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[struth]

simple to make really.. mashed potato and sr flour at 4/1 potato to flour and about a 20th potato in marg. if mash is leftover very little seasoning will be needed.. i used to add a bit of cheese too.
mix it with a wooden spoon until it a good usable dough. ie, dry enough to roll but moist enough not to crack etc..
then roll out in circle. cut into triangles nd dry fry them til coloured on both sides.

[Pigmy Pony]

Did once share a house with a bloke who used lard to cook pretty much everything. He'd go through one of those big blocks in a week. He was about twenty stone and struggled to breath though, so there is a downside.

Yeah the lard may have contributed, but it was probably more about quantity than quality of his meals. I'd say most foods are fine in moderation, including lard. Since foods went 'healthier' (low fat, low salt, sugar-free), we've never been such a nation of fatties.

When I was at primary school, each year had perhaps one kid who was notably heavier than the rest. These days it's maybe more like a third. I'd say my lardy childhood diet combined with being kicked out of the house each day to make my own fun was probably better than today's kids on their X Box all day while scoffing bags of crisps cooked in sunflower oil.

[struth]

rarely used lard. ghee i used to use a lot tho, and is ideal for this recipe if you have it.

[walpurgis]

my mother has zero interest in cooking food or even eating food and so has no idea

Sounds like the missus. The only time she eats a cooked meal is when I do something. She weighs around six stone, seems healthy enough though. Good job I cook food most days.

[Macca]

Yeah the lard may have contributed, but it was probably more about quantity than quality of his meals. I'd say most foods are fine in moderation, including lard. Since foods went 'healthier' (low fat, low salt, sugar-free), we've never been such a nation of fatties.

lol that's true. I live in a poor area but there's loads of chunkers about. Went out for a meal with work last week, all you can eat Chinese/Asian buffet for sixteen quid. The place was rammed even at six o'clock and it was a massive place, bigger than a football pitch.

There were people there large enough to eat everything that was laid out on their own. Not their first time there either looking at the skill with which they could pile up massive amounts of food onto the tiny plates.

Don't want to be making too many trips back and forth to the buffet tables - that's burning precious calories!

[Pigmy Pony]

lol that's true. I live in a poor area but there's loads of chunkers about.

Chunkers - love it!

Speaking of healthy eating, this was today's breakfast:



Bought in Morrison's Ayr last weekend. Just had to add fried eggs, beans, tomatoes and mushrooms. As I said, everything in moderation

[Macca]

The breakfast of champions mate.

[Macca]

Had egg and chips for breakfast at work on Friday, this seemed to be regarded as unusual by my colleagues?

Egg and chips perfectly common breakfast surely?

[struth]

well, i can see the chips, but whats an egg lol

no its quite a common breakfast... only ways i eat eggs now is beaten and either as french toast or a nice omelette, filled with a bit of cheese, tomato, ham or chicken etc.. thats for both as i often do the french toast as a sarnie.

[Pigmy Pony]

well, i can see the chips, but whats an egg lol

no its quite a common breakfast... only ways i eat eggs now is beaten and either as french toast or a nice omelette, filled with a bit of cheese, tomato, ham or chicken etc.. thats for both as i often do the french toast as a sarnie.

French toast, that sounds very sophisticated - round here we call it eggy bread.