What are you eating and drinking tonight?

[Lofthouse Lower]

Nice idea. Had another one with soy, sugar and garlic........sounded fruity.

[2399]

I'm at my parents, and when dinner was hinted I yelled numorous times PIZZA!

I couldn't decide/was busy ebaying so didn't order one.

the pizzas will be:

Half/half: Aussie / Hawaiian
Chicken Delight.

Gourmet Pizza: Prosciutto.

[P.O.S.]

I want Mustard Soup!

I tell you, fella - it's ace.

I found this - looks to be quite simple really.


For the soup
1 teaspoon butter
1 medium-sized onion, chopped finely
1 litre water, room temperature
1/2 a fresh chilli, to taste – optional
2 stock cubes (Veggie or Chicken give the best flavours – not too intense)
125 g crème fraiche
125g smeerkaas (spreadable cheese which is easy melt or cooking cheese like Philadelphia, plain and unflavoured)
2 tablespoons wholegrain mustard
4 tablespoons cornflour mixture (Make up by mixing cornflour with 4 tablespoons of water at room temperature)
Black pepper, to taste

How to make the soup

Melt the butter in a large pan and then add the chopped onion, letting it cook (not brown) for a few minutes. Add water and crumble in the stock cubes then slowly bring to the boil. If you’d like to add fresh chilies, do so now. I normally get a yellow chili, slice it in half and put one half in the soup. Let that simmer for a few minutes – taste and then decide what to do. If the heat is at the right level, I take the chili out and if not, I leave it in for a bit longer.
Combine the crème fraiche, smeerkaas and the mustard with a whisk or a spoon.
When water has come to the boil, lower the heat and add mustard mixture; whip with a whisk until smooth. Let simmer for a few minutes.
Add cornstarch and let the soup thicken on low heat for a couple of minutes.
Once thickened, season with freshly ground black pepper. I can assure you there’ll be no need to salt the soup, except you’re a salt addict, which I used to be, and even then I found adding salt was an overkill – an undesirable one at that.
Garnish with: Bacon bits, Chopped parsley and/or Green spring onion rings
Serve with: Chunks of French bread, slices of wholegrain toast with butter.

Sorry for late response mate, but thanks a lot for this Ill give it a go, sounds ace!

[Gooner Girl]

Made myself some eggy bread/French toast with a fresh duck egg laid this morning, for lunch. So good the dog is drooling watching me eat it...

[Worthy4England]

Nice idea. Had another one with soy, sugar and garlic........sounded fruity.

We need a chop update.

[Lofthouse Lower]

It was belting.

As above, mixed the mixture in a pot (added grain mustard) and spread over both sides of the chop. Had with a baked spud and some carrots. Fookin marvellous as we say in France.

[Gary the Enfield]

Catalan of Cod (for 4)

Chop and lightly fry a whole onion in olive oil in a large pan (you'll need one with a lid)
Cut approximately 100g of Chorizo sausage into small cubes and add to the onions.
Once the Chorizo has started to soften add your 4 cod steaks. Cook each side for 1 minute.
Place a slice of Beef Tomato on each steak.
Cover the whole lot with 1kg of fresh mussels
Pour 50cl of white wine over the ingredients
Place the lid on the pan, bring to the boil, and then simmer for 10 minutes. The mussels should be open, discard any that aren't.

You could then serve into bowls or, what I do is serve the mussels as a first course (with some nice Foccaccia to soak up the soup) and the Cod steaks separately with Saffron rice.

P*ss easy. And with more than a passing nod to G. Ramsay, Esq.

Absolutely perfect: cheers, fella.

Might have a dummy run tomorrow, you know, just in case!

How did the dummy run go?

[Bruce Rioja]

How did the dummy run go?

Haven't done it, Chief. I'm reckoning on it being simple enough even for me not to make a bollocks of.

[Gary the Enfield]

How did the dummy run go?

Haven't done it, Chief. I'm reckoning on it being simple enough even for me not to make a bollocks of.

True. Even a cock like me can manage it.

[thebish]

lunch...

Aldi smoked salmon on Aldi multigrain batch (toasted) - topped with a perfectly poached free-range egg (collected from down the garden this morning) and a dusting of pepper...

accompanied by glass of cold freshly squeezed orange juice.

simple... but perfect!

[Lofthouse Lower]

Depends.

How did you do your poached egg? This is very important.

[Wandering Willy]

lunch...

Aldi smoked salmon on Aldi multigrain batch (toasted) - topped with a perfectly poached free-range egg (collected from down the garden this morning) and a dusting of pepper...

accompanied by glass of cold freshly squeezed orange juice.

simple... but perfect!

"Reverend arrested for poaching" scandal.

[General Mannerheim]

im the poached egg fkng master!.... got my technique down and everything, I don't be ticklin' or nothin'.

[General Mannerheim]

lunch...

Aldi smoked salmon on Aldi multigrain batch (toasted) - topped with a perfectly poached free-range egg (collected from down the garden this morning) and a dusting of pepper...

accompanied by glass of cold freshly squeezed orange juice.

simple... but perfect!

why the supermarket variety relevant btw?

[Lofthouse Lower]

im the poached egg fkng master!.... got my technique down and everything, I don't be ticklin' or nothin'.

Incorrect.

There's only one poached egg king, and you're lookin' at him

[General Mannerheim]

am I? how do you know our post man?

[Lofthouse Lower]

Very good.

It's all about the swirl. Get the swirl right and you're the man.

[thebish]

lunch...

Aldi smoked salmon on Aldi multigrain batch (toasted) - topped with a perfectly poached free-range egg (collected from down the garden this morning) and a dusting of pepper...

accompanied by glass of cold freshly squeezed orange juice.

simple... but perfect!

why the supermarket variety relevant btw?

that's just cos Bruce and I both have a penchant for Aldi smoked salmon - which compares very favourably indeed with other supermarkets, and so don't like to miss a chance to trumpet its delights!

[Lord Kangana]

You don't need to swirl for a poached egg. Just make sure the waters boiling. Creates its own swirl.

[Lofthouse Lower]

That's where you've gone wrong