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Sounds yummy @Hanglow .

 

Focaccia baresi now

 

A question. Your starter for 10.
I used to make a casserole stew type thing and towards the end of cooking I'd put a few flour and suet dumplings in.
But I've since bought a slow cooker and make it in that.
The question is, will dumplings cook ok in that and any idea how long they will take.
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For the first time ever, we had a barbecue. Rump steak and corn on the cob using one of these disposable bbqs. Very tasty. I had to keep saying that its chargrilled not burnt...

 

Tuna, Salmon, Rice, Cucumber, Bake Pots.

 

I think you'll just have to try it and see. I put pasta in with a stew type thing and it had all just dissolved at the end of full time.

 

I just tried it and put it in half an hour before I wanted it, it seems to cook it OK.
I was thinking it would be under cooked or overcooked but I'd say 30 to 45 minutes.

 

@pete it depends on how quick you want to cook them in a slow cooker. I have an old one so only have the choice of low or high cooking - I always use high that takes about four to five hours and dumplings would cook in half and hour. I'm now on a gluten free diet, so using rice based flour instead they take three quarters of an hour. I also drop potatoes in two hours before it's ready to serve.

 

Thanks @Sheal .

 

Chicken with veg , lentil rice + salad ( home grown lettuce and radishes..can't wait for the Carrots, Cucumbers Tomatoes and Spring Onions to join the salad bowl party).

 

Plaice & Chips followed by Strawberries and Ice Cream.

 

Ours was supposed to be lambs liver in a nice sauce of tomato and herbs, served with mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes.

Instead it turned out to be a doner kebab.

The liver, I realised literally at the last minute, as I was preparing to put it in the pan, with the potatoes and sweet potatoes already half cooked in the steamer, was actually a pack of kidneys. I mean, fancy putting the liver and kidneys right next to each other with the same coloured label. Doesn't the supermarket chain know that some of us don't carry out reading glasses to the shop?

Anyway, having never cooked kidneys before, I tried to cook them the same as I'd cook liver, but they turned out as tough as old boots, like, as in I could barely get a knife through the one I tested.

Mash now in the fridge for fryup tomorrow, kidneys in sauce going in the bin. Kebab shop to the rescue.

 

About to have Submarines (an American thing). Rolls or French Bread filled with Salami/luncheon meat and sliced Cheese with Garlic Butter and Mustard, wrapped in foil. put in the Air Fryer or Oven till warmed and melted.