Re: Food thread ... another serving ... : Sun Nov 13, 2011 5:25 pm  

Basic pork loin (huge portion on special offer at Tecsos) with onion blackpepper and rosemary (didn't have a problem with it like Standee), roast spuds, carrot and turnip mash, petit pois and cauliflower with a gravy onion.

Simple but enjoyed.

Re: Food thread ... another serving ... : Sun Nov 13, 2011 5:49 pm  

Mintball wrote:

Meat 'n' potato pie last night (homemade, I stress) and a chicken & mushroom suet pudding currently on the go. You can't get much more "traditional" than that.

Proper "clocks go back" food is that

Re: Food thread ... another serving ... : Sun Nov 13, 2011 5:59 pm  

cod'ead wrote:

Proper "clocks go back" food is that

Oh aye!

Re: Food thread ... another serving ... : Mon Nov 14, 2011 1:26 pm  

Mintball wrote:

Meat 'n' potato pie last night (homemade, I stress) and a chicken & mushroom suet pudding currently on the go. You can't get much more "traditional" than that.

Home made .... including the pastry?

Come along now, let's be knowing, we've all seen Come Dine with Me.

Re: Food thread ... another serving ... : Mon Nov 14, 2011 3:12 pm  

Seeing as it's nearly that time of year, anyone else a lover of panettone? I got addicted to the stuff a good decade ago, when an Italian friend of mine gave me one for Christmas, and since then I've been mad for the things. I've already made my customary trip into Lidl to purchase my favorite brand, Favorina.

Over the last few years they've really taken off, with all the major supermarkets stocking their own versions. Morrisons made a bug push on panettone's last year. Unfortunately it was horrible, dry and tasteless.

Like I say my favorite are the Favorina panettone's from Lidl. They do also stock pandoro, which is without fruit and tends to be covered in icing sugar. Well worth a try at £3.99, for those who have yet to sample a panettone's delights.

Most supermarkets stock them, but I tend to find they're over priced, and only half the weight of the Lidl one's.

Re: Food thread ... another serving ... : Mon Nov 14, 2011 3:16 pm  

LovesToSpooge wrote:

Seeing as it's nearly that time of year, anyone else a lover of panettone? I got addicted to the stuff a good decade ago, when an Italian friend of mine gave me one for Christmas, and since then I've been mad for the things. I've already made my customary trip into Lidl to purchase my favorite brand, Favorina....

... and when you've had enough, you can make a nice version of bread and butter pudding with it.

Re: Food thread ... another serving ... : Mon Nov 14, 2011 3:35 pm  

personally I prefer to make a Dundee cake with lots of whisky, A thick slice served warm with cold double cream.

Re: Food thread ... another serving ... : Mon Nov 14, 2011 6:42 pm  

I cannot stand fruit in cake. And sultanas make me sick. Which kinda rules out traditional Christmas desserts-xmas pud, cake, mince pies and pannettone.

Every year I try mince pies, every year I gip. That pic above made me gip too.

However, Chris has always gone on about trying pannettone. Now I know there's a plain version, I might give it a go.

Re: Food thread ... another serving ... : Mon Nov 14, 2011 7:13 pm  

I can't stand cake, apart from a traditional fruit cake (or malt loaf at a push), that must be served buttered, with a healthy slab of Wensleydale cheese.

If I wanted something to cleave to the roof of my mouth like cake does, I'd eat peanut butter but I can't stand that either

Re: Food thread ... another serving ... : Mon Nov 14, 2011 7:51 pm  

The cream stops it from sticking to the roof of your mouth and the heavy doses of whisky make it all worth it.