Photo of your dinner (vol 2)

[dickymint]

Cotty said:

FiF said:

Chow mein, without noodles?

Its not chow mein. In the same way if I make a chicken pie with no chicken in it, it is not a chicken pie.

To clear this up it’s a Chop Suey not a Chow Mein

[Lozw86]

My partner fancied a Chinese.. so cooked Sweet & sour chicken, and some battered “chicken balls”

[BrabusMog]

dickymint said:

Cotty said:

FiF said:

Chow mein, without noodles?

Its not chow mein. In the same way if I make a chicken pie with no chicken in it, it is not a chicken pie.

To clear this up it’s a Chop Suey not a Chow Mein

It also looks like CSV.

[FiF]

BrabusMog said:

dickymint said:

Cotty said:

FiF said:

Chow mein, without noodles?

Its not chow mein. In the same way if I make a chicken pie with no chicken in it, it is not a chicken pie.

To clear this up it’s a Chop Suey not a Chow Mein

It also looks like CSV.

The chop suet, née chow mein hold the noodles, doesn't look like CSV, not at all. The pink dessert, if that qualifies as looking like CSV, someone needs to go and see their urologist or gastroenterologist pdq.

[Cotty]

Feeling lazy and so jar of madras sauce with chopped chicken, onions, peppers and finger chilis.

[FiF]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Agreed, that batter looks good.

[Martin350]

BrabusMog said:

dickymint said:

Cotty said:

FiF said:

Chow mein, without noodles?

Its not chow mein. In the same way if I make a chicken pie with no chicken in it, it is not a chicken pie.

To clear this up it’s a Chop Suey not a Chow Mein

It also looks like CSV.

I'm not that familiar with Chinese dishes, so you can blame The Hairy Bikers, they called it chow mein, although they did highlight the lack of noodles.

What's CSV?

[dickymint]

Martin350 said:

I'm not that familiar with Chinese dishes, so you can blame The Hairy Bikers, they called it chow mein, although they did highlight the lack of noodles.

What's CSV?

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=CSV&amp=true

[FiF]

dickymint said:

Martin350 said:

I'm not that familiar with Chinese dishes, so you can blame The Hairy Bikers, they called it chow mein, although they did highlight the lack of noodles.

What's CSV?

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=CSV&amp=true

Not quite, you need to look at the dirty takeaway thread, possibly vol 1.

The V in that case stands for vomit, the rest you can make up. Frankly your stir fried chicken and vegetables does NOT deserve such a disgraceful remark. It looked OK frankly. Sorry to be a bit po faced.

[dickymint]

dickymint said:

Contrary to popular belief these don’t always scream when you cook em......



Let the bugger cool down then let the carnage begin

So that's a 1.425Kg Cock reduced to 690g of pure luxury..................





Bread is in the oven an wine in the chiller - should be enough leftover for a couple of crab cakes tomorrow

Edited by dickymint on Monday 14th May 16:22

[Lozw86]

anonymous said:

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[Jambo85]

dickymint said:

Big crab etc.

Lovely stuff. One of the most underrated foods in this country I think.

[ChrisnChris]

Jambo85 said:

dickymint said:

Big crab etc.

Lovely stuff. One of the most underrated foods in this country I think.

Echoed here, we've prepped hundreds of crabs over the years, beginning of the season now so we'll be having our fair share over the next few months.
We just love getting into all the nooks and crannies extracting every flake of juicy meat.
We always use wooden kebab sticks to get the meat out, I find they give a little more "grab" than steel when they're damp. Might be just what we're used to though.

Homemade walnut rolls fantastic simple food, heaven.

[dickymint]

ChrisnChris said:

Jambo85 said:

dickymint said:

Big crab etc.

Lovely stuff. One of the most underrated foods in this country I think.

Echoed here, we've prepped hundreds of crabs over the years, beginning of the season now so we'll be having our fair share over the next few months.
We just love getting into all the nooks and crannies extracting every flake of juicy meat.
We always use wooden kebab sticks to get the meat out, I find they give a little more "grab" than steel when they're damp. Might be just what we're used to though.

Homemade walnut rolls fantastic simple food, heaven.

Homemade bread - nice and simple - my favourite seafood ....... will give damp kebab sticks a go

[LivingTheDream]

dickymint said:

Homemade bread - nice and simple - my favourite seafood ....... will give damp kebab sticks a go

That bread looks fab - got a recipe?

[dickymint]

LivingTheDream said:

That bread looks fab - got a recipe?

250g Marshalls Cotswold Crunch
250g Canadian Strong white
320ml water/milk
1 heap teaspoon yeast
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon dough improver
40g butter

Can I assume you know the method?

[LivingTheDream]

dickymint said:

250g Marshalls Cotswold Crunch
250g Canadian Strong white
320ml water/milk
1 heap teaspoon yeast
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon dough improver
40g butter

Can I assume you know the method?

assuming its a standard method

mix, prove, knock back, shape, second prove, bake

is that fresh or dried yeast?

thanks - will give it a try

[illmonkey]

My brothers sour dough, best I've ever had. Consumed whilst making a brew (ale)

[dickymint]

illmonkey said:

My brothers sour dough, best I've ever had. Consumed whilst making a brew (ale)

That’s made my mind up I’ve gotta try and ‘breed’ my own Sourdough starter.....watch this space

[illmonkey]

dickymint said:

illmonkey said:

My brothers sour dough, best I've ever had. Consumed whilst making a brew (ale)

That’s made my mind up I’ve gotta try and ‘breed’ my own Sourdough starter.....watch this space

Generally the brew doesn't taste as good as off the shelf beer, but that bread is something else, easily the best I've had, so totally worth the effort.

He cooks it in the base of a Le Creuset casserole dish for the heat. I'll get the recipe.

Edited by illmonkey on Tuesday 15th May 14:51