mC's "Cooking for Dummies" Thread

[janet]

^^^^^


Daughter's not that bad really....bought a new toastie maker the other week for her Uni flat. Decided to give it a try (dummy run?) at lunchtime.......'The bread's too big'
Me: 'Cut the crusts off'
Daughter gets the kitchen scissors........it worked
Fastening down the lid she said, 'I know, when it's brown it's cooked and when it's black it's fooked'
She's getting there.

[ChristianBecker]

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Daughter's not that bad really....bought a new toastie maker the other week for her Uni flat. Decided to give it a try (dummy run?) at lunchtime.......

[Antiq]

Cooking doesn't get any simpler than wot it is at my house I don't like cooking, so I'm a fan of convenience, but I do manage to tart things up a bit sometimes. This isn't even cooking, this is heating things up

Really really easy chicken stew -

Get cooked chicken or the remains of yesterdays roast chicken, chop it up.
Carton of fresh cream of chicken soup.
Some dried mixed herbs (rub it in your palms first to release more flavour)and a dash of ground black pepper.
Put all in saucepan/pan/pot, whatever you all call it.
Simmer 'til all is safely hot, pour over couple of boiled potatoes or have with nice bread of your choice.
Seriously, tastes lovely, herby peppery chickeny.

Winter hot drink and really good when you have a cold -

Heat some apple juice, add teaspoon of brandy, ground ginger, teaspoon of honey.

Curry cheat.

Make up beef gravy from granules, add curry powder to your taste. Fry meat or veg or whatever in pan, turn down heat, add curried gravy, let it all simmer a bit. Voila, cheat curry.

Tomato soup with a bite.

Tomato soup, heat it, add curry powder, dice some cheese, add cheese cubes ''til starting to melt a little. Lovely curried cheesy tomato soup, also really good using beef soup.

[Who's Wee Dug]

Tomato soup with a bite.

Tomato soup, heat it, add curry powder, dice some cheese, add cheese cubes ''til starting to melt a little. Lovely curried cheesy tomato soup, also really good using beef soup.

Antiq put false teeth in to make it snappy.

[michelanCello]

OK, but how do I make the tomato soup?

[Batty]

cheats potato soup recipe.
Buy a packet of smash potato powder (or granules). Add too much water, until you get the correct consistency.

[michelanCello]

cheats potato soup recipe.
Buy a packet of smash potato powder (or granules). Add too much water, until you get the correct consistency.

Am I old fashioned to want to use real vegetables?

[Batty]

Of course not! I always do, and once spent a huuuge amount of time making a potato and leek soup from scratch.
As wonderful as it was - and I had loads of it left over - It would have been cheaper to buy a carton of fresh soup from the supermarket!

[Penfold]

OK, but how do I make the tomato soup?

HERE'S one recipe from Delia Smith (I think she is a cooking goddess).

[michelanCello]

Thank you!

[Tonyblack]

I'm trying to remember which TV chef said that any soup you make yourself is better than anything in a tin - except tomato. He/she reckoned that it was impossible to make anything yourself as good as Heinz cream of tomato soup.

[Bouncy Castle]

Hilarious Amazon reviews.

http://www.amazon.com/Victorio-Kitchen- ... B001F5STWU

[Penfold]

[Tonyblack]

I have an egg slicer I use to slice potatoes with.

I like potatoes in curry, but they tend to disintegrate, so I use canned new potatoes (as they keep their shape), which I slice with the egg slicer as it's much easier than trying to use a knife.

The banana slicer comments are fun though.

[ShadowNinjaCat]

Hilarious Amazon reviews.

http://www.amazon.com/Victorio-Kitchen- ... B001F5STWU