What's for tea tonight?

[Orang Utan]

Parmajaahn is more correct than parmesan though if you think about it

 

[Orang Utan]

I'd eat risotto 3 or 4 times a week if i had the time and if Pie Face would let me

tonight - because she's out - i'm going to have risotto with wild mushrooms and borlotti beans to which I shall add some veggie sausages, and fuck all y'all

That's exactly what I'm doing except no sausages and maybe some pancetta

 

[sonik]

I'd eat risotto 3 or 4 times a week if i had the time and if Pie Face would let me

tonight - because she's out - i'm going to have risotto with wild mushrooms and borlotti beans to which I shall add some veggie sausages, and fuck all y'all

The addition of a veggie sausage is controversial but interesting, i like the idea.
How are they chopped? i assume you fry them first!

 

[SubZeroCat]

Parmajaahn is more correct than parmesan though if you think about it

Shhhh....!

I don't know what I'll be eating tonight - my brain is too full of other stuff to think about dinner or cooking.

 

[Orang Utan]

I think he's just gonna have them on the side - y'now bangers n risotto - like the barbarian he is

 

[sonik]

I think he's just gonna have them on the side - y'now bangers n risotto - like the barbarian he is

Hmm maybe....a little odd though don't you think?

 

[SubZeroCat]

a little odd though don't you think?

Yeah but we like him anyway

 

[Orang Utan]

Hmm maybe....a little odd though don't you think?

For sure, but he IS a little odd isn't he?

 

[SubZeroCat]

Oh look, two comedy genuises on one thread!

 

[sojourner]

Isn't that just like asking 'don't you get bored of pasta?' Or 'don't you get bored of soup?' Or 'don't you get bored of potatoes?'
I do get bored of pasta as it happens - I don't cook it very often.
I don't eat risotto all the time anyway - about once or twice a fortnight

I don't know, is it? Isn't risotto to do with the way of cooking the rice, and the same sort of rice is used?

Have a minute, I was only teasing, you don't have to get all serious about it

 

[sonik]

Yeah but we like him anyway

I love his oddness

 

[trashpony]

I have half a leg of lamb that I have to cook. How should I cook it?

 

[sonik]

I have half a leg of lamb that I have to cook. How should I cook it?

Dunno but Jo on Celebrity Big Brother will know

 

[Orang Utan]

I don't know, is it? Isn't risotto to do with the way of cooking the rice, and the same sort of rice is used?

Have a minute, I was only teasing, you don't have to get all serious about it

I'm not being po-faced, just defending my love of risotto - I just like making it cos it needs attention and it's more satisfying when you've put some effort in rather than shoved everything in a dish and bunged it in the oven

 

[Skim]

I've got a couple of poussins – small chickens trying to be posh

 

[sojourner]

I'm not being po-faced, just defending my love of risotto - I just like making it cos it needs attention and it's more satisfying when you've put some effort in rather than shoved everything in a dish and bunged it in the oven

Well you'll have to make one for me sometime cos I've only ever had it once and I wasn't that chuffed on it.

Have you put any recipes up on the wiki site for it? I'd be interested in having a go

 

[Shandril19]

Yep

Others include "baysil" (basil) and "parmajaahn" (parmesan)

I reckon I'd punch someone in the face if they presented a 'baysil and parmejaahn riz-o-toe' to me.....

So how do you say them there?

 

[trashpony]

So how do you say them there?

Bah-zil

Parm-ee-zan

Riz- otto

Quite a lot of ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZs basically.

 

[SubZeroCat]

So how do you say them there?

We (or maybe just me) say "riz-otto", "bah-sil" and "parme-zan"

 

[Orang Utan]

Well you'll have to make one for me sometime cos I've only ever had it once and I wasn't that chuffed on it.

Have you put any recipes up on the wiki site for it? I'd be interested in having a go

Haven't put anything up there yet - will get around to it eventually, but tarrannau's basic recipe is useful - my fave is rosemary, borlotti and pancetta with loads of butter and parmesan

 

[May Kasahara]

Hmmm, well we have onions, garlic, sweet potatoes and some ropey old carrots in the house, and no money, so looks like sweet potato soup for us tonight. Unless anyone can work out a way to incorporate spicy oil-preserved anchovies and water biscuits into the meal as well.

 

[mrsfran]

Hmmm, well we have onions, garlic, sweet potatoes and some ropey old carrots in the house, and no money, so looks like sweet potato soup for us tonight. Unless anyone can work out a way to incorporate spicy oil-preserved anchovies and water biscuits into the meal as well.

Have you got any pasta in? You do do a nice garlic and anchovie pasta thing.

 

[story]

Did you save it for leftovers?



I tried a new recipe tonight. I got it from the Independent On Sunday. It was faranita, a kind of pancake type thing. It were proper lovely.

250 g chickpea flour
250 mls fizzy water
1 teaspoon seasalt
4 tablespoons olive oil
bit of pepper
some rosemary


Whisk it all together, and allow to stand for 20 minutes.

Heat some oil in a pan and ladle in the batter.

Cook for a few minutes, then put the pan into the preheated oven, Gasmark 6, for about 15 minutes.

Serve with whatever you're eating, sprinkled with some seasalt.

Gluten free and delicious.

Thought I'd better correct this - it's farinata, not whatever I called it above.

I suppose cos farin is French for flour, eh.

 

[SubZeroCat]

I suppose cos farin is French for flour, eh.

Actually the French for flour is farine

 

[story]

Actually the French for flour is farine

Maybe they drop the e... otherwise it would end up as farineata, which looks like a gypsy dance step rather than a pulse-based unleavened bread-type food.

 

[sojourner]

Haven't put anything up there yet - will get around to it eventually, but tarrannau's basic recipe is useful - my fave is rosemary, borlotti and pancetta with loads of butter and parmesan

That sounds lush

Will check out the basic recipe I think when I next get paid, and give it a go

 

[SubZeroCat]

Maybe they drop the e... otherwise it would end up as farineata, which looks like a gypsy dance step rather than a pulse-based unleavened bread-type food.

Ooh I want an edible gypsy dance!

Yeah I'm sure they drop the e cos it looks weird (heh, I said "drop the e" - that means taking drugs LOL)

 

[story]

Ooh I want an edible gypsy dance!

Yeah I'm sure they drop the e cos it looks weird (heh, I said "drop the e" - that means taking drugs LOL)

To the drug forum with you!

 

[May Kasahara]

Have you got any pasta in? You do do a nice garlic and anchovie pasta thing.

Aye, could do but the mister will persist in his inexplicable dislike of small salty fish Never mind, sweet potato soup is pretty good for a cheap day tea.

 

[Herbsman.]

You can't beat a risotto that's for sure, may fave at the moment is Asparagus and Pea.

Tonight we're having veggie stew and herb dumplings with mash.

asparagus is the fucking best.

i was going to get a t-shirt with that phrase on it