Moderator Tommy 12,616 Posted July 8, 2021 Moderator Share Posted July 8, 2021 15 minutes ago, Danny said: Honestly had this for dinner tonight and I just don’t know why I’ve spent my entire life using Dolmio for anything. Classic Northern European lack of flavour. But yeah; tomatoes, peppers, onions, garlic and Rosemary roasted, then minus the rosemary blended into a soup. Some chilli flakes thrown in for a kick. Eaten with tiger bread cheese and pesto toasties, was genuinely amazing. Fuck this country this is why Italy are favourites to win the Euros. The pesto wasn’t homemade but what can you do https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMdXPh8Mr/ That is not exactly an Italian dish, but it uses some Italian ingredients, so I'll let it slide. And yes, the Italian cuisine is quite superior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,386 Posted July 8, 2021 Administrator Share Posted July 8, 2021 What's so special about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil 1,179 Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 18 minutes ago, Danny said: Honestly had this for dinner tonight and I just don’t know why I’ve spent my entire life using Dolmio for anything. Classic Northern European lack of flavour. But yeah; tomatoes, peppers, onions, garlic and Rosemary roasted, then minus the rosemary blended into a soup. Some chilli flakes thrown in for a kick. Eaten with tiger bread cheese and pesto toasties, was genuinely amazing. Fuck this country this is why Italy are favourites to win the Euros. The pesto wasn’t homemade but what can you do https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMdXPh8Mr/ Not used a jar sauce for well over 15 years. I think I tasted Dolmio last about two years ago at a friend's house and couldn't stomach it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy 12,616 Posted July 8, 2021 Moderator Share Posted July 8, 2021 2 minutes ago, Devil said: Not used a jar sauce for well over 15 years. I think I tasted Dolmio last about two years ago at a friend's house and couldn't stomach it. Jar sauce usually contains a shit ton of sugar. I remember the days when I.... when I..... oh god.... made "Bolognese" from a jar. It bring tears to my eyes thinking about it now. Mamma mia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil 1,179 Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 1 minute ago, Tommy said: Jar sauce usually contains a shit ton of sugar. I remember the days when I.... when I..... oh god.... made "Bolognese" from a jar. It bring tears to my eyes thinking about it now. Mamma mia. Exactly, given how easy it is to make a home made bolognese it's a wonder anyone eats that shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 2,206 Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 8 hours ago, Stan said: What's so special about it The soup tastes a lot better than you’d expect and when you scoop it up with the pesto cheese toasty...comfort food and a half Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 2,206 Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 8 hours ago, Devil said: Not used a jar sauce for well over 15 years. I think I tasted Dolmio last about two years ago at a friend's house and couldn't stomach it. So easy to get caught into bad cooking habits and not even realise you’re in them, in fairness when I normally make a bolognese I’ll make it from chopped tomatoes but even then it doesn’t taste as good as how the soup came out last night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil 1,179 Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 31 minutes ago, Danny said: So easy to get caught into bad cooking habits and not even realise you’re in them, in fairness when I normally make a bolognese I’ll make it from chopped tomatoes but even then it doesn’t taste as good as how the soup came out last night Home made soup is incredible, my wife makes a chilli bean one and it's just amazing. I know what you're saying about bad habits, my mate divorced from his wife a few years back and he went from a healthy homecooked meal diet to picking and choosing what he fancied each day. That was his downfall because if you allow yourself to pick and choose each day 9x out of 10 you end up picking something unhealthy or quick to make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 2,206 Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 15 minutes ago, Devil said: Home made soup is incredible, my wife makes a chilli bean one and it's just amazing. I know what you're saying about bad habits, my mate divorced from his wife a few years back and he went from a healthy homecooked meal diet to picking and choosing what he fancied each day. That was his downfall because if you allow yourself to pick and choose each day 9x out of 10 you end up picking something unhealthy or quick to make. Yeah and so many of us literally grew up on chicken nuggets, smiley faces, fish fingers...I remember my mum cooking things like roast dinners, cottage pies, chicken stews from scratch but outside of those gravy type meals a lot of British households are just on frozen food....so cheap, go Iceland get whatever you want for a quid. It's funny cos there's food like hummus which is generally just street food in the countries it originates from but over here if you were white and eating hummus you'd come across as middle class with your "new" middle class sounding food Food education in general has been bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,360 Posted July 9, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted July 9, 2021 The wife makes a lovely vegetable home soup and when she does that goes down very well especially some buttered bread/rolls to dunk into it. Edit: I forgot about the cheese macaroni whenever wee Kaiden is staying for a sleepover our daughter will ask him what does he want for tea then it's "Grannies cheese macaroni with skinny chips" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil 1,179 Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 3 minutes ago, Danny said: Yeah and so many of us literally grew up on chicken nuggets, smiley faces, fish fingers...I remember my mum cooking things like roast dinners, cottage pies, chicken stews from scratch but outside of those gravy type meals a lot of British households are just on frozen food....so cheap, go Iceland get whatever you want for a quid. It's funny cos there's food like hummus which is generally just street food in the countries it originates from but over here if you were white and eating hummus you'd come across as middle class with your "new" middle class sounding food Food education in general has been bad Again totally get where your coming from, think I may have been lucky because my mum loved cooking so I always got a decent meal. I'd get the few dodgy ones like liver and onions but even that was good for me in the sense it wasn't processed food. Then you'd go round to a friends house who's mum was at work and he'd been having a plate full of potato croquettes, fish fingers and Bernard Matthews chicken drummers. To be fair though his mum was a single mother bringing up four boys, sometimes they've got to cut corners to save money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 2,206 Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 1 minute ago, Devil said: Again totally get where your coming from, think I may have been lucky because my mum loved cooking so I always got a decent meal. I'd get the few dodgy ones like liver and onions but even that was good for me in the sense it wasn't processed food. Then you'd go round to a friends house who's mum was at work and he'd been having a plate full of potato croquettes, fish fingers and Bernard Matthews chicken drummers. To be fair though his mum was a single mother bringing up four boys, sometimes they've got to cut corners to save money. My mum has never liked cooking it's just my dad has always been too lazy to cook, and neither of them had a great palette when I was growing up. Lived 10 minutes down the road from the biggest Sikh community in London and never touched a curry until I was in my early 20s. I've gone from a roast dinner being my favourite dinner to now being able to live without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 2,206 Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 9 hours ago, Tommy said: That is not exactly an Italian dish, but it uses some Italian ingredients, so I'll let it slide. And yes, the Italian cuisine is quite superior. Pesto and a tomatoes sauce, it's Italian and that's that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil 1,179 Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 36 minutes ago, Danny said: My mum has never liked cooking it's just my dad has always been too lazy to cook, and neither of them had a great palette when I was growing up. Lived 10 minutes down the road from the biggest Sikh community in London and never touched a curry until I was in my early 20s. I've gone from a roast dinner being my favourite dinner to now being able to live without it. To be fair food in the UK is so much different from when I was younger. People were more traditional with their cooking as our parents were brought up by mums and dads who'd lived through the war etc.. There were a lot of Stews and dishes you rarely hear being talked about now. Now it's all Italian, Indian, Mexican, American, I don't remember the last time I had anything remotely like what you'd call traditional British other than a roast or a chippy tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 2,206 Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 1 minute ago, Devil said: To be fair food in the UK is so much different from when I was younger. People were more traditional with their cooking as our parents were brought up by mums and dads who'd lived through the war etc.. There were a lot of Stews and dishes you rarely hear being talked about now. Now it's all Italian, Indian, Mexican, American, I don't remember the last time I had anything remotely like what you'd call traditional British other than a roast or a chippy tea. Kids these days don't deserve it, we went through the trenches of unseasoned and overcooked food so they can eat whatever they like now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil 1,179 Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 7 minutes ago, Danny said: Kids these days don't deserve it, we went through the trenches of unseasoned and overcooked food so they can eat whatever they like now Liver and onions mate, I used to dread Bravestar coming on kids TV on a Tuesday...... Liver and onions night and my mum was the type that wouldn't let me leave the table until it was finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 2,206 Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 Just now, Devil said: Liver and onions mate, I used to dread Bravestar coming on kids TV on a Tuesday...... Liver and onions night and my mum was the type that wouldn't let me leave the table until it was finished. Think it's one of the reasons I love vegetables...so hard to fuck vegetables up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,360 Posted July 9, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted July 9, 2021 These are what I am having for lunch and they are bloody beautiful, might have them with a salad and some thin french fries. Macaroni Cheese Bites, even break them open and dip your french fries in them while you munch away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy 12,616 Posted July 17, 2021 Moderator Share Posted July 17, 2021 Strammer Max! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strammer_Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted July 17, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted July 17, 2021 17 minutes ago, Tommy said: Strammer Max! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strammer_Max I eat it with Leberkäse instead of ham... But it's great, either way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy 12,616 Posted July 17, 2021 Moderator Share Posted July 17, 2021 5 hours ago, nudge said: I eat it with Leberkäse instead of ham... But it's great, either way! You're such a Bavarian at heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,360 Posted July 18, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted July 18, 2021 Gave the wife a break today and I rustled up some chicken breast fillet strips, roast tatties, peas, 2 Yorkies covered in gravy. Then I raided the Snowballs, only a few left as it looks like our son has been at them the little prick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber JoshBRFC+ 1,388 Posted July 18, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted July 18, 2021 On 17/07/2021 at 11:55, Tommy said: Strammer Max! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strammer_Max Strapping Max Is the Ham cold or cooked? Weirdly I had something similar this morning. I had poached eggs, Gammon and Toast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy 12,616 Posted July 18, 2021 Moderator Share Posted July 18, 2021 1 hour ago, JoshBRFC said: Strapping Max Is the Ham cold or cooked? Weirdly I had something similar this morning. I had poached eggs, Gammon and Toast. Cold. You can cook it though, but I've always eaten the version with cold ham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil 1,179 Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Went out for dinner at a Tepenyaki grill, had Salmon with stir fried veg, egg fried rice and sauted potatoes. Nice bit of Calamari to start with as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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