Sunday Praises the Lord

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We are heading up to St Andrews shortly to sample the delights.
 
Do you know in all my years working in the field, I don't think I've ever heard anyone local call it skag. Perhaps it's a regional thing. Or a different demographic.
 
Star said:
Wow that's impressive! I wouldn't even know where to start with something like that.
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But it's the sort of thing YOU of all people should excel at. It's not particularly difficult in terms of skill at all - it's all about timing and organisation.
 
I write down all the timings in a kitchen notepad. With prep that was about 90 minutes. The 1kg of lamb took about an hour to cook. And as Lolly said it's all about preparation and timing really.

I did fuck up with the Yorkshire Pudding ingredients, which lost me a bit of time, but they came out lovely.
 
When I do a Christmas dinner I parboil everything that needs it the night before and leave it in the fridge. That's one stage done.. It's the prep that freaks me out and causes me to fuck up. As long as I know everything is ready to go in the oven, I'm fine.

Mr L's mother was very particular about what time she had her dinner, due to various meds she was on. So I started with the end time and like Ag kept a list going backwards. Although it was a pain having to eat at a specific time, in some ways it was useful because it made me focus more.

It's only as difficult as you make it. But there is a lot of in and out of the kitchen, which is probably easy to get wrong if you have children running around or other distractions. Hence why I never do it without a sherry for my nerves. And a drop in the gravy is lovely, too.
 
lolly said:
But it's the sort of thing YOU of all people should excel at. It's not particularly difficult in terms of skill at all - it's all about timing and organisation.
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I will follow a recipe exactly, but I can just never cook anything nice. It goes wrong somewhere
 
I had one of those why do I bother moments this morning. Set up a lovely Easter egg hunt with clues around the house and garden for the kids and they just moaned their way through.

I had a bit of time out repotting my veg seeds in the afternoon while they seemed to be entertaining themselves. After about an hour they called me over and handed me a basket and a clue. They had set up a hunt for me as they had enjoyed the morning one so much :cry:
 
Star said:
My other really big issue is that I can't spend hours cooking to eat it in 5 mins. For my mind that's just such a waste of time
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I get that - it IS quite time intensive, and as I don't like roasts that much, I'm not personally convinced it's worth it either. Outside of Christmas I probably only do a roast three or four times a year. Mr L enjoys them far more than me.

I'm genuinely much happier with some pasta dish you can knock up easily in 15 minutes.
 
It is time intensive, but on Sunday it's a good use of time.

Really it's only a bit more time than some of the other meals we make. Curries and Italian dishes tend to take a while.

Salad, stir fry, pasta, or something frozen are the meals we save for the evening's when we have little energy.

Besides you can totally cheat a roast into happening with Aunt Bessie.
 
Star said:
I had one of those why do I bother moments this morning. Set up a lovely Easter egg hunt with clues around the house and garden for the kids and they just moaned their way through.

I had a bit of time out repotting my veg seeds in the afternoon while they seemed to be entertaining themselves. After about an hour they called me over and handed me a basket and a clue. They had set up a hunt for me as they had enjoyed the morning one so much :cry:
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It’s so weird isn’t it, because whenever I’ve taken them on trips or done special lessons they often moan throughout, and then when they get back to school they are talking to their peers and parents like they had the best day of their lives. Maybe moaning is part of the enjoyment of an event for children, like it is with the elderly ( @lolly ? )
 
Suomi said:
It’s so weird isn’t it, because whenever I’ve taken them on trips or done special lessons they often moan throughout, and then when they get back to school they are talking to their peers and parents like they had the best day of their lives. Maybe moaning is part of the enjoyment of an event for children, like it is with the elderly ( @lolly ? )
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If I'm standing with my arms folded with a scowl on my face, you can be 99% certain my heart is singing.
 
I could so eat that dinner right now @Ag, well done! I'd give you extra points for the gravy, good consistency and looks to be plenty of it. I've been to dinners of friends down south and there's been like half an eggcup of gravy between four people. For (many) northerners the gravy is more important than the veggies.
 
floppet said:
I could so eat that dinner right now @Ag, well done! I'd give you extra points for the gravy, good consistency and looks to be plenty of it. I've been to dinners of friends down south and there's been like half an eggcup of gravy between four people. For (many) northerners the gravy is more important than the veggies.
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Oh that was Mr Ag's effort. I had so many things going on at that point, he jumped in. I poured the lamb juice in it, to get it started and off he went.

We don't fuck around with gravy, it's vital.
 
I don't like a huge amount of gravy, but you really can't underestimate the importance of it. A lovely gravy massively elevates an average dinner, and a crap one can ruin a great one.
 
Suomi said:
It’s so weird isn’t it, because whenever I’ve taken them on trips or done special lessons they often moan throughout, and then when they get back to school they are talking to their peers and parents like they had the best day of their lives. Maybe moaning is part of the enjoyment of an event for children, like it is with the elderly ( @lolly ? )
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But we all have complaints, even on the best days. Adults just know when it’s polite to express them and when it’s not. Kids are still learning that
 
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