What are you eating and drinking tonight?

[Wandering Willy]

Steak and mushroom... Mmmm... Comfort food of the highest order... What veg are you serving it with?

I've never done pastry myself - only the frozen stuff...

Serving with gravy made from the meat juices, peas (regular not mushy) and mashed carrots.

Chips will be justified if we win.

[Bruce Rioja]

out of boredom they peck each other til they look something like this

At least that one's still alive. Normally what happens is that in a battery of four hens, three will peck the weakest hen's insides out via its arse (or Parson's nose if you prefer).
Moral issues aside, the question of the cost of eggs at the point of purchase doesn't really come into it for me - the taste of free range egg yolk is absolutely delicious. Caged hens fed on chicken mash deliver eggs with a pale, insipid yolk that tastes of very little, so why bother anyway, regardless of them being a few Pence cheaper?

[Bruce Rioja]

Steak and mushroom... Mmmm... Comfort food of the highest order... What veg are you serving it with?

I've never done pastry myself - only the frozen stuff...

Serving with gravy made from the meat juices, peas (regular not mushy) and mashed carrots.

Chips will be justified if we win.

Post photographic evidence even if it's a disaster (then we can all go Told you you should have bought Jus-Rol )

Personally, would've gone for boiled new potatoes in a parsley butter with green beans and your carrot mash. There should be enough gravy in your pie, but then again, you can never have too much gravy.

[William the White]

With you, bruce...

Portuguese eggs... Bright yellow yolk... Delicious... Eggs in Bruges... same... Amsterdam, same...

We are torturing animals and serving up shite instead of food... And saving 50p a dozen!

[Gooner Girl]

Bruce, this is her now, a year or so later.



Free range eggs do taste better but for the best tasting eggs you have to keep your own poultry!

I recomend these 2 websites if anyone is interested in finding out more...

I'm the Mid Sussex co-ordinator for this one

http://www.ciwf.org.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

and Thebish and i volunteer for this one

http://www.bhwt.org.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Probably this discussion should be moved to the food thread...

[Gooner Girl]

Oh, and GG...I don't buy the eggs, the Mrs does.

I wondered as much... Tell her to buy free range if she doesn't already!

[Gooner Girl]

Steak and mushroom... Mmmm... Comfort food of the highest order... What veg are you serving it with?

I've never done pastry myself - only the frozen stuff...

Serving with gravy made from the meat juices, peas (regular not mushy) and mashed carrots.

Chips will be justified if we win.

Post photographic evidence even if it's a disaster (then we can all go Told you you should have bought Jus-Rol )

Personally, would've gone for boiled new potatoes in a parsley butter with green beans and your carrot mash. There should be enough gravy in your pie, but then again, you can never have too much gravy.

Mmmmm, sounds like you can cook Bruce...

[Bruce Rioja]

Bruce, this is her now, a year or so later...

She a Rhode Island Red, GG? Well done, btw, you've done a magnificent job.

Regarding keeping your own, my MD has started keeping his own hens recently and brought me a
half a dozen in - absolutely delicious.

[Bruce Rioja]

Mmmmm, sounds like you can cook Bruce...

Not really, but I can't-half eat

[Gooner Girl]

Bruce, this is her now, a year or so later...

She a Rhode Island Red, GG? Well done, btw, you've done a magnificent job.

Regarding keeping your own, my MD has started keeping his own hens recently and brought me a
half a dozen in - absolutely delicious.

Dunno tbh Bruce. I think they keep hybrids in the cages rather then pure breeds as they lay more eggs. Looks Rhode island Red like though, i agree.

Yeah, its nice to be able to give eggs away, we often do when we have enough but only the ducks are laying at the moment.

[Gooner Girl]

Mmmmm, sounds like you can cook Bruce...

Not really, but I can't-half eat

No comment

[Bruce Rioja]

Mmmmm, sounds like you can cook Bruce...

Not really, but I can't-half eat

No comment

I actually did a laugh-out-loud then.

[Wandering Willy]

Well done there GG, and anyone else who rescues such birds.

Slice of pie (non poultry) on its way.

[Gooner Girl]

Well done there GG, and anyone else who rescues such birds.

Slice of pie (non poultry) on its way.

Bish does as well but he's a vegetarian so can i have his piece too please?!

[Wandering Willy]

I'll send him some carrots.

[Gooner Girl]

Mmmmm, sounds like you can cook Bruce...

Not really, but I can't-half eat

No comment

I actually did a laugh-out-loud then.

You walked into that one!

[Gooner Girl]

I'll send him some carrots.

[Bruce Rioja]

Just in case anyone's not familiar with a chicken battery, this is one.

[Gooner Girl]

Horrible places, noisy, dark and stink to high heaven. We've gone in to get out chickens and ended up pulling out dead birds the farmer hasn't bothered to clear away (and the odd cockerel...)

[Bruce Rioja]

We used to leave the dead ones out for the fox.