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BaZmO* · 23-01-2014 03:49PM

dipdip wrote: »

There is no evaporation in my slow cooker at all.

Leave the lid off.

beertons · 23-01-2014 10:03PM

Tbh, I rushed the dish without thinking about it. I should have gone the passata route, not vinegar. Next time, I'll get it right.

The Black Oil · 23-01-2014 10:19PM

Made granola earlier - Jamie Oliver version. Looking forward to it.

angeldelight · 24-01-2014 12:43AM

Anyone ever been to the milk market in Limerick? Gonna be there on Sat and wondering if there's anything I shouldn't miss

Animord · 24-01-2014 08:28AM

angeldelight wrote: »

Anyone ever been to the milk market in Limerick? Gonna be there on Sat and wondering if there's anything I shouldn't miss

There is a lot there! The Country Choice shop is full of interesting stuff and do great hot sandwiches and stuff. Good olives on the Olive stall - there is just loads of good stuff there. Definitely worth a good wander, but it does get very packed so go fairly early. They have, or used to have, tables and chairs upstairs so you can sit up there and have a coffee and watch the goings on.

B0jangles · 24-01-2014 12:47PM

B0jangles wrote: »

FAO Chipshop kebab lovers: Lidl are selling that pink sauce that is an essential part of the delicious unwholesome kebab experience, they call it hamburger sauce, but that is a lie, it is KEBAB SAUCE!

http://www.lidl.ie/cps/rde/SID-B3741E70-73471A70/www_lidl_ie/hs.xsl/3491.htm?action=showDetail&id=1905

(I posted a recipe last year sometime for making chipshop-type kebabs at home; this sauce is a key component )

I have terrible news; Lidl have CHANGED THE FORMULA. The so-called "Hamburger sauce" available in the American Specials this week is a completely different one to the glorious pink sauce they had in the same range before. The new one appears to be fecking curry flavoured.

My kebabs will be forever diminished by this tragedy.

RasTa · 24-01-2014 03:24PM

This seems like a great price for a stand mixer, anyone going for it?

http://www.groupon.ie/deals/national-deals/gg-james-russell-109/33056895

dee_mc · 24-01-2014 03:35PM

RasTa wrote: »

This seems like a great price for a stand mixer, anyone going for it?

http://www.groupon.ie/deals/national-deals/gg-james-russell-109/33056895

Some bad reviews online, looks like low wattage too?

IvyTheTerrible · 24-01-2014 03:36PM

RasTa wrote: »

This seems like a great price for a stand mixer, anyone going for it?

http://www.groupon.ie/deals/national-deals/gg-james-russell-109/33056895

You could get a good Kenwood for that price, I think.

Animord · 24-01-2014 03:57PM

Wasn't there a thread here in the last few weeks where someone was complaining that their new mixer didn't have the power to knead dough? I thought it was the same make as that, but I can't be sure - anyone remember?

the beer revolu · 24-01-2014 04:17PM

@ Minder.

I'm doing your beef rendang and I notice there is no salt in the recipe.

Should I use salt ? fish sauce? or should there really be no salt in it?

BaZmO* · 24-01-2014 04:28PM

RasTa wrote: »

This seems like a great price for a stand mixer, anyone going for it?

http://www.groupon.ie/deals/national-deals/gg-james-russell-109/33056895

I have this one and I think it's great. I have only used it for making bread so far, so it kneads dough fine.

Minder · 24-01-2014 05:07PM

the beer revolu wrote: »

@ Minder.

I'm doing your beef rendang and I notice there is no salt in the recipe.

Should I use salt ? fish sauce? or should there really be no salt in it?

Deja Va. I'm certain you asked me that after the original post. Yes, add salt as there is no other source of salt in the recipe. I'd season towards the end of the cooking as the reduction process will concentrate the salt.

the beer revolu · 24-01-2014 05:08PM

Minder wrote: »

Deja Va. I'm certain you asked me that after the original post.

As I typed it, I wondered if we had this conversation the last time I made it:o:o

Mrs Fox · 24-01-2014 10:55PM

Dragging from the dinner thread -- congratulations Faith on your 1.1.

Gloomtastic! · 24-01-2014 11:28PM

Mrs Fox wrote: »

Dragging from the dinner thread -- congratulations Faith on your 1.1.

Excuse the uneducated. Is that a 1st?
Well done Faith!

Animord · 25-01-2014 07:37AM

Congratulations Faith! I am delighted for you

beertons · 25-01-2014 07:39AM

Wow, well done Faith. What was the meal to celebrate? And more to the point, who cooked it!!

Faith · 25-01-2014 09:51AM

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

Excuse the uneducated. Is that a 1st?
Well done Faith!

Tis indeed

Thanks everyone, it's a nice feeling to be done with it.

beertons wrote: »

Wow, well done Faith. What was the meal to celebrate? And more to the point, who cooked it!!

No meal as yet. The results arrived out of the blue so it was just like "oh. Cool. Okay". Perhaps we'll celebrate properly in a few days though!

Mrs Fox · 25-01-2014 10:05AM

Faith wrote: »

The results arrived out of the blue so it was just like "oh. Cool. Okay".

Oh cool ok? My my, if it was me I'd be doing cartwheels all the way to the closest off licence for a bottle of bubbly!

Faith · 25-01-2014 10:18AM

Mrs Fox wrote: »

Oh cool ok? My my, if it was me I'd be doing cartwheels all the way to the closest off licence for a bottle of bubbly!

Well I'm a bit of a perpetual student so maybe that's why I was less excited. I think i probably did cartwheels after my first degree, then enthusiastic high fives after the second, so 'cheers-ing' with a pint was sufficient for this one

Plus I hated every moment of my masters so I've just been waiting for the result so I can say it's finally done and I never have to think about it again - that's where the cartwheels would probably come in!

pampootie · 25-01-2014 02:44PM

Well done faith, great result!

Animord · 25-01-2014 05:35PM

What a horrible day it is out there!

I spent a couple of hours in the English market today and found myself looking at people in the queues and wondering if any of them were you lot. It made me a bit nervous after a while, I may have to stop posting here

So, where any of you there? I am looking at you Loire.

Animord · 25-01-2014 05:39PM

Oh and in other gossip. I was talking to one of the stall holders who has just applied for and been given an interview to open a stall in the Dublin version of the market, somewhere near the Four Courts, is that right? So it appears it is going ahead.

MissFlitworth · 25-01-2014 05:42PM

Animord wrote: »

Oh and in other gossip. I was talking to one of the stall holders who has just applied for and been given an interview to open a stall in the Dublin version of the market, somewhere near the Four Courts, is that right? So it appears it is going ahead.

YUSSS!! Oh cool, it must be going ahead pretty shortly so. Cannot wait.

Animord · 25-01-2014 05:44PM

MissFlitworth wrote: »

YUSSS!! Oh cool, it must be going ahead pretty shortly so. Cannot wait.

I got the impression it was sooner rather than later - like opening in April/May or something like that. I will see if I can get more detail for yous.

Merkin · 25-01-2014 06:24PM

Mrs Fox wrote: »

Dragging from the dinner thread -- congratulations Faith on your 1.1.

Aw Faith that is amazing news, all the hardworking has paid off!! You're a clever clogs, well done. I shall raise a toast to you this evening (of black currant cordial)!

dipdip · 25-01-2014 06:53PM

Great news Faith! Ya big brainiac ya. :pac:

Loire · 25-01-2014 07:02PM

Animord wrote: »

What a horrible day it is out there!

I spent a couple of hours in the English market today and found myself looking at people in the queues and wondering if any of them were you lot. It made me a bit nervous after a while, I may have to stop posting here

So, where any of you there? I am looking at you Loire.

I certainly was

:D

Every Saturday unless there's an emergency. I'm an early shopper though...was in at 10 this morning and did a big shop - beef chin (in the slow cooker at the mo), lamb mince, venison steaks, chicken thighs and chicken drumsticks - only 30c each!, my usual dozen sausages and some fresh bread. A large "strong" coffee too midway had me sorted.

I can just about manage the taxes and high cost of living in this country. If the English Market closed :eek:, I would really think about emigrating :pac:

Loire · 25-01-2014 07:03PM

Hi Faith.

Congrats. Don't mind the beers....go on the bubbly & the hard stuff!

Loire

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