Yes it is dear heart, you should swish it with water in a big bowl or similar then pour off the white, give it a few goes until the water is clearer
Slopalong #2 You can’t polish a turd, but you can cover it in parsley
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According to Uncle Roger yes (
), but I've never personally done it, so I don't have an opinion. I think the idea is to wash some if the starch away. Maybe we should set an experiment, washed vs unwashed rice to compare.
And I would never shoot you, dear
.There you go, question answered.
I have never bothered to rinse my rice. 2:1 boiling water to rice in a pan bit of salt, whack the lid on and turn the heat right down. Lovely. St.Delia method, I believe - optional extra is to briefly fry the dry rice in a little oil before adding the water and salt. I used to do this but now cba
Rinsing before cooking makes a huge difference with basmati rice. Also, after taking it off the heat, fluff it with a fork and let it sit for about three minutes, to let some of the moisture steam off.
Update on Whoa F*ck Dressing
It's been in an airtight container in the fridge for 48 hours, it absolutely STINKS.
The garlic and chilli flakes have a weird congealment around them, that teaspoon is full it just has the substance congealed in the middle there.
Rest assured canal this has been disposed ofhumanely with extreme prejudice.
Slopalong #2 You can’t polish a turd, but you can cover it in parsley
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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The garlic and chilli flakes have a weird congealment around them, that teaspoon is full it just has the substance congealed in the middle there.
Rest assured canal this has been disposed of
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Did you bury it?
I'd call in the local toxic waste disposal unit for that job.....be careful you don't glow in the dark after handling it.
I lowered the dressing into a well (a sort of hole)
Then performed a controlled explosion
No washing up
I LOVE potato skin chips, indeed I have been known when peckish of an evening to peel some potatoes just so I can make some, fridging the peeled spuds in water to be used the next day!I’ve been ruminating on Jack’s monstrosity that is the veg peelings cake (wtaf) as it did make me think about all the peelings I throw away.
Yesterday I did roast potatoes and kept the peelings… today, I made these.
Simply toss them in olive oil (genuinely could use other oils like veg or sunflower) and a pinch of salt and cook in the air fryer at 200° for 5 minutes, shaking the tray a couple of times in between. I grated some Parmesan on them but you could use any hard cheese or leave it off. They honestly were delicious as is.
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I have made a donation to a local food bank in honour of those giving their time, money and effort into road testing Jack's now undeniably dreadful recipes. Receipt under spoiler.
Biohazard hazmat required
@InTheVillage I enjoyed your excellent slopalong! Was wondering if there was a taste of burnt garlic too as all the garlic ended up on top? Whenever I have made dauphinoise the recipe always says to heat the garlic and cream together before adding to get the garlic flavour into the cream. Must have been doing it wrong all this time 
Well, that's my something new learned for today! I never knew about rinsing rice before cooking.
I use the boil in the bag rice which saves a lot of mess and you know when it's cooked - the bag is full
I use the boil in the bag rice which saves a lot of mess and you know when it's cooked - the bag is full
Marvellous slopping, frauen und herren!
It's taken me five (5) days to work out how to obscure my details from my donation, but we are where we are.
It's taken me five (5) days to work out how to obscure my details from my donation, but we are where we are.
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Turns out our local foodbank is Trussell Trust and I'm not madly keen on them as an organisation, plus they only open on two days a week for 2.5 hours each time in the middle of the day, which doesn't seem terribly useful, so I've donated to a rather more helpful local charity, New Start Highland, instead.
Sleepy Potatoes review. I nearly put this off again, but no, I need to do it for the good of the Slopalong!
I yomped off to Tesco for my big shop, list in hand, though alas, no rucksack, I drove in my BIG car. I got the usual level of ingredient I would notmally buy, i.e. middle-ish, my husband picked the finest potatoes
Costings below, i havent inluded spices or oil, I think most people would have them in, and they made NO difference to the end product.
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There is lots of chopping! Thin slices of potatoes, finely sliced leek and the chopping of garlic. I then assembled what I assumed would be a dainty portion each, only to realise I had so much!! More than I would normally do. I had committed to the size Pyrex (not ceramic dish) and so just kept squishing it down with each layerthen the cheese and finally the cream/milk/garlic concoction. It had to be done slowly so it didn't overflow, and you may notice garlic sitting on the top, as it was in the liquid mix, it never made it further than the top of the dish.
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For an hour!! Thats a long time to have the oven on. I am roasting a chicken at the same time which will be used with the Sleepy Potatoes and for other meals during the week but its far too much for a side dish on a regular day (or I think so anyway). Also, as the cheese was on the top it browned very quickly with half an hour still to go. I made the decision to put it on a lower shelf than recommended, I cannot justify wasting a good bit of cheese on the top!
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I had such high hopes! How could something with these ingredients go wrong. Well, it curdled... it was watery with lumps of cudled milk/creamI've never made dophinoise potatoes before and assume this is something similar but really wasn't expecting it. I started to question what I had done wrong before remembering this is the point. The recipes don't work and the person making them blames themselves! I think making a creamy, cheesey bechamel would work much better, but we know Jack doesn't believe in bechamel!!
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So high in calories. Which is fine, and much better than being too low, but not what I expect from her. And a lot for it not to work. As a side dish, this is the total for the Sleepy Potatoes but with the rest of my meal, chicken, veg, stuffing etc it was c.900cal (I'm an average size woman 🔺️).
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Result: 2.
It tastes OK and is edible but in no way would I serve that to anyone but myself and my OH. As usual, it's all over the place!
I need to go to bed!
The poor, innocent garlic sitting on top filled me with dread, and then my fears were realised. Such potential! So burnt.
Those beautiful ingredients had every right to be made into something divine. And, yet. A great slop, Dear Heart! Chapeau!
I must say I am thoroughly enjoying the Slopalong.
Slopalong #2 You can’t polish a turd, but you can cover it in parsley
Please don’t shoot me for asking, but is it important to rinse the rice before cooking it? Yes it is dear heart, you should swish it with water in a big bowl or similar then pour off the white, give it a few goes until the water is clearer
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That stuff acts like the yolk of an egg or something
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ETA I'm changing this from a 1 to a 0 becasue it's utterly bleeping vile and actually dangerous
@Anyfulekno mentioned this before but I looked up how to actually make chilli oil (Jack calls it 'dressing') and this ain't it
Jack uses fresh garlic cloves which you must NEVER do
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Thank u for all your kind words on my Sleepy Potatoes. It did have such potential to be a lovely dish!
@gladysthere was no proper burnt garlic taste but I didn't catch the cheese quite in time so the topping was all a little charred. It would have been so lovely.
@Lostcat there is a real aversion to bechemel in her recipes, there must be an origin story
I just keep repeating 'it could have been lovely'!
@smolscwpuld u look at that. Use something cheaper and make a real, tasty dish who'd have thought!
@gladysthere was no proper burnt garlic taste but I didn't catch the cheese quite in time so the topping was all a little charred. It would have been so lovely.
@Lostcat there is a real aversion to bechemel in her recipes, there must be an origin story
I just keep repeating 'it could have been lovely'! @smolscwpuld u look at that. Use something cheaper and make a real, tasty dish
who'd have thought!
Dear lovely keepers of the Slop index, I'd like to downgrade my vegetable peelings loaf to a 0 if I may?
The horribleness and misery of the whole thing still troubles me, particularly having seen the delights that are dear heart's @Slop n slide 's potato beauties.
Hereby regrading overall score to be zero.
The horribleness and misery of the whole thing still troubles me, particularly having seen the delights that are dear heart's @Slop n slide 's potato beauties.
Hereby regrading overall score to be zero.
Made a terrible job of @-ing people!! Meant @GladysMcHaggis and @smolscrubbThank u for all your kind words on my Sleepy Potatoes. It did have such potential to be a lovely dish!
@gladysthere was no proper burnt garlic taste but I didn't catch the cheese quite in time so the topping was all a little charred. It would have been so lovely.
@Lostcat there is a real aversion to bechemel in her recipes, there must be an origin story
@smolscwpuld u look at that. Use something cheaper and make a real, tasty dish
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