Thread: Dinner

I don't believe that food without animal fat lacks flavour. A vegetarian bloke I once knew always cooked vegetarian food (as you'd expect). He made a large portion once and offered me some. I reluctantly agreed to take some (reluctantly as it was "only" vegetables) and although I eat vegetables, a small amount a day is enough for me. Wow. What a surprise I got. It was absolutely delicious and full of flavour. It taught me that it's not what you've got, it's what you do with it.

Originally Posted by Neverna

A vegetarian bloke I once knew always cooked vegetarian food (as you'd expect)

Originally Posted by Neverna

He gave me a large portion once

Originally Posted by Neverna

I reluctantly agreed to take some

Originally Posted by Neverna

Wow. What a surprise I got.

Originally Posted by Neverna

It was absolutely delicious and full of flavour. It taught me that it's not what you've got, it's what you do with it.

^^That's true, but a good steak needs nothing more than a hot cooking surface. I eat veg pretty much every day but no matter how they're cooked they do get boring. For whatever reasons, a rib-eye or lamb chops never get boring though and a sprinkle of salt and pepper is all that's needed.

Originally Posted by tomcat

...you haven't mentioned your monastery's name...

The monastery of the sudden heart attack.

Originally Posted by somtamslap

^ So in you world, Sid, faecal matter is a conventional lunchtime component?
How odd. How very fucking odd indeed.

That 'shit' you refer to Sidney, is lentils, bulgur wheat and salmon.

Sure it's not chickpeas instead of Lentils?

Interesting. No artificial preservatives which is the one thing I am allergic to. Will have a try.

Atlantic Salmon (20%), Onions, Carrots (14%), Bulgur Wheat (11%), Grilled Red Peppers (11%), Chickpeas (8%), Water, Rapeseed Oil, Sultanas (2%), Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Spirit Vinegar, Sugar, Salt, Concentrated Orange Juice, Spices, Dried Onion, Garlic Purée, Orange Peel, Natural Orange Flavouring, Thickener: Guar Gum.

Any of our fluent french speakers will know of course that le preservatif is not quite the same as a preservative. On a French Exchange trip on the first evening in my hosts house I sat at the table and thought it best to warn them that I couldn't eat preservatives. So in my best French I strung together "Madame, j'ai une allergie aux... (internal thought process... umm fuck it... what's the word ... just do what Brits always do and say the English word with a french accent) j'ai une allergie aux preservatives"

Oh how they all laughed excluding the exchanges students older sister who smiles saucily.

Originally Posted by pseudolus

Will have a try.

Just got the tuna version. It's probably the pick of the bunch.

Originally Posted by somtamslap

Just got the tuna version. It's probably the pick of the bunch.

Slap, seriously, hand in your man card.

Originally Posted by somtamslap

Just got the tuna version. It's probably the pick of the bunch.

Didn't have that in Waitrose - went with your cat puke and shit salmon and also the Salmon harissa and lentil things. Will give it a review when I have run out of decent food, snowed in, and the dog turns its nose up at it. Which will be tomorrow lunch time.

Originally Posted by pseudolus

Didn't have that in Waitrose

Hand in your card too Sue

Lost me there, Dilli. What does it mean?

Originally Posted by Dillinger

Hand in your card too Sue

Originally Posted by pseudolus

Lost me there, Dilli. What does it mean?

Ahh right. Because men only shop where? The petrol station forecourt?

Waitrose is poove.

I think the DailyHate means this as satirical but frankly, these are indeed essentials. Apart from the coffee which only a Sainsburys type would think is a good idea.

Originally Posted by buriramboy

Waitrose is poove.

Unfortunately, Waitrose is our closest supermarket and when we’re between big shops, we have to go there to stock up on bits, but the other day I had such an awesome moment in there.

I was in the washing aisle and was perusing the washing up liquids. Some of the Waitrose own brand ones have very exotic sounding scents and I said to Husband “Oh these sound nice…then again, I don’t know why I allow myself to get drawn into these, I only end up going right back to Fairy”.

At this moment, a very well dressed man in a baker-boy hat and expensive looking jeans sidled up to us and said “You know, I’m rather partial to a fairy myself” only to smirk and glide away with his trolley!

Originally Posted by pseudolus

Didn't have that in Waitrose

Oh dear...you shop with this lot pseudo?

Look at the looks of derision on their faces.

Actually, I don't shop with these cvnts. . Old big ears has duchy organics range in there which I avoid - any charity that fucker says the money will go to will have something to do with eugenics. However, it is a choice in the town between Waitrose, Morrisons, Iceland, ALDI and Co-Op so which would you suggest we shop in?

To be fair though, most of our shopping is done in M&S but as the fairy says, between shops... we pop into Waitrose, mostly because they have a cracking couple of tarts in there, all posh, yet dirty looking.

No Waitrose in Crewe as obviously the fine people of Crewe would then be torn between M&S and Waitrose and the town couldn't support both, mainly due to having Asda, Morrison's, Tesco and 2 x Aldi. However there is a Waitrose in Sandbach a short 5 mile drive away in a slightly more upmarket place than Crewe but when last year after buying some garden furniture in the opposite Homebase and deciding to do a shop there they make M&S look cheap with again the only positive you can shop in peace with no riff raff. But the shop is a rip off.

Agree mostly - M&S is miles ahead of it in terms of quality and cheaper. Funny thing though. I was in a B&M recently buying soap which was on a special. Checked out some of their prices, and they were more expensive than Waitrose! In Ireland we used the farmers markets which were great. IN the UK they seem to have been hijacked by jackoffs. Well, the whole country has been. We only eat fresh stuff though, very very rarely packaged or processed, so morrisons and the like are useless for us.

Originally Posted by pseudolus

Look at the looks of derision on their faces.

Actually, I don't shop with these cvnts. . Old big ears has duchy organics range in there which I avoid - any charity that fucker says the money will go to will have something to do with eugenics. However, it is a choice in the town between Waitrose, Morrisons, Iceland, ALDI and Co-Op so which would you suggest we shop in?

To be fair though, most of our shopping is done in M&S but as the fairy says, between shops... we pop into Waitrose, mostly because they have a cracking couple of tarts in there, all posh, yet dirty looking.

I've got fond memories of Aldi.

I shop local produce.

Originally Posted by armstrong

I've got fond memories of Aldi.

1.29 Euro for a big can of German Weizen Beer last time I was back.

50thb. :/

Homemade fried chicken dinner....