What are you cooking today and how?

[Winnie]

Mmmmm...mac and cheese! Is it from a box, or made from scratch?

I hate to admit it, but I really like the kind out of the box. LOL
Not saying it's better....just that I don't mind eatin' it!!

From scratch. I like the stuff from a box too, but it's so expensive over here, I can't justify buying it, when it's so easy to make.

[crashdive123]

From scratch. I like the stuff from a box too, but it's so expensive over here, I can't justify buying it, when it's so easy to make.

I haven't bought the pre-packed mac and cheese in many years, but as a young sailor on a very tight budget it was a diet staple. Not sure what the cost is now, but we used to get it either on sale or at the Commissary (Navy grocery store) for around ten cents a box. Yep....ate a lot of mac and cheese back then.

On a side note - if you have a roomate that drinks while he works in the kitchen and he "forgets" to drain the water, you will end up with mac and cheese soup.

[Winnie]

Also as a side note, I checked the price of packet Macaroni Cheese (Kraft) and it was £2.45, which is $4.00 or thereabouts for a two portion packet. My homemade was yummy!

[grrlscout]

Wow, that's nuts! Here, you can sometimes get a three pack of the blue box stuff for around a buck.

OTOH, I paid about $5 for a pack of Hob Nobs, so fair is fair, I suppose.

[Winnie]

We'll have to start sending each other seige parcels!

BTW, Hobnob Flapjacks....just saying

[grrlscout]

Had some leftover risotto, and some of that whole grain / brown rice stuff. So I mixed them together, added an egg, and some bread crumbs, formed it in to patties, and coated them in panko. Fried them in some hot peanut oil:

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And had some risotto cakes for an appetizer

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While I waited for the chicken to get done

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Served it with some leftover asparagus. But who needs to see that?

[pgvoutdoors]

YUM, PGV!!!
How do you make the shredded potato stick together in a patty?

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This is an old and simple recipe, but makes the finest tasting potato cakes.

3-medium potatoes
2-eggs
1/8 tsp Baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 Tbl milk
1 Tbl Flour

Beat eggs well and then add baking powder, salt, pepper, and milk. Set aside.

Peel and rinse potatoes, then grade and squeeze water out. Add to egg mixture and stir.

Dust mixture with flour and stir.

Heat a skillet to medium high and add 2 tablespoons of butter or margarine.

Use enough potato mixture to make two cakes four inches in diameter and 1/4 inch thick.

Brown first side then turn over. Brown second side and remove to plate. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and serve.

[grrlscout]

I wonder if the shipping would be less than the price difference? Hmm...

Hobnob flapjacks??? Do tell!

[Winnie]

Here you go GS

http://groceries.asda.com/asda-estor...questid=180976

I'll check postage!

[grrlscout]

The link no workie. But after some Googling, I see you must be referring to these:

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Not some delicious homemade combination of:

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Silly english language strikes again!

[Winnie]

Indeed, the plain one are better. Sorry, I forgot you chaps call pancakes flapjacks.

[grrlscout]

Agreed! Dark chocolate 4-evah!

[Rick]

Pancakes mostly. Everyone knows what flapjacks are, too. Either way, makes a good meal.

[2dumb2kwit]

I've got a pot of soup, on the stove. It's basically Kens recipe for menistro....minastru.....veggy beef. I change it a little, everytime I make it, depending on what I have in the fridge and pantry.

[Pal334]

Dear wifey is making SOS (Sh** on a shingle). The white gravy type with ground beef,ground sausage and onions. To be served on toast with an egg on top. I know there are approximately 1 million variations , but I can safely say I never met an SOS reciepe that I did not like. Very unhealthy, but a good winter meal in my book. Then she is off to bingo, and nap time on the couch for me

[2dumb2kwit]

Dear wifey is making SOS (Sh** on a shingle). The white gravy type with ground beef,ground sausage and onions. To be served on toast with an egg on top. I know there are approximately 1 million variations , but I can safely say I never met an SOS reciepe that I did not like. Very unhealthy, but a good winter meal in my book. Then she is off to bingo, and nap time on the couch for me

LOL...that sounds like a dang good night, to me!

[Rick]

My, the dog, a hot fire, a full belly and a nap. Yeah, hard to beat that.

[nell67]

Dear wifey is making SOS (Sh** on a shingle). The white gravy type with ground beef,ground sausage and onions. To be served on toast with an egg on top. I know there are approximately 1 million variations , but I can safely say I never met an SOS reciepe that I did not like. Very unhealthy, but a good winter meal in my book. Then she is off to bingo, and nap time on the couch for me

Wouldn't happen to be from Ohio originally,would you?? They call biscuits and gravy that over there
,LOL

[Ken]

Please don't talk about food. I'm still way too stuffed from lunch, which was actually breakfast, at 12:30 this afternoon. We have a small family run chain here that has "New England's Largest Breakfast and Lunch Menu" All Day.

So, I ordered...........

"The Highlander" - a traditional English Breakfast with 3 eggs over easy, grilled tomato, marinated mushrooms, 2 bacon, 2 sausage, and grilled English muffin, and
A side of grilled cornbread, and
A side of homefries (very well done) and
A side of biscuits and gravy (Southern Style) and
A side of fish cakes and
Dessert - 2 apple crepes with honey and cinnamon.

I washed it all down with a few cups of strong coffee. AND I WAS A MEMBER OF THE "CLEAN PLATE CLUB"!

Check this menu out! http://www.persysplace.com/menu/back.html

Burrrrp.

[Pal334]

Wouldn't happen to be from Ohio originally,would you?? They call biscuits and gravy that over there
,LOL

Aah shucks, did not get the biscuits!!!!!!! Oh well, maybe next time. See this shows you, I am a real high maintainence party guy