What's for dinner ( or lunch )

hollydolly said:
Tonight I had big juicy fat sausage links, cooked in a red wine and red onion gravy... with peas, broccoli cheese tots.. and Yorkshire puddings
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I want to learn to make yorkshire puddings can you lend any advice. I can google a recipe for the batter but any thing that you can add would be a help. Do you use a certain kind of oil or meat drippings in your pan for instance? Are there any tips of tricks I should know to make them light and fluffy? Also what it is a red onion gravy and how do I make it?
 
The best tip I can give you is to ensure that your oven is piping hot before you put the Batter in..it's imperative. Put a tiny drop of oil into your pan.. if you're making individual YP's then a little drop of oil in each section.. or in a bigger pan, take a paper towel and wipe a spoonful of oil on the bottom and side of the pan.. Heat that oil until it's smoking before pouring in the batter.. then don't open the oven door until time is up..

To make them light and fluffy, is all in the beating, the more air you beat into them the lighter they'll become.. and it's important to get them to rise high in the oven

Red Onion Gravy...

As many onions as you need.. I use frozen chopped red onions.. but if I'm using fresh, then just one large onion

2 tbsp oil
1 large onion , sliced
200ml/7fl oz red wine ( optional) I use red wine stock pots
100ml/3½fl oz beef stock(or vegetable stock for a vegetarian version)
1 tsp mustard powder ( I use half tsp for one onion )
salt and freshly ground black pepper

  1. Heat the oil in a frying pan and add the onion. Fry on a very low heat for 20-25 minutes, stirring occasionally, or until the onion is golden-brown but not burnt.
  2. Pour in the wine and stock, reduce the heat and allow to simmer for 20 minutes, or until the liquid has reduced by half. Stir in the mustard and season, to taste, with salt and black pepper.
 
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I had shredded duck in hoisin sauce wrapped in Pancakes for dinner a little while ago...

I have to tell you.. it's been in my fridge for a few days and I realised I need to use it tonight before it went bad.. and I had to reign myself in because as I approached the kitchen to cook dinner, I was whining to myself.. ''oooh I don't really fancy duck for dinner tonight.''... and quickly reprimanded myself, actually saying out loud, '' good God how spoilt and privileged you must be to be whining about now wanting Duck for dinner'':censored:.. so I definitely made it, and thanked God I could afford it.. when so many people can't..
 
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hollydolly said:
I had shredded duck in hoisin sauce wrapped in Pancakes for dinner a little while ago...

I have to tell you.. it's been in my fridge for a few days and I realised I need to use it tonight before it went bad.. and I had to reign myself in because as I apporached the kitchen to cook dinner, I was whining to myself.. ''oooh I don't really fancy duck for dinner tonight.''... and quickly reprimanded myself, actually saying out loud, '' good God how spoilt and privileged you must be to be whining about now wanting Duck for dinner'':censored:.. so I definitley made it, and thanked God I could afford it.. when so many people can't..
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:cry: Poor little duck. I cannot eat duck.
 
Well, definitely nothing from MickeyDs. I had a big mac attack that put me in the hospital 30 years ago and haven't eaten there since. What was scary is that I vacationed in England a few months later, and was a little leary when the locals were telling me that MickeyDs had some of the best food in the country. I've been to London a couple of times since, so I know that their food is better than MD.
 
rasmusjc said:
Well, definitely nothing from MickeyDs. I had a big mac attack that put me in the hospital 30 years ago and haven't eaten there since. What was scary is that I vacationed in England a few months later, and was a little leary when the locals were telling me that MickeyDs had some of the best food in the country. I've been to London a couple of times since, so I know that their food is better than MD.
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England's food has come a long way in 30 odd years. They're no longer suspicious of "foreign" dishes and have widened their choices from "mince" in a big way.
 
RadishRose said:
England's food has come a long way in 30 odd years. They're no longer suspicious of "foreign" dishes and have widened their choices from "mince" in a big way.
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errrm..what ? I'm surprised that you think that way RR given you've never even visited the UK... our food only got a repuattion for being bland and no variety during the war, because everything that was available was rationed and unavailable .. that's very much longer than 30 years ago.. close to 70 years in fact.. Our Chefs and restaurants are some of the best in the world..
 
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rasmusjc said:
Well, definitely nothing from MickeyDs. I had a big mac attack that put me in the hospital 30 years ago and haven't eaten there since. What was scary is that I vacationed in England a few months later, and was a little leary when the locals were telling me that MickeyDs had some of the best food in the country. I've been to London a couple of times since, so I know that their food is better than MD.
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I;ve never been to the USA but my family have as have my friends and they say there's no comparison with the Maccy Dees food in the USA and ours here.. which is far superior..
 

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