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duchesse
18-03-2013
Do you use ready meals or do you prefer to cook from scratch, or a combination of both. Are you a savoury or a sweet person. Do you like fast foods.

I was taught by my mother to cook from scratch but cannot do it nowadays unless I have help but I still prefer home cooked food because then I know what I am eating, what has gone into it. We do have ready meals sometimes but only ones bought from M & S because we prefer the quality.

I use ready prepared veg and meat and my new slow cooker really is a godsend.
sweh
18-03-2013
I love food.

Home cooked meals are awesome, but I rarely ever have the time.
Coincidentally, I ate M&S' King Prawn Alfredo for lunch. Awh man, it is always sooo good. During the week I'll eat a mixture of sandwiches, salads, ready meals and takeaways - worst diet ever. On the weekends if I have the time, I'll cook.

I prefer savoury snacks. I would have a packet of wotsits for dessert over chocolate any day.
Caldari
18-03-2013
Most definitely a fan of the savoury over the sweet. I generally cook from scratch as I love cooking, but I'm also partial to the odd take-away and the like amongst a few other guilty pleasures.
housegirl
18-03-2013
Originally Posted by duchesse:
“Do you use ready meals or do you prefer to cook from scratch, or a combination of both. Are you a savoury or a sweet person. Do you like fast foods.

I was taught by my mother to cook from scratch but cannot do it nowadays unless I have help but I still prefer home cooked food because then I know what I am eating, what has gone into it. We do have ready meals sometimes but only ones bought from M & S because we prefer the quality.

I use ready prepared veg and meat and my new slow cooker really is a godsend.”


I always cook from scratch I even make my own sausage and burgers I like savoury food
vosne
18-03-2013
I like sweet. Like my nature.
trinity2002
18-03-2013
I do generally cook from scratch on my days off even if it's sometimes just an omelette, but I work 12 hours on a 3 on 3 off rota and on those days live pretty much on toast.
teresagreen
18-03-2013
Originally Posted by housegirl:
“I always cook from scratch I even make my own sausage and burgers I like savoury food”

I always cook from scratch. I make my own burgers but never made sausages Are they difficult? I have a mincer with a sausage-making attachment.
duchesse
18-03-2013
I have also made my own burgers when the boys were little but never made sausages. Are they easy?

I can remember feeding chunks of meat into mum's mincer when I was young and turning the handle to make the mince.

What memories do you have of food in bygone days (if you are old enough that is).
housegirl
18-03-2013
Originally Posted by teresagreen:
“I always cook from scratch. I make my own burgers but never made sausages Are they difficult? I have a mincer with a sausage-making attachment.”

Give it a go I buy the skins on line I never eat sausage but my hubby dose and my grandchildren love them
malpasc
18-03-2013
I love to cook my own food from scratch but through lack of time and laziness during the week it tends to be more towards convenience - not ready meals as such but maybe cooking up a frozen fish fillet, opening a bagged salad etc.

I bake a lot actually. Love making cakes, pastries, breads etc but tend to confine this to weekends and days off as I have more time.

My diet isn't too bad really. I'm not uber healthy but neither do I pig out.

I prefer savoury to sweet on the whole.
teresagreen
18-03-2013
Originally Posted by housegirl:
“Give it a go I buy the skins on line I never eat sausage but my hubby dose and my grandchildren love them”

Thanks for that. I'll try.
Caldari
18-03-2013
Originally Posted by housegirl:
“I always cook from scratch I even make my own sausage and burgers I like savoury food”

Same here, I always make my own burgers. Although I'm currently going through a lengthy phase of mainly making Armadillo Eggs instead of burgers for some reason. Those things are just so bloody addictive.
duchesse
18-03-2013
Originally Posted by Caldari:
“I'm currently going through a lengthy phase of mainly making Armadillo Eggs instead of burgers for some reason. Those things are just so bloody addictive.”

Please elaborate, I have never heard of this.
housegirl
18-03-2013
Originally Posted by duchesse:
“I have also made my own burgers when the boys were little but never made sausages. Are they easy?

I can remember feeding chunks of meat into mum's mincer when I was young and turning the handle to make the mince.

What memories do you have of food in bygone days (if you are old enough that is).”


My mom had one of those we would fight over who was going to turn the handle mine is an electric meat grinder and sausage maker. I loved my moms stew there would be load of stuff in it pearl barley and load of veg it was yum
Caldari
18-03-2013
Originally Posted by duchesse:
“Please elaborate, I have never heard of this.”

Armadillo Eggs.
duchesse
18-03-2013
Thanks, no, that doesn't appeal to my taste. I have quite a plain diet because of digestive problems.

Housegirl, I make stews like that, mum taught me

I was a post war baby, does anyone else remember dripping toast?!?
oldhag
18-03-2013
I've found that most M&S ready meals are no better than any other supermarket, just vastly overpriced.

Many are identical but in posher packaging.
housegirl
18-03-2013
Originally Posted by duchesse:
“Thanks, no, that doesn't appeal to my taste. I have quite a plain diet because of digestive problems.

Housegirl, I make stews like that, mum taught me

I was a post war baby, does anyone else remember dripping toast?!?”






Just tell me when you are having stew and I will be round I loved taost and dripping. Talking of food must do some tea catch you later duchesse
soda syphon
18-03-2013
Originally Posted by duchesse:
“Thanks, no, that doesn't appeal to my taste. I have quite a plain diet because of digestive problems.

Housegirl, I make stews like that, mum taught me

I was a post war baby, does anyone else remember dripping toast?!?”

Loved dripping on toast.The bowl of dripping was a permanent fixture in the fridge.

As kids, we would sometimes have pigs trotters, which cost 3d from the butcher's.Loved 'em then but no way would I eat them now, same with tripe - shiver!

Can't live without cheese though, a good strong mature cheddar!
annette kurten
18-03-2013
i much prefer to cook from scratch and i make it up as i go along mostly, i enjoy the art of it.. not keen on fast food, i`m a huge cheesehead and i only really eat sweet things when i`m stoned.
darkjedimaster
18-03-2013
I mainly cook bulk loads of Curry / Chili, Bolognese from scratch in the slow cooker & then freeze them in Tupperware containers for a few meals. I do like the odd takeaway & do take advantage of offers on Just Eat, for instance if a local Indian requires you to order £15 worth of food before they deliver, but have a promotion on where if you order £20 worth of food, they will give you 35% off.

The other week I ordered a Shami kebab starter, Bombay Potato, half tandoori chicken, Lamb Madras, Chicken Vindaloo. With the discount it only cost me just over £16, but I had 3 decent meals out of it & tastes better than any supermarket based curry.
maurice45
18-03-2013
I prefer making meals from scratch, and I like sweet and savoury foods equally. As for fast food, yes, I do eat out quite a lot.
duchesse
18-03-2013
Mature cheddar, now you're talking. I have been known to eat a wedge like a piece of cake


Puddings anyone?

Queen of Puddings, Apple Crumble, Sherry Trifle........((((drool)))) we used to, but have stopped now in favour of live bio yogurt because we were getting muffin tops
soda syphon
18-03-2013
Ever tried a bit of cheese with fruit cake/Christmas cake, goes together very well?My old ma was partial to a bit of cheese with marmelade.My son invented toast with Rose's Lime Marmelade and marmite, quite nice actually!
Gilbertoo
18-03-2013
I like cooking, but like many others, finding time is tricky.

A very quick, easy Gilbertoo snack recipe;

Warm, open Fillet Steak Sandwich

- 2 slices of Tesco Finest Italian rustic bread
- Wild Rocket
- Baby Cherry Tomatoes
- Freshly shaved Parmesan
- Salt and Pepper
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Tesco Finest Organic Fillet Steak

Place a small amount of wild rocket and sliced cherry tomatoes on one of the bread slices. Rub salt, pepper and oil onto a decent sized fillet steak and cook to taste in a griddle pan - I prefer medium-rare. Carve into strips and leave to rest for 5mins. Lay the strips onto the bread, with any spare spilling onto the plate. Garnish with parmesan, then lay the final slice of bread slightly off the other, covering the other steak strips on the plate. An optional extra of mustard mayo goes down a treat, too.

A Gilbertoo BBQ classic!
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