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Claire in Lincs. I once say Marco Pierre White do them that way, on one of his programmes. They looked lovely.
Julia in Derbyshire

Does anyone else double-fry their home made chips,,?
I soak my cut chips to get the starch out and then dry them on a tea towel,,then fry until the skin in just turning,, Lift out and drain and leave for as long as you like,,,then re-fry again,
It makes them lovely and crispy golden and you can do them well in advance,

Mummo
What a good idea for putting tom puree in withthe pork chops,,,
We are having those tonight so i do that and throw some onion in too.

Ann, the Chilli Prawns I mentioned are in the Birds Eye 'Simply' range at £3.96 for two servings. Bought some more for the freezer. Well you know what us women are like, if there is a space in the freezer/store cupboard, it has to be filled. Actually the Chilli Prawns are not too hot, and I seem to manage them with some lime juice on.
I think eating the liver cold is just one of my little foibles. When I was going through the change, I could not handle offal of any kind, but eventually it creeped back onto the menu.
Julia in Derbyshire

I have been a vegetarian for thirty-five years now. I always missed bacon until vegetarian rashers were available although a Frazzles sandwich would do at a push but oh how I miss liver!

will look out for them. I am surprised though that you can eat chilli, I know you have problems with some food and chillie can irritate stomachs. I have a friend who, years ago had gallstones quite badly and he could not eat offal, I think he was OK when he'd had his gall bladder removed though. I wonder why you can eat liver cold but not hot? I ahve never tried it cold but I am sure it is good for you to eat it.

Hello Ann, I have to confess the Chilli Prawns are care of Captain Birds Eye. We have a situation wherebye OH does not eat alot of fish, and prefers Liver. These days I can only eat it, say tomorrow when it is cold, sliced thin, with mustard on. I do buy fresh fish and put it in the freezer, but the Chilli Prawns are very nice. You get two ready to cook sachets in a box, but I think they maybe about £3.99.
Julia in Derbyshire

Chile prawns Julia, is that something you have cooked or pre packed? Sounds tasty. We have fish pie, I feel like nursery food and mashed potato will probably do the job.

Thursday's 'day out of the freezer' meal for tonight. Lambs Liver,Mushrooms, Chips and Peas for OH, and Chilli Prawns with Rice with Sweetcorn and Peas in for me. Need something to boost my appetite at the moment.
Julia in Derbyshire

Mushrooms in pastry sound nice Dizzie as does bubble and squeak with egg. we had pasta with bolognese sauce, nice but not very imaginative, couldn't be bothered cooking much with this cold.

Anybody watch master chef?

A lovely quick and easy meal we all love is Bubble and Squeak rounds with poached eggs on top and on the side asparagus and baby corn.Thats what we are having tonight.

Mmm,mmm.We had a blackberry pie out of the freezer tonight.

I like the taste of blackberries better at this time of year than I do in the autumn when we are overwhelmed with them.

Julie Ann, the pork chops with grated apple and cheese sound tasty, will have to remember that one.
Dizzie, I love home made bread and pate (soooo slimming lol!!!)

i do pork chops under grill , when done i grate some eating apple on top, and then some cheese on top of that,
i dont normally have them myself but did the other week
and they are lovely

We don't have chips because I don't like frozen ones,especially oven chips, and fresh ones are a pain in the nethers to make so we don't have them.

Today we had pork chops grilled in the oven and just before serving l mix the juices from the chops with some tomato puree then coat the chops with it and pop them back in the oven for 5 or 10 minutes, we had these with homemade chips and garden peas.

I made a pie last night with Quorn beefy chunks,onion and a lot of mushrooms I had in the fridge.It looked a bit dry so I mixed Marmite with tinned chopped tomatoes and tipped that on it.Suet crust on top.

OH and I will finish it off tonight.Dad and his mate will have a Fray Bentos because they all love them and his mate has one of my pies to take home.Serves him right!

i love homemade cornedbeef and potato pie,

tonight tho im makeing stew, beef and sausage,
not sure if son will want it, hubby will eat it though,
its not my type of meal but ill eat it

thanks Julia, feel very sorry for myself. And OH just sneezed. He did actually laugh when I said 'I suppose yours will be ten times worse than mine!!!!

Ann, poor you with your cold. We love Gammon,Egg and chips. Will have to have it on next weeks menu.
Take care now, and get rid of that cold.
Julia in Derbyshire