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« Reply #2595 on: 10:45:28, 04-08-2008 » |
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Oh boy, Nomness beckons. One of the friends I'm staying with has offered to make fish pie tonight. Now, I'm not really a fish fan. I can sort of take it or leave it. However, I've just looked at the huge amount of really fresh monkfish, smoked haddock and prawns she's brought back from the shops, plus the really good-looking spuds, capers and local cheese, and I'm starting to get symptoms of major food excitement.  So, are the votes in on the Fish Pie Experience, Martle?<finger tapping emoticon> |
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« Reply #2596 on: 11:21:24, 04-08-2008 » |
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It was a total disaster, Mort. What a waste of fine ingredients! I'm afraid we're talking about someone here who should not be allowed near a stove. The whole thing was undercooked, so that the fish was chewy, the spuds were not mashed properly and then had too much (practically flavourless) sauce added so that they were lumpy AND runny. I couldn't finish my helping. Yes, it was that bad...  |
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« Reply #2597 on: 11:26:11, 04-08-2008 » |
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What a pity, martle, as there's little more comforting a dish than a good fish pie. |
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« Reply #2598 on: 11:28:53, 04-08-2008 » |
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I, the spuds were not mashed properly and then had too much (practically flavourless) sauce added so that they were lumpy AND runny.
Martle, remove the stove from that person IMMEDIATELY! All those gorgeous (not to mention expensive) ingredients gone to waste  Shame. A good fish pie can be a thing of joy and beauty. Guess it didn't convert you to fishes then? Best head for the nearest Welsh lamb chop then ... |
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« Reply #2599 on: 11:29:27, 04-08-2008 » |
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This is terrible. A good fish pie is one of life's great pleasures and perhaps the ultimate comfort food - from the light mashed potato on top, through the fresh, perfectly-cooked fish and seafood and creamy sauce below, to the layer of spinach on the bottom to provide the illusion that you are eating healthily.
And it's so easy to make ...
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« Reply #2600 on: 11:30:02, 04-08-2008 » |
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You should have been at Dode's last night, martle. He decided to make a fish pie (comfort food, as IGI says) and it worked extremely well (although he being him, there was far too much: it's his brother, not him, that was in the catering department of the T.A., though you'd never guess it: everything he ever cooks could feed a platoon).
I reckon there's enough there to satisfy visitors for about the next four days, so if you're passing....
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« Reply #2601 on: 11:46:14, 04-08-2008 » |
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It's also embarrassing for all concerned when that sort of thing happens - you want to ask them if you can just have a sandwich instead and they must be aware that the food is close to inedible. Best head for the nearest Welsh lamb chop then ...
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« Reply #2602 on: 11:59:46, 04-08-2008 » |
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It's also embarrassing for all concerned when that sort of thing happens - you want to ask them if you can just have a sandwich instead and they must be aware that the food is close to inedible.
I'm a great big chicken. I will generally force it down and say how lovely it is, even when it is making me gag. You see, I'm a born liar. I think it might be pathological or something. I just want people to like me. But I'm good at it... |
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« Reply #2603 on: 12:09:48, 04-08-2008 » |
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It's also embarrassing for all concerned when that sort of thing happens - you want to ask them if you can just have a sandwich instead and they must be aware that the food is close to inedible.
I'm a great big chicken. I will generally force it down and say how lovely it is, even when it is making me gag. You see, I'm a born liar. I think it might be pathological or something. I just want people to like me. But I'm good at it... Me too!  I can't bear to hurt anyone's feelings, particularly after they've tried really hard. |
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« Reply #2604 on: 12:26:52, 04-08-2008 » |
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I might bake some bread tonight too. I'm going through my usual rotation of getting fed up with shop bread.
 I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that this loaf is possibly the best I've made yet (though it's a little bit salty because I slipped while measuring it...). |
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« Reply #2605 on: 13:18:34, 04-08-2008 » |
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(though it's a little bit salty because I slipped while measuring it...).
Scrap 'a little bit'. I'll see how a few slices go down over lunch but I have a feeling I may have to start again. |
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« Reply #2606 on: 16:40:41, 04-08-2008 » |
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Hmm, Chinese take away, tonight!! Yummy! Sometimes I prefer that to an Indian!! Especially the one thats near to us, Dragon & Peacock, in Burgess Hill. PW and Martle, may have come across it.
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« Reply #2607 on: 16:45:07, 04-08-2008 » |
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(though it's a little bit salty because I slipped while measuring it...).
Shouldn't that affect the rising properties of the yeast, hh? Too much salt tends to kill it before it can do its job properly. |
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« Reply #2608 on: 18:48:37, 04-08-2008 » |
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Our hob has broken! How annoying. Our landlady came round yesterday and said she would send her husband around to look at it today but as far as i can see, he's not been here yet.
Still, at least the oven still works.
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« Reply #2609 on: 19:18:05, 04-08-2008 » |
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Send me some bread if it's salty, hh, I won't mind! I'd love a slice (or a few) of home-made bread just now ... Got hunger pangs earlier and threw together an unexpectedly nice mixture of rice re-heated mixed with tuna, chopped yellow pepper, sesame seeds and a sprinkling of nutmeg. I'm hungry again though already, and don't have much to choose from! |
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