Thread: Dinner

^ Were you or that more baked?

Originally Posted by Headworx

^Have said before I'll never attempt a Lasagna at home again, too much work with too many ingredients then the kitchen looks like a fucking bomb went off in it and the results have never been anywhere near as good as what people who make them for a living churn out by the square meter daily. Leave it for the pro's

I have fancied having a go at lasagne and I'd need to drive an hour to Udon Thani to get one. Then I found some lasagne sheets in the supermarket, which I haven't noticed before, so I decided to create my own, with the assistance of various recipes. It took me half a day to make and the cleaning up afterwards made a return trip to Udon Thani look worthwhile. The end result was tasty and it more or less held together on the plate, plus I knew exactly what went into it. I didn't calculate the total cost of ingredients, probably more than a restaurant version.

The thing is, I only used half the box of lasagne sheets. The other half box is in my kitchen - free to a good home.

Originally Posted by Shutree

The thing is, I only used half the box of lasagne sheets. The other half box is in my kitchen - free to a good home.

So you are not going to make it again?

Originally Posted by Headworx

Have said before I'll never attempt a Lasagna at home again, too much work

I concur. I much prefer a baked Rigatoni or Penne now a days.

^Just looked at a couple of online vids on making either and they've been filed in the too-hard basket too

Spag-bol is the limits of my patience/skill, but it's quick and very easy to make at home.

Originally Posted by Headworx

^Just looked at a couple of online vids on making either and they've been filed in the too-hard basket too

So I typically make up a huge pot of spaghetti sauce. Then vacuum seal in dinner size portions and freeze.

When I want Baked Rigatoni or Penne, I boil the noodle, warm sauce, pour over Penne, grate some cheese, cover and bake for 20 mins or so and done.

I guess the sauce is the work up front but I usually end up with 6 or so packages in freezer. Pretty quick and easy meal.

^ agreed - batch cooking is the way and freeze. If you are going to make a dish that freezes well then make a lot in one go same effort but saves you time down the road. I'd do that with Lasagne too.

There's been a lot of talk about the quality of Thai beef, and no need to revisit all of that. You've just got to cook it longer, and not for steaks and shit, but for stews and pies absolutely no problem.

I must admit that as I'm getting older I am having increasing personal issues about eating meat, but that's a completely different issue.

Anyway, I met this guy on the way to Bangkok last week.



Yesterday I simmered away Thai beef and pig's kidneys for around 4 hours... it was as tender as anything after that.



Once tender, this morning I added stock and flavouring and simmered for another hour or so while tending to problems in the garden...

And then I made the pastry and went into steak and kidney pie production.



If you're wondering what was protected by that silly net thingy at the far side of the pies, it was the wife's Isaan delicacies. I mean, wtf do you need to protect that stuff when there's steak and kidney pies around for the flies to eat?

Yes, yum. Snotty cold fried eggs coupled with cold omelette and Isaan sausages. With of course a couple of bowls of completely unidentifiable, stinking, retch-provoking goo. It's like something Chitty would sere up.



Anyway, the daughter asked mum to take the net away as there were so many flies trying to escape her revolting Smorgesbord of shite. I found this fnny, but the wife doesn't share our sense of humour... that was a mistake!

To cut a long story short...

A bit of flour might help your pies to thicken.

Originally Posted by DrWilly

A bit of flour might help your pies to thicken.

Whereas in your case I don't think flour would make any difference at all at this stage of your mental impairment...

Kaboom tish

Originally Posted by Joe 90

The best lasagne I've ever had was a 99p Morrisons microwave pinger that you could literally consume through a straw.

Originally Posted by Joe 90

Btw I concur with this making Lasagne mallarky.

It's hard work and expensive for a meal.
However, I've tried recreating some exceptional Lasagnes

Go on then.

Originally Posted by Joe 90

^ You should spend more time on Gpt developing a personality.

Not bad Mendy.

Btw I concur with this making Lasagne mallarky.

I've cooked loads of lasagnas and posted them up on here over the years. It's a 5 hour job, but the results are worth it. Easy to do for anyone with an ounce of cooking knowledge- so, not you.

Originally Posted by Joe 90

The best lasagne I've ever had was a 99p Morrisons microwave pinger that you could literally consume through a straw.
Lush.

You're not even trying to hide your trolling these days ,are you?

Originally Posted by hallelujah

You're not even trying to hide your trolling these days ,are you?

It gets the fan club as moist as my liquid lasagne.

Calluses I'm sure you have in abundance.

^ nice

Originally Posted by hallelujah

to make Polish latkes

Nice finger food

Originally Posted by malmomike77

Nice finger food

Yeah, indeed.

We had a couple left over, so I put a fried egg on top of them the next day and had them for breakfast. The only mistake we made was that we grated very small rather than using the bigger side of the grater. This was because I was worried they would fall apart, as has happened to me in the past, but we're gonna go for longer strands of potato next time now we're more confident.

Originally Posted by hallelujah

The only mistake we made was that we grated very small rather than using the bigger side of the grater. This was because I was worried they would fall apart, as has happened to me in the past, but we're gonna go for longer strands of potato next time now we're more confident.

'we'?

Not hard to believe you were grating, but was this roller coaster of emotions really mutual?

Originally Posted by cyrille

'we'?

Not hard to believe you were grating, but was this roller coaster of emotions really mutual?

Actually, it was her who did the grating and took off a chunk of her finger off. I did the frying because she has a ridiculous fear of hot oil.

And we have actually just spent 10 minutes discussing our tactics for the next batch.

Never in the history of mankind has so much thought gone into fried potatoes.

Originally Posted by hallelujah

Never in the history of mankind has so much thought gone into fried potatoes