✭Recliner


    Pot noodle.
    Haven't had one in years and I know I'll suffer for it but just had a longing for processed salty junk food.


  • #2806
    tangy
    Registered Users Posts: 227 ✭✭tangy


    Recliner wrote: »
    Pot noodle.
    Haven't had one in years and I know I'll suffer for it but just had a longing for processed salty junk food.

    Bombay Bad Boys for me ;)

    Have to replace the sodium they removed a few years back, so I add sambal oelek/fish sauce/soy sauce.


  • #2807
    Gloomtastic!
    Registered Users Posts: 8,297 ✭✭✭Gloomtastic!


    Going to have to take this thread away for a deep clean I’m afraid. Pot Noodles, two of you! ;)


  • #2808
    tscul32
    Registered Users Posts: 2,530 ✭✭✭tscul32


    Croque Monsieur from St Germain in Malahide


  • #2809
    Recliner
    Registered Users Posts: 878 ✭✭✭Recliner


    Gloomtastic! wrote: »
    Going to have to take this thread away for a deep clean I’m afraid. Pot Noodles, two of you! ;)

    I'm sorry, I will try harder next time but in fairness sometimes you just have to get down and dirty. :-)

    I did add my own soy sauce if that helps..


  • #2810
    tangy
    Registered Users Posts: 227 ✭✭tangy


    Gloomtastic! wrote: »
    Going to have to take this thread away for a deep clean I’m afraid. Pot Noodles, two of you! ;)

    Group Buy!


  • #2811
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users Posts: 16,737 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    Gloomtastic! wrote: »
    Going to have to take this thread away for a deep clean I’m afraid. Pot Noodles, two of you! ;)

    I have had many, many brands of instant noodles of varying flavours and quality over the years.
    I'm pretty sure that I have never had an actual Pot Noodle.

    If I'm going to eat highly processed and flavoured carbohydrates, I want ones marketed mostly at Asian people, for some reason.


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  • #2812
    Recliner
    Registered Users Posts: 878 ✭✭✭Recliner


    the beer revolu wrote: »
    I have had many, many brands of instant noodles of varying flavours and quality over the years.
    I'm pretty sure that I have never had an actual Pot Noodle.

    If I'm going to eat highly processed and flavoured carbohydrates, I want ones marketed mostly at Asian people, for some reason.

    I insist that you try. Thank me later..


  • #2813
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 53,331 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    Mussels in white wine, chilli, garlic and cream sauce with crusty bread and focaccia.

    And a glass of white wine to wash it down (sure it’s a bank holiday).

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  • #2814
    Toulouse
    Registered Users Posts: 2,413 ✭✭✭Toulouse


    Half a toastie from Margadh in Howth, post cliff walk and two scoops of gelato for dessert.

    Very sad the little tea-room that used to be in that space has gone :(


  • #2815
    Dave_The_Sheep
    Registered Users Posts: 7,328 ✭✭✭Dave_The_Sheep


    F*cking hell, Awec, that looks good.

    My freezer defrosted a little by mistake, so I've been eating prawns all weekend as they have to be used up (shelling and deveining a few score prawns is a pain in the hoop, but very worth it). Final lunch, very garlicky prawns on sourdough toast. Just as well I'm not in the office tomorrow, going to be radioactive.

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  • #2816
    Shenshen
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 9,453 Mod ✭✭✭✭Shenshen


    I had some lentil pate and some houmous left over, so had that on some crisp bread with a side salad. While sitting in the sun in my back garden and reading a good book - perfect lunch break!

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  • #2817
    Planet X
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 3,911 Mod ✭✭✭✭Planet X


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    Home made Soda Bread, home made slaw, boiled lump of ham (ham ya can't see through), cheese, onion etc etc.
    Black tae :pac:


  • #2818
    Dave_The_Sheep
    Registered Users Posts: 7,328 ✭✭✭Dave_The_Sheep


    Bit of a salad buzz lately, been having it a good bit for lunch. Chicken, beetroot, greens, pomegranite, pumpkin seed, blue cheese, few cherry tomatoes included for herself. Can't stand them myself.

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  • #2819
    sporina
    Registered Users Posts: 6,778 ✭✭✭sporina


    Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »
    Bit of a salad buzz lately, been having it a good bit for lunch. Chicken, beetroot, greens, pomegranite, pumpkin seed, blue cheese, few cherry tomatoes included for herself. Can't stand them myself.


    are those pickled red onions?


  • #2820
    Shenshen
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 9,453 Mod ✭✭✭✭Shenshen


    It was brunch, but I hope that's ok :D

    Quesadilla filled with mushroom, courgette, pepper, onions and egg. Topped with some bbq sauce and some peri peri mayonnaise.

    Brunch-Quesadilla.jpg


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  • #2821
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 53,331 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    Spaghetti aglio e olio. Love this stuff, so light and easy.

    attachment.php?attachmentid=557546&d=1625398146

    Aldi chillis though are disappointingly mild. Even with the seeds left in :(


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