I've had a bottle of wine and a can of beer
I could open an expensive bottle of whisky or start on the cooking brandy.

Or go to bed I suppose.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sat 11 Jun 2011, 23:56, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

i'm being terribly middle class this weekend,
as usual i went to the cricket, tomorrow i plan on going to the farmers market by the river for breakfast and to pick up some nice veg maybe a bit of meat and cheese and bread too, who knows.
( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 0:07, Reply)

I'm totally going to hit farmers markets way more
now I'm cooking from scratch. And especially since I tried to find provolone cheese at a supermarket.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 0:13, Reply)

it is hard enough getting a decent wodge of chorizo at the supermarket,
then again i only go to the mid range supermarkets as i don't have a car, i guess the big ones have that shit, started going the mongers etc instead, you feel well cool doing that with a hangover i can tell you.
( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 0:19, Reply)

Not even the giant Tesco by the motorway had provolone
nor Waitrose nor M&S. I'm looking at speciality cheese shops now for fucking pizza topping.

EDIT: I got a cracking CHorizo from Waitrose though. I've been just slicing bits of for snacks this evening, it's delicious.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 0:23, Reply)

pro-tip for a bolognese:
pack it with chorizo
( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 0:24, Reply)

duly noted
thankyou sir, that's suggested some interesting possibilities.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 0:31, Reply)

really, you can replace any meat in a meal with chorizo and cause absolute havoc,
it is a brilliant meat.
( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 0:32, Reply)

I'm just thinking I made a lamb stew in the slowcooker in midweek
lamb, a carrot, a parsnip, an onion, a leek, some rosemary and some stock; I reckon a big hunk of chorizo would have added some Catalan flair to it.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 0:41, Reply)

replace all the veg with chorizo and also make a chorizo stock.

( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 1:11, Reply)

you're veering into meat frenzy

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 1:37, Reply)

i've still gotta finish off that rainbow trout, i can't be thinking of other meats just yet,
man i wanna do a chorizo bolognese now.
( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 1:40, Reply)

chorizo stuffed trout?

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 1:47, Reply)

i might actually try that.
actually. christ imagine it, oh god, i am gonna try that tomorrow.
( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 1:52, Reply)

keep me posted

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 2:08, Reply)

i'll probably forget or even just get lazy
and just do it with butter sauce again.
( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 2:10, Reply)

Do you have an Aldi?

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 0:31, Reply)

And a Lidl
good call, they're good for European meats and cheeses. I shall have a scout tomorrow.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 0:32, Reply)

I get my chorizo in Aldi for less than half the Tesco price.
I still have to get Tigger's dinner in Tesco though.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 0:35, Reply)

Ellie would turn her nose up at store-brand food
had to be Felix for her.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 0:42, Reply)

He got bored with brands
and went to Tesco. Then he tired of that. Now it's Kit-e-Kat pouches. Not as easy to find as Whiskas or Felix.
When I bought Aldi pouches he just stared at me. For ages.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 0:44, Reply)

lol
Ellie would have phases where she'd go off things she'd eaten for years. I know when she had horrible terminal mouth cancer an infected scratch on her tongue (thanks emergency vet) I got her food in gravy rather than jelly. She'd always refused it before but now she loved it because she could get some of it without too much mouth movement.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 0:55, Reply)

not within walking distance.
well okay, within walking distance, just not near enough for me to be bothered walking, i think like 4 miles maybe? i could but generally i wouldn't bother.
( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 1:03, Reply)

Save the whisky and hit the brandy..
Cooking will just have to take the hit here, a nice whisky deserves a night to itself.
( Bill Clay a.k.a. Claudio, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 0:08, Reply)

It's grim stuff though
flamed in a pan its just right but drinking it...

OMG I just remembered I have a Glenfiddich 18yo miniature somewhere! BRB

EDIT: Ooh that's good stuff. Hooray for booze websites that offer you a bunch of "special offer" miniatures just before you checkout...
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 0:14, Reply)

do you happen to know any good ways of having rainbow trout?
i've got a few in and am just doing it with butter sauce at the moment, them fish gonna go horrid in a day or two and i dunno if i want the same thing again tomorrow.
( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 0:20, Reply)

also any tips on filleting those buggers,
i can get all the bones out but the fish ain't looking pretty when i'm done.
( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 0:21, Reply)

I don't eat fish
one of the things I want to get over as it's just a habit these days.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 0:26, Reply)

ah soz,
i am learning to be a chef a bit, very slowly (from a kp level basically) and am trying to get enough skillz to get them to serve a whole meal made by me, to be honest, well you gotta have aims aint you.
( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 0:28, Reply)

Nice!
I am mostly sticking to single pan dishes, slowcooker casseroles and stuffed chicken breasts.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 0:33, Reply)

stuff chicken breasts with chorizo and you've won

( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 1:03, Reply)

I learnt how to make mushroom duxelles
from a shooters sandwich recipe in the guardian.

Some of that plus some blue cheese is fantastic stuffed in a chicken breast and wrapped in pancetta.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 1:11, Reply)

holy shit imma try me somma dat

( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 1:21, Reply)

it is the bizzomb
and it freezes well.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 1:39, Reply)