Well done sloppy Fraus, these threads have been a great read but also maddening as many of you have said. Have made a donation to a charity in my town that provides hot meals and other services for the homeless.
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Totally agree & your slop is a really good example. A perfectly good meal right there, have the mandarins and cream for pudding.Ok fraus, brace yourselves.
Roman Pasta with Mandarins and Creamy Basil Sauce
1 large onion - free (20p)
2 tbsp oil - free
150g pasta - free (25p)
Handful fresh basil - 52p
Handful fresh parsley - 57p
200g tinned mandarins - free (50p)
200ml natural yoghurt - 28p
Spenny pasta because I am fancy. Prices based on Tesco, Lidl
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I finely sliced my onion, added the 2 tablespoons of oil into the cold pan then turned on to a medium heat to sweat.
Then I put pasta on to boil. I salted my pasta water but the recipe is a stranger to salt and pepper or seasoning of any kind. Pasta takes 11 minutes to cook.
Once pasta is on I finely sliced a handful of basil and parsley and added to the onions in the pan. Felt like this was too early but I'm following the recipe.
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Then against all my better judgement I added the mandarins to the pan. She said use a spoon to strain off most of the juice but I used a sieve because I'm an adult
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Then I added the yoghurt. I had to get my husband to video this because I felt if I had to go through it then you do too. Sadly the video is too large so you will have to make do with a photo.
View attachment 1725489I cannot quite find the words to describe to you the smell. Recipe says to serve with plenty of strong hard cheese. I elected to use cheddar as I wasn't going to waste any decent Italian cheese on this monstrosity. However no cheese is going to save this - trust me.
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Mr McHaggis point blank refused to taste it which surprised me as he is made of strong stuff usually but I think this broke him. Probably shouldn't have asked him to video it.
Luckily oldest son was prepared to take one for team. One mouthful was enough. He said it started out bland, then turned sour with a lingering after taste that kept getting worse. Don't mince your words son.
I explained the voting system and he decided it merited a 1 - Dire. Not quite dog-tit but definitely not as high as Terrible.
/SPOILER]
I know this is a fun exercise but I have to say when you actually make the food and realise how bloody awful it is, it is enraging.
Having the pasta with basil and cheese and plenty of black pepper would have been a nice, simple meal. The mandarins and the parsley are pointless and the yoghurt is just an abomination.
I was actually on holiday in Italy last week and I spent some time looking for authentic Italian pasta recipes with fruit. The only thing I could find that was similar to this was a pasta recipe with ricotta and fresh berries, basil and mint. Now I can imagine actually eating that - creamy ricotta, fresh berries, mint - sounds lovely because it was devised by someone who understands food. How she gets away with this utter tripe is quite beyond me. Any people like Jay Rayner and Nigella promoting her?? Like what the hell?
I have lost all desire for food at this point so I will do the Carbrienara tomorrow. I am hoping it will at least be edible unlike this.
Yes dear heart, you can get a jar of ginger and garlic paste from the world food section at the supermarket. Always great to have in the cupboard as a good base when starting a curry.
Thankyou tender ones, every day a school day in the canalAnd you can also buy it in frozen cubes from the frozen world food section. It’s what I use when making a curry.
I'll add these to the wiki shortlyupdated jack's hazard slops list:
Letting rice sit on the side for ages instead of cooling quickly - allows lots of Bacillus cereus bacteria to grow and give you the shits/food poisoning peanut milk rice pudding
frying tinned potatoes - they can explode due to the water content hot nicoise
storing/infusing herbs in oil - risk of botulism Whoa F*ck Dressing
Microwaving stone fruits to ripen - explodey, doesn't work, could duck up your microwave microwave ripening fruits
I would also like to add sprout scones because cooked (painstakingly) by the instructions:
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This one looks pretty similar.The question is where did she lift this recipe from?
Can we swap? Vlad’s throwing me ads about new born triplets and surrogacy. I’m 51 with two kids and a cupboard full of Fly boots.The algorithm is showing me ads for Doc Martins ffs
Crying.....About 35 years ago, my parents managed to grow All The Courgettes and they were served at every dinner for the entire summer and I started going in fear of finding them in my breakfast muesli. And then the meals based around bleeping marrows started appearing. There are a limited number of things you can do with a marrow. My recommendation is to say "bleeping hell," and throw it away.
I flatly refuse to eat courgettes even now.
The postscript to this story is that about 20 years after The Summer of All The bleeping Courgettes, my mum was cleaning out the chest freezer because it broke and there, lurking malevolently at the bottom like a courgette in your muesli, was a bag of frozen courgette slices.
Er... What's wholemeal rice, Precious?There’s a slop for every occasion dear one!
Courgette, Tomato & Brie Gratin
This dish was born of a sad-looking courgette in my fridge, half of a very large onion that was starting to dry out, and some bits and pieces from my cupboard. The rice makes this filling and comfo…cookingonabootstrap.com
You absolute .Ok fraus, brace yourselves.
Roman Pasta with Mandarins and Creamy Basil Sauce
1 large onion - free (20p)
2 tbsp oil - free
150g pasta - free (25p)
Handful fresh basil - 52p
Handful fresh parsley - 57p
200g tinned mandarins - free (50p)
200ml natural yoghurt - 28p
Spenny pasta because I am fancy. Prices based on Tesco, Lidl
View attachment 1725476
I finely sliced my onion, added the 2 tablespoons of oil into the cold pan then turned on to a medium heat to sweat.
Then I put pasta on to boil. I salted my pasta water but the recipe is a stranger to salt and pepper or seasoning of any kind. Pasta takes 11 minutes to cook.
Once pasta is on I finely sliced a handful of basil and parsley and added to the onions in the pan. Felt like this was too early but I'm following the recipe.
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View attachment 1725482
Then against all my better judgement I added the mandarins to the pan. She said use a spoon to strain off most of the juice but I used a sieve because I'm an adult
View attachment 1725483
Then I added the yoghurt. I had to get my husband to video this because I felt if I had to go through it then you do too. Sadly the video is too large so you will have to make do with a photo.
View attachment 1725489I cannot quite find the words to describe to you the smell. Recipe says to serve with plenty of strong hard cheese. I elected to use cheddar as I wasn't going to waste any decent Italian cheese on this monstrosity. However no cheese is going to save this - trust me.
View attachment 1725493
Mr McHaggis point blank refused to taste it which surprised me as he is made of strong stuff usually but I think this broke him. Probably shouldn't have asked him to video it.
Luckily oldest son was prepared to take one for team. One mouthful was enough. He said it started out bland, then turned sour with a lingering after taste that kept getting worse. Don't mince your words son.
I explained the voting system and he decided it merited a 1 - Dire. Not quite dog-tit but definitely not as high as Terrible.
I know this is a fun exercise but I have to say when you actually make the food and realise how bloody awful it is, it is enraging.
Having the pasta with basil and cheese and plenty of black pepper would have been a nice, simple meal. The mandarins and the parsley are pointless and the yoghurt is just an abomination.
I was actually on holiday in Italy last week and I spent some time looking for authentic Italian pasta recipes with fruit. The only thing I could find that was similar to this was a pasta recipe with ricotta and fresh berries, basil and mint. Now I can imagine actually eating that - creamy ricotta, fresh berries, mint - sounds lovely because it was devised by someone who understands food. How she gets away with this utter tripe is quite beyond me. Any people like Jay Rayner and Nigella promoting her?? Like what the hell?
I have lost all desire for food at this point so I will do the Carbrienara tomorrow. I am hoping it will at least be edible unlike this.
ETA I forgot to add my best photo :
That’s almost as revolting as the bindaloo.Ok fraus, brace yourselves.
Roman Pasta with Mandarins and Creamy Basil Sauce
1 large onion - free (20p)
2 tbsp oil - free
150g pasta - free (25p)
Handful fresh basil - 52p
Handful fresh parsley - 57p
200g tinned mandarins - free (50p)
200ml natural yoghurt - 28p
Spenny pasta because I am fancy. Prices based on Tesco, Lidl
View attachment 1725476
I finely sliced my onion, added the 2 tablespoons of oil into the cold pan then turned on to a medium heat to sweat.
Then I put pasta on to boil. I salted my pasta water but the recipe is a stranger to salt and pepper or seasoning of any kind. Pasta takes 11 minutes to cook.
Once pasta is on I finely sliced a handful of basil and parsley and added to the onions in the pan. Felt like this was too early but I'm following the recipe.
View attachment 1725480
View attachment 1725482
Then against all my better judgement I added the mandarins to the pan. She said use a spoon to strain off most of the juice but I used a sieve because I'm an adult
View attachment 1725483
Then I added the yoghurt. I had to get my husband to video this because I felt if I had to go through it then you do too. Sadly the video is too large so you will have to make do with a photo.
View attachment 1725489I cannot quite find the words to describe to you the smell. Recipe says to serve with plenty of strong hard cheese. I elected to use cheddar as I wasn't going to waste any decent Italian cheese on this monstrosity. However no cheese is going to save this - trust me.
View attachment 1725493
Mr McHaggis point blank refused to taste it which surprised me as he is made of strong stuff usually but I think this broke him. Probably shouldn't have asked him to video it.
Luckily oldest son was prepared to take one for team. One mouthful was enough. He said it started out bland, then turned sour with a lingering after taste that kept getting worse. Don't mince your words son.
I explained the voting system and he decided it merited a 1 - Dire. Not quite dog-tit but definitely not as high as Terrible.
I know this is a fun exercise but I have to say when you actually make the food and realise how bloody awful it is, it is enraging.
Having the pasta with basil and cheese and plenty of black pepper would have been a nice, simple meal. The mandarins and the parsley are pointless and the yoghurt is just an abomination.
I was actually on holiday in Italy last week and I spent some time looking for authentic Italian pasta recipes with fruit. The only thing I could find that was similar to this was a pasta recipe with ricotta and fresh berries, basil and mint. Now I can imagine actually eating that - creamy ricotta, fresh berries, mint - sounds lovely because it was devised by someone who understands food. How she gets away with this utter tripe is quite beyond me. Any people like Jay Rayner and Nigella promoting her?? Like what the hell?
I have lost all desire for food at this point so I will do the Carbrienara tomorrow. I am hoping it will at least be edible unlike this.
ETA I forgot to add my best photo :
As a further aside: Chetnis well worth a follow on Insta, I’ve not tried her dal makhani but I’ve tried a few of her other dishes and they are really good.Coriander or spinach OR parsley? duck me
aside: lovely Chetna a has a fantastic version of this on her YouTube which I heartily recommend
They definitely do correct recipes, I guess because so many people use that website. I’ve used it a lot myself over the years and have found it pretty reliable.what's going on then, bbc are surreptitiously correcting her recipes? so they know that they don't work yet continue to give her a platform?
I couldn’t do that to my lovely courgettes they would surely bring the wrath of blight upon myThere’s a slop for every occasion dear one!
Courgette, Tomato & Brie Gratin
This dish was born of a sad-looking courgette in my fridge, half of a very large onion that was starting to dry out, and some bits and pieces from my cupboard. The rice makes this filling and comfo…cookingonabootstrap.com
You legend, another great slop but with you on being enraged.Ok fraus, brace yourselves.
Roman Pasta with Mandarins and Creamy Basil Sauce
1 large onion - free (20p)
2 tbsp oil - free
150g pasta - free (25p)
Handful fresh basil - 52p
Handful fresh parsley - 57p
200g tinned mandarins - free (50p)
200ml natural yoghurt - 28p
Spenny pasta because I am fancy. Prices based on Tesco, Lidl
View attachment 1725476
I finely sliced my onion, added the 2 tablespoons of oil into the cold pan then turned on to a medium heat to sweat.
Then I put pasta on to boil. I salted my pasta water but the recipe is a stranger to salt and pepper or seasoning of any kind. Pasta takes 11 minutes to cook.
Once pasta is on I finely sliced a handful of basil and parsley and added to the onions in the pan. Felt like this was too early but I'm following the recipe.
View attachment 1725480
View attachment 1725482
Then against all my better judgement I added the mandarins to the pan. She said use a spoon to strain off most of the juice but I used a sieve because I'm an adult
View attachment 1725483
Then I added the yoghurt. I had to get my husband to video this because I felt if I had to go through it then you do too. Sadly the video is too large so you will have to make do with a photo.
View attachment 1725489I cannot quite find the words to describe to you the smell. Recipe says to serve with plenty of strong hard cheese. I elected to use cheddar as I wasn't going to waste any decent Italian cheese on this monstrosity. However no cheese is going to save this - trust me.
View attachment 1725493
Mr McHaggis point blank refused to taste it which surprised me as he is made of strong stuff usually but I think this broke him. Probably shouldn't have asked him to video it.
Luckily oldest son was prepared to take one for team. One mouthful was enough. He said it started out bland, then turned sour with a lingering after taste that kept getting worse. Don't mince your words son.
I explained the voting system and he decided it merited a 1 - Dire. Not quite dog-tit but definitely not as high as Terrible.
I know this is a fun exercise but I have to say when you actually make the food and realise how bloody awful it is, it is enraging.
Having the pasta with basil and cheese and plenty of black pepper would have been a nice, simple meal. The mandarins and the parsley are pointless and the yoghurt is just an abomination.
I was actually on holiday in Italy last week and I spent some time looking for authentic Italian pasta recipes with fruit. The only thing I could find that was similar to this was a pasta recipe with ricotta and fresh berries, basil and mint. Now I can imagine actually eating that - creamy ricotta, fresh berries, mint - sounds lovely because it was devised by someone who understands food. How she gets away with this utter tripe is quite beyond me. Any people like Jay Rayner and Nigella promoting her?? Like what the hell?
I have lost all desire for food at this point so I will do the Carbrienara tomorrow. I am hoping it will at least be edible unlike this.
ETA I forgot to add my best photo :
Seconding/thirding/fourthing/whatevering the recommendation of Chetna and her YouTube channel. Her videos are so easy to follow and the food is blissful. She's got a book out, hasn't she?As a further aside: Chetnis well worth a follow on Insta, I’ve not tried her dal makhani but I’ve tried a few of her other dishes and they are really good.