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    Though I do like bacon and cabbage.
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      And spare ribs ( salted pork ribs).
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        Originally posted by zeitghost View Post
        But surely cabbage must be boiled for at least 2 hours to make sure a) it's really dead and b) all that nasty vitamin C is dead too.

        Bicarbonate of Soda helps with b) of course.

        Must remind my mother-in-law. Nearly time for her to put the sprouts on for Christmas dinner
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          Originally posted by norrahe View Post
          You went to the same cooking skool as my mother

          I only discovered later in life that beef could be nice if it was cooked rare as opposed to cremated.
          I'm gradually trying to convince my wife of the benefits of a nice steak which hasn't been obliterated, or even a joint of beef with some colour to eat.

          She doesn't like beef, and having eaten it at her parents house, I can understand exactly why she doesn't.

          I can eat well done (eg. slow roasted, or pot roast) but cremated and left with no moisture doesn't really do it for me.
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            It's month end today

            Invoice is in.

            Now I just have the normal 60 days until it gets paid.
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              I can' stop

              I find it so funny.

              He's finally met someone he can't bully.

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                Although looking at the remittance advice I received this morning, it looks like they will pay two invoices together this run.

                If one is a couple of days late, and one is 30 days early, is it wrong to moan about the late payment?
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                  Originally posted by norrahe View Post
                  You went to the same cooking skool as my mother

                  I only discovered later in life that beef could be nice if it was cooked rare as opposed to cremated.
                  I caught a glance at some cooking prog or other last week where the beef was burned black on the outside & rare on the inside.

                  Personally I couldn't eat it like that any more.

                  Not after the tapeworm.

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                    Morning!

                    Human Remains - useless feckers that seem to spread like mould when a corporation is making too much profit.

                    I went to Benares in Berkley Sq a few months ago - it was very, very good - art form food, but what struck me was how they made cauliflower have 4 different textures and feel like 4 completely different vegetables - genius.

                    I kinda like all the fancy food stuff, if it's done right and not just for the sake of it, but then I like the other extreme - homemade stews, pasta, pizzas and steaks.

                    It just has to be fresh food cooked really well and a restaurant with good atmosphere and friendly staff.

                    Speaking of which, must finish off my menu...
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                      Originally posted by TheFaQQer View Post
                      I'm gradually trying to convince my wife of the benefits of a nice steak which hasn't been obliterated, or even a joint of beef with some colour to eat.

                      She doesn't like beef, and having eaten it at her parents house, I can understand exactly why she doesn't.

                      I can eat well done (eg. slow roasted, or pot roast) but cremated and left with no moisture doesn't really do it for me.
                      I used to hide in terror when my mother said "pot roast" for Sunday lunch, she would dry roast it in a pan for hours, so instead of a lovely tender falling apart piece of beef, you got this bitter dry meat with a bitter gravy.

                      I normally cook it with 250ml red wine and 250ml beef stock for 3 hours on a very low heat, by that time the meat should be falling apart and all you have to do is thicken what's left of the stock for gravy.

                      I wish I could get brisket here, I've tried explaining but the butcher isn't sure what cut I'm talking about. The only meat cut guide I have is a "vlaamse" one that Mr N's mum gave to me from when she lived in Belgium, I think the cuts have different names in cloggers.
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