Thread: Dinner

^Where's all the sauce gone?

^ this is just a tester, she hasn't roasted the nuts to put in yet, but I was hungry... There's lots of sauce and it'll thicken up nicely too.

Looking good.

She's thinking about adding some macadamia nuts in too...

Bringing beans back with a steak and ale pie.

You have captured that perfectly! The best food pic I've seen in a long time, and it makes me very hungry.

So, you decant your tin of Leo into a glass now?

Originally Posted by armstrong

Bringing beans back with a steak and ale pie.

I will never understand how American shit beans became a English staple.

I would sub the trash beans for another pie.

Originally Posted by Mendip

You have captured that perfectly! The best food pic I've seen in a long time, and it makes me very hungry.

So, you decant your tin of Leo into a glass now?

Got home and realised I had no beer so got two big bottles from the village shop.

Originally Posted by bsnub

I will never understand

Correct

Beans are very high in estrogen which may explain the English. However, Mexican men eat a lot of frijoles and they're macho bastards. This indicates further studies are needed.

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I just didn't know where to put this... but it was dinner after all!

After my rare couple of drinks alone with the dogs... no interference.. it was time to sort our dinner out! Yogi, my drinking companion had long gone...



So I decided to get on and make dinner... from last night's leftover quiche as requested by daughter!



And then the dogs went off... right in the middle of my cooking...



They nailed it... a bloody great kukri snake. I'm not happy about that - I like to see them survive, but that's the way it happened... like I say, don't know where to put this, but it all happened while I was cooking dinner. Apologies if not appropriate, but this is what happens when cooking dinner in Isaan!



Dinner turned out OK afterwards... beans... no peas!

I think Mendip, Chitty and Armstrong probably deserve their own thread.

Lads, you've earned it.

On the beans theory, I used to love em when I was a student and a bit short of cash. Beans on toast topped with cheddar cheese and brown sauce. Mmmmmm. These days? Not so much.

Oddly enough, my wife still loves them as does the rest of her family. They were given them as kids by British soldiers stationed in Malaysia and I guess they must see them as being quite exotic.

Originally Posted by hallelujah

Oddly enough, my wife still loves them as does the rest of her family. They were given them as kids by British soldiers stationed in Malaysia and I guess they must see them as being quite exotic.

A can of beans is 3.5 ringgit, a third of the price they cost in Thailand.

These seemed a good idea at the time

Nice Massaman Betty!
Continuing with the Baked beans resurgence.

Had this for lunch Hal, makes you homesick hey ?


It was the only cure for last night's drinking debauchery.

^ Every so often I feel like smashing beans on toast, but it's never quite the same as it was years ago.

^^ They'll be in your cupboards for years, Dil.

Anyway, I had a go at falafel a few weeks ago. I used to live on them when I was in the Middle East and still get the odd craving for them now.

Soaked the chickpeas overnight and blended them with onion, garlic, parsley and spices...



...and on the 3rd fucking attempt finally got something like the right consistency. Your balls have gotta be nice and firm because if they're too wet, it'll be a right mess.



The moment of truth. Is the temperature in the pan gonna be right? Will they hold together?



Ta da! Perfection! Finally!



As the night went on, I made more and more, all the while getting steadily pissed, so that the only picture I have of the final kebabs/sandwiches is this pretty blurred effort.



Taste was good and the outsides were nice and crispy, but they were still a little too doughy in the middle. 7-7.5/10 I'd say.

Why are the pictures so small?

Originally Posted by hallelujah

Taste was good and the outsides were nice and crispy, but they were still a little too doughy in the middle. 7-7.5/10 I'd say.

Hall you are Northern, you need a wee dried pea in the middle to soak up the moisture....Mendip will also get a semi.

Originally Posted by hallelujah

They're chickpeas, Best falafel I ever had was in Aleppo, Syria b.

Cheers for the education Hal , actually l do like ME food and have toured extensively but not in the usual manner.

Hal didn't realise you were a camel shagger, my opinion of you have completely changed

No peas or beans tonight but lashings of thick ggggrrravvvyyy...

Originally Posted by hallelujah

^ Every so often I feel like smashing beans on toast, but it's never quite the same as it was years ago.

^^ They'll be in your cupboards for years, Dil.

Anyway, I had a go at falafel a few weeks ago. I used to live on them when I was in the Middle East and still get the odd craving for them now.

Soaked the chickpeas overnight and blended them with onion, garlic, parsley and spices...



...and on the 3rd fucking attempt finally got something like the right consistency. Your balls have gotta be nice and firm because if they're too wet, it'll be a right mess.



The moment of truth. Is the temperature in the pan gonna be right? Will they hold together?



Ta da! Perfection! Finally!



As the night went on, I made more and more, all the while getting steadily pissed, so that the only picture I have of the final kebabs/sandwiches is this pretty blurred effort.



Taste was good and the outsides were nice and crispy, but they were still a little too doughy in the middle. 7-7.5/10 I'd say.

Why are the pictures so small?

It's a pain in the arse uploading full size pics on here, that post is worthy of a thread on its own with full size pics.
I'll sort it out for you and you can buy us a pint next time you're in town.

Originally Posted by hallelujah

I think Mendip, Chitty and Armstrong probably deserve their own thread.

Yes and chuck it in the dog house while your at it.

Hmmm beans and peas, is there nothing that carn't do...

Originally Posted by hallelujah

Best falafel I ever had was in Aleppo, Syria (pre-war obviously) smothered in hummus and served in a flatbread with a spicy chili sauce. So good I went back the next night and chose it over the lamb.

I for one can definitely believe that. The best Arabic food (including Falafels) I've ever had was in Palmyra. We use to stop at this one place there every time to break up the journey to/from Damascus and Dier Ezor and the food + coffee was simply sensational.