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Offline leesmac78

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A very poor meal but...
« on: October 01, 2011, 04:57:45 pm »
A number of families come and go from an International School environment.  Everyone knows that I love to cook so when they leave, I get bag fulsomely of herbs and spices, flour etc etc.

I was a given one of those bottles of instant curry, cannot remember the brand name.  I was tired last night so I grabbed a packet of chicken wings and through in the sauce.  On  :-: speed, 100° for 18 mins, there was dinner.  I would never dare suggest this a "recipe" such as this should ever be posted but I wonder if anyone else has ever cheated like this?  I did also make Naan bread from scratch and stir fry vegetables from EDC.  So it was not all bad.  But come on, who has ever cheated and thrown a nasty instanced bottle of something into their Thermomix? Come on, confess!!!!!

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Re: A very poor meal but...
« Reply #1 on: October 01, 2011, 10:35:39 pm »
i have but many moons ago


i still look at the mash when shopping, in my mind there is a war going on............. get me just in case,.......no i have time to make you, i pick it up then put it back. i have never looked at the ingredients.trying to think when was it the last time i did buy it ,I will need to ask DD #2


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Re: A very poor meal but...
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2011, 01:16:38 am »
oh how I would love to be able to  :) ... the consequences of such *cheating* in this house is not worth it!!!

Things may change when DS moves out - oh hang on he is only 6  :o :o
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Re: A very poor meal but...
« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2011, 01:22:00 am »
Sorry to disappoint you Lee but no I haven't - I still have a jar of pasta sauce and Korma curry sauce in the pantry from before I bought my TMX.  I must throw them in the bin. Mind you, I am home a lot more than you so time is not an issue with me. If we need a quick meal, I either make it the day before or first thing in the morning. Even when I was working, I would often cook the next night's meal after we'd eaten unless it was just meat & veg.
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Re: A very poor meal but...
« Reply #4 on: October 02, 2011, 01:33:54 am »
oh how I would love to be able to  :) ... the consequences of such *cheating* in this house is not worth it!!!

Things may change when DS moves out - oh hang on he is only 6  :o :o

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Re: A very poor meal but...
« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2011, 01:40:30 am »
When we go away on our yacht at Christmas time I am going to have to be super organised or resort to that sort of cooking, Deb potato, and jars of stuff that can be thrown together, as Thermi  won't work ( the extension cord just isn't long enough ;D)

Storage is a problem as we only have a small freezer on board at the moment.
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Re: A very poor meal but...
« Reply #6 on: October 02, 2011, 01:41:41 am »
Where are you heading in your yacht Jen? Sounds like fun.
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Re: A very poor meal but...
« Reply #7 on: October 02, 2011, 01:45:06 am »
No I havent Lee, jars still in pantry, keep meaning to take them to tne supermarket tomhelp the people in need.
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Re: A very poor meal but...
« Reply #8 on: October 02, 2011, 02:07:21 am »
Ok I Just re read the question. Sorry love, the answer is no from me too.
I was thinking you are all lying :P. My bad
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Re: A very poor meal but...
« Reply #9 on: October 02, 2011, 02:18:16 am »
Where are you heading in your yacht Jen? Sounds like fun.

We haven't decided yet, we might go over to Rottnest Island and moor there for a few day and then head south. All depends on the weather and who comes with us. As its a big yacht it takes a bit of work for DH to rig everything up so we can lower the mast to get it under the bridges at Fremantle. We do a lot of sailing in the Swan River as that is where we have a pen for her.
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Re: A very poor meal but...
« Reply #10 on: October 02, 2011, 04:31:10 am »
I loved the Rottnest Island trip I did with a friend a few years ago - unfortunately preTMX or I would have caught up with all you lovely Perthites - and the Swan River is just amazing.  Could live overlooking that for sure  ;D
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Re: A very poor meal but...
« Reply #11 on: October 02, 2011, 05:34:23 am »
Ha ha, Lee!  They are a bunch of purists eh!  Well I can admit to doing this . . . following a suggestion in the EDC, I used some bought curry paste/sauce stuff to make Fast Chicken Curry . . . it was edible, but I haven't done it again since making my own balti curry sauce and tika paste and my own curry powder and garam masala!!  And recently I made soup with stock cubes, ugh!   Never again!  We do get spoilt with TMX's! 
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Re: A very poor meal but...
« Reply #12 on: October 02, 2011, 07:28:40 am »
Yes, I will have to own up to using some Sharwoods curry pastes.
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Re: A very poor meal but...
« Reply #13 on: October 02, 2011, 07:59:04 am »
Yep I use Sharwood curry pastes quite regularly esp for a quick lunch curry.

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Re: A very poor meal but...
« Reply #14 on: October 02, 2011, 08:56:57 am »
I don't make curries often so no curry paste here.  I do confess to buying beef stock powder though. I only use it occasionally in swiss beef and winter soup so I don't think it is worth making the paste for those two dishes. I don't use packets or jars but my stand-by meals are so basic that they are almost as easy as using prepared foods (not very gourmet :P). :)