Definitely
Especially when the skin goes dry, and crunchy (in a bad way). It's a fookin disgrace.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 2 Nov 2010, 14:08, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

My mum is only able to make two types of roast potato:
damp or leathery. And she wonders why I always leave before Sunday dinner when I go up to visit..
(berk, Tue 2 Nov 2010, 14:10, Reply)

That's a true shame
My Dad's roasties are so good, I'm proud to be his son.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 2 Nov 2010, 14:11, Reply)

I make the Christmas dinner now
we actually had family round to ours last year. Normally they all pretend they're busy so as to avoid mum's cooking.
(berk, Tue 2 Nov 2010, 14:14, Reply)

I can't cook really
but I've done Christmas dinner twice
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 2 Nov 2010, 14:16, Reply)

I'm a pretty good cook
but not nearly as inventive as Vipros or Battered. I probably make better cake than they do though.
/immodest
(berk, Tue 2 Nov 2010, 14:20, Reply)

So far, I've found I can cook, but I'm not really one to experiment
In my life, I've made one utterly magnificent meal for others, but that's about it. (A venison, duck and pheasant pie)

Although I did invent the slow roasted bolognaise sandwich.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 2 Nov 2010, 14:21, Reply)

Having tried the brownie
I would bet that this is true.

I did salmon with port wine jelly and soda bread for starter, then traditional dinner with trimmings for the main, and christmas pudding with brandy butter for pudding
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 2 Nov 2010, 14:21, Reply)

my baking skills have got worse as my other cooking skills have improved
so you are almost certainly right.

I love cooking and I love eating more, hence inventiveness and adventurousness. I find can also imagine how things will taste together in my head, which helps.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 2 Nov 2010, 14:22, Reply)

Sweet
Duck fat for the roasties?
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 2 Nov 2010, 14:17, Reply)

Or goose
there is no other way.
(berk, Tue 2 Nov 2010, 14:18, Reply)

I only had duck fat roasties for the first time last Christmas
Before that, it's always just been Lard.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 2 Nov 2010, 14:20, Reply)

I've got a jar of fat from the goose my mum cooked at Easter
it produced about 5 fucking jars of the stuff, but it is seriously good for roasties. If you can believe it, it is even considerably better than duck fat
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 2 Nov 2010, 14:24, Reply)

Sounds awesome

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 2 Nov 2010, 14:26, Reply)

Beef lard is also good.

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