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iwantmydinner · 30-06-2014 02:41PM

MissFlitworth wrote: »

look at this beautiful, simple cake!!

Baaaahahahaha!!

fiddlechic · 30-06-2014 03:03PM

MissFlitworth wrote: »

This is shamelessly stolen from Lazygal who posted it in Ranting & Raving - look at this beautiful, simple cake!!
I haven't been so amused in a long time

Love the instructions:
"Repeat until you’ve used all the donuts."

I could do this on my way home - head to doughnut booth on O'Connell St and then head to Moore St for flowers.
Now if only I was getting married, that would be the cake sorted in 10 minutes.

B0jangles · 30-06-2014 04:03PM

The comments are brilliant too

Sad in Seattle wrote:

15 days ago

OK. I tried this recipe today but substituted the cake stand ingredient for a plate ingredient instead. What a failure, It was nothing more than a plate of donuts no matter how many flowers and greens I put on it. A bastardly plate of donuts! I am ashamed. #glitterfail

TeletextPear · 30-06-2014 04:55PM

"This recipe seemed perfect for my rehearsal dinner, but I find donuts too sweet so I substituted sprouted, whole-grain, gluten-free bagels. I wanted the occasion to have that trendy, DIY hipster feel, so I got creative and replaced the flowers with taxidermied fetal foxes. The next day I found myself waiting alone at the altar, weeping. What went wrong? This is a tricky one."

sillymoo · 30-06-2014 09:15PM

Hahahaha!!!

"Crud - I did it all wrong! I read the recipe backwards and made a donut-shaped cake! I hope my friends still like it"

StripedBoxers · 02-07-2014 08:00AM

I'm lacking any inspiration for dinner tonight. I did want fish, but now I've changed my mind and don't know what I want.

Can't seem to decide on anything. I'd like something spicy and meaty though I think.

The search continues.

The Hill Billy · 02-07-2014 08:43AM

Thai red curry with monkfish?

Merkin · 02-07-2014 09:56AM

Prawn linguini with chilli?
Spicy meatballs?

Tom Dunne · 02-07-2014 10:47AM

So I made naan bread to accompany dinner last night. First time making it.

We had a few friends coming over, herself was making a huge pot of curry and I had a load of flour in the cupboard, so I said why not. The bread came out surprisingly well, the guests were mighty impressed. (the curry was up to its usual high standard, I should add

)

StripedBoxers · 02-07-2014 11:37AM

Thanks for the suggestions, prawns are out as my OH is allergic to them, don't think he likes fish curries which is a pity

Might do spicy meatballs, thanks Merkin.

Faith · 02-07-2014 03:27PM

Dizzyblonde, I think I've caught your cold via the interwebz :mad:

the beer revolu · 02-07-2014 04:30PM

Faith wrote: »

Dizzyblonde, I think I've caught your cold via the interwebz :mad:

Everyone knows you can only catch things through PMs, not off the general forum.

Is there something going on between you two?

Dizzyblonde · 02-07-2014 05:48PM

Faith wrote: »

Dizzyblonde, I think I've caught your cold via the interwebz :mad:

Ooh it's a nasty one too - I'm just starting to feel human a week in. Hope you're feeling better soon.

the beer revolu wrote: »

Everyone knows you can only catch things through PMs, not off the general forum.

Is there something going on between you two?

We're really Joan Burton and Frances Fitzgerald and we're having secret Dáil meetings via PM

Faith · 02-07-2014 06:06PM

Dizzyblonde wrote: »

Ooh it's a nasty one too - I'm just starting to feel human a week in. Hope you're feeling better soon.

Feckit, I've a busy week ahead, it had better be a different one!

We're really Joan Burton and Frances Fitzgerald and we're having secret Dáil meetings via PM

LMAO yes!

GrahamThomas · 02-07-2014 06:26PM

Was planning to make meatball subs for dinner.... Until I opened the mince and realised it was gone off. Now it's almost half 7 and I've to ransack the cupboards for a plan B. Absolutely raging, I'd bought nice rolls/cheese for it and everything!

beertons · 02-07-2014 07:51PM

Just reading this months bbc good food magazine. Page 135. Ping Combes, winner of this years master chef, was asked what her most memorable meal. The restaurant had no menu, and asked 2 questions when they were seated. Are they vegetarian and do they like it spicy? They were brought out loads of little plates, filled with various foods. Wow.

MissFlitworth · 02-07-2014 08:16PM

GrahamThomas wrote: »

Was planning to make meatball subs for dinner.... Until I opened the mince and realised it was gone off. Now it's almost half 7 and I've to ransack the cupboards for a plan B. Absolutely raging, I'd bought nice rolls/cheese for it and everything!

Oh no

Hope you found something nice salted away!

confusticated · 02-07-2014 08:52PM

MissFlitworth wrote: »

Oh no Hope you found something nice salted away!

Appropriate. Whenever that kind of thing happens me, dinner tends to end up being crisps.

GrahamThomas · 02-07-2014 10:57PM

MissFlitworth wrote: »

Oh no Hope you found something nice salted away!

Thankfully found a pack of gnocchi, pan fried them and made a quick tomato sauce so wasn't too bad.

It's the second time in the past few months I've gotten meat from a supermarket that has already gone off, in future I'm going to try and buy as much meat as possible from a decent local butchers!

Animord · 03-07-2014 07:36AM

GrahamThomas wrote: »

It's the second time in the past few months I've gotten meat from a supermarket that has already gone off, in future I'm going to try and buy as much meat as possible from a decent local butchers!

Often in supermarkets people abandon foods that they have changed their minds about in or around the checkout desk (or indeed anywhere in the supermarket) I always pick them up and give them to the checkout person. It drives me mad because it is such a stupid waste of food - the supermarket can't resell them if they are chilled products. Recently I was in a supermarket at the checkout and when I gave some chicken that I had found under the counter (!) back to the assistant and she said "Thanks, I will put them back on the shelf"

I wonder how often this happens and well meaning staff just put stuff back rather than throwing it out as they are legally obliged to. I have seen lots of complaints on here about people buying meat that is gone off when it is well within its sell by date and I wonder if this is the reason.

Merkin · 03-07-2014 10:03AM

Tbh it's why I will only ever buy meat from my trusty local organic butcher. I actually have a really good relationship with them all at this stage (involving lengthy chats about food mainly!) and now the man who owns the shop often tells me when they have something particularly good in. I used to buy the occasional bit of meat in <mod snip of named supermarket chain> until Mr.Merkin and I cooked a loin of pork and were both violently ill within about an hour of consuming it, just made me realise we have noooo idea how long it's been sitting there and under what conditions! People think the butcher is more expensive but it's actually not when you consider that you buy the exact amounts you require and it's cut fresh there in front of you too!

the beer revolu · 03-07-2014 11:16AM

Animord wrote: »

Often in supermarkets people abandon foods that they have changed their minds about in or around the checkout desk (or indeed anywhere in the supermarket)

This drives me effing mad:mad:
I recently saw someone abandon 2 bags of frozen food at a closed check out.
Why don't these people think!!

I probably have been guilty, on occasion, of not returning food to its proper place but if it's chilled it went back in a fridge and if it was frozen it went back in a freezer.

dee_mc · 03-07-2014 11:26AM

the beer revolu wrote: »

This drives me effing mad:mad:
I recently saw someone abandon 2 bags of frozen food at a closed check out.
Why don't these people think!!

I probably have been guilty, on occasion, of not returning food to its proper place but if it's chilled it went back in a fridge and if it was frozen it went back in a freezer.

That drives me insane! I saw a woman in Lidl the other day change her mind about the fresh bread she'd picked up... so she opened the freezer she was passing and threw the bag of bread in. I know it's not a food safety risk in that case but it's wasteful and ignorant

rubadub · 03-07-2014 11:37AM

Merkin wrote: »

noooo idea how long it's been sitting there and under what conditions!

I have seen some really bad practices. Some don't care, some are ignorant, some are astonishing -one being the practise of putting reduced price fresh meat which is going off that day on trolleys nowhere near the fridges, the mind boggles.

dee_mc wrote: »

so she opened the freezer she was passing and threw the bag of bread in...

...it's wasteful

The same woman will probably be giving out about price hikes in a few weeks!

Reminds me of seeing gangs of scumbags at bus stops moaning about ripped down timetables, which they probably ripped off themselves a week earlier. Or vandals wondering why insurance is so high.

StripedBoxers · 03-07-2014 01:24PM

Can anyone recommend somewhere online that I can buy chipotles in adobo sauce? I need it for chipotle mayo. No where near me sells either chipotles or chipotles in adobo sauce, and I won't be in Dublin or anywhere for ages so unfortunately I need to order online

I never buy food online (tesco order excl!) so I've no idea where would be a good source for them.

Also, another question: are jalapeño really hot? I see them everywhere but have never tried them. I have this idea that they are eye-wateringly-burning-hot for some reason, not sure where I got it........

MissFlitworth · 03-07-2014 01:39PM

mymexicanshop.ie does, although they're a little more expensive there than they might be if you found them in a shop. Alternatively a lot of the butchers around me are selling big squeezy bottles of chipotle mayo at the moment, in with the garlic mayo & taco sauce, might be worth a look!

Jalapenos are sliced chilis, with the seeds still in. So they're pretty hot, depending on your tolerance for chili heat

Animord · 03-07-2014 01:40PM

I am so glad I am not the only mad old bat that goes round supermarkets giving out and muttering like a mad yoke about people wasting food and generally behaving badly. I shut fridge doors that are left open and put stuff back in its rightful place. I am sure people must think I am crazy!

Jezek · 03-07-2014 01:49PM

MissFlitworth wrote: »

Jalapenos are sliced chilis, with the seeds still in. So they're pretty hot, depending on your tolerance for chili heat

Aren't jalapenos just a kind of chili ? I wouldn't say they are very hot any way, low-medium heat if anything.

Jezek · 03-07-2014 01:51PM

I made Ouzo and Cucumber Jelly last night. Had a bit now, turns out it's quite strong!

I jusst cooked up some lemonade and Connemara whiskey jelly. Maybe it will set by tonight ( probably not).

Anyone any good jelly shot recipes?

MissFlitworth · 03-07-2014 02:00PM

Jezek wrote: »

Aren't jalapenos just a kind of chili ? I wouldn't say they are very hot any way, low-medium heat if anything.

I think Stripedboxers is talking about jars of pickled jalapenos, so closest I can describe them is slice chilis, seeds still in, in terms of giving an idea of the heat. I don't find them that hot but my non heat liking buddies find they burn the mouth off them

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