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Originally Posted by 1stgulfmac

Pah to all of you this is what it is all about:

Stovies Food of the God's

Food of the gods indeed - I love Stovies, but is that French bread in the background? Where are the oat cakes and milk?

Well its crap weather outside, thicj fog, so I am tucking into cheap sausages, beans and cheesy tatties!!

Friends might be getting a bit bored of my cookery as it’s been largely sausage-based recently.

A quick & easy one is (for every two people): as much chorizo as you fancy, cut into lumps fried in a big pot until the oil starts coming out. Remove chorizo & fry two finely chopped onions & two finely chopped sticks of celery in the chorizo oil until translucent & coloured with oil but not browned. Add one can tomatoes & one can drained chickpeas*, return chorizo to pan, season, add a glug of wine & warm through – a good long simmer intensifies the flavour. Doesn’t really need a side-dish, although MrsPlume insists on some salad of some sort & I like lots of bread & butter.

Another one is Italian sausage & fennel gratin. It’s a wee bit fiddly skinning the sausages to make meatballs & I’ve had to mess around with the recipe a bit but it’s darned tasty.

*Cans the size of the old Chocolates, Sweets & Matches tins in the 4/10-man packs.

Originally Posted by JoeCivvie

Food of the gods indeed - I love Stovies, but is that French bread in the background? Where are the oat cakes and milk?

Phot from a website. Not had it for years as me mum has died and Mrs1GM doesn't manage to get it just like mum did (not going to tell her that though, oh no not stupid me).

Corned beef hotpot......

One medium leek, cleaned, sliced and gently fried till soft.

Can of corned beef, chunked.

A carrot sliced thinly.

3 tsp Bisto gravy powder, mixed with a little over half a pint of water.

1 Oxo cube, optional, crumbled into the gravy.

Stir the ingredients into a pie dish, then fill to the brim with thin sliced potatoes.

Sprinkle a little oil over the top, then bake at 160c until the top is brown and crisp, around an hour.

a twist to that was from when I was a kid for a bidget meal when everythign was super cheap - but not as cheap now since corned beef went through the roof - carrots, tatties, onion and anyother veg you might want, chuck in a casserole with a stock cube and herbs to suit.

when veg soft and stock reduced a bit lay sliced corned beef on top with grated cheese then return to oven for 20 mins or so.

serve with crusty bread and butter.

you could also do it in a pan then grill the last bit or go over the top and add red wine etc..

has anyone tried sweet polenta?

kinda like a cross between porridge and rice pudding which you can set into a soft cake if you dont eat it all. well wierd.

todays variant - spuds, minced beef, onion, peppers, chicken, cheese and spices - kinda like pizza but with tatties as a base

Think it's time to bump this thread back up to the top as it's dark cold wet and windy and very definitely well on the way towards winter.

I've been eating nothing but soups and stews for the past couple of days. I'm not sure what the heck I made tonight, I reckon it's a stew, my mum thinks it's a soup.

Just threw cubed potatoes, onions, butternut squash, veg and chicken stock cubes, mushrooms, carrots and diced chicken into a pot, filled it with water to just cover the veg/chicken and let it simmer for an hour and a half. Don't know what to call it, but it fecking hits the spot!

Another good discovery recently... [B]Cheese, Bacon and Onion Pie [/B]

14oz Potatoes
4oz Onion
4oz Leek
handful of peas
1 garlic clove
sprinkle of tyhme
2 eggs beaten
85ml vegetable stock
84g cheddar
3 rashers bacon (diced)
Knob of butter/splash of milk

Boil potatoes and mash up with a knob of butter and a splash of milk (use a potato ricer for best results), set aside and add a tablespoon of olive oil to a pan and fry onions, bacon, leeks & peas for 6-8 mins.

Add the mash, garlic, thyme, eggs, stock and half the cheese, mix altogether and put in ovenproof dish and sprinkle the rest of the cheese on top and bake for 20 mins on 200 oc.

I hate peas so substitute these for mushrooms. Cracking food for when you feel shitty.