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Oh Flossy some of the best stuff i've cooked has been bits and pieces,trouble is you can seldom replicate it exactly.I remember my late sister ferreting around at the bottom of her freezer at the end of the month-4 kids and a hungry husband to feed ,she found a handful of sausages and some streaky bacon and her fabulous sausage pasty was born.suet pastry sage & onion stuffing and anything else she could find.Very very filling .I so miss her inspiration :'(

  I do like the sound of your sisters sausage pasty macmac, will try that for sure,  ;)

  Again , when funds were low I did a  ' cornbeef wellington ',    stuffed with pre cooked

  veg and seasoning, and think corned beef is so nicer when hot !    ;D

   Think I am going off thread ---  all memories inspired by Nigel Slater of course,      ;D


   [  Have we got a new recipe thread here --   '  .................................. '     :D

i think he's great

thifasmom and ceres, I know what you found annoying...irritating...was it...his really...annoying...long pauses...between every...other...word...? He starts a ... sentance... and then says a .... couple ... more words... then leaves a... long ... pause. aaaaaaa...ggghhhhh!!!!

Quote from: reddyreddy on September 10, 2009, 20:07:18
thifasmom and ceres, I know what you found annoying...irritating...was it...his really...annoying...long pauses...between every...other...word...? He starts a ... sentance... and then says a .... couple ... more words... then leaves a... long ... pause. aaaaaaa...ggghhhhh!!!!

;D, not sure but have no intention of watching again to find out ;)

...... well I loved the show ,and found the slower pace quite easy and relaxing to watch . I have downloaded the Simple Suppers recipe brochure .... great stuff !

Where is that woodypecks?

i've always really liked Nigel Slater, both style and content and thoroughly enjoyed the programme. Having read the comments on here i wonder if he will "grate" next time I watch!!

I also really liked his kitchen!!

Yes I liked his kitchen too :)

A while ago I went retro sixties style and have a yellow kitchen...........a lot of people love it and with my collections of TGGreen cornish ware it does look good but I still hanker after the lovely AGA country style...... ;D

Shirlton - here's the link I found.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/digin/nigelslater.shtml

The brochure has different recipes from the programme - but look gorgeous, and the programme recipes are there too.

I was surprised. His books are great but he came over as rather dull and irksome.

Thanks for the link Plot51A. We had the chicken burgers last night with potatoes and paprika courgettes. Very nice.

Quote from: shirlton on September 12, 2009, 08:43:38
Thanks for the link Plot51A. We had the chicken burgers last night with potatoes and paprika courgettes. Very nice.

We had them yesterday as well, couldn't get chicken so used turkey and they were lovely.OH has suggested tweaking them...chilli, garlic etc

Yes macmac we thought the same.

Never heard of the guy, but just seen that the Christmas pudding recipe I use that I downloaded from the net years ago has his name at the top.  Good recipe too, not too sweet.  :) :) :) :)

macmac wrote:

QuoteWe had them yesterday as well, couldn't get chicken so used turkey and they were lovely.OH has suggested tweaking them...chilli, garlic etc

Snap! Right down to the turkey and chilli! Very nice! :P

Enjoyed the programme much better tonight - far less irritating for some reason! Very good promotion for growing your own veg too. ;D

Dinner with home grown veggies
  chicken pot pie,

chicken breast,
can cream chicken soup

Then home grown veggies
leek,
carrot,
zucchini,
shallot.
pinch of thyme
bought potato in buttermilk pastry.....  will serve with steamed  runner beans.
qahtan

Qahtan that sounds rather tasty, and it's a dinner that I'm sure Nigel Slater would approve of!

Quote from: ceres on September 10, 2009, 08:11:08

Quote from: thifasmom on September 10, 2009, 01:03:54
its not very often a TV presenter rubs me the wrong way but i couldn't watch the show to the end.

Whew!  Thought it was just me.  Couldn't put my finger on it but I found him irritating.

One of my criteria for TV cooks is, would I cook that for OH and I.  In the case of Nigel Slater, there was a resounding NO echoing through the house.

Reasonably entertaining.

I think the best bit was on the two children on the allotmentholders site.  For their ages, they were learning how to grow.

They were obviously 'involved/very interested' in growing on the allotment.

valmarg