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[chef]

<Delia>

Let's be 'aving you

<Delia>

On 28 February 2005, apparently under the influence of alcohol, Delia attracted attention during the half-time break of a home match against Manchester City. At the time Norwich were fighting an ultimately unsuccessful battle against relegation from the Premier League, and in order to rally the troops, Delia grabbed the microphone from the club announcer and said: "A message for the best football supporters in the world: we need a 12th man here. Where are you? Where are you? Let's be having you! Come on!" (wikipedia)

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[bogeyman]

absolutely no idea about salmon in a dishwasher, what a strange question, although thinking about it I'd hazzard a guess and say yes it possible (assuming no detergent is used )

It was a tip given to me by a pro chef and he swore by it, but I was never confident enough to try it. You had to wrap the fish foil obviously.

[Francko]

Italian is a doddle though I have not perfected a carbonara yet.

Sounds like one of those tourists who believes he masters italian after being there for a weekend. It's easio, righto?

How do you make carbonara? No bacon but pancetta. No cream (arg, what a killing). No onion. Simply garlic, good oil, only the red of the eggs. Make sure you don't make egg fried pasta so stir well when it's hot but take it out of the cooker a little before. And no parmisan, pecorino only!!!!!

Hope it helps.

And pepper, almost forgot. Good pepper.

[bogeyman]

<Delia>

Let's be 'aving you

<Delia>

I know. See Chef's linky.

What a ghastly old slut she is.

[Jog On]

It was a tip given to me by a pro chef and he swore by it, but I was never confident enough to try it. You had to wrap the fish foil obviously.

I remember seeing a program once where people would wrap a meal up in tin foil, stick it under the bonnet of the car then drive round to a mates house and eat it (Americans....).

[bogeyman]

Sounds like one of those tourists who believes he masters italian after being there for a weekend. It's easio, righto?

How do you make carbonara? No bacon but pancetta. No cream (arg, what a killing). No onion. Simply garlic, good oil, only the red of the eggs. Make sure you don't make egg fried pasta so stir well when it's hot but take it out of the cooker a little before. And no parmisan, pecorino only!!!!!

Hope it helps.

Agree Franko. It's skill, simplicity and quality of ingredients that make a good Italian dish. And it's not easy to pull off, unlike a lot of poncy French 'Haut Cuisine' where you can cover your mistakes with rich sauces somebody else made earlier.

[bogeyman]

I remember seeing a program once where people would wrap a meal up in tin foil, stick it under the bonnet of the car then drive round to a mates house and eat it (Americans....).

Yes I've heard of that too.

I don't suppose you'd want to put fish under the bonnet though.

Would pretty much ruin the car for pulling - unless you were a le.... (oh never mind).

[HRH]

I have actually considered a career in cooking as I clearly have a lot of talent in this arena. I once cooked for a few girls I know and they told me honestly that the meal I cooked (steak and chips) was the best they had ever eaten and one had eaten at the fat duck on many occasions. If I could simply open my own restaurant straight away and not have to work my way up in crappy kitchens for 10 years working awful hours Im pretty confident I would have a restaurant of michelan star standard.

[DiscoStu]

I have actually considered a career in cooking as I clearly have a lot of talent in this arena. I once cooked for a few girls I know and they told me honestly that the meal I cooked (steak and chips) was the best they had ever eaten and one had eaten at the fat duck on many occasions. If I could simply open my own restaurant straight away and not have to work my way up in crappy kitchens for 10 years working awful hours Im pretty confident I would have a restaurant of michelan star standard.

You're so full of tulip, it does amuse me...

[Pondlife]

I have actually considered a career in cooking as I clearly have a lot of talent in this arena. I once cooked for a few girls I know and they told me honestly that the meal I cooked (steak and chips) was the best they had ever eaten and one had eaten at the fat duck on many occasions. If I could simply open my own restaurant straight away and not have to work my way up in crappy kitchens for 10 years working awful hours Im pretty confident I would have a restaurant of michelan star standard.

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