What are you eating and drinking tonight?

[Prufrock]

Cut up some chicken fillets. Get some Campbell's Chicken Soup and some frozen veg. Mix it all together. Roll out some of the supermarket premade pastry dough. Cut it in two. Roll it out again. Clod the chicken/soup/veg into the middle of each bit, and squish it up into a parcel (dampen the edges so they stick). Chuck it in the oven. Really easy, really nice 'homemade chicken pie'.

[BWFC_Insane]

Cut up some chicken fillets. Get some Campbell's Chicken Soup and some frozen veg. Mix it all together. Roll out some of the supermarket premade pastry dough. Cut it in two. Roll it out again. Clod the chicken/soup/veg into the middle of each bit, and squish it up into a parcel (dampen the edges so they stick). Chuck it in the oven. Really easy, really nice 'homemade chicken pie'.

What type of pastry dya use?

[Prufrock]

Whichever the girlfriend has bought .

I think it's shortcrust. Fairly sure it isn't puff anyway.

[boltonboris]

Not exactly tonight like, but.... Went to a place called Koh Samui on Saturday (For a Thai meal, obviously!) on Princess Street. It's like a basement type place and not one that looks particularly inviting from the outside. but it was an absolute treat! Really nice food and a half decent wine list.. Had a belting Sancerre to go with my Prawn cake starter and the standard bottle of Singha!

For 2 of us: 3 bottles of beer, bottle of Sancerre, 2 courses and a side of of duck rolls = £90, including tip.

Top stuff

[Gooner Girl]

Just stuck in the oven Syrup Pudding, courtesy of Bishs recipe on here...

[William the White]

Partner made monkfish tagine, just wonderful, garlic, fish, black olives, new potatoes, green peppers, lemon and the brilliant spice and aromatic concoction that is chermoula (which she made fresh)... With a little crusty bread... Fantastic... better than that... had it with brill Gavi wine...

Will have it again on saturday as we host friends (also Wanderers). Cannot wait...

[thebish]

Just stuck in the oven Syrup Pudding, courtesy of Bishs recipe on here...

how did it go?

[Gooner Girl]

Just stuck in the oven Syrup Pudding, courtesy of Bishs recipe on here...

how did it go?

Mike said "Not bad!" (praise indeed!)

It was quite nice, could have been better. I don't think i put enough syrup in as there wasn't much left in the bottle and i had to use a mix of marge and butter. Might just use butter next time. Gonna try it again! I love syrup sponge...

[Wandering Willy]

So basically you didn't make it correctly.

[Gooner Girl]

So basically you didn't make it correctly.

I didn't have QUITE the right ingredients in the cupboard - but it was perfectly edible, Cheeky!!

(i had to use duck eggs and not chicken eggs but that shouldn't make a difference should it, Bish?)

[Lord Kangana]

My understanding is that it should make a richer mix and therefore a nicer end product. I have a hazy recollection of someone mentioning the merits of baking with duck eggs. It might even have been on here. I don't remember.

[William the White]

Right, help please folks...

I'm cooking tea (I've not been brainwashed enough to call it dinner yet) for a lady friend on Thursday. However, I am the cooking equivalent of Ali Dia (had my chance, should never have got past preparation tbh). What can I make that will a) impress her, and b) be relatively easy enough that i won't mess it up?

cheers

Seriously? Take her out... Your two conditions impossible to conjoin... Whatever anyone suggests would be totally down to luck...

[Gooner Girl]

My understanding is that it should make a richer mix and therefore a nicer end product. I have a hazy recollection of someone mentioning the merits of baking with duck eggs. It might even have been on here. I don't remember.

Thats what i thought, had heard duck eggs are better for baking with so i don't think that was the problem but just wanted to check!

[thebish]

My understanding is that it should make a richer mix and therefore a nicer end product. I have a hazy recollection of someone mentioning the merits of baking with duck eggs. It might even have been on here. I don't remember.

Thats what i thought, had heard duck eggs are better for baking with so i don't think that was the problem but just wanted to check!

dunno - never baked with duck eggs. swan eggs are the best, I find...


what could have been better about it? if it was a bit gooey - juts leave it in the oven longer... the test is to put a cocktail stick (or summat similar) into it and see if it comes out clean...

[Gooner Girl]

My understanding is that it should make a richer mix and therefore a nicer end product. I have a hazy recollection of someone mentioning the merits of baking with duck eggs. It might even have been on here. I don't remember.

Thats what i thought, had heard duck eggs are better for baking with so i don't think that was the problem but just wanted to check!

dunno - never baked with duck eggs. swan eggs are the best, I find...


what could have been better about it? if it was a bit gooey - juts leave it in the oven longer... the test is to put a cocktail stick (or summat similar) into it and see if it comes out clean...

It tasted fine i think (other then needing more syrup) the sponge just seemed a little 'heavy'?

[BWFC_Insane]

Right, help please folks...

I'm cooking tea (I've not been brainwashed enough to call it dinner yet) for a lady friend on Thursday. However, I am the cooking equivalent of Ali Dia (had my chance, should never have got past preparation tbh). What can I make that will a) impress her, and b) be relatively easy enough that i won't mess it up?

cheers

Seriously? Take her out... Your two conditions impossible to conjoin... Whatever anyone suggests would be totally down to luck...

Nah you can impress, get a recipe and follow it to the letter. You can always find shortcuts, bought pastry etc, and she never needs to know!

Pies are relatively easy if you cheat with the pastry and follow a recipe, or find a curry recipe, will take a long time and some shopping but again, few places you can go wrong. Good luck!

[Verbal]

Right, help please folks...

I'm cooking tea (I've not been brainwashed enough to call it dinner yet) for a lady friend on Thursday. However, I am the cooking equivalent of Ali Dia (had my chance, should never have got past preparation tbh). What can I make that will a) impress her, and b) be relatively easy enough that i won't mess it up?

cheers

Seriously? Take her out... Your two conditions impossible to conjoin... Whatever anyone suggests would be totally down to luck...

Nah you can impress, get a recipe and follow it to the letter. You can always find shortcuts, bought pastry etc, and she never needs to know!

Pies are relatively easy if you cheat with the pastry and follow a recipe, or find a curry recipe, will take a long time and some shopping but again, few places you can go wrong. Good luck!

William - cheers for the optimism

BWFCI - yeah that's basically what I've done, found a recipe for a nice pasta dish...have half of the ingredients at home and will buy the rest at dinner time...fun times...

[Worthy4England]

Right, help please folks...

I'm cooking tea (I've not been brainwashed enough to call it dinner yet) for a lady friend on Thursday. However, I am the cooking equivalent of Ali Dia (had my chance, should never have got past preparation tbh). What can I make that will a) impress her, and b) be relatively easy enough that i won't mess it up?

cheers

Seriously? Take her out... Your two conditions impossible to conjoin... Whatever anyone suggests would be totally down to luck...

Nah you can impress, get a recipe and follow it to the letter. You can always find shortcuts, bought pastry etc, and she never needs to know!

Pies are relatively easy if you cheat with the pastry and follow a recipe, or find a curry recipe, will take a long time and some shopping but again, few places you can go wrong. Good luck!

William - cheers for the optimism

BWFCI - yeah that's basically what I've done, found a recipe for a nice pasta dish...have half of the ingredients at home and will buy the rest at dinner time...fun times...

I would probably go for a slightly different approach.

Grab some bubbly and half a doz bottle of wine, and don't serve until you're half way through it.

Works a treat!

[Verbal]

Did this: http://www.morrisons.co.uk/Food-and-dri ... s/?r=15562" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

fecking delicious.

[thebish]

Did this: http://www.morrisons.co.uk/Food-and-dri ... s/?r=15562" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

fecking delicious.

and????? did it seal the deal with the girl???