The Army Rumour Service - Cookery http://www.arrse.co.uk/ Your favourite cordon bleu recipes: biscuits AB with cheese possessed, egg banjos and rolled oats with chocolate powder. In one easy meal. en Fri, 24 May 2013 16:52:17 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.arrse.co.uk/images/misc/rss.png The Army Rumour Service - Cookery http://www.arrse.co.uk/ Great cookbook http://www.arrse.co.uk/cookery/198846-great-cookbook.html Wed, 15 May 2013 18:36:48 GMT Bought a great book in The Works today....... Made in Italy by Giorgio Locatelli.


Reduced from £26 to £5.


It's one of those chatty books, with recipes and remeniscences, what I've read so far is really good, with lot's of simple but delicious Italian food, where the author's enthusiasm shines through. ]]> Cookery vinniethemanxcat http://www.arrse.co.uk/cookery/198846-great-cookbook.html UN says... eat insects ! http://www.arrse.co.uk/cookery/198744-un-says-eat-insects.html Mon, 13 May 2013 19:56:46 GMT BBC News - UN urges people to eat insects to fight world hunger Apparently...]]> BBC News - UN urges people to eat insects to fight world hunger

Apparently it's the future - rich in protein, low fat, sustainable and feed requirements are 1/8th that of beef, kilo for kilo.

Would you eat an ant salad or a fried grasshopper, and if not, what would it take to make it palatable ?

Both of the above are favs of mine (when in Thailand). I've eaten a witchitty grub and squeezed the 'flesh' out of the abdomen of a big fuck-off beetle too - but wouldn't rave about that so much...

p.s. the photo and reference to dung beetles in bbc article doesn't help the UN proposal... ]]> Cookery Flash Bang http://www.arrse.co.uk/cookery/198744-un-says-eat-insects.html Pork pie competition http://www.arrse.co.uk/cookery/198644-pork-pie-competition.html Sat, 11 May 2013 11:23:25 GMT A home made Pork Pie competition will be held at the Marquis of Granby in Granby Notts at 1500 8JUN2013. The competition aims to raise money for BLESMA so if you live in the area get baking you own pork pie and enter it into the competition £1.50 per entry. Cheats who enter a shop bought pie will be fined £5 though we will eat it after the judging has finished! Pick up your entry form in the pub ( Marquis of Granby, Granby, Nottinghamshire, NG13 9PN )Follow on Twitter at #porkpietruth Hope to see you there.
Cheers,
Brasso ]]> Cookery brasso http://www.arrse.co.uk/cookery/198644-pork-pie-competition.html Drawing salt from Gammon joints. http://www.arrse.co.uk/cookery/198592-drawing-salt-gammon-joints.html Fri, 10 May 2013 08:04:56 GMT I had a bit of a splurge at a recent farmers market and bought a freezer full of meat joints - the gammon is lovely but very, very salty. Is there... I had a bit of a splurge at a recent farmers market and bought a freezer full of meat joints - the gammon is lovely but very, very salty. Is there a way of drawing salt out prior to cooking - it's only cheap stuff but the saltiness is pretty powerful. ]]> Cookery BryanTheMegalodon http://www.arrse.co.uk/cookery/198592-drawing-salt-gammon-joints.html Compost corner http://www.arrse.co.uk/cookery/198400-compost-corner.html Mon, 06 May 2013 18:00:45 GMT Don't know if this is worth setting up a gardening thread.......

I' m not a very good gardener, but I've come up with a few bright ideas.

I've got a greenhouse and last year set away a few seed potatoes to chit, then when it started to warm up a little in there, planted the spuds.... it was too early for tomatoes, so nothing wasted.

Got a reasonable amount of the tastiest potatoes ever, gave some to my 75 year old neighbour and she said she started crying, they took her back to the one's her dad grew when she was a kid.

They're late this year, the shoots just coming through, but well worth a try.

Another thing to try is the "Living salads" you see in the supermarkets, Lidl do them amongst others.

Basically, they are a small tub of immature lettuce, no taste at all.

Wet them well, tease them apart and replant in cheap plastic troughs, fairly close together, you should be harvesting alternate plants in about 4 weeks, then strip out the outer leaves first, on the others.

You can get months of lettuce for less than a quid.

Again the same with those cheap pots of herbs, tease them apart and spread out in planters or troughs.... I've got parsley, chives, basil, and mint coming on. ]]> Cookery vinniethemanxcat http://www.arrse.co.uk/cookery/198400-compost-corner.html Crumpets!! http://www.arrse.co.uk/cookery/198184-crumpets.html Wed, 01 May 2013 06:26:28 GMT Living in the Mess I sometime like the odd bit of Crumpet.....don't we all!
Now Sunblest were the original makers of the Crumpet but now there are what I call imposters!
Twice now I've digressed from Sunblest to such fakes as Warburtons (taste like it was made in a School Chemistry lab!) and now Tesco's which may advertise they are "extra thick" but I think this extra mass is taken up with mulched paper!
This is a short lived rant as I've now been caught out twice with these horrible imposters and will only now go for Sunblest.......silly CH for trying to buy cheap!!!


Posted from the ARRSE Mobile app (iOS or Android) ]]> Cookery CH512O http://www.arrse.co.uk/cookery/198184-crumpets.html Arrse Indian Restaurant guide http://www.arrse.co.uk/cookery/198151-arrse-indian-restaurant-guide.html Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:34:16 GMT Rather surprisingly, I couldn’t find a “best Indian Restaurant thread”, so I thought, seeing as how I have been accused of being half-man, half... Rather surprisingly, I couldn’t find a “best Indian Restaurant thread”, so I thought, seeing as how I have been accused of being half-man, half curry, I would start one. Nothing too heavy, just a thread for people to tell the forum which Indian Restaurants are worth a visit and which are best avoided. If nothing else, it will give me some pointers as I roam the country with work.

The Spice Pavilion, Dundas Street, Edinburgh. Licenced, Cobra on draught and the Chicken Kolhapuri was outstanding, spicy without being a killer burn.

Akbar Tandoori, Richmond Road, Kingston upon Thames. Licenced, Kingfisher on draught, Lamb Pathia was very good. Cheap as chips as well, probably as there are half a dozen Indians on that road.

Any more? Anyone recommend a good one in Aberdeen, Carlise & Hull? (no prizes for guessing where I'm heading next...) ]]> Cookery Taff49 http://www.arrse.co.uk/cookery/198151-arrse-indian-restaurant-guide.html Brandy sours http://www.arrse.co.uk/cookery/197592-brandy-sours.html Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:34:55 GMT Many, many moons ago, I was sent to Cyprus on a course and was the only matelot there. So, being an oddity, some nice men in green (and a lady... Many, many moons ago, I was sent to Cyprus on a course and was the only matelot there. So, being an oddity, some nice men in green (and a lady sergeant with a red hat!!) looked after me and fed me lots of brandy sours. Mind you, the RSM was a twat and threw me out the mess - nobody told me it was jacket and tie on a Friday!

For some reason the other night, I was reminded of this happy time and so Googled the recipe. But, do any of you from one of the many little semi official military bars that seemed to be everywhere, have a decent recipe?

I have Spanish brandy and a lemon drink (made I think by Minute Maid) called 'Limon y Nada', the bitters and some lemonade.

So, can you help me out? ]]> Cookery SONAR-BENDER http://www.arrse.co.uk/cookery/197592-brandy-sours.html Over ripe bananas? http://www.arrse.co.uk/cookery/197567-over-ripe-bananas.html Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:10:21 GMT Image: http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/9774/img0080do.jpg ...]]>

I would normally make Banana Bread,bored with that.Any other thoughts? ]]> Cookery vvaannmmaann http://www.arrse.co.uk/cookery/197567-over-ripe-bananas.html Global knives spawny get http://www.arrse.co.uk/cookery/197449-global-knives-spawny-get.html Sun, 14 Apr 2013 10:58:55 GMT I am the world's jammiest fucker of the moment.

Was taking stuff to the local tip, next to me is a bloke sobbing and throwing ladies undergarments on the tip. Ever interested in the perversions of others, I asked him what he was about, and got treated to a diatribe about a fucking fucking bitch bitch bitch ungrateful fucking bitch bitch bitch as he put it, who'd run off with his 'best mate'. The sobbing chap was chucking away all the stuff she'd left behind.

He came to a bag that rattled and wailed 'And I only just bought her these knives for her birthday'; needless to say it was 'Oh well I'll have 'em if you don't want 'em.'

Got back home to find a 4" utility knife, 3" peeler, a 7" Nip-knife and an oriental oyster knife, plus magnetic sheaths for same and a rotary sharpener. Result or what? My missus has wrecked all my knives (bent and broken tips, cracked blades etc), so these are for me alone.

Three cheers for wanky blokes whose women ditch them and who get all weepy about it. ]]> Cookery Pigshyt_Freeman http://www.arrse.co.uk/cookery/197449-global-knives-spawny-get.html The Darwin Cook- Book http://www.arrse.co.uk/cookery/197392-darwin-cook-book.html Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:10:53 GMT Mother, 67, who died after hijab caught alight on a gas hob had been injured three times before in similar accidents | Mail Online


Madness, trying to cook in an inflammable post box.


Sensible retort from Sumerah, you are being racist, it could easily have happened to some one wearing a scarf.


Sorry, pet, but I don't cook stir fries wearing a fucking scarf. ]]> Cookery vinniethemanxcat http://www.arrse.co.uk/cookery/197392-darwin-cook-book.html As easy as boiled Asparagus http://www.arrse.co.uk/cookery/197185-easy-boiled-asparagus.html Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:55:40 GMT It is the Asparagus season and those of you with property on the Costa Brava will know the price in blood and pain those stone terraces have paid to... It is the Asparagus season and those of you with property on the Costa Brava will know the price in blood and pain those stone terraces have paid to give you your Asparagus Festival. But that was then and this is now.

The Emperor Augustus was fond of saying "It is as easy as boiled Asparagus".

But I disagree. Asparagus can go horribly wrong if you are French and much given to adding cheese to everything. Or if you are American and doing a Google to find out what Asparagus is. Or Australian and gnawing on the half cooked tail of an endangered species. Or Welsh and shagging a sheep...

sorry.

Right. Get a pan of boiling water. Cut the tails off of your Asparagus. Stick them in a metal sieve and plunge them in the boiling water for 90 seconds. Remove. Rest. Drizzle lightly with melted butter or Ghee. Two sprinklings of crushed sea salt and a decent crack with a black pepper mill.

If you put mustard or dips anywhere near fresh asparagus you are a fucking child molester and should turn yourself in to the police.

It is the Asparagus season. ]]> Cookery TheIronDuke http://www.arrse.co.uk/cookery/197185-easy-boiled-asparagus.html Oggies Cornish Parsties http://www.arrse.co.uk/cookery/196733-oggies-cornish-parsties.html Wed, 27 Mar 2013 23:37:51 GMT started with the basics of :- shed load of skirt beef. Swede. Onion. Potato. Shortbread pastry. Salt. Pepper. Butter. milk. Attachment 116283... started with the basics of :- shed load of skirt beef. Swede. Onion. Potato. Shortbread pastry. Salt. Pepper. Butter. milk.
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]]> Cookery oggie http://www.arrse.co.uk/cookery/196733-oggies-cornish-parsties.html Waitrose ripoff http://www.arrse.co.uk/cookery/196653-waitrose-ripoff.html Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:27:56 GMT Tell me, if you saw this, would you think the contents were (a) Crab, from Orkney. In layers? Or, (b), A bit of crab bulked out with eggs,... Tell me, if you saw this, would you think the contents were (a) Crab, from Orkney. In layers? Or, (b), A bit of crab bulked out with eggs, mayonnaise, breadcrumbs and various chemicals?

Because according to Waitrose Customer Services, only a fool would take the slogan 'Orkney crab' to be an indication of the contents, and the reasonable man would expect to get a slimy mélange that smells of stale farts and that not even the dog was all that keen on eating.

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]]> Cookery Pigshyt_Freeman http://www.arrse.co.uk/cookery/196653-waitrose-ripoff.html New name needed http://www.arrse.co.uk/cookery/195905-new-name-needed.html Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:24:16 GMT If Cottage Pie is beef mince,Shepards Pie is lamb mince what is a pie with minced veal called? If Cottage Pie is beef mince,Shepards Pie is lamb mince what is a pie with minced veal called? ]]> Cookery vvaannmmaann http://www.arrse.co.uk/cookery/195905-new-name-needed.html