Thread: Dinner

Originally Posted by dirk diggler

I've never seen a pudding look like that.



Red Pudding Supper

Dafuk is that?

It looks like a fried dog's dick.

Dafuk is wrong with you lot up there?

JHC what kind of dog dicks are you frying that look like that?

Fuck me, the banter between you two.

I've acquired a full duck for Fathers day on Sunday , tempted to roast it or bbq it.

What does everyone suggest, as I've never cooked a duck before and don't want to fvck it up

Originally Posted by hallelujah

Chippy tea!

Pudding, chips, peas and gravy and don't hold back on the gravy, luv!


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Look at all those peas too!

BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRPPPPPPP PPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!

Thats a Mendy wet dream right there!!

But why create washing up or was you being all pretentious slapping it on a plate after a gallon of overpriced ale?

Dill would have eaten the tray as well then washed it down with a pint of Proceko

Originally Posted by Joe 90

I've acquired a full duck for Fathers day on Sunday , tempted to roast it or bbq it.

What does everyone suggest, as I've never cooked a duck before and don't want to fvck it up

Get someone else to cook it?

Originally Posted by BLD

Get someone else to cook it?

Not helpful

Originally Posted by Joe 90

Thats a Mendy wet dream right there!!

If only you knew...

Originally Posted by Joe 90

I've acquired a full duck for Fathers day on Sunday , tempted to roast it or bbq it.

What does everyone suggest, as I've never cooked a duck before and don't want to fvck it up

We had MK duck last week which was nice. It saved me boiling up some peas.




But last night it was lamb...



With peas, sprouts and kale from the garden.

^ some butter wastage on that bread!

Without the peas that could be nice.

&, the wife has the exact same water cup/thingy.

Originally Posted by Mendip

With peas, sprouts and kale from the garden.

Peas from the garden?

Nice Job Mendy. A few meals that don't look like Soi Dog food.

Stepping up. Except the Pea thing is a bit over the top. Ever eat Zucchini? Egg plant? Make a salad? Cauliflower?

^^ Only the kale was from the garden. Bad wording maybe. Peas are a possibility but no chance of growing sprouts.

^ All of the above Stumpy.

Zucchini is courgette right? If I make up a ratatouille it will include zucchini and egg plant, the occasional dal will also include egg plant but I rarely seem to get time for cooking such luxuries. Neither were in the diet growing up during the 70s in the UK... maybe that was just our household but I don't think they were common in the UK back then. I guess childhood diets can stay with you. I will look into it.

Salads for the occasional lunch but they don't seem as photogenic as my other meals so remain unpictured.

That's a good point about cauliflower... I don't think the daughter likes it so I'm out of the habit of buying it. Maybe I'll pick one up this week and see what happens as she's pretty good with veg these days.

Watch this space!

Originally Posted by Joe 90

I've acquired a full duck for Fathers day on Sunday , tempted to roast it or bbq it.

What does everyone suggest, as I've never cooked a duck before and don't want to fvck it up

I'd keep it simple. When you say a 'full duck', you mean head and giblets still attached? If so, cut all those out and stew them up with water and seasoning in a pan for gravy. If you start making orange sauce and other accoutrements you'll be tied up in the kitchen all day.
Some people rub the duck with salt/pepper/paprika. Some people brush it with light soy sauce, which is my preference.
Most important point is to elevate the duck on a rack above the roasting pan. A lot of fat comes out. Great for roasting potatoes although some folk put a cup of water in the tray to catch the fat, it splutters less but then you cannot use it for roasties.
Hot oven, half an hour, turn the duck over, brush over a bit more soy, another half hour. Timing depends on your oven and the size of the duck. Check for doneness, rest for 5 minutes, carve. For me that carving part is the trickiest part of the whole process. Apart, possibly, from the turning the duck part.
Enjoy.

Originally Posted by Mendip

That's a good point about cauliflower... I don't think the daughter likes it so I'm out of the habit of buying it. Maybe I'll pick one up this week and see what happens as she's pretty good with veg these days.

PAG did a great recipe for Cheesy Cauliflower recently.

Here ya go, can't go wrong with Delia.......

par boil a whole head, make up a curry rub and mix with oil, drizzle over and roast it

Originally Posted by malmomike77

par boil a whole head, make up a curry rub and mix with oil, drizzle over and roast it

Are we talking duck or cauliflower here?

Passed a duck noodle stall on the bike this morning and saw they had all the meat sliced up a la Peking Duck.

Will have to stop and ask how much just to buy all the meat with nothing else included.

I do like me a bit o' quack quack.

Originally Posted by DrWilly

PAG did a great recipe for Cheesy Cauliflower recently.

Lunch ... the second course

Originally Posted by Edmond

Will have to stop and ask how much just to buy all the meat with nothing else included.

I did exactly that a few weeks back. There is a famous duck noodle shop halfway between here and Udon Thani, the gf always wants to stop there for lunch. A while back we bought a couple of cooked ducks to eat at home. They are not huge, one duck looked to be too little. I don't remember the price, not expensive.

Originally Posted by PAG

Lunch ... the second course

That looks excellent, much better than my last effort. As for the good lady's veg, you can keep the okra. I'll eat nearly everything, Okra, however, was God's way of having a laugh

Originally Posted by Joe 90

I've acquired a full duck for Fathers day on Sunday

Not sure what a "full duck" is, but if you got, say a farmers supplied - make sure you deal with the oil glands before cooking.

Commercially processed duck will normally have the glands removed already.

^ I think dealing with the oil glands are gonna be the least of his concerns. :-)

Originally Posted by Mendip

Watch this space!

Watching with eager anticipation.


You know Mendy as a kid growing up we lived lower middle class on basically a small farm. Dad worked at a factory, Mom was stay at home. Due to that we were "Blessed' (I use that term loosely) that my mom made lots of casseroles and soupy type dishes. The intent was you can eat them for essentially days. I didn't like most of them and hated having to eat them for a few days except mayber scalloped potatoes and ham or beef stroganoff. So in regards to your comment about foods growing up, sure I remember them but........ I promised myself that when I was out on my own that I would never eat them again and I have not. I seldom ever eat leftovers unless spaghetti. I eat different meals every day and will spend the time to make them. I love all the fresh vegetables here so I can make up anything. I typically tell my wife in the morning as she heads off to the market what I want and she picks it up. Don't get me wrong, I love a good soup dish but not every day covered in gravy or water or peas..