What are you eating and drinking tonight?
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Re: What are you eating and drinking tonight?
Fair enough, you have the legs then and I'll take the crown. Sorted.BWFC_Insane wrote:Prime meat? Prime meat? There isn't any dark meat on a crown. It is all breast. The prime meat is the leg meat.TANGODANCER wrote:Not so Insaney. Turkey crown is all prime meat and is usually plenty enough for a family meal with some to spare (depends on the size you buy, obviously). Easier to cook, no waste and you're not messing about for days with a great greasy lumpy carcase and a load of bones and getting fed up with turkey with everything to use it up. This info sanctioned by the chief chef (the wife).BWFC_Insane wrote:Turkey is easy and you miss out with a crown.Simply a case of timing and basting.
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Re: What are you eating and drinking tonight?
I'm with you Tango. In fact that is good idea. What time do you want me over on Christmas Day for dinner? I love brussel sprouts. Can you do extra for me?TANGODANCER wrote:Fair enough, you have the legs then and I'll take the crown. Sorted.BWFC_Insane wrote:Prime meat? Prime meat? There isn't any dark meat on a crown. It is all breast. The prime meat is the leg meat.TANGODANCER wrote:Not so Insaney. Turkey crown is all prime meat and is usually plenty enough for a family meal with some to spare (depends on the size you buy, obviously). Easier to cook, no waste and you're not messing about for days with a great greasy lumpy carcase and a load of bones and getting fed up with turkey with everything to use it up. This info sanctioned by the chief chef (the wife).BWFC_Insane wrote:Turkey is easy and you miss out with a crown.Simply a case of timing and basting.
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Re: What are you eating and drinking tonight?
I think I just did a sick in my mouthBurnden Paddock wrote:Bruce - He means the turkey breasts, not yours!!BWFC_Insane wrote:It isn't that bad. Season turkey.Bruce Rioja wrote:Fannying about, then?!BWFC_Insane wrote:Turkey is easy and you miss out with a crown.
Simply a case of timing and basting.
Put in pre-heated oven at 220 for about 10 minutes.
Take out, cover breasts with streaky bacon. Put back in at 160 (or maybe even lower) for a couple of hours (depending how big it is) basting every half hour or so.
You can go to the bother of stuffing flavoured butter under the breast skin too if you like but that would constitute fannying about.
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Re: What are you eating and drinking tonight?
The travel agents have just been in, delivering a consignment of Christmas cakes. Here's one I scoffed earlier. Nom, nom, and thrice, nom!
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Re: What are you eating and drinking tonight?
Can someone recommend me a slow cooker? also can someone advise me if this would be a criminal christmas present for the wife?
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Re: What are you eating and drinking tonight?
I think you already know the answer to your second question!!General Mannerheim wrote:Can someone recommend me a slow cooker? also can someone advise me if this would be a criminal christmas present for the wife?
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Depends if it's the only present!Burnden Paddock wrote:I think you already know the answer to your second question!!General Mannerheim wrote:Can someone recommend me a slow cooker? also can someone advise me if this would be a criminal christmas present for the wife?
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Re: What are you eating and drinking tonight?
Is it possible to make a decent Christmas cake within two weeks, and if so, has anyone a recipe? I believe that they need continually topping up with oodles of booze!
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Re: What are you eating and drinking tonight?
If cooking equipment and staying in the wife's good books is your aim then splash out and get her a Thermomix.General Mannerheim wrote:Can someone recommend me a slow cooker? also can someone advise me if this would be a criminal christmas present for the wife?
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Re: What are you eating and drinking tonight?
BOTH ? Lucky lady.Abdoulaye's Twin wrote:If cooking equipment and staying in the wife's good books is your aim then splash out and get her a Thermomix.General Mannerheim wrote:Can someone recommend me a slow cooker? also can someone advise me if this would be a criminal christmas present for the wife?
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Re: What are you eating and drinking tonight?
Keeps you in the good booksbobo the clown wrote:BOTH ? Lucky lady.Abdoulaye's Twin wrote:If cooking equipment and staying in the wife's good books is your aim then splash out and get her a Thermomix.General Mannerheim wrote:Can someone recommend me a slow cooker? also can someone advise me if this would be a criminal christmas present for the wife?
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Re: What are you eating and drinking tonight?
its not the only present but ive bought one now anyway, was only £25 from amazon so may as well wrap it up...
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Re: What are you eating and drinking tonight?
You could knock up a seriously boozy tiramasu, pretty much overnight...I found this to be a decent fallback...Bruce Rioja wrote:Is it possible to make a decent Christmas cake within two weeks, and if so, has anyone a recipe? I believe that they need continually topping up with oodles of booze!
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Re: What are you eating and drinking tonight?
I've come to the conclusion that my local Indian has a new chef. By dint of the fact that the garlic chilli I normally get has just removed my lips. Might try the korma next time...
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Re: What are you eating and drinking tonight?
Jamie Oliver's is the best online:Bruce Rioja wrote:Is it possible to make a decent Christmas cake within two weeks, and if so, has anyone a recipe? I believe that they need continually topping up with oodles of booze!
http://www.jamieoliver.com/magazine/rec ... stmas-cake" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Add extra booze and more fruit and cook at a much lower temperature for longer with a tray of water in the bottom of the oven - and if you really want to cheat, supermarkets sell pre-soaked fruit.
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Re: What are you eating and drinking tonight?
Cheers, Chef. To share the tale, Mum got rushed into hospital again on Friday, so I said that I'll put Christmas dinner on for the folks this year. Any tips on making this as easy as possible will be greatly appreciated.Lord Kangana wrote:Jamie Oliver's is the best online:Bruce Rioja wrote:Is it possible to make a decent Christmas cake within two weeks, and if so, has anyone a recipe? I believe that they need continually topping up with oodles of booze!
http://www.jamieoliver.com/magazine/rec ... stmas-cake" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Add extra booze and more fruit and cook at a much lower temperature for longer with a tray of water in the bottom of the oven - and if you really want to cheat, supermarkets sell pre-soaked fruit.
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Re: What are you eating and drinking tonight?
If you really want to cheat, they sell Christmas cakes...Lord Kangana wrote:Jamie Oliver's is the best online:Bruce Rioja wrote:Is it possible to make a decent Christmas cake within two weeks, and if so, has anyone a recipe? I believe that they need continually topping up with oodles of booze!
http://www.jamieoliver.com/magazine/rec ... stmas-cake" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Add extra booze and more fruit and cook at a much lower temperature for longer with a tray of water in the bottom of the oven - and if you really want to cheat, supermarkets sell pre-soaked fruit.
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Re: What are you eating and drinking tonight?
Enjoyed a meal yesterday at Steak & Lobster in the Raddison Hotel in Manc, near the Midland.
That's the name of the restaurant and thats the menu too. They make a big deal of the fact that you can have 'this or that', but there are a few variations on the theme.
The food was good, well cooked and tasty, and plentiful with as much fries and salad as you want, and the surroundings were plush, the staff great but the place was dead. There were three of us and otherwise one other couple were in the huge room.
So, as much as I enjoyed it I wouldn't go again, I don't think.
That's the name of the restaurant and thats the menu too. They make a big deal of the fact that you can have 'this or that', but there are a few variations on the theme.
The food was good, well cooked and tasty, and plentiful with as much fries and salad as you want, and the surroundings were plush, the staff great but the place was dead. There were three of us and otherwise one other couple were in the huge room.
So, as much as I enjoyed it I wouldn't go again, I don't think.
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Re: What are you eating and drinking tonight?
My mates son works in the kitchen there Clappers. He spent 2 hours on his first day searching the freezer for a leg of salmon.
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