What have you been eating today?

[Pigmy Pony]

I could happily eat all of that, though I would have made a black peppercorn and mushroom sauce. Also I would have partnered it with boiled new potatoes (Jersey Royal) as IMO you can only make decent roast potatoes if you are also roasting a joint of beef.

What was for pudding?

Jersey Royals. They're the ones I was thinking of I could eat them on their own, though I do tend to overdo it with the butter.

[Marco]

I could happily eat all of that, though I would have made a black peppercorn and mushroom sauce. Also I would have partnered it with boiled new potatoes (Jersey Royal) as IMO you can only make decent roast potatoes if you are also roasting a joint of beef.

What was for pudding?

Nothing, I was too full.

Cheers, mate. The problem with doing roasties, as you say with a roast, is that it makes them non-veggie, so Del can't eat them, and as accommodating as she is, I'm not going to ask her to make two sets of spuds just so I can have the meat juices

Besides, the roasties were infused in olive oil, garlic and rosemary, so not lacking in flavour at all.

Marco.

[Pigmy Pony]

Nothing, I was too full.

Cheers, mate. The problem with doing roasties, as you say with a roast, is that it makes them non-veggie, so Del can't eat them, and as accommodating as she is, I'm not going to ask her to make two sets of spuds just so I can have the meat juices

Besides, the roasties were infused in olive oil, garlic and rosemary, so not lacking in flavour at all.

Marco.

Too full for dessert? That's a shame. I have a separate pudding stomach, so it's never been a problem for me

You make a good case for the roasties, they sound fine. You guys are happy to make time for these things, but I could never be a veggie - too much faff for a lazy bones like me.

[Barry]

I have no doubt about the taste of the 'roasties', it is the crispy exterior that you can only get by roasting them in an oven that I was commenting on. If they were roasted in an oven that wasn't obvious in the photo.

Regardless, it all looked delicious.

[Marco]

Lol - they were roasted in an oven

In all this, regardless, I've got to make sure that Del is adequately catered for. That's why the likes of roast potatoes done in beef dripping, etc, are off the menu.

Marco.

[Barry]

Then it must be the fat that makes the difference. I don't think using olive oil can give you proper roast potatoes.

[Marco]

The olive oil is part of the marinade, Barry, along with garlic and rosemary (sea salt and black pepper) before the potatoes go into the oven - and proper they were

Marco.

[Marco]

Too full for dessert? That's a shame. I have a separate pudding stomach, so it's never been a problem for me

You make a good case for the roasties, they sound fine. You guys are happy to make time for these things, but I could never be a veggie - too much faff for a lazy bones like me.

I'm not really a pudding person - I like them but I can live without them.

There's no faff, mate. Del just easts the veggies (or pasta or rice) my meal comes with, and which would be there anyway, regardless if she was veggie or not. It's challenging sometimes though when we're out, as some of the options she's offered in restaurants are rarely up to the standard of the meat and fish dishes on the menu.

Marco.

[Marco]

Tonight's repast... Grilled lamb cutlets with a vegetable kebab and (more) roasties:



Washed down with a Rioja Gran Reserva:



Marco.

[Pigmy Pony]

Can vegetarians eat fish? Can they eat eggs? If not, that only leaves dairy. Beans and nuts are not 'complete' proteins, ie. containing all the essential amino acids... attending to these needs is what I mean by 'faff'. And we really need more protein as we get older.

No doubt my knowledge on this might be a bit out of date, with Del being more knowledgeable on this stuff, so I'm happy to be brought up to speed