Hi folks
I've had a nice Sunday at my father in laws, we had a chicken dinner which was nice but it really brought it home to me that should anything happen to me, Mr Sp@m and the kids would live off ready meals and McDonalds. So I have vowed to teach him to cook and I've told him unless he gets stuck in with some real cooking he can starve muhahaha, so I am starting off by giving him a tin of chopped tomatoes and showing him where the herb garden is.

Do you consider yourself a good cook and what is your signature dish that everyone tries and loves? Mine is probably steak and onion pie or curry.
( Mrs Sp@m, Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:33, archived)

I am a good cook.
My meatballs are pretty fucking awesome.
( Wicca'd Witch needs ideas for a new sig on..., Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:34, archived)

I am going to have to make meatballs
my local farm shop has gone right down the pan for some reason, the meat always seems really fatty and is probably worse than supermarket food so I have to find a new one.
( Mrs Sp@m, Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:36, archived)

Some cuts are meant to be fatty - it depends on what you're buying.

( Wicca'd Witch needs ideas for a new sig on..., Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:37, archived)

In these trying times, farm shops push their shit quality meat through their own shop.
It is to trade on the "if it comes from the farm it must be good" mindset.

As a commercial enterprise, they will clearly get the best price from a local butcher for better quality meat. You should find a local butcher who takes the pick from the local farms and uses the greater buying power to negotiate better prices which are thereby passed on to you, the consumer.
( mns 2️⃣2️⃣9️⃣0️⃣7️⃣, Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:39, archived)

This is Good Advice.

( Wicca'd Witch needs ideas for a new sig on..., Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:39, archived)

I've found a good butcher.
Now I need to find one that is open sometime other than when I am at work and Saturdays. I have better things to do on a Saturday than go shopping.
( Neptune A dole queue dosser and foul mouthed chav., Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:41, archived)

Like what?

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:44, archived)

Mainly gambling.

( Neptune A dole queue dosser and foul mouthed chav., Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:46, archived)

I've found only one butcher within a 3 mile radius that's half decent but the shop doesn't look very clean.
I've been tot he halal butcher a few times but he's SUPER expensive.
( Mrs Sp@m, Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:42, archived)

I know it's a trek without a motor, but I was never disappointed with Everinghams in Leeds Market
Far and away the best in my opinion.
( mns 2️⃣2️⃣9️⃣0️⃣7️⃣, Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:45, archived)

i love a good spicy meatball

(rigby happened on (and with added toothache), Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:38, archived)

Either my omelette or my pasta sauce.
I prefer my chicken dishes. Like the lemon chicken or roast dinner with roast potatoes.

And yes, I consider myself a good cook.
( Rev. Cleo still alive, Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:34, archived)

You know I am
And scallops marinated in lime, soy, chilli, ginger and coriander.
(bogus official shove it up your cunt, Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:35, archived)

I haven't been invited to eat your yet though have I ?
HMMM?

HMMMMMM?

Did you get that house?
( Mrs Sp@m, Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:37, archived)

Dunno yet
They won't get the form until tomorrow. You can come if I do.
(bogus official shove it up your cunt, Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:38, archived)

Loch Fyne did something similar with oysters.
Fucking gorgeous they were. Last time we went there, I had a couple as a starter and could still remember them at the end of the main course.
I had a dozen as a pudding!
( mns 2️⃣2️⃣9️⃣0️⃣7️⃣, Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:42, archived)

HA!
I took her there on her birthday, it was ace. Also there were vouchers in the Mail this weekend for that place, two courses and wine for £12
(bogus official shove it up your cunt, Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:46, archived)

wotcher spam
i'm good at cooking english food, like roasts and toad in the hole. it's not so much cookery as basic engineering. moon girl is much better at making things with sauces and garlic and ingredients and that
( spacefish bong!, Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:35, archived)

garlic and ingredients, yeah

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:37, archived)

Do either of you do Scottish food.
You know, deep fried mayonaise and the like.
( Neptune A dole queue dosser and foul mouthed chav., Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:38, archived)

We do burgers,
but we don't have a deep fat fryer so we can't do any of the really traditional Glaswegian stuff. Haggis, neeps and tatties can and does happen, though.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:40, archived)

I will go along with that
Garlic should be a staple in EVERYTHING. I love sticking rosemary and garlic in with my roasties most.

The only problem is the kids bedroom stinks for about 3 days when they've had it.
( Mrs Sp@m, Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:39, archived)

Are you my mother.
Fucking garlic.
( Neptune A dole queue dosser and foul mouthed chav., Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:40, archived)

I hold my paperwork together with garlic.

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:40, archived)

^this!
Roast potatoes with garlic, rosemary and fresh cut chives.
( mns 2️⃣2️⃣9️⃣0️⃣7️⃣, Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:46, archived)

you also do kick-ass pizzas

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:37, archived)

I tend to eat a lot of fish, so if it's anything it will be salmon filllet with a lemon crust.
Maybe served with pannacotta, if I can be arsed.
(misusscompiler No cornflakes? No eyes? No problem !, Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:36, archived)

I manage to feed myself.
I don't really cook specific things, though, I just chuck stuff in a pan until it's tasty.
( Comma, Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:36, archived)

I make great pasties.
That's about it really, I don't cook very much.
( Harold Bishop's Love Child some sort of terrifying sex magician., Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:36, archived)

Tell me more about your pasties

(misusscompiler No cornflakes? No eyes? No problem !, Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:39, archived)

I make 'em huge with plenty of steak and a fat crust. They're fucking delish.
Now tell me more about what you're wearing.
( Harold Bishop's Love Child some sort of terrifying sex magician., Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:42, archived)

In reality blue jeans, a pink t-shirt and an old tartan shirt with short sleeves
On the internet though i'm wearing a skimpy bikini.
(misusscompiler No cornflakes? No eyes? No problem !, Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:49, archived)

GET IN!

( Harold Bishop's Love Child some sort of terrifying sex magician., Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:50, archived)

NOw tell me more about your pasties

(misusscompiler No cornflakes? No eyes? No problem !, Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:52, archived)

Maris Piper po-ta-toes, finely chopped. Also turnip (or swede if you're that way inclined), but not much of it as I can't stand the stuff.
Seasoned with a lot of black pepper. GORGEOUS, I TELL YA.
( Harold Bishop's Love Child some sort of terrifying sex magician., Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:54, archived)

I do some pretty awesome curries, if I do say so myself.
I also do a very good stir fry, although Spacefish makes the batter to make the meat go nice and crispy in it.
My chilli con carne is also a win, which I shall be doing tomorrow.
Also on my own personal menu are rigatoni amatriciana and linguini mare.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:36, archived)

I'm OK, yeah.
Dunno really. Thai green curry, Basque chicken, I make a decent pizza.

I can recommend some good basic books. I've been trying to teach my dad to cook at the age of 65 so I've had some experience.. ;)
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:36, archived)

Delia Smith's Complete Cookery Course is the best basic book I have ever been given.
As much as it pains me to admit it.
( Wicca'd Witch needs ideas for a new sig on..., Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:39, archived)

too much for my Dad
you need one for someone who isn't that interested in food, just survival and decent nutrition, IMO.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:41, archived)

Really?
She makes ecerything a right fucking effort. I love my copy of Larousse (or however it's spelt). Other than that it's the internet for me.
( Neptune A dole queue dosser and foul mouthed chav., Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:43, archived)

I don't own many cookbooks
But the ones I have are the bollocks. Larousse, River Cafe, Leith's, Rick Stein's seafood, Sophie Grigson's Meat Course, and three Elizabeth David books. Which are superb, quality doesn't age.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:46, archived)

I'm sick of seeing "A Delia Cheat! Ingredient" stickers on stuff in the supermarket.
It's fucking annoying. There's nothing cheating about a jar of sliced jalapenos.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:46, archived)

Actually, I'm not that sick of it.
I hardly ever go to the supermarket anyway.
But it's still annoying. Why should food have a sticker on it just because she's mentioned it in one of her books? If you'd read it, you'd know already, and if you hadn't, you wouldn't give a toss or even know what it meant.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:49, archived)

I think you'd know it meant that you can buy the item guilt free, because it's not cheating and that's on Delia's say so.

( Neptune A dole queue dosser and foul mouthed chav., Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:51, archived)

I'd kind of presumed it meant it WAS cheating,
fucked if I care about her judgment, she's not the boss of cooking.
She's trying to get people who subsist on ready meals to realise it's not some mystical art, I guess, which is fine in her books and on her TV shows, but I don't expect to be preached to by the lid of things I've been buying for years.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:55, archived)

There's cheating and there's cheating.
Delia endorsed cheating doesn't really count because she is on the TV.
( Neptune A dole queue dosser and foul mouthed chav., Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:56, archived)

unless you don't own a Delia Approved™ knife
She's good, but she's not the best.
I admire her for trying to get people cooking mind
( mns 2️⃣2️⃣9️⃣0️⃣7️⃣, Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:50, archived)

Yeah,
I actually quite like Jamie Oliver (gasp!) for similar reasons.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:52, archived)

Really?
She makes everything a right fucking effort.
( Neptune A dole queue dosser and foul mouthed chav., Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:53, archived)

I eat food sometimes

( Gilgamesh gazed in wonder as Frampton came alive, Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:36, archived)

ME TOO.
We could be best buddies.
( Neptune A dole queue dosser and foul mouthed chav., Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:39, archived)

Point him towards
awesomeb3tarecipes.blogspot.com/

I'm a great, if lazy, cook. I love cooking great ingredients, simply.
( mns 2️⃣2️⃣9️⃣0️⃣7️⃣, Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:37, archived)

I really really really need to update that blog.
Shout at me tomorrow night please, and remind me to do it.
( Wicca'd Witch needs ideas for a new sig on..., Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:40, archived)

chilli con carne

(rigby happened on (and with added toothache), Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:38, archived)

instant noodles with tabasco
well i like it anyway
( well, Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:38, archived)

I'm getting pretty good at curries, with naan bread and side dishes.
My classic is probably slow cooked lamb shanks with dried fruit and spices.
( my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:40, archived)