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The Black Oil wrote: »Picking blackberries is a good childhood memory and fishing with the old fella.
+1. Good times
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I used to love Monday stew night, made with the leftovers from the roast on Sunday (lamb or beef, depending on the time of year). The gravy would go into making the stew sauce, god it was delicious. I've tried to replicate it but I just can't!Gloomtastic! wrote: »What's your favourite childhood food memories?
Mine has to be Saturday lunchtimes - bacon, cabbage (boiled to a mush), parsley sauce and mashed potatoes with loads of butter.
The next best memory was Saturday evening's Rasher and Sausage pie with crusty mash topping.
If I was ever on death row it would be a toss between those two (cooked by my Mum of course).
Bacon (or ham) and cabbage is something I loved too, and I miss it a lot, as I have not seen bacon or ham over here.0 -
Gloomtastic! wrote: »What's your favourite childhood food memories?
Mine has to be Saturday lunchtimes - bacon, cabbage (boiled to a mush), parsley sauce and mashed potatoes with loads of butter.
The next best memory was Saturday evening's Rasher and Sausage pie with crusty mash topping.
If I was ever on death row it would be a toss between those two (cooked by my Mum of course).
I always loved my food, and I used to especially love roast dinners. My mum told me that one Sunday afternoon when I was like 3, she was cooking roast beef for dinner and I LOVED woast beef and potatoes and gwayvy (as I used to pronounce it!). Anyway, that particular afternoon I obviously wasn't feeling well because I had only sat down at the table and I said to my mum "Mummy, I think I go to bed" - she said she knew something was wrong with me because I would NEVER normally turn down woast beef, potatoes and gwayvy
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The smell of white pepper. For some reason we never used black pepper and I never use white pepper now so every time I smell it it's a pure nostalgia fest. It means my Mam's coddle, my Grandad seasoning his potatoes at dinner on Saturdays. My granny's roast beef & dripping roast potatoes. Beef done to within an inch of its life (to this day the burnt, crusty outside bits are my favourite bits), really good, crispy, salty roasties, marrowfat peas (which, I now intensely dislike) and loads of bisto (and a waft of white pepper in the air). Followed by vienetta and about a kilo of sweets.
Rainy school holiday days at home, Sally Jessy Raphael on the tv and one of these egg cups with one type of sweet to the left, one in the middle and one to the right. Served with cream crackers & dairygold
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There's a blast from the past!MissFlitworth wrote: »
My dad used to make us walk to our Grandmother's house every Sunday for a visit. She wasn't the greatest cook in the world but she was a real country woman living in Dublin so she used to grow lots of stuff in the back garden, Rhubarb, cabbage, gooseberries, potatoes etc.
Wasn't a fan of most of the stuff she grew, but she had a big apple tree, and around the end of the each summer we used to bring a bag of apples (they were sour dessert apples) home and my mam would make the most beautiful apple tarts (very similar to the Cooking Club recipe) for tea. Yum yum! 0 -
Does anyone have one of these
It's a 1.5l deep fat fryer from Aldi. I can't deep fry on my cooker anymore because we have gas hobs and I just can't mentally deal with an open flame around lots of hot oil but I deep fry so rarely (and don't want to get into 'chips! so handy! frame of mind) that I don't want a large fryer knocking about with multiple litres of rancid oil I'm too lazy to get rid of, mocking me. I know it's titchy, would mainly use for things I already cook in batches like buttermilk chicken & onion rings.
Worth a punt or destined for the abandoned gadgets shelf? <deflects gaze from Ice Cream Machine of Shame>0 -
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You need to hide Ice Cream Machine of Shame. Mine is at the back of a cupboard in the spare room.
I need to put it away but I only bought it because I promised myself it would be used and that I wouldn't be one of 'those' people. Got upset when I missed the week they were on sale in Aldi & jumped around the place when they popped up in Lidl. Swore blind up & down Lidl that we'd be eating 'decent' raspberry ripple and mojito sorbet asap. Someone gave me the Icreamists book for my birthday nearly 2 years ago and I have such guilty associations with just giving up on the whole shebang. One day, one glorious day, I will report back with photos of popcorn & salt caramel icecream made by my own fair hands.
Think I will buy the little deep fat fryer. There may be home made chips ahead.
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If you ask my dad or my boyfriend what the rationale behind buying gadgets is, they would say it is because they are "cool" or they have "always wanted one" with no attempt to contain excitement.
Actually using said gadgets seems secondary, and possibly at the risk of spoiling the unadulterated thrill of owning them.
I feel so much better about my ice cream maker/juicer/deep fat fryer/mandolin/contact grill/multiple fancy spatulas now 0 -
MissFlitworth wrote: »Does anyone have one of these
It's a 1.5l deep fat fryer from Aldi. I can't deep fry on my cooker anymore because we have gas hobs and I just can't mentally deal with an open flame around lots of hot oil but I deep fry so rarely (and don't want to get into 'chips! so handy! frame of mind) that I don't want a large fryer knocking about with multiple litres of rancid oil I'm too lazy to get rid of, mocking me. I know it's titchy, would mainly use for things I already cook in batches like buttermilk chicken & onion rings.
Worth a punt or destined for the abandoned gadgets shelf? <deflects gaze from Ice Cream Machine of Shame>
I have the Argos version, which I think is even titchier. Bought for the sole purpose of making onion rings, which are Mr Emaleth's second favourite food (sandwiches come first, always, in everything). It lives in the shed, so I don't have to either look at it or sniff the ghost of used oil. Getting rid of the oil is a pain in the hoop but otherwise I rationalise it as being twenty quid so what the hell 0 -
I have the Argos version, which I think is even titchier. Bought for the sole purpose of making onion rings, which are Mr Emaleth's second favourite food (sandwiches come first, always, in everything). It lives in the shed, so I don't have to either look at it or sniff the ghost of used oil. Getting rid of the oil is a pain in the hoop but otherwise I rationalise it as being twenty quid so what the hell
You can stick the used oil in your brown bin ......0 -
Has anyone tried the flavoured pasta from aldi? Theres a wild garlic and spring onion....
Also what do you guys serve with hummus? Makint dinner tomorrow night and want to just make a platter of stuff as a starter... Might make a homemade salsa too, any suggestions would be great 0 -
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Has anyone tried the flavoured pasta from aldi? Theres a wild garlic and spring onion....
Also what do you guys serve with hummus? Makint dinner tomorrow night and want to just make a platter of stuff as a starter... Might make a homemade salsa too, any suggestions would be great
Olives, meats, cheese. I like it served with either toasted sourdough bread or toasted pita bread cut into soldiers.0 -
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Has anyone tried the flavoured pasta from aldi? Theres a wild garlic and spring onion....
Also what do you guys serve with hummus? Makint dinner tomorrow night and want to just make a platter of stuff as a starter... Might make a homemade salsa too, any suggestions would be great
Apart from what others have mentioned I think that a handful of unflavoured tortilla chips are great with hummus.0 -
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iwantmydinner wrote: »NEED!
I mainly cook for one, can't cope with saucepans of oil, so this would be ideal altogether.
Do you know what I feel in my heart it might be amazing for? One of those Onion Blossom yokes
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I do. Her Indoors always insisted we were never going to own a deep frier on the grounds that it would only encourage us to eat unhealthy food, but you always need one sometimes - be it for tempura or whatever - so I waited until she was out of the country and bought oneMissFlitworth wrote: »Does anyone have one of these
It's handy to whip out for things like pommes dauphine or arancini that I just wouldn't bother making if I had to heat a big pan of oil on the gas.0 -
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