RANT CORNER

[Derek27]

Spag Bol tonight with chicken mince

It took me a while to realise why that's on the rant thread. Cooked for an hour and a half, you won't notice the mince, just the aroma of the tomatoes, red wine or whatever else is chucked in.

[ShaunWhite]

can parents fine teachers for not attending school because of taking industrial action during term time?

There's no fine if the parents say the week in Tuscany is "educational", and with this it's educational becuase the kids are learning about industrial relations

I did hear someone say they should have had the strike at half term, but it isn't a strike if you're not supposed to be at work anyway. That's just a day off.

[Korattt]

Spag Bol tonight with chicken mince

It took me a while to realise why that's on the rant thread. Cooked for an hour and a half, you won't notice the mince, just the aroma of the tomatoes, red wine or whatever else is chucked in.

maybe you’re right.. after a bottle of red (or two), may not notice the difference

[ShaunWhite]

Spag Bol tonight with chicken mince

It took me a while to realise why that's on the rant thread. Cooked for an hour and a half, you won't notice the mince, just the aroma of the tomatoes, red wine or whatever else is chucked in.

maybe you’re right.. after a bottle of red (or two), may not notice the difference

Just give it a different name. If you say you're having fish and you cook a sausage of course that's gonna be weird. Spaghetti con pollo al sugo di pomodoro sounds deeeee-liciius

[Korattt]

It took me a while to realise why that's on the rant thread. Cooked for an hour and a half, you won't notice the mince, just the aroma of the tomatoes, red wine or whatever else is chucked in.

maybe you’re right.. after a bottle of red (or two), may not notice the difference

Just give it a different name. If you say you're having fish and you cook a sausage of course that's gonna be weird. Spaghetti con pollo al sugo di pomodoro sounds deeeee-liciius

smothered it in Parmesan in the end, no different really

[greenmark]

It took me a while to realise why that's on the rant thread. Cooked for an hour and a half, you won't notice the mince, just the aroma of the tomatoes, red wine or whatever else is chucked in.

maybe you’re right.. after a bottle of red (or two), may not notice the difference

Just give it a different name. If you say you're having fish and you cook a sausage of course that's gonna be weird. Spaghetti con pollo al sugo di pomodoro sounds deeeee-liciius

I experimented subbing pork for beef in spags and chillli's. Because beef has a vastly worse impact on land use and greenhuose gas production.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visual ... each-food/
But I didn't find pork a decent sub. It quickly becomes grainy. Then again if you've been making spags with mince for 40 years perhaps another few attempts might be prudent.
But the chicken, tomato thiing might be answered by Jamie Oliver's Chicken & squash cacciatore. Not a big fan of sweet potato so I tend to do 50/50 sweet potato and charlotte's of baby new potatoes.
https://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/chi ... acciatore/

[Korattt]

not a fan of Jamie Oliver to be honest

[greenmark]

not a fan of Jamie Oliver to be honest

Is that because he can be very annoying (well from the day he popped up on Naked Chef, I guess) or being disappointed by his recipes?
I've warmed to him and his recipes (apart from his cabalero nero recipe which was a total failure).
In any case chicken mince doesn't appeal to me at all. It seems ...... just wrong somehow, but don't know why. Perhaps its the comparison with the flesh of a roasted chicken leg. Now there is a tasty morsel. Or the oyster. My Mum used to like the parson's nose. Still don't get that. But she liked tripe too.

[ShaunWhite]

I experimented subbing pork for beef in spags and chillli's. Because beef has a vastly worse impact on land use and greenhuose gas production.

But pigs are more intelligent, you can't win either way. But turning a blind eye for a minute, the best meatballs are 50/50 pork and beef.

[Derek27]

not a fan of Jamie Oliver to be honest

Nor is anyone who purchased his 20-minute meal book and spent 2 hours cooking them. Calling them 20-minute meals when he needed the full 20 minutes to cook them was a bit of a con. It didn't even include the 40 minutes it takes to prepare the vegetables when you've had a few drinks.

[Korattt]

not a fan of Jamie Oliver to be honest

Nor is anyone who purchased his 20-minute meal book and spent 2 hours cooking them. Calling them 20-minute meals when he needed the full 20 minutes to cook them was a bit of a con. It didn't even include the 40 minutes it takes to prepare the vegetables when you've had a few drinks.

I didn’t like the fact he sacked loads of his staff & still prances about on TV as if nothing had happened

[Derek27]

not a fan of Jamie Oliver to be honest

Nor is anyone who purchased his 20-minute meal book and spent 2 hours cooking them. Calling them 20-minute meals when he needed the full 20 minutes to cook them was a bit of a con. It didn't even include the 40 minutes it takes to prepare the vegetables when you've had a few drinks.

I didn’t like the fact he sacked loads of his staff & still prances about on TV as if nothing had happened

About ten years ago I was having a coffee at the market stall and the stall owner introduced me to her mother and told me she works for Jamie Oliver. I jokingly asked if she's his cook. The stall assistant laughed but the woman I was talking to didn't get the joke and appeared to take offence. She had a high-ranking desk job and I remember her saying "If I want something to eat I'll get somebody else to cook it".

I wouldn't shed any tears if she was one of the fired staff.

[greenmark]

not a fan of Jamie Oliver to be honest

Nor is anyone who purchased his 20-minute meal book and spent 2 hours cooking them. Calling them 20-minute meals when he needed the full 20 minutes to cook them was a bit of a con. It didn't even include the 40 minutes it takes to prepare the vegetables when you've had a few drinks.

I didn’t like the fact he sacked loads of his staff & still prances about on TV as if nothing had happened

He does that to fund his next project to employ people. If a project fails it's a seperate entity. Thats the way I would do it too. He has his TV, his books, his various restaurants and I bet they're all seperate Ltd companies. I don't think any restaurant companies have had anything but a terrible time over the last few years. That's not Oliver's fault is it? Is he supposed to us his other profitable ventures prop up an unviable business that gave a lot of people valuable experience and a "name" on their CV going forward. Business doesn't work like that IMO.

[ShaunWhite]

There's no shame in trying and failing.

[Derek27]

There's no shame in trying and failing.

That will give Liz Truss great comfort.