BLOKES COOKING....

[MadDogMcQ]

After 30 odd years of waiting for the wife to learn to cook something better than frozen turkey-twizzlers    I finally gave up and decided to learn myself!  I've started by making soups. They only take 20 minutes and are a peice of pi$$ to make. Daft as it sounds, I find it quite relaxing too. And it's a great way to get those 5-a-day.
 
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[jackojet]

Luckily my wife is a good cook 
Having said that last 2 years I have been given a business opportunity to run a cafe at our fishing lakes in our new lodge. Did the hygiene courses etc, started doing bacon butties to start with. I'm no cook but do a nice breakfast .
Anyone who says cooking is easy needs a kick in the nuts! Especially when you do it in volume, i.e.  with 20 anglers all waiting and want serving to rush to a competition.
I tell you it's some pressure when you trying to get timings right and keep food spoilage to a minimum, and make a profit.
Not to mention time fetching stock and early mornings .
The public are a nightmare too.
 
Think yourself lucky you only cooking for the mrs etc

[MadDogMcQ]

...Think yourself lucky you only cooking for the mrs etc

I'm sorry Jacko, did I give you the impression I was cooking for the Mrs? After 30 odd years of nothing from her? Don't think so 

[MadDogMcQ]

But yes, I do understand how stressy it must be to cook for multiples.    I couldn't cope with it myself.

[jackojet]

Nice one fellar keep up the good work

[noggythenog]

Awsome stuff,my missus also cooks foc-all,


I got myself,sorry the mother in law got me a remoska from lakeland plastics,(i shouldve realised then)


Its basically a traditional czeckoslovakian cooker/pot where the lid is the element,


One pot wonders never tasted so good,just chuck all sorts in it


Ive got onion,garlic,smoked paprika,chicken breast pieces,leeks, a can of heinz potato & leek soup,chorizo sausage and some garlic and chive philladelphia stewing away in it as i speak! Mmmmmmmm!!!

[manuel32]

I got in the shit last night by being able to cook


She was working till 10pm , so i said i will do a stir fry using some left over pork, well i did and ate mine leaving hers in the pan,


i like a good boy then went and mowed the lawns and orchard, they are big here at Toad Hall


" hours later i go inside the house and fuck me, the dog has stood up and pushed the lid off her dinner and ate the fucking lot, then he has got the george forman drip tray and licked that out and chewed it to shit,


Haha, she let him off tho,, he has a poorly leg, and is limping like a wounded soldier, he was running like hell,25mph on the golf course in the dark and went straight into a bunker, made him yelp and what a noise, he came limping back,lol

[noggythenog]

Tee hee mate,


you literally made a dogs dinner then!


You can own up though.....you ate it didnt you...you had one extra fork full out've the wok and before you could say "blame the dog"......it was gone!


And then you said...."blame the dog"


We've all been there.

[richfzs]

And you kicked him, while out on the golf course, didnt ya?!? Injury makes it all so much easier to blame it on him, knowing he'll get away with it!

[philshaq]

Cooking in bulk is HARD! My folks bought a chip shop just before Thatcher screwed everything up in the early 90s, and when fish and chips were the only other take away you could get on an evening...my dad lost 3stone in as many months, worked 5 in the morning till 1 at night. Then boom, recession!

I love cooking, and so does the wife, so we are well covered. Well done on learning soups, I learned that off the missus at the weekend!

[VNA - BMW Wank]

I enjoy cooking. 
My motto though is minimum effort, maximum taste.
Love pasta, there's just so many easy super tasty pasta sauces. 
I always warn anybody who comes to stay that's it's probably going to be pasta pasta pasta
Pasta dishes can be great for bulk servings too.

Egg Tagliatelle Alle Cipolle;




Also like a decent breakfast;




An ye cannae go wrang wi Haggis Neeps an Tatties aither;

[MadDogMcQ]

Boy, that breakfast looks mighty fine VNA! 

[VNA - BMW Wank]

Well I did skip the slice, hash browns and black pudding, got to look after ma figure too.

[VNA - BMW Wank]

VNA likes the odd stew too;

Carbonnade de boeuf a la Flamande (beef in beer)

[The Rocketeer]

Feck me it'll be knitting patterns on here next, thought this was a motorbike site......

[MadDogMcQ]

Feck me it'll be knitting patterns on here next, thought this was a motorbike site......

No different to all that shite talk about football and rugby 

[Andy FZS]

All of a sudden I feel quite peckish, I may have to do myself a cheese sandwich...........
Andy

[JZS 600]

http://www.jamieoliver.com/jamies-ministry-of-food/
 
Can't go wrong....

[Dave48]

Wish I hadnt read this post-Im bloody starving now! Since I" retired" my bike trousers are getting a bit tight round the middle but the cat is 12 and has middle age belly sag. Think it might be a Chicken Jalfrezi from one of the best Balti establishments in Brum tonite then its back to beans on toast. I can cook a good stew or curry one of the good things about the winter months ahead.

[squiz]

couldnt cook want to cook...............




i coult cook anything special till i found that wonderful place called "google"............sausage cassarole was my specialty ...now i do the best spanish ommellette for my debs thats ever been made ...and she lived in spain!.....if you wanna learn...you can at the touch of a few buttons.
   

[Major Rant]

Cooking ... its ENGINEERING with FOOD !   
 
I get beaten up when I say things like ....    "Well just scale the recipe by 2/5ths."
 
 

[Farjo]

Excellent blog

Here's an old recipe from the 80s.

Turkish Lentil Soup
Butter or Marg
2 large onions chopped
2 garlic cloves crushed
1 litre veg stock
4 large toms chopped (or I use tinned if pushed for time)
Tom purée
250g red lentils - well rinsed
Lemon


Melt the butter/marg in a large saucepan, add onions + garlic, fry until softened.
Add stock, toms, purée and salt & pepper. Bring to boil.
Add lentils, return to boil.
Cover and simmer for 30 minutes; stir regularly.

Serve with a squeeze of lemon and if you're feeling poncey add a lemon slice to each bowl.

[Raymy]

I make the best Lasagne in Scotland.

My steak n ale pie is pretty stupendous as well

[JZS 600]

Chilli rocks!

[JZS 600]

Excellent blog

Here's an old recipe from the 80s.

Turkish Lentil Soup
Butter or Marg
2 large onions chopped
2 garlic cloves crushed
1 litre veg stock
4 large toms chopped (or I use tinned if pushed for time)
Tom purée
250g red lentils - well rinsed
Lemon


Melt the butter/marg in a large saucepan, add onions + garlic, fry until softened.
Add stock, toms, purée and salt & pepper. Bring to boil.
Add lentils, return to boil.
Cover and simmer for 30 minutes; stir regularly.

Serve with a squeeze of lemon and if you're feeling poncey add a lemon slice to each bowl.

Would you add a touch of Cumin to give it a bit more depth and perhaps a sprig of Coriander?