Thread: Dinner

Originally Posted by aging one

I said I was doing ribs on the Songkran thread. Well I already knew how to cook good ribs, but tonight I kept the wife happy as well. Dinner was just about ready when she arrived home from shopping with the twins. She served herself and then proceeded to take picture for 10 minutes. Then she went on to eat 3 more ribs than were on her plate. She took the photo.

The wine may have helped.

Looking good AO. Well done as always. The red grape looks nice and dry as well. Was it a Shiraz or Merlot? Potato salad looks to have all the right stuff as well. Is that garlic bread topping everything off? Fantastic!

Originally Posted by The Fresh Prince

3 Lads and 5 girls but they've got seafood so I might not let them near the ribs

I can make it there in an hour and a half if there is room at the table!

Looking good Prince.

The wine was Wyndams or something like that out of OZ. The wife picked it up when she went to Cambodia, one of those Bin 8 or something like that. Yup thats garlic spread on fresh sour dough the wife and kids picked up yesterday. Thanks.

Cant find the damn breakfast thread. So decided to surprise the wife and kids. Kids got an omelette and the wife her one fried egg with the yolk done hard. She loved it and this picture just showed up in my email. So breakfast for the boss.

SEA, I have a question for you or anyone else who knows.

The roll you use to make the sandwich as in your Philly Cheese Steak part of this thread - we buy it and if we eat it within 36 hours it is soft enought to eat - longer period of time and it becomes hard as a rock. What can one do to make it soft again or to make it stay soft longer? Thank you.

Originally Posted by aging one

So how is it going with the ribs?

Got one rack done last night and only one so far this morning. The 3rd is in the oven now. Just gotta go and pick up the BBQ and get her lit.

^ keep them in the freezer compartment until you use them. They will stay fresh a very long time. Just take out an hour before and let them defrost.

Originally Posted by Ceburat1

What can one do to make it soft again or to make it stay soft longer?

When I buy my bread I get the girl to wrap it in a plastic bag and then when I get home I seal it with one of these.



You can get them in the Japanese pound shops. It keeps the bread soft for a few days.

Is that thing levitating?

Yeah! That's what keeps the bread so fresh!

So if we only use 1/3 of a loaf at a time I could cut it and freeze it in 3 seperate zip lock freezer bags. Then thaw one for an hour before we use it. We would use approximately one loaf ever ten days or 3 per month. Have I got it right??

Thanks gu's.

Yup you got it. I am taking out some farmer bread I bought 10 days ago. Ate 1/2 the loaf the first night and its been in the freezer 9 days will be perfect for dinner. Especially if warmed in the oven.

Dilli's Chilli

Oh boy! on this one I will be the winner. 555 be like me trying to cook spotted dick.

I reckon too

i had no kidney beans, used chili powder, 2 onions, no garlic, mushrooms, a yellow pepper and Ragu Sauce.
Just mopped it up with a baguette and half a litre of milk, Wasn't too bad actually.
Ready for a few beers now

Originally Posted by Dillinger

and half a litre of milk,

great minds. If you are in the LOS find Chitlada milk, its the kind.

Originally Posted by aging one

fresh sour dough

Not in Thailand. Everything marketed as sourdough here is bullshit.

Originally Posted by aging one

Yup you got it. I am taking out some farmer bread I bought 10 days ago. Ate 1/2 the loaf the first night and its been in the freezer 9 days will be perfect for dinner. Especially if warmed in the oven.

When you pop it in the oven to warm make sure you sprinkle the crust with a little water. Its the steam that helps the crust to form.

Well getting a bit of consistency into me roast spuds these days .




BTW ,,,, Satnav if your looking mate from your sick bed I hope your soon up and about ,, hope its not too painful a break

Originally Posted by SEA Traveler

Originally Posted by Aberlour

Not my cookking I'm sure you'll realise.

well done Aberlour even though you didn't actually do the cooking. The fact that the foods all looked tasty and appealing gets you a gold star this time around.

Cheers mate. I wouldn't have bothered if the thread was just Dinners you have cooked yourself, but it does say restaurant food as well. I figured wife cooked food wasn't that far off topic.

I don't get anywhere near as much time to play in the kitchen myself as I would like.

I'll probably get instantly thread banned for even thinking this, but I'm not overly fussed about roast dinners.

I probably only have 5 or 6 a year, possibly less. At a local pub today, it was one of those rare occasions I really fancied one. Slow cooked lamb. Was very nice to.

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

BTW ,,,, Satnav if your looking mate from your sick bed I hope your soon up and about ,, hope its not too painful a break

Hey Nige, cheers.

Got out for a bit of songkran fun yesterday, just had to cover my arm in cling film! Shouldn't be too long now hopefully, getting bored of living on takeaway food. I really enjoy cooking and not being able to is sending me a bit crazy.... Luckily I can still lift a pint

Your spuds are looking delicious

I was at a mates a while back and being a garlic lover he chops up a few cloves and chucks them into the oil while its heating up ready for the spuds. They get nice and crunchy and give a lovely flavour to the roasties too.

Nige. Your roasties look tops mate!
I'd eat any of those two roast dinners in an instant.