The salt is the best bit!

 

Caramelised pecans. I will leave it there.

 

I like caramel popcorn.

 

So after 7 years of being a diehard vegetarian, daughter has started eating eating meat and fish again! We’re not going to eat meat all the time, but it’s nice to have a few more options, but at the moment it’s still a novelty and she wants to try everything. Tonight was chicken and chorizo pasta, it was lovely.

 

Recipe please! Looks lovely

 

Made @BarneyBobCat red pepper soup tonight. Very tasty and very filling.

 

Glad you liked it - it was one of the best I've made

 

How did I miss the soup recipe @BarneyBobCat ? I love soup. Love it.

If you can bear it, could you post the recipe again please (or point me to how far back you posted it and I'll hunt it down!).

 

How did I miss the soup recipe @BarneyBobCat ? I love soup. Love it.

If you can bear it, could you post the recipe again please (or point me to how far back you posted it and I'll hunt it down!).

I cant find it on here but I did note it down so here you go:

Roasted Red Pepper Soup

Serves 6

Ingredients

• 1 Tbsp Olive Oil
• 1 Large Onion, chopped
• 2 Carrots, chopped
• 3 Celery Stalks, chopped
• 1 Tsp Salt
• 1/2 Tsp Black Pepper
• 1/4 Tsp Crushed Red Pepper (I used a small amount of chilli flakes)
• 2 Garlic Cloves, Chopped
• 2 Tbsp Fresh Torn Basil
• 680g Roasted Red Bell Peppers from a jar, (Drained)
• 340g Tin Chopped Tomatoes
• 960g Vegetable Broth
• Single Cream

Method

1. Heat the oil in a large heavy pot over a medium heat. Add the onions, carrots and celery and cook until soft, around 5mins. Season with salt, pepper and the crushed red pepper.
2. Add the garlic, basil, and roasted red peppers and cook for around 2 more minutes.
3. Add the tinned tomatoes and broth and bring to the boil. Allow to simmer for 30mins.
4. Turn off the heat, blend until smooth and serve with a little cream and fresh torn basil.

 

Mmmmm chicken enchiladas.
There was considerably less chicken than I intended as Milo heard me open the packet and landed on the work surface next to me about 2 seconds later! Think he ate the best part of 2 mini fillets. I had to add extra veg to the enchiladas to make up for it.
Note to self, next time buy the bigger pack of chicken.

 

Looks lovely @immum

That reminds me, after Mrs F and BBC posted about their crimpets I saw a deal last week for bogoff direct from Crimpet so 2 for £15.….. ordered for Christmas pressies for my son and his girlfriend (or me if she annoys me 😆)
Oli loves a wrap 😁

 

Looks lovely @immum

That reminds me, after Mrs F and BBC posted about their crimpets I saw a deal last week for bogoff direct from Crimpet so 2 for £15.….. ordered for Christmas pressies for my son and his girlfriend (or me if she annoys me 😆)
Oli loves a wrap 😁

I use mine all the time. Any leftovers go in them, sometimes I buy a tin of chilli and put it in, but my favourite is mashing a tin of corned beef with a tin of drained potatoes and voila, corn beef and potato pasties. Bloody lovely

 

Pea and mint soup tonight, one of my favourites. And enough left for lunch tomorrow, yay.

 

I'm watching McDonald and Dodds on TV. Man cop likes to dip his chips in butter! Yum. I sometimes have a chip buttie and the butter is heavenly. (Woman cop tries to get him to change to marge "for his cholesterol", but his is fine).

 

I love pea and mint soup - it's delish. I have just had the best thing ever though after a hard bike ride - a double carb special of a crisp sandwich with loads of butter

 

Love a crisp sandwich, but it needs cheese in it too

 

Had to post a photo of my big fat breakfast!

It was so delicious. I declined the thick slice of bread and butter (it’s a proper old school Builders Caff!).

 

Err...tiny potatoes?? And what's next to the black pudding? Bacon looks proper cooked, I hate it undercooked. (God even a breakfast confuses me!)

 

Its bubble (bubble ‘n’ squeak) next to the black pudding…and they are mushrooms

Was lovely!

 

Its bubble (bubble ‘n’ squeak) next to the black pudding…and they are mushrooms

Was lovely!

Bubble n squeak on a breakfast?! Thats a first. Id have to give that a miss, and I despise mushrooms. It needs hash browns instead!

 

Ohhh I thought bubble was green! Like cabbage. Did you have builders tea?

When I worked I always hunted out a decent builders cafe. Here they're often in petrol stations, but I think a step up. Table cloths and everything.

 

No, I had a coffee as I hate stewed tea with a passion!

I've not eaten since...maybe later, maybe not.

 

Haha! I loathe hash browns and love 'shrooms. Bubble is a bit of a "thing" in this particular cafe, I could happily not have it though. The fried bread was really good this morning...I could in fairness have fried bread, an egg and black pudding and be perfectly happy.

 

I've had bubble and squeak tonight with a chicken leg, leftovers from last night's Sunday roast.

 

I'd have the sausage, bacon and any sort of white bread (fried, toasted or plain). And hash browns please. Oh and I've just remembered I eat scrambled eggs now, but I've never had it cooked for me. And no tea or coffee! Hot choc please. If that could be beamed over now please, I'm hungry. (I just did yoga, I'm terrible)

 

Can anyone tell me what venison is like? Texture, smell and taste? Also what's a pork chop like, say compared to bacon? (I like bacon, but not the fatty bit.)

I'm going to Ireland for a few days, to see family. They know what I'm like with food but still a bit pushy. I get to meet their ginger cat, Reg though!

 

what's a pork chop like, say compared to bacon?

Judging by some of our comments, I think you'll be as well avoiding pork chops when you go to Ireland, you could end up mentally scarred like us! 🤣 Dry and overcooked pork is more or less impossible to chew and/or swallow! 😝

 

The best way for me to describe venison is that it's very similar to steak in smell, taste and texture, but leaner. Pork chops don't have a strong taste and are nothing like bacon, not salty either. They are a meaty texture, but can be very dry if overcooked. I love both if they are cooked to my liking.

 

Venison is lovely, but a stronger smell than steak. If it's any help, it was one of Oscar's favourites If it's cooked medium it's beautiful (if it's a venison steak) if you're having diced venison in a casserole, that's also lovely.

Pork chops are nothing like bacon, can be very very firm because obviously it's pork it needs to be cooked through, which makes it a bit hard to chew sometimes! I'd stick to medallions of pork if you have to have pork. I would rather never eat meat again than eat a pork chop

 

Pork chops are nothing like bacon, can be very very firm because obviously it's pork it needs to be cooked through, which makes it a bit hard to chew sometimes!

I have my pork chops pink, it's totally safe if it's of a good quality, it's so juicy and tender that way. I've had far too many overcooked and dry pork chops during my childhood when everything was cooked to within an inch of its life - yuk!!

 

The first meal that D's mother ever cooked for me (In December 1991) was a pork chop which I could barely chew, a jacket potato in the microwave and frozen peas. I'd never been presented with such a meal as my mother was a cook - and whilst the food we ate wasn't fancy, it was certainly nice to eat. Unlike the bouncy pork chop. Of course, nobody spoke to me at the dinner table until I'd finally managed to hack a piece of chop off and start to chew it. And chew. And chew. And...you get the picture. The his grandad asked me a question and I had to swallow it practically whole. Urgh! I'm having flashbacks now, even as I type. Then we had butterscotch Instant Whip which was quite literally hideous. Oh goodness.

I still don't want a pork chop though...

 

Venison is lovely. It’s just like lean beef (steak).

I can’t abide pork unless it’s bacon. The smell makes me feel sick. I think it’s because my Mum used to cook roast pork every Sunday and the smell of a dirty oven and burning pork is yuck!

 

Venison is lovely. It’s just like lean beef (steak).

I can’t abide pork unless it’s bacon. The smell makes me feel sick. I think it’s because my Mum used to cook roast pork every Sunday and the smell of a dirty oven and burning pork is yuck!

Agreed on both counts. Do like a bit of venison on occasion (as long as I don’t think of Bambi), but I find pork an absolutely vile meat.
Pork in cider used to be the family thing and saying you didn’t like it wasn’t a good enough reason not to have it.
Until one day I literally retched at the table and they finally got the message.
There was a similar occurrence with liver and that was also removed from my diet after years of suffering lol.
It wasn’t childish theatrics, it really did make me gag.
Even today I can’t stand the smell of liver 🤢

 

Chicken, chorizo and orange tray bake tonight. We haven’t had it for ages, I’d forgotten how tasty it is.