PacificOcean said:
Not sure but I'd imagine it's not saturated fat but essential fatty acids instead
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Not sure but I'd imagine it's not saturated fat but essential fatty acids instead
PacificOcean said:
You can't comprehend how much seratonin my curry goat and roti releases...
Besides, why limp apologetically like a knackered hound towards life's finishing line eating the same old. Eat varied and allow yourself the time to treasure the finer things on the plate from time to time.
tarannau said:
Innit.
For me healthy eating is cooking meals from scratch (which I enjoy), using proper food and making a lovely meal. It's so satisfying when you're eating a delicious home made curry or whatever.
I really really enjoyed my carrot & coriander soup the other day because I'd made it from scratch, I knew every piece that went into it and it was delicious because of my skills
(btw you gonna post up a recipe for that curry goat?
Oh and wtf is roti?)PacificOcean
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SubZeroCat said:Innit.
For me healthy eating is cooking meals from scratch (which I enjoy), using proper food and making a lovely meal. It's so satisfying when you're eating a delicious home made curry or whatever.
I really really enjoyed my carrot & coriander soup the other day because I'd made it from scratch, I knew every piece that went into it and it was delicious because of my skills
(btw you gonna post up a recipe for that curry goat?
I can't cook. I mean I really can't cook. I have tried. It's just one of life's skills I cannot do. Unless it has oven or microwave instructions I am lost.
PacificOcean said:
Oh that's a shame
I think with cooking you begin relunctant and scared. It's also stressful cos you're not used to it and if you're making a meal there's three pans on the go etc. I just perservered until I was more comfortable with it, whn you become comfortable it becomes a lot easier and then I was able to experiment and use my knowledge of tasty meals/combinations to create my own dishes. Or just classic ones.
I'm a bit nuts in the kitchen - chop, chuck it in, add a bit more of this, chop some more stuff.....I never stop moving, but I enjoy it
PacificOcean
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SubZeroCat said:Oh that's a shame
I think with cooking you begin relunctant and scared. It's also stressful cos you're not used to it and if you're making a meal there's three pans on the go etc. I just perservered until I was more comfortable with it, whn you become comfortable it becomes a lot easier and then I was able to experiment and use my knowledge of tasty meals/combinations to create my own dishes. Or just classic ones.
I'm a bit nuts in the kitchen - chop, chuck it in, add a bit more of this, chop some more stuff.....I never stop moving, but I enjoy it
They should make it compulsary at school.
Most recipe books are above my head - I was lost at "brown the mince" when trying to make pasta bake.
PacificOcean said:
Aawwww how sweet
Yes they should make an effort to make cooking and healthy eating compulsary at school. It's one of life's most essential skills!
The government shouldn't harp on about obesity in children and adults etc if we don't even have proper food education IMO.
I was enchanted by those little Italian kids in Jamie Oliver's Italy programme who could name all the veg
and very depressed at the ones in Britain who couldn't name a potato [/total derail]
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
Bollocks, you just think you can't cook and you are not sufficiently motivated. Find a cook book with the kind of food you like - pick the simplest recipe - follow the recipe - it's just like following instructions for a Lego set or an Ikea table. Make sure you do any chopping you need to do beforehand so you don't have to get stuck with the timing and everything. Best tip though is to stay with the food ALL the time whilst it's cooking - a lot of cooks fail on this - their risottos fail cos they sit down and watch telly while it's cooking - good food requires close attention! Now go make something nice - it'll taste all the better for having made it yourself!PacificOcean said:
Orang Utan said:
Good advice there and all very true - I never leave the kitchen when I'm cooking because it's all too easy to go off somewhere and get distracted.....
Visit the bbc recipe website for ideas (you just type in a few foods and they come up with them) www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes.
Personally, I never follow a recipe too strictly. Do what feels natural and what's to your taste. I have much more fun inventing things and then cooking with the flow of ideas but that will come when you're comfortable in the kitchen.
Start off with easy stuff and don't be scared! I've posted up some easy recipes on the Food Processor thread (err...if you have a blender...) but have a look on the student recipe thread too (just avoid the baked bean surprise ones
)PacificOcean
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SubZeroCat said:I was enchanted by those little Italian kids in Jamie Oliver's Italy programme who could name all the veg
[/total derail]
Reminds me of a Victoria Wood line:
"My kid won't even eat chips now that some smart arse at school told him a potato was a vegetable"
PacificOcean said:
I want children like the Italian kids in that programme. (Not now, in case you're reading dear boyfriend
)
PacificOcean
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zoltan69 said:Once a month / 2 months I get the URGE for a zinger Tower Fillet Burger at the evil KFC
Its about 2500 cals, weights about a kilo and is maybe 80% fat.
its filth, but when you have the urge, you have no choice.....
We should set up a KFC shame club as I hardly eat the stuff, but once in a blue moon I pig out on a six piece bucket all to myself.
I never enjoy it and feel terrible after, but you are right - you can't deny the urge.
We could start a thread on how to make your own Southern style fried chicken....or maybe Tesco do a Finest organic chicken bucket? [/less guilty]
I'm sure I saw a recipe for chicken nuggets by Gillian McKeith so there ARE ways!
I'm sure I saw a recipe for chicken nuggets by Gillian McKeith so there ARE ways!
wtfftw
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Exactly. It's nice.PieEye said:
I'm pretty sure burger king do a version as well. I can't remember what it's called though. I'd rather eat theirs than kfc. Purely because it's so out of place (in a fast food way, not like healthy meal in fast food chain out of place yadda yadda). ahem.
I too, love the odd burst of fried chicken once in a while. There's just something so greasily right about it. More integrity than a burger, less ropey than a kebab, not as bland as battered fish - it's the multicultural fast food of champions all around the world.
I'll even admit to feeling a little pang of excitement when I saw an advert for Zinger coated fried chicken on the goggle box the other night...
My gran, bless her long departed socks, used to treat me to KFC on a regular basis when I was a nipper. It was only a good few years after she died that I made the realisation that she was a 70 year old woman with no car and no KFC within 20 minutes walk away. She may have been the most legendary cook in the family, but I think I was more impressed by her ability to copycat the Colonel's secret recipe than anything else - and I was one fussy fried chicken nazi back then. She apparently even used to stack up on the lemon-clean up tissues and boxes to make the illusion complete.
Bless you nan. But you died without passing on the secret. I could have opened my 59th Tarannau Fried Chicken outlet by now.
I'll even admit to feeling a little pang of excitement when I saw an advert for Zinger coated fried chicken on the goggle box the other night...
My gran, bless her long departed socks, used to treat me to KFC on a regular basis when I was a nipper. It was only a good few years after she died that I made the realisation that she was a 70 year old woman with no car and no KFC within 20 minutes walk away. She may have been the most legendary cook in the family, but I think I was more impressed by her ability to copycat the Colonel's secret recipe than anything else - and I was one fussy fried chicken nazi back then. She apparently even used to stack up on the lemon-clean up tissues and boxes to make the illusion complete.
Bless you nan. But you died without passing on the secret. I could have opened my 59th Tarannau Fried Chicken outlet by now.
Chester Copperpot
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Xanadu said:
Philistine
He's right you know.
Mayonnaise with fried chicken is just a faddish affectation for lily-gutted European palates too afraid to let go of their condiments. What sort of puff needs chemical-infested white gunk to go with their pristine crispy, spicy chicken. Where's the integrity in that?
Mayonnaise with fried chicken is just a faddish affectation for lily-gutted European palates too afraid to let go of their condiments. What sort of puff needs chemical-infested white gunk to go with their pristine crispy, spicy chicken. Where's the integrity in that?
BlackSpecs
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PieEye said:What the hell is chicken popcorn??
its the bits that were left-over after kfc killed all those chickens - they then hired a marketing-company which did a bit of brainstorming and gave us CHICKEN Popcorn. just a matter of time until the Bone-lollypop?
