Simple cooking tips that don't work

[norrahe]

Using baked beans in Chilli Con Carne because you "don't like" kidney beans.


(make's for a fart-fest even more than usual)

Using Oxtail soup instead of beef stock ( a friend once did this in his chilli recipe).

[DaveB]

Using Oxtail soup instead of beef stock ( a friend once did this in his chilli recipe).

Replacing White Wine with White Wine Vinegar, because "We didn't have any wine".

One of Son's more pungent culinary errors.

[MarillionFan]

Using bell end cheddar instead of Parmesan

(Thanks Viz )

[MaryPoppins]

Sprinkling semolina on roasties before cooking. Yack.

No substitute for hot animal fat is there

[doodab]

Using baked beans in Chilli Con Carne because you "don't like" kidney beans.


(make's for a fart-fest even more than usual)

When I was a student I used to make a big spag bol and after 2 days chuck in a tin of baked beans and some chilli powder to bulk it up.

[Old Hack]

When I was a student I used to make a big spag bol and after 2 days chuck in a tin of baked beans and some chilli powder to bulk it up.

I always, much to the wifes chagrin, add Baked Beans to a Shepherds pie

[doodab]

I always, much to the wifes chagrin, add Baked Beans to a Shepherds pie

I put peas and carrots and sometimes green beans in. And a bit of bisto.

[Zippy]

Using packet cheese sauce for cauliflower cheese.

You're fooling no-one.

+1. Grim

[Paddy]

A chef who cooks carrots and pees in the same pot

[Old Hack]

I put peas and carrots and sometimes green beans in. And a bit of bisto.

Peas, carrots and corn too!

She has stopped me making it now, and spag bol