Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
fish fingers, oven chips, peas 
What's for tea tonight? (#8)
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I changed my mind. We had farfalle tossed in pesto, peas, toasted flaked almonds, artichokes, olives and parmesan. And some strawberries.
Jayne- i had a very similar thing Yesterday: my friend made us pasta shells with panchetta lardons, mixed peppers and creme fraiche.
A nobly bobbly lolly for pudding.
Eta: tonight is a red pepper and goats cheese quiche with green beans and broc.
Kiwi fruits and melon for pudding.
A nobly bobbly lolly for pudding.
Eta: tonight is a red pepper and goats cheese quiche with green beans and broc.
Kiwi fruits and melon for pudding.
sounds fabulous. let us know how you got on!
recently, I bought pancetta lardons from Waitrose and I thought a carbonara could not conceivably go wrong with them......fatal mistake and will NEVER use them again
recently, I bought pancetta lardons from Waitrose and I thought a carbonara could not conceivably go wrong with them......fatal mistake and will NEVER use them again
What happened?
I make carbonara with the leftovers from a cooked ham. But I would have assumed lardons did the same job no?
recently, I bought pancetta lardons from Waitrose and I thought a carbonara could not conceivably go wrong with them......fatal mistake and will NEVER use them again
What was the problem? Too fatty? Too chunky?
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
i have been known to eat pancetta lardons on their own 
succulent chunks of fat yummm
succulent chunks of fat yummm
NO!!
I sushied into Waitrose, ambling down the aisle, whistling cheerfully. The grand plan was a simple carbonara that is one of life's easiest and foolproof recipes - so I thought!. Usually I make carbonara with bacon but this time I thought I'd use pancetta, and buy it ready chopped to save myself time. So i trot happily home, and got started. The date on the meat was fine, it looked fresh and was quite diced in little cubes. Fried some onion and garlic in a little oil and butter, add the pancetta and it was frying away, smelt lovely. I wanted to make extra sure that it was cooked fully as cubes were teeny chunks, and it seemed to brown a little. Added the mushrooms, all good and cream. Cooked tagliatelle (fresh stuff from waitrose, and bad quality), added my sauce and got eating. It tasted pretty okay, but i recall feeling really disappointed as Carbonara tends to be a delicious no brainer - this was not. I wolf down the meal (I do eat kind of fast and was in hurry so a bit nervy), and after dinner.....first I get the runs. Then......I went to the loos and puked. It seemed to be the meat. I just know it was the pancetta, as everything else was fine, even the substandard spaghetti (if you buy the fresh egg tagliatelle from Waitrose you'll know what i mean - odd), yeh, so i felt ill but was okay after it had exited my system (like about four toilet visits over an hour....)
strangest thing of all is the next day I cooked the sauce again for about 23 mins, and cooked it for so long that the cream virtually evaporated and i added some more butter, and it was delicious and i didnt feel ill at all.
still i regard the incident as an epic fail. I blame the meat.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
i'm stealing invisibleplanet's tea from the other night - brocolli & blue cheese soup and chicken/prosciutto/asparagus/potato/cream thingy
stethoscope
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I'm making a moussaka, and I have some chunky chips in the freezer to go with it
yep i cooked the sauce with the lardons. It wasnt the cream, it was fine. The episode hasnt put me off cooking carbonara again, but I will use bacon next time - or strips of pancetta
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
odd logic there! i use them all the time. did you fry the pancetta before adding it to the sauce?
of course!!
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i can't believe pancetta lardons have been poisonous for all this time and no-one's noticed
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
must have been a bad batch then, or summat else. no reason not to use pancetta cubes ever again!
sheothebudworths
Up the bum - no babies!!!
If you were ill straight after eating the dinner, cheesy, it was bugger all to do with that meal (which would explain why it didn't make you ill a second time round either).
Got the kids back this evening and we're having cooked cubes of pork leg fried with some soy sauce in pitta with salad and mayo.
Got the kids back this evening and we're having cooked cubes of pork leg fried with some soy sauce in pitta with salad and mayo.
You would notice if pancetta lardons weren't right really - smell, taste, appearance - surely? You certainly couldn't blame them after wolfing down the whole meal and not noticing anything amiss then and there. This story whiffs, and not in a good way.
More curry here tonight, albeit it's my ma's curry mutton and more roti. Bloody lovely it'll be, I'm sure.
More curry here tonight, albeit it's my ma's curry mutton and more roti. Bloody lovely it'll be, I'm sure.
i think i shovelled it down too quickly and i was in a nervy mood, true. But i suspect it WAS the meat - even though i fried it for like 15 minutes before adding the cream, i suspect it wasnt fully cooked
The second time, it was cooked the bijeipers out of, and thats why i didnt get sick.Cheesy, stop speaking balls. 1f you cooked small cubes of pancetta for 15 mins, then simmered it in hot cream and let it rest in hot pasta it would certainly be cooked.
You did not get sick from that pancetta unless it was severely off to begin with. But then you'd have had the observational skills of a dead stoat not to notice the bulging packet/rotting smell/slimy texture etc.
You did not get sick from that pancetta unless it was severely off to begin with. But then you'd have had the observational skills of a dead stoat not to notice the bulging packet/rotting smell/slimy texture etc.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
that doesn't make sense.i think i shovelled it down too quickly and i was in a nervy mood, true. But i suspect it WAS the meat - even though i fried it for like 15 minutes before adding the cream, i suspect it wasnt fully cooked
did you drink less booze the second time you ate it?
did you drink less booze the second time you ate it?
i wasnt drinking. that was a cheap shot OU. Slaggin off people who - i am very proud to say USED to have a drink problem - is a bit mean.
but you are the High King of Scotland so I forgive you.
Come on Cheesy - you need to do better than that nonsense. Unless you were using a toy cooker in a wendy house I stick by my post above.
i honestly cooked the pancetta for about 15 minutes, i am a paranoid type that is paranoid about meat being undercooked. Absolute hand on my heart on that one. Could it have been the mushrooms? I do think i had a 'bad stomach' kind of hair day though. Ms Spangles could be right, sort of
