Can the wife beat your mum's cooking, need she even try.....
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My old mum bless her had a 7 meal list of things she cooked , I could have and did know what was on the table by the day of the week , couldn't break her of adding bicarb to anything green by the spoonful and putting the same on to cook as the rest of the food , burnt meat and bicarb broth was never my favourite, my ex wife however took things to a new level, vegetable curry = boil a supermarket stew pack for 5 minutes add a teaspoon of curry powder and serve , her take on my gammon with honey and mandarin glaze = use sugar as it was handy oh and grapefruit as that was to hand too, pour liberally as if a gravy. There was normally a stony silence when I didn't clear the plates with both.
I cant decide which was the worst cook I really cant
I cant decide which was the worst cook I really cant
My mum came from India and bought with her a head full of recipies and ideas that created a childhood of wonderful meals. Her dryfry spice pan is sacred. Never washed, just wiped and has been thus since the 1960s. My wife made Persian meals; ghormeh sabzi, khoresh bademjahn, kabab koobideh and a dozen rice dishes with divine flavors. I have been spoiled. They never competed as cooks or in meals. Two cultures, two completely different cooking styles, both consumed with great appreciation by me.
drivin_me_nuts said:
My mum came from India and bought with her a head full of recipies and ideas that created a childhood of wonderful meals. Her dryfry spice pan is sacred. Never washed, just wiped and has been thus since the 1960s. My wife made Persian meals; ghormeh sabzi, khoresh bademjahn, kabab koobideh and a dozen rice dishes with divine flavors. I have been spoiled. They never competed as cooks or in meals. Two cultures, two completely different cooking styles, both consumed with great appreciation by me.
That sounds amazing! 
I too over cook things. I always just miss that lovely crunch of a stir fry. I never follow recipes, I just cook what I like to eat. I have always been a very confident cook. My kids ad friends love my food. I just don't feel brave enough to feed the relatively new other half. A complete loss of confidence really.
Daughter has friends round tonight and this 20 minute dish did not "stick" around for long":
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Daughter has friends round tonight and this 20 minute dish did not "stick" around for long":
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No question of doubt. My OH's mother is crap, meat is cooked until it's devoid of any moisture, over cooked grey vegetables, everything luke warm or cold, and dog hairs in everything.
The biggest no no is tinned spuds on Christmas Day
My cooking, whilst not perfect, is far superior and we no longer eat there.
The biggest no no is tinned spuds on Christmas Day
My cooking, whilst not perfect, is far superior and we no longer eat there.
QueenBee said:
Cotty said:
I remember once my mum trying to be thrifty used to make and freeze her own pies, one fatal flaw is she forgot to mark/name them in the freezer. One dinner we sat down to potatoes, green beans, gravy and an apple pie.
But the ultimate was the night we were having fried fish and chips for tea. She decided to try a new sauce instead of Tomato Ketchup...
Tabasco
Granville said:
No question of doubt. My OH's mother is crap, meat is cooked until it's devoid of any moisture, over cooked grey vegetables, everything luke warm or cold, and dog hairs in everything.
The biggest no no is tinned spuds on Christmas Day
My cooking, whilst not perfect, is far superior and we no longer eat there.
The biggest no no is tinned spuds on Christmas Day
My cooking, whilst not perfect, is far superior and we no longer eat there.
The tinned spuds would go so well with:
Grandpad58 said:
Looks very nice, we call that freak rice in this house due to the hippies I once knew ,they chucked everything in a rice and fried it.
I love that! I think my household will adopt that name. We have a lot of Freak rice- Mexican, Chinese, Spanish etc. Variations of Jambalaya is a firm favourite with my kids and all their teen friends. I love paella but I find it a little expensive and more time consuming. 'Jambalaya' is originally a dish made from ham bones and rice by the African slaves of French-extracted plantation owners.
From French we have 'jambon' and 'a la'. From the slave languages we have 'ya', meaning 'rice'.
Anything can go in. So long as there is cured and seasoned pork in some capacity, and rice. I use smoked Polish sausage in mine, chicken, and crayfish from the River Mole.
From French we have 'jambon' and 'a la'. From the slave languages we have 'ya', meaning 'rice'.
Anything can go in. So long as there is cured and seasoned pork in some capacity, and rice. I use smoked Polish sausage in mine, chicken, and crayfish from the River Mole.
matchmaker said:
QueenBee said:
Cotty said:
I remember once my mum trying to be thrifty used to make and freeze her own pies, one fatal flaw is she forgot to mark/name them in the freezer. One dinner we sat down to potatoes, green beans, gravy and an apple pie.
But the ultimate was the night we were having fried fish and chips for tea. She decided to try a new sauce instead of Tomato Ketchup...
Tabasco
Mobile Chicane said:
'Jambalaya' is originally a dish made from ham bones and rice by the African slaves of French-extracted plantation owners.
From French we have 'jambon' and 'a la'. From the slave languages we have 'ya', meaning 'rice'.
Anything can go in. So long as there is cured and seasoned pork in some capacity, and rice. I use smoked Polish sausage in mine, chicken, and crayfish from the River Mole.
One of our favourite meals. I use Kabanos.From French we have 'jambon' and 'a la'. From the slave languages we have 'ya', meaning 'rice'.
Anything can go in. So long as there is cured and seasoned pork in some capacity, and rice. I use smoked Polish sausage in mine, chicken, and crayfish from the River Mole.
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