We've had a few spells of rain today, but not as much as the forecast was suggesting. I do wish they'd err on the pessimistic side - I don't mind getting bonus rain that I wasn't expecting but when it's forecast but doesn't arrive or is just a piddling little dribble, it's disappointing.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
We had enough rain first thing to brim the water butts. I moved a few cans to overflow storage and topped up the pond then it hammered down hard enough to clear weeks worth of debris from the roof into the downpipes. I don't think it's rained that hard since the winter.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
How hard is it to slice a mushroom? Today's gripe is ready-prepared food. OK, I confess I have used oven chips from time to time but how hard I'd it to pull a cauliflower or a bit of broccoli apart ? How long does it take to cook noodles? Then you can buy white sauce mix that you only have to add butter and milk to.
My wife is an amazing cook. She does stuff with flavour combinations that I'd never even consider but she refuses to apply any kind of finesse to her cooking. She chops food like it insulted her cooking and it drives me crazy when even her soups will contain a massive lump of something because she couldn't be bothered to put any effort or thought into what size is appropriate for the meal. She did a veggie chilli in the slow cooker last week and she insists that everything has to be in giant size lumps because 'everything cooks down to nothing in the slow cooker' which it never does. The mushrooms may as well not have been sliced at all
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I like meals to taste good and look good too but never ever go to the lengths of presentation you see on Masterchef or Bake Off. Haven't got a slow cooker and once blew up a pressure cooker so long and slow in the oven is fine for me when needs be but yes, everything does have to be cut to a size where it cooks evenly. Doesn't take much effort.
The thing about slow cooking is that vegetables take longer to break down than meat. Perhaps you could prepare the vegetables @wild edges and she could do her magic without having to use knife skills
Perhaps you could prepare the vegetables @wild edges and she could do her magic without having to use knife skills
That's how we used to do it. She doesn't like to share the kitchen though I like to think my cooking is pretty decent but I follow recipes and don't tend to ad lib much.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Must admit I don't like slow-stewed-till-it's-a-fibrous-mass meat or poultry in casseroles. Love slow roast pork belly, lamb shoulder or lamb ribs/belly tho.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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@Obelixx I agree with you about 'stewed till it's a fibrous mass' but my brother-in-law always does beef joint in a casserole dish but it comes out at a stage where it carves beautifully.
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Today's gripe is ready-prepared food. OK, I confess I have used oven chips from time to time but how hard I'd it to pull a cauliflower or a bit of broccoli apart ? How long does it take to cook noodles? Then you can buy white sauce mix that you only have to add butter and milk to.
Do you ever cook @wild edges?
Perhaps you could prepare the vegetables @wild edges and she could do her magic without having to use knife skills