What are ye eatin' and drinkin' - The Eatening

Surreptitious · 16-12-2020 6:27pm

Something alcoholic soon. Been a long day since 6am. Probably collapse after a few.

Grandeeod · 16-12-2020 7:47pm

Wednesday night beers. No video chats anymore. People doing their own thing. It used to be in the local pub and that was always great when I was off work. But feck it, I can enjoy a few at home due to the great deals on offer the last few weeks.:D

I made Mrs Gs fave of chips, beans and egg with bread and butter. You'd know she worked in England for a few years back in the day.:eek: Me and Ms G had a lovely homemade chicken curry with rice.

Rows Grower · 16-12-2020 8:00pm

Did someone mention chilli con carne?

Funnily enough we haven't had it for a long time, I think the last time was in Cafe Mexicana in Cork city but herself went at it today with a lash of venison and all the bells and whistles, proper textbook stuff and it tasted like it. It was on the hob for two and a half hours at least and no Yankee Candle would challenge the aroma. Plenty left over for freezing too but I don't think it'll make it to the Christmas.

There's still a good few of them Lindt pralines left and they went down well too. Cold Carlsberg as an accompaniment for both courses.

Surreptitious · 16-12-2020 11:39pm

Onion rings with hot sauce. Burning lips feels good I will have a cool beer to wash the pain away.

Surreptitious · 16-12-2020 11:42pm

Rows Grower wrote: »

Did someone mention chilli con carne?

Funnily enough we haven't had it for a long time, I think the last time was in Cafe Mexicana in Cork city but herself went at it today with a lash of venison and all the bells and whistles, proper textbook stuff and it tasted like it. It was on the hob for two and a half hours at least and no Yankee Candle would challenge the aroma. Plenty left over for freezing too but I don't think it'll make it to the Christmas.

There's still a good few of them Lindt pralines left and they went down well too. Cold Carlsberg as an accompaniment for both courses.

I used to go there a lot. My favourite was the pancakes with ice cream, sauce and nuts. That place has been going strong for years.

Porklife · 16-12-2020 11:55pm

Surreptitious wrote: »

Onion rings with hot sauce. Burning lips feels good I will have a cool beer to wash the pain away.

A woman after my own heart...anything dippable with hot sauce:)

Surreptitious · 17-12-2020 12:01am

Porklife wrote: »

A woman after my own heart...anything dippable with hot sauce:)

It was tasty indeed! Better than ketchup I think with onion rings. I don't have vinegar here will have to get some in when shops go quiet.

trashcan · 17-12-2020 12:25am

igCorcaigh wrote: »

So agree. Tomatoes with everything.
You can get some very nice canned cherry tomatoes now too, really useful.

Toast with a slice of good tomato and sea salt = heaven!

My breakfast at the weekends is grilled tomato spread onto toasted ciabatta bread (done on griddle pan with olive oil) and pesto. Bit of salt. Lovely.

beerguts · 17-12-2020 10:35am

I had a delicious T-bone steak with sautéed mushrooms and onio. Garlic bread on the side. It was melt in the mouth with just a touch of pepper sauce

VW 1 · 17-12-2020 3:24pm

Lunch today was yesterday's leftover beef stroganoff. Simple and delicious, took all of half an hour to make.

Rows Grower · 17-12-2020 3:46pm

VW 1 wrote: »

Lunch today was yesterday's leftover beef stroganoff. Simple and delicious, took all of half an hour to make.

You wouldn't throw up the recipe would ya? It's one dish I love and can't get right.

Just prepped the veg there for thai curry this evening, chopping red onions always ends in tears. Usually fine and think I'm finally getting away with it and then the last bit hits me like being pepper sprayed in the shagging eyes.

VW 1 · 17-12-2020 4:46pm

Sure thing RG, taken from BBC good food.

Cook 1 onion, sliced, in a medium pan for 10 mins until soft. Add a crushed clove of garlic (or puree) and a tablespoon of butter. Once the butter is melted, add 250g of sliced mushrooms, I seasoned with a decent pinch of salt and pepper at this point. Allow to cook until mushrooms are soft.

At this point the recipe called for flash frying a fillet of beef cut into cubes to seal, but instead I used stewing beef which id boiled for 90 mins until tender.

In a jug combine 100ml of beef stock (I used boiled water and a beef stock cube) and whisk in 1tsp of English mustard and 150g of creme fraiche. Whisk until combined, add to the mushrooms/beef and leave to simmer for 5 mins.

Served mine inside cannelloni as we had some fresh ones in the press to be used but goes just as well rice or potatoes

Rows Grower · 17-12-2020 5:08pm

VW 1 wrote: »

Sure thing RG, taken from BBC good food.

Cook 1 onion, sliced, in a medium pan for 10 mins until soft. Add a crushed clove of garlic (or puree) and a tablespoon of butter. Once the butter is melted, add 250g of sliced mushrooms, I seasoned with a decent pinch of salt and pepper at this point. Allow to cook until mushrooms are soft.

At this point the recipe called for flash frying a fillet of beef cut into cubes to seal, but instead I used stewing beef which id boiled for 90 mins until tender.

In a jug combine 100ml of beef stock (I used boiled water and a beef stock cube) and whisk in 1tsp of English mustard and 150g of creme fraiche. Whisk until combined, add to the mushrooms/beef and leave to simmer for 5 mins.

Served mine inside cannelloni as we had some fresh ones in the press to be used but goes just as well rice or potatoes

Many thanks for that, will give it a bash next week and report back.

igCorcaigh · 17-12-2020 9:54pm

Quick tuna and bean salad with rye toast, dijon mustard and cucumber.

Lidl's dijon is nice and strong!

Fathom · 17-12-2020 10:36pm

Coffee cake and dark, rich brew.

beerguts · 17-12-2020 11:45pm

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Quick tuna and bean salad with rye toast, dijon mustard and cucumber.

Lidl's dijon is nice and strong!

That's the sort of meal that I absolutely love. Well done I will definitely be copying it

Prominent_Dawg · 18-12-2020 9:15am

Coffee & a warm croissant from Caffè Nero

Rows Grower · 18-12-2020 3:03pm

Doorstep sambo of fresh white loaf, smoked ham, grated vintage cheddar, red onion, tomato and a two inch pile of sour cream Pringles with a mug of Tae.

Grandeeod · 18-12-2020 5:58pm

Rows Grower wrote: »

Doorstep sambo of fresh white loaf, smoked ham, grated vintage cheddar, red onion, tomato and a two inch pile of sour cream Pringles with a mug of Tae.

Passed by the chip shop earlier and said feck it. Bought a big bag of chips smothered in salt and vinegar. Lashed home and made big sandwiches with Brennan's batch loaf including the heel.

Rows Grower · 18-12-2020 8:25pm

Grandeeod wrote: »

Passed by the chip shop earlier and said feck it. Bought a big bag of chips smothered in salt and vinegar. Lashed home and made big sandwiches with Brennan's batch loaf including the heel.

Can't bate the basics!

It's an actual miracle the rest of that loaf of bread survived here until it did but original dinner plan was scrapped and we just had two more slices each with chips, rashers and fried eggs.

It was like travelling back to childhood times on holiday in a caravan and not a word spoken at the table only smiles all around, not even a drink touched until the plates were empty.

That hand cut fresh white bread is awesome.

Prominent_Dawg · 18-12-2020 8:34pm

Grandeeod wrote: »

Passed by the chip shop earlier and said feck it. Bought a big bag of chips smothered in salt and vinegar. Lashed home and made big sandwiches with Brennan's batch loaf including the heel.

What a way to ruin a bag of chips

Grandeeod · 18-12-2020 8:37pm

Rows Grower wrote: »

Can't bate the basics!

It's an actual miracle the rest of that loaf of bread survived here until it did but original dinner plan was scrapped and we just had two more slices each with chips, rashers and fried eggs.

It was like travelling back to childhood times on holiday in a caravan and not a word spoken at the table only smiles all around, not even a drink touched until the plates were empty.

That hand cut fresh white bread is awesome.

I banged a chicken crown in the oven. Its resting on the kitchen counter now. More sandwiches with spicy wedges or just crisps. I'll be sneaking in a dollop of coleslaw with mine anyway. Enjoying the beers too.

igCorcaigh · 18-12-2020 8:38pm

Prominent_Dawg wrote: »

What a way to ruin a bag of chips

Reported!

Grandeeod wrote: »

including the heel.

The best part!

Grandeeod · 18-12-2020 8:39pm

Prominent_Dawg wrote: »

What a way to ruin a bag of chips

Chipper chips on heavily buttered batch bread? Would ya g'way outta that.

VW 1 · 18-12-2020 8:41pm

Spaghetti Bolognese here tonight at the young lads request. Lashings of grated parmesan off the block on top, chilli flakes on top of mine. Beers to follow, thankfully it's finally the weekend!

igCorcaigh · 18-12-2020 8:42pm

I usually browse and post to this forum on my phone, but now on my laptop, I can see how utterly HUGE and detailed my food pics look

I'll see if I can resize them in future!

Grandeeod · 18-12-2020 8:46pm

igCorcaigh wrote: »

I usually browse and post to this forum on my phone, but now on my laptop, I can see how utterly HUGE and detailed my food pics look

I'll see if I can resize them in future!

I view on my laptop most of the time and can see them. I upload via postimages from phone to laptop and it allows you to resize for message boards so people on phones can see them. If thats any help.

igCorcaigh · 18-12-2020 8:51pm

Grandeeod wrote: »

I view on my laptop most of the time and can see them. I upload via postimages from phone to laptop and it allows you to resize for message boards so people on phones can see them. If thats any help.

I've been using the "hotlink for forum" option, and then removing the anchor tags.
I'll try the message boards option, which sounds so obvious that I don't know why I haven't been using it, cheers Grandeeod!

Grandeeod · 19-12-2020 1:45pm

A bacon and sausage sandwich with OJ.

Patsy167 · 19-12-2020 3:06pm

Grandeeod wrote: »

I banged a chicken crown in the oven.

Ooh, matron! I think I read that sentence all wrong; need to get my head out of the gutter.

Graces7 · 19-12-2020 3:36pm

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Reported!

The best part!

lol... Not had chips ie from a chipshop, or ICE CREAM for years, and cannot get either out here...

Had a splendid meal this week though. A Meals on Wheels group is starting sending them over once a week if you want them. Simple food, pork chop, mixed vegetables, creamed potatoes and apple pie and custard.

A real treat to have a full meal cooked for me. Fingers crossed this week is when we get the Christmas dinner as I ate one at a Lunch Club last time I was over, and it was a magnificent meal.

Makes me feel old though - but I am..

trashcan · 19-12-2020 6:01pm

Grandeeod wrote: »

A bacon and sausage sandwich with OJ.

Did it not go soggy ? :P

Made a huge paella and stuffed my self with half of it. Other half into the freezer. Followed by some early Christmas cake courtesy of my sister, with a coffee.

bassy · 19-12-2020 6:12pm

Home made chips,1/4 pounder with lettuce cheese onions tomatoes cucumbers red sauce and a portion of curry on the side.

Surreptitious · 19-12-2020 9:50pm

Has my comfort dinner of potato croquettes and Heinz beans with hot sauce. Very filling and tasty. I think beans were invented for hot sauce.

Rows Grower · 19-12-2020 10:00pm

My beef chop suey with fried rice and noodles has just entered the county of Kerry and with God's holy help it should be here in front of me before 10pm.

It will be annihilated.

Smirnoff and cranberry juice to whet the appetite, and no half measures either. (When the cats away, the mouse becomes a lion.)

Four Phucs Ache · 19-12-2020 10:06pm

Aldi pulled pork with fried onions and rice.....if a rock from another galaxy finds it way at near the speed of light and survive our atmosphere to find my head and remove me from this earth....I will have lived.

19-12-2020 10:13pm

I sense the mouse may be trapped later Rows.ðŸ˜‰

Just polished off a tub of sour cream Pringles, opened them Thursday night so I don't feel too bad about it. I'm hungry but I don't know what I want, nothing that needs any effort anyway, might have a sandwich.

Rows Grower · 19-12-2020 10:14pm

Four Phucs Ache wrote: »

Aldi pulled pork with fried onions and rice.....if a rock from another galaxy finds it way at near the speed of light and survive our atmosphere to find my head and remove me from this earth....I will have lived.

Never lose that love and appreciation of great food, it's good for the soul.

Rows Grower · 19-12-2020 11:31pm

The chinese like the double vodka's has been and gone.

I'm in the good books after plucking turkeys all afternoon and this mass of carbs was much needed and very much enjoyed after a long day and a long hot bath.

Sipping a cold Carlsberg now watching the All Ireland on Sky Plus.

bassy · 19-12-2020 11:33pm

chilled heineken and don,t mention the all ireland

Surreptitious · 19-12-2020 11:52pm

Finishing work at 11 pm and going to have a glass of Merlot or a beer.

bassy · 19-12-2020 11:54pm

bag of tayto salt and vinegar and a bag of dry roasted peanuts mixed in to it,delicious...................................

Grandeeod · 20-12-2020 12:03am

bassy wrote: »

chilled heineken and don,t mention the all ireland

Hic! I had Lasagne, side salad, coleslaw and chips at half time. Maybe James horan should have fed his team the same.:D

Literally the last sup of beer and bed now.

IAMAMORON · 20-12-2020 3:41am

Ratatouille.

Thick randomly sliced large Onion with diced Scallion in a heavily salted tray doused in olive oil and Worcester sauce, diced Courgette and baby seeded green, red and yellow Peppers roughly chopped and sprinkled lightly with ground dried Cajun powder, fresh Anconese beef Tomatoes fluffed and generated with crushed garlic and freshly squeezed lemon juice. Topped with diced celery peppered with a generous handful of smashed cashew nut. Two wintered Bay Leaf.

A platter of cured Spanish meats.

46 Long · 20-12-2020 3:43am

Rows Grower wrote: »

My beef chop suey with fried rice and noodles has just entered the county of Kerry and with God's holy help it should be here in front of me before 10pm.

It will be annihilated.

Smirnoff and cranberry juice to whet the appetite, and no half measures either. (When the cats away, the mouse becomes a lion.)

Grandeeod · 20-12-2020 1:16pm

Sausages, rashers, beans, waffles, fried egg and brown bread. A litre of OJ. Badly needed after a decent feed of beer last night.

VW 1 · 20-12-2020 5:11pm

Dinner is cooking and we are just moving on to a second bottle of red.

In the oven is a joint of roast beef, to be accompanied by broccoli, roast parsnips and a carrot and parsnip mash. Roast potatoes, Yorkshire puddings and a gravy from the beef juices as well.

The smell of the cooking has my stomach rumbling.

Mam of 4 · 20-12-2020 5:14pm

VW 1 wrote: »

Dinner is cooking and we are just moving on to a second bottle of red.

In the oven is a joint of roast beef, to be accompanied by broccoli, roast parsnips and a carrot and parsnip mash. Roast potatoes, Yorkshire puddings and a gravy from the beef juices as well.

The smell of the cooking has my stomach rumbling.

Your post has my stomach rumbling here too , enjoy

Grandeeod · 20-12-2020 6:42pm

VW 1 wrote: »

Dinner is cooking and we are just moving on to a second bottle of red.

In the oven is a joint of roast beef, to be accompanied by broccoli, roast parsnips and a carrot and parsnip mash. Roast potatoes, Yorkshire puddings and a gravy from the beef juices as well.

The smell of the cooking has my stomach rumbling.

Something similar here. I put a piece of Eye of the Round in the oven at 2pm. Its coming out at 6pm to rest. The par boiled spuds going in then to roast. Baby boiled spuds and garden peas with gravy to top it off.

Sipping a beer/cure while it all happens.

Surreptitious · 20-12-2020 7:46pm

Naked Singapore style curry egg noodles. Fine Dining me arse!

What are ye eatin' and drinkin' - The Eatening

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