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  • #5102
    Dizzyblonde
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 12,110 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dizzyblonde


    MissFlitworth wrote: »
    Just fyi Joe - I can't see the photos on your post. Just a little 'photo should be here' icon

    I can see them on the laptop :)


  • #5103
    corblimey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,475 ✭✭✭corblimey


    Can anyone tell me what adding sugar to a stir fry does? I've seen it in a few places - most recently the Szechuan chicken recipe in the cooking club. 1/2 tsp gets added towards the end of cooking. Does it do more than just add sweetness? I'm not a big fan of sweetness, so unless it has some sort of glazing/syrupy benefit I'm not aware of, I'd prefer to leave it out.


  • #5104
    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,859 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    It can help balance the flavours. You wouldn't usually notice any particular sweetness per se.


  • #5105
    MissFlitworth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,057 ✭✭✭MissFlitworth


    Kat1170 wrote: »
    Cheers, showing up for me, I'll check it out :)

    Can see them at home. Silly work pc.


  • #5106
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,059 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    Made some buns, got everything in the bowl for the mix and then realised ***I HAD NO EGGS***:eek: Rushed to the internet, as one does to see if I could find any egg free recipes and came to the conclusion that some cream I had from making soup earlier would have to do as the main binding agent. Just pulled them out of the oven and all seems well.


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  • #5107
    iwantmydinner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,246 ✭✭✭iwantmydinner


    At the risk of sounding like Captain fooking Obvious, planning ahead and doing a decent grocery shop really is the key to better meals, isn't it?

    My habits have slipped badly in the past few months - nothing in the fridge -> eating late -> eating takeaways -> lack of fresh veggies etc etc...

    Pulled my socks up this week, did a good shop and it has a made a world of difference coming home from work. Excited about meal planning and cooking again.


  • #5108
    Dizzyblonde
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    iwantmydinner wrote: »
    At the risk of sounding like Captain fooking Obvious, planning ahead and doing a decent grocery shop really is the key to better meals, isn't it?

    It's the only way. Once you get into a proper routine of doing the weekly shop you'll never be without something to cook :)


  • #5109
    pampootie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,441 ✭✭✭pampootie


    That's partly why I get a veg delivery once a week, keeps us on the straight and narrow fruit and veg wise. It's drastically cut down on the weeks where we live off bread, cheese and breadcrumbed things from the freezer


  • #5110
    MissFlitworth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,057 ✭✭✭MissFlitworth


    I'm a constant passionate adopter and then sulky abandonner of my meal planning and shopping routine. I need to beat it into my head that one miserable hour in Aldi of a Sunday (esp if Hellpit Aldi in Finglas) spending, what feels like, a shocking amount of money (like €80 on groceries for 2) actually ends up saving me about a hundred quid a week in stupid impulse spending in Tesco when I'm going in 4 nights a week, lunches out, breakfast bought on the way to work and medicinal dominos. On a 2 week roll here, long may it last!

    Honestly though, don't ever go to Aldi in Finglas on a Sunday.


  • #5111
    The Black Oil
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    MissFlitworth wrote: »
    Honestly though, don't ever go to Aldi in Finglas on a Sunday.

    Shopapocalypse?

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  • #5112
    MissFlitworth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,057 ✭✭✭MissFlitworth


    So shopocalyptic you have to swerve around the 4 horsemen to get into the carpark. Plague gave me the fingers.

    Very, very, very thronged. You can walk to it from surrounding estates so it's jammers full of entire families. Some of whom appear to be having a day out. Fruit and veg pillaged by 14.30 last Sunday. Came this close *makes pinchy finger move* to walking out and leaving trolley full of rhubarb and celery (all that was left) behind me.


  • #5113
    iwantmydinner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,246 ✭✭✭iwantmydinner


    Yep it always seems like such a vast lump of money but actually saves a load of money, time and hassle. I was so good before I moved to Dublin but city life has knocked me all out of routine!

    Aldi Parnell St any evening of the week is the stuff of nightmares. Santry is decent though with plenty parking.


  • #5114
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    Oh god that brings me back to my days living in city centre Dublin. I have never, ever, ever given out about rural supermarkets after that. The best I found was Tesco Jervis as it's so awkward to get to, if I ever needed veg late in the vening I headed htere.


  • #5115
    MissFlitworth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,057 ✭✭✭MissFlitworth


    Lidl on Moore Street. If I have a personal hell waiting for me it is Lidl on Moore street of a Monday evening when all the English language students from Capel Street are in shopping en masse. Aldi-in-Finglas can't touch it for horrors.

    Must give Santry a whirl iwmd. That's pretty handy for me


  • #5116
    Tilly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,987 ✭✭✭Tilly


    Santry is good but can be a pain to drive out of when you need to turn right onto the main road.


  • #5117
    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,859 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    MissFlitworth wrote: »
    Lidl on Moore Street. If I have a personal hell waiting for me it is Lidl on Moore street of a Monday evening when all the English language students from Capel Street are in shopping en masse. Aldi-in-Finglas can't touch it for horrors.

    Must give Santry a whirl iwmd. That's pretty handy for me
    If you are out by Santry - try Red Cherry Café in Omni. The grub is great. They do a lovely soup & sandwich of the day combo.


  • #5118
    Dizzyblonde
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    The Hill Billy wrote: »
    If you are out by Santry - try Red Cherry Café in Omni. The grub is great. They do a lovely soup & sandwich of the day combo.

    I go to Aldi in Santry all the time and need to visit the wool shop in the Omni so I'll give it a try :)


  • #5119
    Markcheese
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,013 ✭✭✭Markcheese


    corblimey wrote: »
    Can anyone tell me what adding sugar to a stir fry does? I've seen it in a few places - most recently the Szechuan chicken recipe in the cooking club. 1/2 tsp gets added towards the end of cooking. Does it do more than just add sweetness? I'm not a big fan of sweetness, so unless it has some sort of glazing/syrupy benefit I'm not aware of, I'd prefer to leave it out.

    It usually gets added with a bit of vinegar - trying to hit as many taste buds as possible - sweet- sour -salt- savory (soy sauce) -
    Same with tomato sauce - often add a half teaspoon of sugar and same of vinegar - (and a bit of Parmesan for the savoury Taste )

    Slava ukraini 🇺🇦



  • #5120
    fussyonion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,826 ✭✭✭fussyonion


    I bought some Madras Curry Powder (unfortunately they only had "Mild"), and I'm just wondering how can I make it into a curry?
    Do I mix it with water or what?

    (I normally make my own Jalfrezi, using a home-made paste, so I'm unsure what to do with this powder)

    Here's the powder I bought:

    http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=260743172


  • #5121
    Dizzyblonde
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    When I'm making curry I fry my onions/veg/garlic for a few minutes, then add the powder and stir it around on a low heat for a minute or two to toast it before adding the meat.


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  • #5122
    fussyonion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,826 ✭✭✭fussyonion


    Dizzyblonde wrote: »
    When I'm making curry I fry my onions/veg/garlic for a few minutes, then add the powder and stir it around on a low heat for a minute or two to toast it before adding the meat.

    That sounds good. Would you add a tin of tomatoes if you were making it into a Madras curry?


  • #5123
    Tilly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,987 ✭✭✭Tilly


    fussyonion wrote: »
    I bought some Madras Curry Powder (unfortunately they only had "Mild"), and I'm just wondering how can I make it into a curry?
    Do I mix it with water or what?

    (I normally make my own Jalfrezi, using a home-made paste, so I'm unsure what to do with this powder)

    Here's the powder I bought:

    http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=260743172
    I use that with coconut milk.


  • #5124
    Dizzyblonde
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    fussyonion wrote: »
    That sounds good. Would you add a tin of tomatoes if you were making it into a Madras curry?

    I don't make Madras, but I'd imagine so. I use it for Rogan Josh and add a tin of tomatoes.


  • #5125
    fussyonion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,826 ✭✭✭fussyonion


    Dizzyblonde wrote: »
    I don't make Madras, but I'd imagine so. I use it for Rogan Josh and add a tin of tomatoes.

    Grand, I'll throw in tomatoes. I use tomatoes when making a Jalfrezi and although it's probably not traditional for Madras (I'm not even sure?), I think it'll need 'em to thicken it and turn it sauce.
    Thanks Dizzy :)


  • #5126
    Gloomtastic!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,362 ✭✭✭Gloomtastic!


    I was boning and skinning some chicken thighs during the week, kept the bones for stock.

    I spread the skins out on a baking tray, seasoned with s&p, put another baking tray on top then weighed that down with a heavy skillet. Put into a 180c oven for 45 minutes, left to cool for a few minutes then hey presto crispy chicken skins! (I've tried a few different ways of cooking these and this is the best).
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  • #5127
    Mrs Fox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,292 ✭✭✭Mrs Fox


    ^^^^ oh, my.... I NEED to try this out.


  • #5128
    beertons
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 23,397 ✭✭✭✭beertons


    Had my dad in for a bbq earlier. Just burgers and salad. Anyway, I put a bottle if srirachi out on the table, he though it was a new ketchup bottle, and put a good squeeze on his burger. He nearly lifted off out of the chair when he started eating it. "That's some good sh1t", he said. Lol.


  • #5129
    Elmpark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15 ✭Elmpark


    they look great! I've tried pinning them to a wire rack before, but they weren't that successful.


  • #5130
    The Black Oil
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Regional East Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 19,487 CMod ✭✭✭✭The Black Oil


    Apparently there's a line in the Spongebob film - "Unleash the condiments" — "With relish". :o

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  • #5131
    polydactyl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 889 ✭✭✭polydactyl


    So husbands birthday approaching and his request this year for dinner is " a brisket sandwich" like in the ugly duckling! So while I have a slow cooker and can get the meat any ideas what would help make the gravy as yumm as theirs??


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