What did you cook or eat today (June 2025)?

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

I'm on a mission to try and make Yorkshire Pudding that tastes like my Mum used to make! To turn it in to a meal I keep adding sausages to make it Toad In The Hole.

The first time I used Lard but yesterday I used Beef dripping and it was a lot tastier but still not quite right so I'll have to keep trying!

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Might have one gone from not eating asparagus to developing a wee addiction?

ps I like your use of an instant pot to make the toad in the hole. You should write it up on the Instant Pot thread

 

[msmofet]

Breakfast was a jelly donut and a hot tea.

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

There was a load of skinless sausages, half a pack of lardons and four rashers of bacon in need of using up. Had a bacon sarnie and cooked up the rest for I dunno what later

The air fryer setting on the Ninja (instant pot thing) did a good job. Put it all in at the same time and pulled out the bacon, then the lardons and finally the sausages. All done and dusted in under 15minutes

 

[Windigo]

Went out for lunch with a friend

Tomato & pepper soup, garlic crostini, burrata salad

Raspberry cheesecake ( shared, so we both had half)

Lemon tartelette ( also halved ).

Delicious and great company

 

[Barriehie]

TheSoloChef

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ps I like your use of an instant pot to make the toad in the hole. You should write it up on the Instant Pot thread

Yes, please write it up!

 

[JAS_OH1]

Mine comes up on hover as desert.

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Yes, on TastyReuben it did. I was saying SatNavSaysStraightOn it did not. When I hovered on hers nothing showed.

 

[TheSoloChef]

Might have one gone from not eating asparagus to developing a wee addiction?

I don't know what you mean!!

Tonight I had a small Pork Chop, mashed potatoes and some 'green vegetables'...

 

[karadekoolaid]

And I am not a fan of cloves & cinnamon either
I easily find them overpowering (I suppose I got a low taste treshold for those)

They are fierce, if that's the right word. just a pinch is usually enough to add depth of flavour; too much and you've got chicken tikka masala cinnamon rolls...

 

[karadekoolaid]

Breakfast was a full English, requested by middle son. He's been here for 3 weeks and all he gets is cereal
Sausages, fried bread, fried tomatoes, and eggs. plus a bucket of tea, made with real tea leaves, not those ratbag things.

 

[Barriehie]

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not those ratbag things.

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

Bacon sarnie

 

[badjak]

Spicy wedges

 

[Barriehie]

Spicy wedges
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Homegrown?

 

[badjak]

Homegrown?

Nooo, potatoes don't grow well here.
Sweet potatoes do though

 

[Barriehie]

Nooo, potatoes don't grow well here.
Sweet potatoes do though

I've got to make more garden space for potatoes. I like eating the skins but the way they're treated/sprayed when commercially grown makes them *not healthy*.