The Blokes' Cookery Thread

[bsnub]

^ Looking damn good. I would do some real damage to that.

[SKkin]

Thanks snub. All that effort must have wore me out. I slept over 8 hours last night, which is unheard of for me these days. Then had an early doctor's appt., so no time for forumning this AM.

[NamPikToot]

Oi SKkin you got me Mrs plates.

Food looks great.

[NamPikToot]

Some Kwai on me Mrs plates before SKkin knicked em

[SKkin]

^Those are exactly the same. Weird. I'm not even sure/don't remember how long ago we got ours. May well have been a wedding present...in 1982.

[NamPikToot]

....going to quiz her

[SKkin]

^ Just looked and on the bottom of ours. "Made in China"

The boss sez M-I-L gave us those too. Quite a few years ago. Who can keep track of these details...

[David48atTD]

^Those are exactly the same. Weird. I'm not even sure/don't remember how long ago we got ours. May well have been a wedding present...in 1882.

FTFY

[Headworx]

[Topper]

Beautifully done SK...I do have a couple of questions, if you don't mind....

How many people are you serving?

Your stove top looks great. Is the middle part where you're warming the veggies cast iron?

How hard is the stove top to clean?

I'm asking as that's exactly the kind of stove I'd love to have, one day, when I grow up.....

[bsnub]

Some Kwai on me Mrs plates before SKkin knicked em

So you finally post and it is a fucking monstrosity. You are an embarrassment to TD food threads to say the least. GTFO with your trash.

[bsnub]

I got the next round mate!!!

[Topper]

HW, long ago I decided I will not ingest another chicken wing/leg/flesh cooked like that.

[SKkin]

^Thanks Topper. They were really good. Not bad for a first attempt. I posted above that salsa is served with fajitas, the word I was looking for then is pico de gallo.

How many people are you serving?

Your stove top looks great. Is the middle part where you're warming the veggies cast iron?

How hard is the stove top to clean?

That day it was my wife, two grandsons and myself.

yes the griddle is cast iron...as far as I know anyway.

It's a bitch. I noticed around the burner that gets the most use, the surface(paint?) seems to be bubbling up. It's also the biggest burner, so more heat...which I guess is causing that bubbling. But anyway to clean it right you have to take off all the grates and all the burner cover plates plus the things below that. Not sure what they're called, the things the gas passes thru. I usually put all of that in the dishwasher. But the stovestop itself has to be done by elbow grease.

It's a nice range/stove but the oven puts out a lot of heat as I mentioned in another thread.

[NamPikToot]

So you finally post and it is a fucking monstrosity. You are an embarrassment to TD food threads to say the least. GTFO with your trash.

Jesus, you do go on, ever tried them? nope coz you've barely left the house. Now shorts on, best cap and hold hands when crossing the road.

[bsnub]

Jesus, you do go on, ever tried them?

I do not eat dog food are you a plies multi nick?

[Headworx]

HW, long ago I decided I will not ingest another chicken wing/leg/flesh cooked like that.

Yeah I remember being sober once and thinking Buffalo wings were shit too. But seriously, if you don't swallow the bones whole they'll never get stuck sideways in your ring-piece again

[Dillinger]

These are the best things I've ever made myself. Amazing!!

Dill's Ten Mill Tacos

Toss 400 grammes of minced pork into a pan with an onion and brown, add a packet of McCormicks taco mix and 3/4s of a cup of water, bring to the boil then simmer for 5 mins


I decided against adding the salsa


So, just the mix, full fat hellmans, jalapenos and 20 baht of Siamburis finest Aussie mature onto a bed of lettuce.


In bed again now

[Chittychangchang]

Good effort!

Missing guacamole and cheesy wotsits

[Dillinger]

They did have wotsits in Siamburis but I spent about a tenner on this packet the other day



The Yanks know how to do cheesy curls. Much better than those Cheetos things and they leave a lot more orange shit on your fingers than Wotsits to suck off

[Neverna]

[Topper]

These are the best things I've ever made myself. Amazing!!

Dill's Ten Mill Tacos

Rather than using water with zero flavor, add a can of tomato sauce and let it cook down.

I would also suggest putting half of the packet in at the beginning of the browning so there's a bit of bloom in the spices, then add the tomato sauce and the rest of the pack at the end of the process. Simmer until it's all a thick sauce.

Well done sir, not using the cardboard taco shells is worth bonus greens....if I had them.

[Dillinger]

^ cheers for the tips. Will try next time.

Btw, by tomato sauce do you mean paste or puree?

[bsnub]

The lady was back to work so I made some smoked salmon melts.

[NamPikToot]

They did have wotsits in Siamburis but I spent about a tenner on this packet the other dayThe Yanks know how to do cheesy curls.

The secret is in ensuring that no cheese is included in the recipe. Reminds me of one of the Top Gear Specials where clarkson bought a sandwich in a Gas station and read the ingredients - "contains real imitation dundee cheese"