What did you cook or eat today (December 2021)?

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Yorky said:
Question - I cooked a meat and potato pie a few months ago the same as my dear old Mum used to make. No pastry sides or base, just a lid. A heathen from the south west of England told me it couldn't be called a pie unless it had sides and a base. Is it only folks from the north who refer to this as a pie?
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There's a fellow on YT who's somewhat Northernish, I think, who fancies himself a bit of a pie snob expert and he's adamant that no way, no how is a lid-only pie a pie - pies must have two crusts, that's what makes it a pie. So there's that guy. He gets pretty wound up about it, actually. That, and mushy peas. He's also the mushy pea authority (No mint! Ever!). 🤷🏻‍♂️

My preference is for a two-crust pie, as I'm a crust man just like I'm a bread man when it comes to sandwiches. I won't order a pie out if I know it has just the top on, but if I forget to ask and it comes out that way, I'll eat it, but I'll be a little sad about it.

I'm making pot pies tomorrow.
 
TastyReuben said:
There's a fellow on YT who's somewhat Northernish, I think, who fancies himself a bit of a pie snob expert and he's adamant that no way, no how is a lid-only pie a pie - pies must have two crusts, that's what makes it a pie. So there's that guy. He gets pretty wound up about it, actually. That, and mushy peas. He's also the mushy pea authority (No mint! Ever!).
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The advantage of a pie with only a crust is that it can contain much more gravy, viz:

Beef and potato pie.

Beef and potato pie.


My take on additions to Yorkshire Dahl (aka mushy peas) generally - salt and vinegar (with fish and chips); brown sauce (with beef pies and pasties); mint sauce (with porkie pies).
 
And tea is made.... I had to freelance somewhat with the recipe... Rummaniyeh which is brown lentils & aubergine served with pomegranate molasses. It was a touch of freelancing because it was no go on brown lentils this week apparently, so hubby came have with tinned lentils (lentils & water only). It is meant to be served with equivalent of pita or another unleavened flatbread. I think we'll have it with rice.

Unfortunately the only pomegranate molasses hubby could find contained added sugar. if we can find the pure stuff, just pomegranates we'll make it again & hopefully it won't be quite so sweet, but there is a significant price difference between the 2. $7 for 500ml with sugar or $10 for 110mI without sugar!

Rummaniyeh

Rummaniyeh

Lentil & Aubergine Stew with Pomegranate Molasses
 
Yorky said:
Question - I cooked a meat and potato pie a few months ago the same as my dear old Mum used to make. No pastry sides or base, just a lid. A heathen from the south west of England told me it couldn't be called a pie unless it had sides and a base. Is it only folks from the north who refer to this as a pie?
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It's a pie because I say it is, right?
 
Last night's dinner was spicy Tex-Mex turkey soup with green chiles, jalapeños, tomatoes, roasted garlic, and onion, seasoned with cumin, oregano, adobo, salt, and pepper. I served it with a dollop of sour cream, shredded cheddar, and crushed toasted white corn tortilla chips. We both had seconds.

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I just made a patty out of turkey and jalapeño roasted garlic stuffing and panfried it. I cooked 3 eggs over easy in the same pan and served the eggs on top of the patty. No photo, it was messy looking. Hubby loved it.

Ok making some for me.
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SatNavSaysStraightOn said:
And tea is made.... I had to freelance somewhat with the recipe... Rummaniyeh which is brown lentils & aubergine served with pomegranate molasses. It was a touch of freelancing because it was no go on brown lentils this week apparently, so hubby came have with tinned lentils (lentils & water only). It is meant to be served with equivalent of pita or another unleavened flatbread. I think we'll have it with rice.

Unfortunately the only pomegranate molasses hubby could find contained added sugar. if we can find the pure stuff, just pomegranates we'll make it again & hopefully it won't be quite so sweet, but there is a significant price difference between the 2. $7 for 500ml with sugar or $10 for 110mI without sugar!

Rummaniyeh

Rummaniyeh

Lentil & Aubergine Stew with Pomegranate Molasses
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I have a friend that lives in Greenway who is obsessed with all things middle eastern food - we always make supermarket treks together when she comes to Sydney or I go to Canberra.

I’ll ask her for the name of the place she took me to a couple of years ago. Big market with proper stuff.
 
Frizz1974 said:
I’ll ask her for the name of the place she took me to a couple of years ago. Big market with proper stuff.
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that would be fantastic because we're also in Sydney for 2 nights Christmas week, so I could also try there...

fresh tamarind dates (aka sweet tamarind) would also be a great find!

So either Canberra or Sydney would work. Canberra at a guess would be either Belconnon or Fyshwick Fresh food markets.
 
Yesterday I made a big pot of incredibly inauthentic chicken tikka masala (no marinating or BBQ’ing of the chicken) and I added peas & chickpeas. I froze 4 x 1L containers for midweek meals. I also cooked a big pot of brown and white rice to freeze in ziplocks as otherwise the boys only cook white rice.

I also slow roasted a boned shoulder of pork with soy, orange & 5 spice on a bed of apples & onions.

Im so worn out with this moving house & working 6 days a week thing I didn’t know if I was making a baked dinner or an Asian influenced meal. I roasted off pumpkin, potato & sweet potato with some oil, 5 spice, S&P. I made a coleslaw of spring onion, wombok & red apples.

I turned the trivet into gravy by adding stock & thickening with generic “Gravox”.

Bit of a mosh mash but it contained some veg & I got to watch tv for 2 hours without moving which I sorely needed.
 
SatNavSaysStraightOn said:
that would be fantastic because we're also in Sydney for 2 nights Christmas week, so I could also try there...

fresh tamarind dates (aka sweet tamarind) would also be a great find!

So either Canberra or Sydney would work. Canberra at a guess would be either Belconnon or Fyshwick Fresh food markets.
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What area of Sydney will you be staying in?
 
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