Stuff you've cooked/baked/made today

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Bit of a crap photo, but this is my attempt at Pad Thai, red curry and rice.

Did have some guidance from a Thai chef, but I'll give myself a bit of a pat on the back as it was bloody lovely.
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And a chicken cashew stir fry.

The remnants of the green chicken curry are evident in the background.
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And sticky coconut rice and mango for afters.
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Fry up Friday!
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MingtheMerciless wrote: Fri Jan 19, 2024 12:38 pm IMG_0943.jpegFry up Friday!
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May I present…

The Full Monty Benedict!
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Crispy bacon, poached egg, black pudding, sausage patty and home made Hollandaise sauce all served on a toasted muffin.

Two for lunch may have been overkill :o


Hollandaise looks orange in the picture but was golden yellow which is probably due to the egg coming from a mate’s hens.
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It's so beautiful,it's almost a crime to eat it.

Almost... :silent:
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Roast beef at work.
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MingtheMerciless wrote: Sun Feb 04, 2024 3:49 pm IMG_1046.jpeg

Roast beef at work.
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Last night Mrs Mango made a tribal sized vegetarian chick pea curry, enough for about 3 nights. Today I subverted part of it and added substantial amounts of pulled neck of lamb to it.

We both agreed it was an improvement.
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mangocrazy wrote: Sun Feb 04, 2024 9:09 pm Last night Mrs Mango made a tribal sized vegetarian chick pea curry, enough for about 3 nights. Today I subverted part of it and added substantial amounts of pulled neck of lamb to it.

We both agreed it was an improvement.
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I've just had a Charlie Bingham Chicken Madras. It was a meal deal from Tesco.

It was supposed to feed two, but was just enough for one (fat bastard).

I'd say it was the best 'ready meal' style curry I've had.

I obviously didn't make it, but I had to unpack it, wrap the rice in the supplied foil and closely monitor the cooking time. Which is about as close to 'cooking' as I get.
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Charlie Bingham's stuff is as good as ready meals get IMHO.
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Crumpets, brown loaf and a malt loaf :D

The brown loaf failed - again. Well, it'll be used, but it never rises with wholewheat flour the way it does with multigrain or almost any other I've tried! Next week I'll try half and half with white bread flour and see if that works better. Annoying cos I have bags and bags of wholewheat to use up and no good recipe so far (normal and soda bread recipes tried!) :( :(

But, the crumpets will be appreciated and I'll bloody love the malt loaf :D :D

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KungFooBob wrote: Thu Feb 29, 2024 7:13 pm I've just had a Charlie Bingham Chicken Madras. It was a meal deal from Tesco.

It was supposed to feed two, but was just enough for one (fat bastard).

I'd say it was the best 'ready meal' style curry I've had.

I obviously didn't make it, but I had to unpack it, wrap the rice in the supplied foil and closely monitor the cooking time. Which is about as close to 'cooking' as I get.
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I always have rice with my takeaway curry, usually Keema Rice, I loves it.

It's pretty much the only 'plant' I do eat.
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Noggin wrote: Thu Feb 29, 2024 7:37 pm The brown loaf failed - again. Well, it'll be used, but it never rises with wholewheat flour the way it does with multigrain or almost any other I've tried! Next week I'll try half and half with white bread flour and see if that works better.
I use half and half white/wholemeal and to be honest it looks just the same, but is definitely not as heavy and seems to rise better. I've also started making my mixes wetter and that seems to improve the rise. Try leaving the amount of water the same and substituting half of the wholemeal flour for white.
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mangocrazy wrote: Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:03 pm
Noggin wrote: Thu Feb 29, 2024 7:37 pm The brown loaf failed - again. Well, it'll be used, but it never rises with wholewheat flour the way it does with multigrain or almost any other I've tried! Next week I'll try half and half with white bread flour and see if that works better.
I use half and half white/wholemeal and to be honest it looks just the same, but is definitely not as heavy and seems to rise better. I've also started making my mixes wetter and that seems to improve the rise. Try leaving the amount of water the same and substituting half of the wholemeal flour for white.
Thanx, I'll give that a go next time. I've tried with soda bread and various 'normal' bread recipes but none seem to like the wholewheat!! I made an awesome multigrain loaf last week and that rose how I think they should - but the wholewheat ones are always a visual disappointment and bloody heavy to eat!! I know they are going to be heavy and not rise much cos they never rise much when proving :(

Todays was quite wet, the recipe was something like 400g wholewheat (or other type) and 100g of white bread flour. So I'll definitely be trying half and half next time :D
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I substitute 50ml of the water for olive oil - it seems to keep the loaf moister for longer. Also use fresh yeast (if you don't already) - it's readily available in French supermarkets near us.
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Last night's baking becomes this morning's breakfast. White loaf for Mrs Mango, wholemeal for me. Flour courtesy of Gilchester Organics (unbleached in the case of the white flour).


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