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  • #5552
    beertons
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 23,397 ✭✭✭✭beertons


    Gloomtastic! wrote: »
    Just heard the FIL, who lives in the U.S., may be coming here for Christmas.

    Is it too early to start the Christmas thread? I'm planning the menu already. :rolleyes:


    Ah heor. I just spat my drink.


  • #5553
    Toto Wolfcastle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,005 ✭✭✭✭Toto Wolfcastle


    The Christmas fanatics in the Christmas forum will happily discuss Christmas with you!


  • #5554
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,645 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Gloomtastic! wrote: »
    Just heard the FIL, who lives in the U.S., may be coming here for Christmas.

    Is it too early to start the Christmas thread? I'm planning the menu already. :rolleyes:

    It's never too early as far as I'm concerned! :pac:

    You might find some like-minded folks over here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1295


  • #5555
    Gloomtastic!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,361 ✭✭✭Gloomtastic!


    Bobblehead Panda wrote: »
    The Christmas fanatics in the Christmas forum will happily discuss Christmas with you!

    Mystery Egg wrote: »
    It's never too early as far as I'm concerned! :pac:

    You might find some like-minded folks over here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1295

    Wierdos! :)


  • #5556
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,645 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Gloomtastic! wrote: »
    Wierdos! :)

    What's weird is that me and Bobblehead Panda posted at the same moment :eek:


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  • #5557
    Toto Wolfcastle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,005 ✭✭✭✭Toto Wolfcastle


    Mystery Egg wrote: »
    What's weird is that me and Bobblehead Panda posted at the same moment :eek:

    Christmas fans roam in packs looking for prey.


  • #5558
    beertons
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 23,397 ✭✭✭✭beertons


    Looking for a seafood chowder recipe without potatoes. Any idea's?


  • #5559
    Mrs Fox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,292 ✭✭✭Mrs Fox


    beertons wrote: »
    Looking for a seafood chowder recipe without potatoes. Any idea's?

    Fishy Fishy's Red Chowder     is to die for.


  • #5560
    beertons
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 23,397 ✭✭✭✭beertons


    Red? Does it work?


  • #5561
    Mrs Fox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,292 ✭✭✭Mrs Fox


    beertons wrote: »
    Red? Does it work?

    Absolutely.


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  • #5562
    beertons
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 23,397 ✭✭✭✭beertons


    I dunno actually. Have ya got a white one on file?


  • #5563
    Mrs Fox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,292 ✭✭✭Mrs Fox


    beertons wrote: »
    I dunno actually. Have ya got a white one on file?

    Went into the shredder once I discovered the red :D


  • #5564
    beertons
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 23,397 ✭✭✭✭beertons


    Ah come on now, don't be a tease!


  • #5565
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,387 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Was cooking pork chops in my philips airfryer. I like the fat well done and do not like the way they sometimes curl up where the fat is.

    I got a good scissors and snipped the fat all around the edge at 5mm intervals.

    like this but with far closer cuts, its really quick with a scissors.
    ribchopslitedge.jpg

    It came out really well, the fat renders off well and was left crispy all around the edge, it all shrinks evenly so does not curl up the meat, its like all these spokes sticking out. 10mins at 200C, after a preheat.


  • #5566
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 21,534 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    Cedrus wrote: »
    It's not even midsummer til next week!
    Summer solstice is today!


  • #5567
    The Black Oil
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Regional East Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 19,487 CMod ✭✭✭✭The Black Oil


    The joys of trying to get the lid back on a tin of golden syrup...

    Moderator: Television, Psychology and Dublin County North.

    CMod: Entertainment



  • #5568
    dee_mc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,212 ✭✭✭dee_mc


    The Black Oil wrote: »
    The joys of trying to get the lid back on a tin of golden syrup...

    My godmother used to bash it closed with the back of a tablespoon... usually the one she'd just used to scoop out the golden syrup! Things were sticky in her house :)


  • #5569
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 21,534 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    The Black Oil wrote: »
    The joys of trying to get the lid back on a tin of golden syrup...
    Thank goodness for the squeezy bottle version :)


  • #5570
    Cedrus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,429 ✭✭✭Cedrus


    Alun wrote: »
    Summer solstice is today!

    I only realised this about 15 minutes ago, can never remember if it's the 21st of 23rd, same in the winter. :o


  • #5571
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 21,534 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    Cedrus wrote: »
    I only realised this about 15 minutes ago, can never remember if it's the 21st of 23rd, same in the winter. :o
    It varies from year to year. It's the 21st this year, 20th next year and the 21st again the year after :D

    http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/seasons.html?n=78


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  • #5572
    MissFlitworth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,057 ✭✭✭MissFlitworth


    Hello, my name is MissFlitworth and I now own TWO waffle irons. I had one that did circle/heart waffles and, obviously, needed one that does deep, rectangular Belgian style waffles. Of course. For all the waffles I eat. Which is definitely more than once every 6 months. <shifty look>


  • #5573
    MissFlitworth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,057 ✭✭✭MissFlitworth


    So the chicken I bought for dinner tonight is, em, pretty hairy. I think whoever plucked it did a super half assed job. Like, have obviously had the occasional missed pin feather but this bad boy could do with a trim


  • #5574
    beertons
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 23,397 ✭✭✭✭beertons


    Mrs Fox wrote: »
    Went into the shredder once I discovered the red :D


    I didn't do it on the end. Thought it would look too much like gazpacho.


  • #5575
    Photo-Sniper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,217 ✭✭✭Photo-Sniper


    Hi all, long time no talk.

    I posted here awhile back saying I sold my old place to take a position as an executive chef instead for another owner.

    Best decision of my life. Cooked for Depeche Mode two weeks ago and ended up in a bar with them until 9am the next morning. What is life.


  • #5576
    MissFlitworth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,057 ✭✭✭MissFlitworth


    Sounds awesome Photo Sniper :) What kind of cuisine/food are you working with now?


  • #5577
    Photo-Sniper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,217 ✭✭✭Photo-Sniper


    MissFlitworth wrote: »
    Sounds awesome Photo Sniper :) What kind of cuisine/food are you working with now?
    Everything.

    Im working with a lot of great cooks and we are experimenting with a lot of molecular recipes and basically bat-**** crazy stuff :D

    Its the most fun I have ever had working in a kitchen. This weeks menu has Smoked Mackeral ceviche cured in a lemon and bitter chocolate pickle.

    "Blood Bread" - Picture normal loaf of bread with a gooey black pudding centre.

    Black Garlic mousse served on Black Angus tartar topped with burnt artichokes.

    A lot of fun.


  • #5578
    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,859 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    For those in the North Dublin/Fingal area - Fingal Festival of Food is on this weekend in Newbridge House near Donabate.

    Am hoping to get along myself on Sunday. Word on the street is that one of the brewers there is a boardsie. :)


  • #5579
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,387 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    MissFlitworth wrote: »
    I think whoever plucked it did a super half assed job.
    Bunch of lazy pluckers :pac:


  • #5580
    Lovely Bloke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,748 ✭✭✭✭Lovely Bloke


    The Hill Billy wrote: »
    For those in the North Dublin/Fingal area - Fingal Festival of Food is on this weekend in Newbridge House near Donabate.

    Am hoping to get along myself on Sunday. Word on the street is that one of the brewers there is a boardsie. :)

    Were you at this before? I'd like to go and bring the little fella so wondering if the exhibits and stalls are spaced out or close together. Pushing a buggy around some of the summer events in the city can be a nightmare for both people with babies and people without trying to avoid them, not pleasant for anyone.


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  • #5581
    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,859 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    Sorry BC - I have no idea. However, most areas of Newbridge house are quite spacious & this is billed as a 'family-friendly' event.


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