DINNER THREAD TIME !
I really can't think up what I want, so I'm asking you what you're having and I might steal your idea if it peeks my interests.

Hurry up now, i'm starving and won't eat 'till one of you lot sort me out an idea.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 18:09, 42 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Stir fry
with noodles.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 18:10, Reply)

That's a deffo maybe.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 18:12, Reply)

Fuck it, italian take away
- fried zukini with tartar sauce, spaggetti with tomato sauce and veal escolop
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 18:24, Reply)

Well
Waitrose had some 150g packets of Boursin garlic and herb soft cheese reduced to 55p a pack, and I'd considered some kind of dauphinause potato dish for tonight, so I sliced some potatoes, par-boiled them in home-made chicken stock while frying an onion. Once the potatoes were done, I drained the stock off and ladled into the onions while adding the Boursin to make a nice creamy sauce. Once seasoned with salt and pepper and a teaspoon of mustard powder, I layered the potatoes and a sprinkle of grated mature cheddar cheese into a glass baking dish and poured on the sauce, topped with a little cheese and black pepper and in the oven for three-quarters of an hour. I'm waiting for it now, but I must say the sauce is fucking brilliant.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 18:16, Reply)

I could never marry you.
I'd get fat-er : (
( girlinthehole, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 19:01, Reply)

It's a once in a lifetime
opportunity dish. So when the night falls, my lonely heart calls...
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 19:42, Reply)

Oooo, I wanna be with somebody.
I wanna feel the heat with somebody.

Oooo I wanna be with somebody.

With somebody who loves me.


I can't believe I didn't have to google the lyrics.
( girlinthehole, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 19:58, Reply)

Haha
Scatty drum remix :)

Edit: DANCE!
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 20:08, Reply)

I'm a busy man.
But I'd like to take some time to recommend that you eat a basic pasta dish.
Chop an onion and some bacon.
Cook it.
Boil up pasta.
Add a tin of chopped tomatoes to the bacon-stuff.
Throw in some basil if you've got it.
Serve.
( Cawl, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 18:21, Reply)

I'm having a variation of this
www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/7740/onepot-chicken-pilaf

using some additional fresh veg. I can recommend it with green beans in. seems to work very nicely.

very easy to make and tasty
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 18:23, Reply)

Nice!
I'm having goulash.
I made a fuck-load of it, so I've got enough frozen for about four two-person meals.
( Cawl, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 18:24, Reply)

mmmm, goulash
I've discovered souvlaki recently, and an ability to make delicious flatbread very very easily, so have mostly been eating that
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 18:26, Reply)

Flatbread eh...
Go on...
( Cawl, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 18:29, Reply)

get food processor
chuck in one and a half cups of plain flour
pinch of salt
with processor running drizzle in a tablespoon of olive oil, then steadily pour in about half a cup of water until the dough is moist, and kind of sticky, but not too sticky or too moist. might need to add more flour or water.
can shove in some other flavour too if you fancy it.

turn it out onto a floured surface, split into 4 or 6, depending how big you want them and roll them out till they are about as thin as you can get them.

cook on a griddle pan, under a stonking hot grill or on a bbq until they are golden brown.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 18:35, Reply)

This is excellent,
I shall be doing it soon!
( Cawl, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 18:36, Reply)

I'd been looking for a recipe for ages
and most of them seemed kind of arcane, but this one had so few ingredients and stuff that I thought I'd give it a bash and it works really nicely.

getting them really thin is pretty important, otherwise they char on the outside and are just dough on the inside. they totally inflate under the grill which is amusing, but you have to be careful of them touching the flames, or the element
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 18:39, Reply)

Yeah, it's so damn simple
That it's worth a try!
( Cawl, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 18:42, Reply)

was that Mel's attitude to you?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 18:47, Reply)

Oh snap!
I reckon so.
That and I cook a mighty fine chilli.
( Cawl, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 18:48, Reply)

cooking a good chilli is an essential man skill
along with making fire and other such things.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 18:49, Reply)

Yeah.
Burning stuff is the best kind of fun.
( Cawl, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 19:02, Reply)

turkey sandwich and some broccoli and cauliflower
MAYBE SOME SWEET TEA
( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 18:29, Reply)

sweet and spicey pork ribs, mccains homefries and wee pitta breads.
ie: fancy sandwiches!
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Mon 5 Oct 2009, 18:35, Reply)

Quorn balti with basmati rice.
Fresh berries with goat's yoghurt for pudding.


Maltesers and a cup of tea for supper.
( girlinthehole, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 19:02, Reply)

Quorn?
Bleh!
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Mon 5 Oct 2009, 19:13, Reply)

Meat is murder!
*shakes fist*
( girlinthehole, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 19:14, Reply)

That may or may not be true,
But if it is, murder tastes fuckin' good.
( Cawl, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 19:18, Reply)

^This
If cows don't want to be eaten then they shouldn't be a) so badly camouflaged and b) so damn tasty, especially rare with a peppercorn sauce.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 19:21, Reply)

Or so stupid.

( Cawl, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 19:21, Reply)

Actually I don't have a problem with eating meat per se, it's more to do with animal husbandry.
No such thing as free rang meat when I became a veggie.
( girlinthehole, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 19:24, Reply)

You shouldn't have
Married a sheep then.
( Cawl, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 19:25, Reply)

i don't recall mentioning meat up there ^^^.
all i said was "quorn? bleh!"

which is simply a statement of fact. er i mean opinion.

no, i mean fact.
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Mon 5 Oct 2009, 19:26, Reply)

As a born-vegetarian
and having stuck it out for 29 years, I can confidently tell you Quorn would be a reasonable alternative if you were never going to eat meat again. It's nothing compared to the taste and texture of meat, but it's better than nothing.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 19:46, Reply)

A check out girl asked me if quorn ham tasted like ham.
I told her I couldn't remember. *laughs*
( girlinthehole, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 20:01, Reply)

Of course it tastes like ham
and it is kinda textured similarly. But it's not ham :)
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 20:15, Reply)

I'm what I call a crap vegetarian.
Fish are cold blooded, so they're fine to eat. Chickens are so ugly and stupid (they don't even have the sense to die when you pull their heads off) so they deserve to be eaten. I'm uncomfortable eating fluffy animals with appealing eyes.
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 19:32, Reply)

You should try rabbit and Care-Bear.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 19:48, Reply)

You can't really empathize with a fish and they are free range till caught.
Hence my return to eating them.
( girlinthehole, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 20:02, Reply)

Pescatarian!
When I was vege, I didn't eat fish or eggs either. I'm just making up for lost time now.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 20:17, Reply)

You've just reminded me of a Legless classic.
A few years ago, I remember him arguing with a staunch veggie. His point was that since cows are herbivores, then eating beef/steak was a matter of eating recycled grass. He almost had the veggie convinced :)
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 19:35, Reply)

Leek, Bacon and Mushroom Risotto.
It is all of the nom and cheap too.

Failing that, you could eat a rancid tramps earlobe.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 19:20, Reply)

I worked out when I was at uni I could make a vegetable rissoto for one for 19p.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 19:24, Reply)