Thread: Dinner

Originally Posted by Neverna

On a laptop, it might be easier to click on Reply With Quote instead, then just delete the text or images you don't need.

I think you're right. It's Mendip's long posts with all those pictures that take a long time to deconstruct.

^ Sorry mate, I didn't realise that Nong Ba Phua Boo (sp) was taking up so much of your spare time lately!


I have always been a Bisto boy, and those from the UK in the 70s will know what that means!

But recently I ran out of Bisto powder, and the guy at Korat Chef talked me in to trying this stuff.

OK, so it's from Yorkshire, but I was desperate and they can't all be bad?



So yeah, I Christened this 'Goldenfry' stuff with a cottage pie last night.



The anticipation was palpable...



But I have to say, I don't like change but this newfangled northern stuff looked OK.



The proof of the pie is in the eating... and another masterpiece from the Mendip kitchen.

(And that was pure genious!).



And if you don't consider that a cottage pie Snubby, let's call it a 'Cottage Pie with Peas!'

I'm no purist.

And today for lunch (sorry, off topic), it was Korat Chef's chicken and ham pies for lunch!

It's pie city in Isaan!

With a couple of Korat Chef's 8 inchers.




I asked the daughter what she wants for her last meal of 2024... and she wants Steak and Kidney Pie!

I have a big one in the freezer, all oven ready for tomorrow.

I could not be a prouder father!


^ Detoncrust that, Ebeneezer Shutree...

Originally Posted by Mendip

I have a big one

no need to boast

Meat feast and induced coma tonight..

Nice Mendy, nice Joe

Let the cooking begin. 3 Live Maine Lobsters and King Crab. We will boil the King Crab and indirect cook the Lobster on the grill. Sides will be homemade mash taters and fresh local veggies. While the Thai family likes a sour chili dipping sauce on their seafood, Me I prefer garlic fused drawn butter with a bit of Paprika.

I am already drooling.

Where do you find those beauties in Thailand?

Originally Posted by Mendip

OK, so it's from Yorkshire, but I was desperate and they can't all be bad?

I'm not clear on the result, was it good?

Originally Posted by DrWilly

Where do you find those beauties in Thailand?

We order through a seafood distribution company. You place the order and the date you want them and they fly them in. Then they are shipped to us by air to the local Lampang Airport.

^ can you clue me in on cost? i fancy a king crab or two

Originally Posted by Stumpy

I am already drooling.

I'm not surprised.

The best prawns I ever ate were on Koh Payam (Ranong), barbecued with garlic butter.

Soopoib.

Originally Posted by malmomike77

^ can you clue me in on cost? i fancy a king crab or two

Couple C Notes for the crab delivered. But again, guaranteed alive and fresh which is was. Frozen King Crab is awful IMHO. They soak it in brine so its mushy and way to salty. Fresh is the only way to go.

Originally Posted by cyrille

The best prawns I ever ate were on Koh Payam (Ranong), barbecued with garlic butt

I quite enjoy the 7 colored ( Spiney Lobster) caught down south by Phuket and into Malaysia. No big claws but the tail meat tastes outstanding.

There's a Cray in Australia they call the painted Cray or bamboo, spiny lobster they don't have a lot of flavour but are good in a seafood bisque or tonnes of butter and garlic which is how I like most of my seafood.having said that the thais have some bloody good dipping sauces for prawns and lobster.
Never tried a Maine lobster but guessing those bad boys are worth the import. Happy new year stumpy family.

The lobster they catch here is the western rock lobster and mostly go out for export now that the Chinese have dropped the embargo on them the last govt caused ,can get a frozen one about 200g in the supermarket for $20 or about $30 fresh. Not a fan of the frozen ones

Originally Posted by Mendip

So yeah, I Christened this 'Goldenfry' stuff with a cottage pie last night.

I've also run out of Bisto. Was this Yorkshire stuff any good?

Originally Posted by Stumpy

Let the cooking begin. 3 Live Maine Lobsters and King Crab.

Fantastic feast!

Originally Posted by Troy

I've also run out of Bisto. Was this Yorkshire stuff any good?

Yeah, it was good mate, the cottage pie went down a treat.

I think it may already have thickening added because it's much paler than Bisto powder, so I didn't add any flour.


Fukk me, I went full on Fanny Craddock mode there.

Originally Posted by Mendip

nd if you don't consider that a cottage pie Snubby, let's call it a 'Cottage Pie with Peas!'

It looks great to me, Mendy. This is a real nice one up there on a list of my favorite dishes of yours. Well there are only two, if I am being honest, this and your quiche.

I fired some steaks, snags and spun a couple of chooks, but ain’t nothing compared to those lobster and crab.




this fella was happy getting the bones.

its Salmon for dinner tonight. going to veer of the usual way we eat it and try a recipe that popped up on tik tok or somewhere.

BLDS Salmon stuffed with creme cheese wrapped in bacon and baked in the oven. forking good it was . start with a big ole chunk of Costco Australian Salmon. heres where it gets tricky. is this farmed or wild caught ? who cares. it was fucking yummo

hers what ya need. its pretty simple and takes about 15 minutes to prepare the same to bake

gonna need some bacon


some maple syrup. dont fuck around now get the real deal. EH

some dill


i had 2 different kinds of cream cheese in the fridge so bunged em both in a mixing bowl and at this point added some dill and some maple syrup

the youtube i watched made it look easy to wrap that badboy in bacon using clingfilm the fuck it was.



stuff that full of cream cheese

15 minutes in the oven

served with rice and creamy scalloped potatoes and the kids approve. jobs a goodun. sorted