OK, What's For Lunch or Tea Today?

[struth]

Sweet n sour chicken on sticky jasmine rice with extra lemon.

[Marco]

Looks quite good. Did you make it yourself?

Oh, and read my previous post, daftee...

Marco.

[struth]

No doubt, and it does look nice, but given this earlier:



...what happened to all those lovely meat juices, packed full of flavour?

I'd have turned it into a gorgeous rich gravy, and poured it all over your lovely beef! So what happened - did you fire it down the sink?

Marco.

it had fat skimmed off this morning. meat sliced and its all back in vacuum container. keeps much better and i will of course make gravy when time is right.

chicken was pre bought and coated etc. i did sauce and rice

[Marco]

Ah okies... No worries, you just do things differently from me.

I like having gravy with my roasts, as I don't like 'dry meat', no matter how tasty it is otherwise (intrinsically), so would always make a gravy with the meat juices, and pour that over the meat, even if it was only using some of them, then keeping the rest for later, as you've explained

I may be wrong mate, but you give the impression you're not that 'big' on gravies or sauces, as your meat dishes (although nicely cooked) always look on the 'dry' side - and when I say dry, I don't mean overcooked, just lacking in a sauce or a gravy. You're not alone in that btw, as Guy also comes into the same category, at least from what I've seen of his food so far.

So what gives - is that you prefer meat dishes without a sauce or gravy, or you're not that good at making sauces/gravies, or it's too much work/easier without or what? Just curious!

Well done on the sweet & sour, btw. That does look nice

Marco.

[struth]

Ah okies... No worries, you just do things differently from me.

I like having gravy with my roasts, as I don't like 'dry meat', no matter how tasty it is otherwise (intrinsically), so would always make a gravy with the meat juices, and pour that over the meat, even if it was only using some of them, then keeping the rest for later, as you've explained

I may be wrong mate, but you give the impression you're not that 'big' on gravies or sauces, as your meat dishes (although nicely cooked) always look on the 'dry' side - and when I say dry, I don't mean overcooked, just lacking in a sauce or a gravy. You're not alone in that btw, as Guy also comes into the same category, at least from what I've seen of his food so far.

So what gives - is that you prefer meat dishes without a sauce or gravy, or you're not that good at making sauces/gravies, or it's too much work/easier without or what? Just curious!

Well done on the sweet & sour, btw. That does look nice

Marco.

i did pour a bit of juices onto the plate, its just thin so not too obvious. meat was very moist too. but if i had the juices de fatted i probably would have thickened a bit.. but there was a fair amount of fat in it.. it went hard overnight so easy to remove this morning

[Marco]

Lol, no worries, but you haven't really answered my question...

Marco.

[struth]

Lol, no worries, but you haven't really answered my question...

Marco.

no i like gravy etc, but sometimes i dont bother. depends on what it is. quite like dry meat too

[Marco]

Lolz. okies... Do me a favour then, produce your next meat dish with a sauce or gravy on it, as so far I've seen much more evidence of you not bothering, than bothering!



I do suspect though, that this is a bit of a continental vs. British thing, as in our culture, you don't just plonk a dry bit of meat (steak, chicken, pork, lamb or whatever) down onto a plate, no matter how well cooked, without some sort of accompanying sauce or jus.

That would be considered as bland, and rather lazy cooking, unless the meat is chargrilled, as that process adds its own flavour. The use of fresh herbs in cooking is another thing I notice a distinct lack of on these pages, and which would be automatic for an Italian, Frenchman, or any other European. So folks, let's see some more fresh herbs!

Anyway, just making a wee observation, shweety, no offence, so as you were....

Marco.

[struth]

Same as other day for me

Waste not want not.

[Marco]

GRAVY...!!!





Quite right - too good to waste!

Marco.