What's Cooking Today??

Crispy bacon, fried tomatoes with garlic and fried eggs, oh and chips of course.
This diet is not working.

 

Cheese, tomato, chilli and garlic on toast with esquites as the corn is ready

 

This evening we are having gammon. grilled pineapple and macaroni cheese.

 

I tried some of @Ademission poppers today, but using sweet peppers couldn't find any chilly flakes but found some paprika in the cupboard, They were ok, wont show a picture as they were a bit messy.

 

Did you stuff them with cheese or something?

 

Oh yes.
Cheese and onion.

 

I love cheese and onion anything ... sandwiches, toasties, pasties, potatoes, even cheese cubes with little white onions.

 

Yes I love cheese but it has to be tasty cheese not some of those wimpy ones we get these days that are tasteless and just cream that's gone off a bit.

 

Mash, french beans and faggots............................I didn't grow the faggots.

 

I had two very curious plastic thingabobbies for birthday present. It turns out that they are spirallers and now we have everything spiralled

Tatties on their way into the oven



Last night we also trialled brining chicken breasts, they were frozen raw and we let them thaw in brine all day. Perfectly succulent and tasty, perhaps a tad too salty but went well with beetroot and potato cubes- all in one tin in the oven.

It turned out that Padron peppers allowed to mature (forgotten ) are very, very hot indeed!

 

Hmm I love a single use kitchen gadget, got a draw full of them that I barely use looks like I need another

Two things that propelled my cooking to a new level was pre salting meat and using an instant read thermometer. Using a scale takes all the guesswork out of the salting, I go 1% to 1.5% of the weight of meat as salt and let it rest for a day or so in he fridge beforehand. Makes for a lot juicier and tasty joint

 

Roast Chicken, new Pots, Rice, Green Beans & Sprouts (for me)

 

Pink fir apple, hot roasted sweet chilli salmon, onion, sweet pepper, and tomato.
A bit of salad cream.