The Dogmother Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 (last night) meat loaf and baked potatoes - was feeling wintry after such a dark day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted November 8, 2011 Author Share Posted November 8, 2011 Mutton pasties - we were very sad to send two of our ancient ewes to the abattoir but they do taste superb! We were laughed at when we went to collect the meat ...........we cooked a leg in the same way as you would cook brisket of beef and left it in the liquid until tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Ooo, I love mutton. You'll have to make Lancashire Hotpot - that's a favourite here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhotchick Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Mutton pasties - we were very sad to send two of our ancient ewes to the abattoir but they do taste superb! We were laughed at when we went to collect the meat ...........we cooked a leg in the same way as you would cook brisket of beef and left it in the liquid until tonight. It's interesting to hear about different attitudes to food. How old were the ewes Lesley? Maybe if the people at the abattoir tasted the meat they would have a different opinion in future? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted November 8, 2011 Author Share Posted November 8, 2011 They were 9 or 10 years old! - I did think I might take a couple of pasties to the abattoir next week We had them fully butchered so that we could try the meat - if it wasn't really fit for eating we would have used it as dog food but we're not going to share it with the dogs now we know what it tastes like! We also took a 2 year old ewe as mutton and that meat was one of the best we've produced - even tastier than the Dexter beef we had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 I'm a great fan of mutton - proper mature meat good news that their lives were well lived and the end product was tasty - it all seems worthwhile then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Nigella's chilli jam - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Glad to hear about the mutton The people at the abattoir will be laughing on the other side of their faces if they taste it. I have made apple spice muffins and 2 loaves of bread today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 I made a moussaka this afternoon, I have fancied one for a while having not even tried it before, there is not much food that has gone untested by me over the years, but this gem had so far eluded me. I tried to grow aubergines earlier in the year but failed, so I bought some beauties a couple of days ago. It was lovely and far easier to make than lasagna and lighter too with no carbs, we had it with a lovely salad and even DS enjoyed it who doesn't like his food to change. Will definately be making this again I got the recipe from The Good House Keeping cookbook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 I made stuffed peppers last night (bought too many when I made the chilli jam), first time ever, and everyone loved them. It was just a basic mince mixture inside but I'll definitely be cooking them again and we all loved the fact that it was a meal without carbs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Yesterday I made 24 mince pies & 6 mini mince pies. Sent some round to our lovely neighbours! Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Six jars of Lemon marmalade and a tray of Flapjack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Beef stroganoff and baked taters.. in the oven right now Why is it that children feel the urgent need to embark on a craft project which requires adult input and inspiration just as you're prepping dinner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 It's their job to check that we can multi-task Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Last night I made a left-over pork stirfry with peppers, spring onions, garlic and mushrooms. Bit of chili, noodle, lemon, and sesame oil and a very quick dinner! We buy hoggett mostly from the farm at the end of the road - I think thats about 18 months old? I find it the perfect flavour for my taste, stronger than lamb but not quite so strong as mutton. I have a friend who calls moussaka 'lasagne with a mattress on top' (I know moussaka doesn't have pasta in it, and lasagne doesn't usually have aubergine in it so technically thats a rubbish description!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Fresh pea and ham soup, it is an old 17th century recipe aparently and was very tasty. It had 450g peas cooked in 1.5l ham stock with an onion and 2 garlic cloves for 20 minutes, while this is cooking you sweat 40g white cabbage a celery stick, 50g spinach, half a punnet of mustard and cress (not sure how 17th cent this is ) large handful of chopped parsley couple of dessert spoons of chopped fresh mint until soft. Liquidise the peas and stock then add cooked veg to it and season with a pinch of ground mace and plenty of pepper. I added some jelly from the gammon joint which we had at the weekend to the stock too very tasty must be pretty nutritious too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 A busy baking morning here. Two fruit tea loafs, a chocolate sponge sandwich cake, a batch of flapjacks that apparently improve with keeping, no such luck in this house they are eaten within hours. thirty custard cream biscuits. I decided not to sandwich them together with butter cream icing this time. Instead I put a chocolate button on each biscuit before baking. They are delicious, and I had some chocolate buttons left over, yum, yum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Beef, mushroom and ale pie....mmmm (made from scratch of course) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue_F Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 (yesterday) Lemon and poppy seed cake and fig and almond biscotti... Katy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Bara brith - should have been making a Xmas cake, but hubby demanded a Bara brith instead! Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted November 20, 2011 Author Share Posted November 20, 2011 A 9lb cockerel!! - despatched on Wednesday, roasted tonight......very tasty and tender Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Millies Chicken Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Made my christmas cake today. Last year's was Delias this year Mrs Beeton recipe. Will report back after the 25th whose is the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 yesterday I made orange and poppyseed cake, found the recipe on the forum a while ago and just got round to making it. T'was very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted November 23, 2011 Author Share Posted November 23, 2011 16 jars of Sweet Chilli Jam - some for family hampers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhotchick Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 Involtini. Mmmmmeltingly soft aubergine slices wrapped around a tasty cheese stuffing. It's a Nigella recipe from "Feast". This is the 3rd time I've made them so I didn't get the book out. I kept remembering things I'd forgotten to add to the cheese stuffing. I remembered the garlic and lemon before rolling the aubergine up, but forgot the parsley and mint. I didn't have fresh parsley anyway, I sprinkled dried mint and parsley over the rolls before pouring the tomato sauce over. It worked really well. Very roughly the recipe is to slice a large aubergine (or 2) into 5mm slices. Brush them with oil, I use a spray, aubergines soak up oil like a sponge, then fry them on a griddle a few at a time, I use a George Foreman type grill. The aubergines can be cooked in advance and put to one side. The cheese stuffing is made from Feta, mozzarella, parmesan, pine nuts, soaked raisins, lemon rind, fresh parsley, dried mint, garlic, breadcrumbs, an egg, some olive oil. Mix it all together well. Put a spoonful of the mixture onto a slice of aubergine and roll up. My one large aubergine made about 15 rolls. Put in a non metallic dish, cover with passata (I use a tin of tomatoes simmered down with some sugar) top with slices of mozzarella, bake in the oven at gas mark 5 ish for approximately half an hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
