What's Cooking Today??

Later, it will be chicken fried rice. The rice is currently in the fridge.

 

Sixteen, plus us, as Mrs S was running a 'Health At Your Fingertips' course

As they were mainly people I didn't know I tried to cater for a variety of tastes.

Pre-covid we used to host a cousins' reunion every year (some from abroad) and there were usually about forty of them with the oldest being 100 and he flew in from America. I was quite happy cooking for that gathering - dinner, afternoon tea and supper.



This particular year I did a variety of curries with some food for any that said, in advance, they didn't want curry - only two.






At the end of supper, Sarafi the cat came to help himself . I watched him carefully fold back the sheet of kitchen paper and finish off the smoked salmon. He loved smoked salmon

He lived four doors away but spent most of his time with us and a lot of GC members met him when they used to come to our Open Garden event.

 

Thanks @pete

It's OK if you like curry

It wasn't too difficult to do. The Lamb and chicken were cooked the day before and the veggies were cooked in the morning. The job that is a pain is cooking enough rice and keeping it hot. The other problem I had was running out of saucepans as the rice was too much for one pan. So I cheated. I got the local Indian to deliver the pilau rice - they owe me favours as I grow their chillies for them

P.S. I grind my own spices.

 

Yesterday evening I made roast chicken thighs lightly flavoured with garlic salt and herbs, with crispy roasties and cauli. We then delivered some of it as Shiney's meals on wheels.

Today I'm also making for my meals on wheels an oxtail stew. The oxtail is frying off at the moment. When it's nice and brown I'll simmer it for a few hours, remove the bones and then it will be flavoured with friend onion, ginger and garlic, then cook into it carrots, turnip, celery, tinned toms, herbs, wine, a touch of Worcestershire sauce and add in some nice chunky potatoes and finish with some peas. A one dish meal for them - and me

 

I have that sometimes when I'm in a hurry

Stew is cooked. Or as me old mucker young Micky Flanangan would call it:- 'a melange'

 

Not a great deal of difference but the coarseness of the grating of potato and onion with slightly more onion and also matzoh meal usually used instead of flour in Latkes. All are delicious