Paid Members Carbomb Posted February 18, 2013 Paid Members Posted February 18, 2013 I love looking at the things in the canned food isle in a massive tesco's, breakfast in a tin, a steak in gravy and all that. Really curious but haven't got the balls to try them, anyone partaken in such delights? Tried the "Big Breakfast" and "Full Monty" ones. They're alright, they're just variants on baked beans with franks. Nothing offensive, nothing special. Quote
MungoChutney Posted February 18, 2013 Posted February 18, 2013 I love looking at the things in the canned food isle in a massive tesco's, breakfast in a tin, a steak in gravy and all that. Really curious but haven't got the balls to try them, anyone partaken in such delights? Tried the "Big Breakfast" and "Full Monty" ones. They're alright, they're just variants on baked beans with franks. Nothing offensive, nothing special. I had chicken curry in a tin a while ago. Bought it on a whim beacsue the packaging looked better than most of these things. Was actually pretty nice, bunged it on a tortilla wrap. Quote
Paid Members gmoney Posted February 18, 2013 Paid Members Posted February 18, 2013 I don't understand stuff like that. You can't be arsed to chop and fry some onions? It takes 2 minutes. See also buying pre-grated cheese. It's about a third dearer too. Quote
Richie Freebird Posted February 18, 2013 Posted February 18, 2013 Tesco's lasagne sandwich. I did not know about this! I used to get microwaveable lasagnes for quick dinners on work days, (classy, I know) and was not above buttering up some white bread and having myself a very sloppy lasagne sandwich. I love looking at the things in the canned food isle in a massive tesco's, breakfast in a tin, a steak in gravy and all that. Really curious but haven't got the balls to try them, anyone partaken in such delights? Yep. Tried a couple of these in my younger years: invariably terrible. I don Quote
Paid Members Carbomb Posted February 18, 2013 Paid Members Posted February 18, 2013 That's ludicrous - that can't possibly sell, can it? I can barely understand the argument for pre-grated cheese (i.e. you want to make a REALLY quick sandwich, don't want to spend time grating or have a grater to wash up afterwards - or because you have to make a number of sandwiches quickly), but only just barely. Pre-fried onions? That's taking it into voice-controlled TV remote territory. Quote
Paid Members Gus Mears Posted February 18, 2013 Paid Members Posted February 18, 2013 I can't get the thought of that canned chicken out of my head and I feel like I'm going to spew just thinking about it. Who in their right mind conceptualized putting a whole chicken in pork pie flab and then canning it? That thing makes my occasional tin of steak and gravy look like 3 start ala carte dining at Madison Park by comparison. Seems to be a fair amount of hot sauce chat. The one I use a lot is Dunn River's West Indian hot sauce. Spicy without blowing your head off and unlike a lot of hot sauces has an excellent taste. Also costs about 60p in Tesco as compared to Tobasco's much shitter version that costs about four times as much. Quote
Richie Freebird Posted February 18, 2013 Posted February 18, 2013 (edited) Here Edited February 18, 2013 by Richie Freebird Quote
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted February 18, 2013 Moderators Posted February 18, 2013 That's ludicrous - that can't possibly sell, can it? I can barely understand the argument for pre-grated cheese (i.e. you want to make a REALLY quick sandwich, don't want to spend time grating or have a grater to wash up afterwards - or because you have to make a number of sandwiches quickly), but only just barely. Pre-fried onions? That's taking it into voice-controlled TV remote territory. That's not even the correct argument for pre-grated cheese... Grated cheese in a sandwich is shit. It should be sliced. Pre-grated cheese is for on the top of baked pasta dishes, and is often about the same price so you may as well since it saves a bit of effort. I've bought it before. Quote
Paid Members Gus Mears Posted February 18, 2013 Paid Members Posted February 18, 2013 Winward and Encona are my two go-to West Indian hot pepper sauces, with Winward being slightly the hotter of the two, but Encona cleaning up when it comes to the flavour stakes. I use Winward a fair bit to add some spice if I'm doing a tomato based pasta sauce from scratch. The Dunn Rivers one I usually use has a less thick consistency and tastes a bit more fruity (if that makes any sense whatsoever) so doesn't go so well with a rich sauce. Will definately give the Encona one a try though, seem to have some top flavours according to the website. Quote
MungoChutney Posted February 18, 2013 Posted February 18, 2013 That's ludicrous - that can't possibly sell, can it? I can barely understand the argument for pre-grated cheese (i.e. you want to make a REALLY quick sandwich, don't want to spend time grating or have a grater to wash up afterwards - or because you have to make a number of sandwiches quickly), but only just barely. Pre-fried onions? That's taking it into voice-controlled TV remote territory. That's not even the correct argument for pre-grated cheese... Grated cheese in a sandwich is shit. It should be sliced. Pre-grated cheese is for on the top of baked pasta dishes, and is often about the same price so you may as well since it saves a bit of effort. I've bought it before. I've used grated cheese to make pizzas with the kids at work, much quicker and avoids any grater related mishaps. I must admit I do also buy it for home sometimes, it's purely for laziness really when I'm making a pizza myself or a pasta bake as noted above. The fried onions I'll admit to buying as well but only for when my work has a big gala day and we do a snack bar type thing. Much easier for burgers or hot dogs etc than actually chopping and frying a whole laod of oinions. Quote
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted February 18, 2013 Paid Members Posted February 18, 2013 Just went to this great restaurant. Had a calarmari and seafood sauce and garlic bread starter, a seafood tagliatelle main course and about to have bakewell slices and custard to dessert. The name of this awesome restaurant? The kitchen. The chef? My lovely girlfriend. Don't even ask me about the diet. Quote
Richie Freebird Posted February 25, 2013 Posted February 25, 2013 (edited) Has anyone ever had a go at growing their own chillies? I had a batch of the man flu from Wednesday to Sunday last week, and invariably found myself using fresh chilli as my Edited February 25, 2013 by Richie Freebird Quote
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted February 25, 2013 Moderators Posted February 25, 2013 You can buy Ghost Chili seeds off Amazon! Quote
King Coconut Posted February 25, 2013 Posted February 25, 2013 I always have one or two chilli plants on the go. I never give them any special attention and they seem to not particularly give a fuck. That's a plant-human relationship I can live with. Quote
Richie Freebird Posted February 25, 2013 Posted February 25, 2013 Just read this guide to chilli growing, as suggested by a friend of mine. I take it you get by without adjustable strip lighting rigs and so forth King Coconut? I think my interest in this particular project may have waned a little if I Quote
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