What did you cook or eat today (January 2022)?

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karadekoolaid said:
I´m with you on that, JAS_OH1.
I just had bubble & squeak - leftover roast potatoes and brussels sprouts from 31st, fried up with some onion and bacon bits. Ready for the day!
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You know, I have been doing that for years, frying up potato hash and adding whatever leftovers I want to use up. I know that bubble and squeak is usually Christmas leftovers but can be done anytime of year. I just never knew that it had a name or a tradition behind it for a very long time, LOL. Adding onion and bacon bits is awesome!
 
JAS_OH1 said:
rascal, what don't you get about Muricans having potatoes at breakfast? I made crispy potato hash with caramelized onions.
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Then topped it with a perfectly cooked egg (with lots of pepper). The potatoes had a crisp exterior and buttery, soft center that blended so well with the runny-yolked egg.

The flavor profile was outstanding! You could always try it for lunch :)
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Potatoes for brekky is just not done here, dont k ow why but it isnt. I grew up with weet bix the one and only choice for brekky. Milk and bit of sugars. Day in day out. First time I ever had bacon or even eggs was staying with a high school mate. I was 13 or 14.
Hell his dad cooked every .morning for 5 of them.
I will try it one day soon just to appease caseydog lol.
Our area I grew up in was lower socio housing, none of my neighbors had cooked brekky.
I first had a restaurant meal at about 18 or 19?
Just a country thing I think???
I stayed in b and bs in the uk, from memory no hash browns at those places. We were there about 7 or 8 weeks.

Russ
 
JAS_OH1 said:
rascal, what don't you get about Muricans having potatoes at breakfast? I made crispy potato hash with caramelized onions.
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Then topped it with a perfectly cooked egg (with lots of pepper). The potatoes had a crisp exterior and buttery, soft center that blended so well with the runny-yolked egg.

The flavor profile was outstanding! You could always try it for lunch :)
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Btw I'd hover that meal you made in a heartbeat.

Russ
 
Morning Glory said:
Its (traditionally) leftovers from Sunday roast in the UK. The key to the perfect bubble 'n squeak is the slightly charred fried greens. That's the umami!
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Yeah, it's one of those things where I was going by what I read on the internet...you know how that can be!
 
rascal said:
Potatoes for brekky is just not done here, dont k ow why but it isnt. I grew up with weet bix the one and only choice for brekky. Milk and bit of sugars. Day in day out. First time I ever had bacon or even eggs was staying with a high school mate. I was 13 or 14.
Hell his dad cooked every .morning for 5 of them.
I will try it one day soon just to appease caseydog lol.
Our area I grew up in was lower socio housing, none of my neighbors had cooked brekky.
I first had a restaurant meal at about 18 or 19?
Just a country thing I think???
I stayed in b and bs in the uk, from memory no hash browns at those places. We were there about 7 or 8 weeks.

Russ
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I get that. I was raised on cereal and toast for the most part, except when my dad was home on leave from the Vietnam War. He would always make a big breakfast, sometimes pancakes, always lots of bacon or sausage, and eggs and toast, too. But not potatoes, now that I think about it. That was something I started doing as an adult on my own for some reason. I would go to breakfast places that served it and decided to start doing my own version.
 
JAS_OH1 said:
Yeah, it's one of those things where I was going by what I read on the internet...you know how that can be!
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Ok,
JAS_OH1 said:
I get that. I was raised on cereal and toast for the most part, except when my dad was home on leave from the Vietnam War. He would always make a big breakfast, sometimes pancakes, always lots of bacon or sausage, and eggs and toast, too. But not potatoes, now that I think about it. That was something I started doing as an adult on my own for some reason. I would go to breakfast places that served it and decided to start doing my own version.
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We didn't get to choose, no toast, or spreads. Just weet bix. Come to think of it I don't remember mum eating with us boys at all? Certainly not brekky.
I stopped brekky when I started work, a cafeteria looked after me then.

Russ
 
rascal said:
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We didn't get to choose, no toast, or spreads. Just weet bix. Come to think of it I don't remember mum eating with us boys at all? Certainly not brekky.
I stopped brekky when I started work, a cafeteria looked after me then.

Russ
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Well my mom wasn't making me the cereal or toast after about 6 years old, that was something we did ourselves or did without. So yeah, I got to choose whether or not to pour a bowl of cereal and milk or toast some bread. A lot of times the milk wasn't as fresh as I like so I chose toast. I like my toast with just butter on it anyway (we had margarine back then, which I won't touch as a grownup).

I don't like milk as an adult and I don't eat cereal ever, blech. On the rare occasion where I have had milk and cereal in the past 30 years it had to be whole milk and freshly opened, and I would never just drink a glass of milk.
 
JAS_OH1 said:
Well my mom wasn't making me the cereal or toast after about 6 years old, that was something we did ourselves or did without. So yeah, I got to choose whether or not to pour a bowl of cereal and milk or toast some bread. A lot of times the milk wasn't as fresh as I like so I chose toast. I like my toast with just butter on it anyway (we had margarine back then, which I won't touch as a grownup).

I don't like milk as an adult and I don't eat cereal ever, blech. On the rare occasion where I have had milk and cereal in the past 30 years it had to be whole milk and freshly opened, and I would never just drink a glass of milk.
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Funny how different upbringings we had. Never bothered me, didnt know any better.
Makes me appreciate what I have now, dont want for Anything .

Russ
JAS_OH1 said:
Well my mom wasn't making me the cereal or toast after about 6 years old, that was something we did ourselves or did without. So yeah, I got to choose whether or not to pour a bowl of cereal and milk or toast some bread. A lot of times the milk wasn't as fresh as I like so I chose toast. I like my toast with just butter on it anyway (we had margarine back then, which I won't touch as a grownup).

I don't like milk as an adult and I don't eat cereal ever, blech. On the rare occasion where I have had milk and cereal in the past 30 years it had to be whole milk and freshly opened, and I would never just drink a glass of milk.
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My one and only experience with a toaster was about 10yo put a knife into the element to see what would happen, 240 volts taught me something lol.

Russ
 
rascal said:
Funny how different upbringings we had. Never bothered me, didnt know any better.
Makes me appreciate what I have now, dont want for Anything .

Russ


My one and only experience with a toaster was about 10yo put a knife into the element to see what would happen, 240 volts taught me something lol.

Russ
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Dang. I knew better than to do that, LOL. My toast got stuck more than once but I knew to unplug it first!
 
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