just remembered that I had awesome food last night
marinaded some lamb steaks in olive oil, garlic, lemon juice and crumbled bay leaves, griddled it and had it with steamed broccoli and mashed potato with thyme.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 13:31, 3 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I wish I had the time / money / patience
instead it was pork belly, roast tatties and steamed veg, simply because I could sling it all in and carry on working from home.

grrrr

Plus I have no griddle
(Halfy By light alone, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 13:38, Reply)

the lamb was reasonably cheap
and only took about 6-8 minutes of griddling

only time consuming thing was boiling the spuds.

get yourself a griddle pan though. they are the fucking business.

not for bacon though. I can't get it to cook bacon right.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 13:42, Reply)

Get yourself a griddle pan
And then you are truly a stereotypical /offtopic male. Apparently.

(I agree, they really are the fucking business)
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 13:43, Reply)

Well
I have the "living alone" syndrome where most stuff I want comes packaged for families, so end up bulk cooking at the weekend, or i end up eating the same thing 2 or 3 days in a row, plus whenever I go to the deli counters I get lured by all the nice stuff and end up with things I don't need.

My freezer is loaded with tubbed stuff thats been cooked and stored, at last count there was a couple of chili, a lasagne, sausage & bean contraption, meatballs, and various frozen sauces!
(Halfy By light alone, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 13:50, Reply)

bed stuff thats been cooked and stored, at last count there was a couple of chili, a lasagne, sausage & bean contraption, meatballs, and various frozen sauces! girl
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 13:53, Reply)

I'm familiar with that scenario
it's much easier to shop and cook for two or more.

when the mrs goes away I end up eating sandwiches for every meal.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 13:54, Reply)

I'm slowly getting better
and picking up cook books as I go, managed to whip up a chorizo and butter bean stew with thyme and garlic for the parents on mothers day that went down rather well.

hmm, the food for one is a struggle sometime, but only have maybe one or two meals a week out of a package, the rest I cook
(Halfy By light alone, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 13:59, Reply)

good stuff
I can recommend a subscription to Goodfood magazine. Despite having an absurd number of cookbooks, a lot of my recipes come from there, if I don't make them up.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 14:01, Reply)

haven't got to the making it up point yet
don't trust myself not to spend 2 hours arsing around in the kitchen throwing things together and discovering it's shit at the end
(Halfy By light alone, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 14:04, Reply)

I usually come up with an idea or a taste combination
then check on the internet to see if it has been done before.

haven't had any incidents where it was inedible
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 14:08, Reply)

I have!
it usually involves potatoes strangely
(Halfy By light alone, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 14:10, Reply)

oh man was it DA BOMB?!
looks good

I've never had lamb, reckon I might try that this weekend. I think this weekend will be full of grilling and drinking.
I may even grill my fucking breakfast.
( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 13:47, Reply)

Even though I don't eat meat I might just get a griddle pan to fit in around here.

( girlinthehole, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 13:48, Reply)

griddled aubergine and peppers and stuff are really rather nice

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 13:55, Reply)

Oh yes! I like aubergine but don't eat it very often.

( girlinthehole, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 13:57, Reply)

squash and sweet potato and the stuff Kristine mentions are good too

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 14:00, Reply)

zucchini, carrots, asparagus, peppers, mushrooms all together...oh man
k guys we really need to stop talking about food
( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 13:58, Reply)

ain't got no griddle pan

( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 13:55, Reply)

Only things that I cook are DA BOMB! :)

(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 18 Mar 2010, 13:52, Reply)

it was pretty good
the best bit was heating some milk and butter with the thyme and a leftover anchovy fillet, until the anchovy dissolved and then using that in the mash.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 13:56, Reply)

oh yeah, totally ruined it when mentioning the anchovy
puke
( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 13:57, Reply)

thought it might get that reaction from some
it was boss though.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 13:59, Reply)

well if you liked it that's all that matters
oh man I'm totally going to have to get some lamb
( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 14:03, Reply)

if you get lamb steaks
then they can be cooked much like a beef steak, although medium to well done is recommended.

something like shoulder or neck should be cooked for ages in a stew or curry though, so all the fat breaks down and it becomes amazing and tender
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 14:07, Reply)

Brill, TA!
sooooooo gonna grill that shit
( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 14:11, Reply)

MMMM
I have some lamb steaks in the freezer
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 13:49, Reply)

I can recommend the above

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 13:56, Reply)

Sounds ace
I might take them out of the freezer on Sunday and have them on Monday.
Fuckin ell I'm the Craig David of dinners!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 13:58, Reply)

can you get a rewind?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 14:00, Reply)

Iiii'm walkin awaaaayy

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 14:01, Reply)

*waves hands in air and shouts 'rewind'*

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 14:03, Reply)

Ree, ee, wind.

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 14:04, Reply)