That Pork does look good Chewkw.

*eyes Chinese menu on notice board.

MrOvershoot – Member

Sorry chewkw see my edit

But I will have a go at that pork

Ahh sorry to hear that …

Hope she is going to be fine.

🙁

jambourgie – Member

That Pork does look good Chewkw.

*eyes Chinese menu on notice board.

Usually it’s called Pork belly with yam/taro but I doubt they will have that one notice board. Not all chefs want to cook this as the preparation takes time as the pork is cooked 3 times … boiled, fried/grilled and steamed …

But if you see Chinese ordering them then go for it. Might be more expensive than other dish but this is proper stuff. 😀

Sadly I think she is starting to suffer cognitive decline and has pulled back 20 years in her mind as she keeps asking me about stuff that happened back then as though its the present!
She’s being kept in overnight for observation as the carer called the paramedics at lunch time due to her strange behavior.

See my other edit

MrOvershoot – Member

Sadly I think she is starting to suffer cognitive decline and has pulled back 20 years in her mind as she keeps asking me about stuff that happened back then as though its the present!
She’s being kept in overnight for observation as the carer called the paramedics at lunch time due to her strange behavior.

See my other edit

😐

Being serious for a sec, try a hot chocolate fondant. It really is a piece of piss. Follow Ramsay’s recipe below with or without the Tia Maria. Whatever time suggested just keep an eye on them and wait for the very top centre of the pud to raise up to the same height as the edges (which will rise first). Pop out and serve hot with a dollop of whisked double cream with a hint of vanilla.

http://www.redonline.co.uk/food/recipes/gordon-ramsay-s-chocolate-fondant

Always an impressive dessert IMO.

Forgot to add – depending on the size of your mould, I make two larger fondants from the above measures. Bigger is better where these are concerned.

http://www.jamieshomecookingskills.com/recipe.php?title=bolognese-sauce-with-pasta

Do this so you can have the sauce ready and simply concentrate on cooking the pasta to give you time to concentrate on other things. The beauty of this depends not so much on the ingredients but rather on for how long it is cooked. I did it with pork yesterday and made two women very happy.

A bolognaise sauce breaks the golden rule of early date food, if you get the eating wrong it can make a right mess

Or it gives you the opportunity to show your table manners with finesse.

A chick I shared a house with brought home a big block of stilton and asked what could I do with it, and I did chicken in stilton and asparagus thingy. she was super impressed.

12 years later, we got babies and houses.

so play cant’ cook, wont cook. get her to bring an ingredient and you try to make something up. if its shit you can laugh about it.

See if she likes pulled pork.

Steak
Salad/capers/dressing
Beetroot
Two bottles of white wine

A hardcore porno movie.

If you’ve got time, these are astonishingly good. 2-3 of hours slow cooking in the oven ahead of time, then 20 mins with the sauce on to finish.

BBQ Ribs cooked in coke

[Insert sucking meat off a bone joke here]

Very sorry to hear that MrOvershoot.

Steak
Salad/capers/dressing
Beetroot
Two bottles of white wine

A hardcore porno movie.

Steak and white wine? FFS… 🙄

You could recreate a colliery–complete with pit wheel–from cake, like wot that bloke off of Bake Off did, that was very impressive

hora – Member
Steak
Salad/capers/dressing
Beetroot
Two bottles of white wine
A hardcore porno movie.

Now you’re my kind of date!

Except the white wine.

Needs a nice motepulciano that

get down on one knee now. (I think I have failed in avoiding innuendo fodder)

Unless you’re dating Heather Mills.

A bolognaise sauce breaks the golden rule of early date food, if you get the eating wrong it can make a right mess

Bolognaise is perfect early date food. If you can’t have a laugh together then you’re doomed from the off. I also recommend something that’ll give you both really vicious trumps.

Except the white wine.

Needs a nice motepulciano that

Its not to impress you, the ladies like a white?

Disagree with Bolognaise. You don’t want her to feel stuffed/full – she’ll be too paranoid to rip her clothes off with the lights on. 😉

If you want to go with Lasagne and Garlic Bread, this and this are ace recipes.
RM.

I do pretty much all our cooking for the last year or so, for various reasons but mainly because my wife is so busy at work that she struggles for time.

If I was cooking to impress a new lady I’d consider the following menu as an option:

Starter: Pan fried scallops with black pudding on a pea puree.
Main course: Twice baked potatoes with salad, steak and pepper sauce.

Very, very easy to cook but should impress as long as you get decent steaks and make sure you cook them properly (make sure the pan is very, very hot, oil the steak not the pan, make sure you don’t overcook them and also give them time to rest before serving). Also pay a little bit of attention to presentation.

The other crowd pleaser that I cook often ’cause it’s easy is pan fried cod server on a bed of kale champ with a poached egg on top.

Lasagna/bolognese sauce should really have chicken liver in it though IMO. Got a Claudia Roden recipe which I’ve done a few times and has gone down extremely well (even with those who didn’t think they liked liver and didn’t get told it was in it before eating 🙂 ).

(even with those who didn’t think they liked liver and didn’t get told it was in it before eating

I find that blitzing it up in a food processor first before cooking it helps to hide the fact that it’s there. I never tell anyone there’s liver in mine until after they’ve eaten it either.

The last time I did this it was a success…..

The key is a menu that can be fully prepared the night before, leaving you free to serve beautiful food, and impress with your smooth talking without stressing in the kitchen.

I started with a crab and smoked salmon terrine – this is really easy to make, and can be kept in the fridge for at least a night, so you just have to serve it on date night. It is delicious.

Main – tuna steak, served with a (pre-made) chilli, ginger and garlic butter, and some purple sprouting, carrots and a couple of new potatoes – keep it light.

Dessert – I think I cheated and bought Gu ones…..It was in the bag so to speak by that point. Hope it goes well!

Four hotdog sausages on her plate. Nothing on yours. Tell her you just want to watch.

I did this from Waitrose

6 mins in the microwave; bottle of wine.
That was the last time I got my.. erm, fishy rice n peas. Good though *sigh*

Four hotdog sausages on her plate. Nothing on yours. Tell her you just want to watch.

Last cooking to impress date I had I did venison steaks, light salad, good bottle of red. Talking point was I’d shot and butchered the venison myself… I suppose I should have checked if she was a veggie in advance.

Can I suggest a plate of diamond jewellery ? That is the only cooking that would impress me. I quite like sapphires too.

And she clearly isn’t that interested in food, if as you say, she is a rubbish cook.

And she clearly isn’t that interested in food, if as you say, she is a rubbish cook.

ALL girls like to brag. Come on, just look at their facebook page after the meal- you’ll see them gushing(!) etc over the fantastic meal they’ve just had made for them.

And she clearly isn’t that interested in food, if as you say, she is a rubbish cook.

I know several women that are rubbish cooks but are still interested in good food – as long as someone else is cooking.

Twice baked potatoes

What’s wrong with cooking them once but just do it properly?

I’m still wondering how hora managed to find that picture of the hot dog sausages so easily.

Or maybe it’s from his personal collection????

Rachel

Does seem a waste of good sausages!

If your going with sausage which to choose?

Carbonara a la fettucini. Takes seconds and tastes amazing.

I think I’ve solved it:

You’ll all have to cook me a meal and I’ll then decide which meal impressed me the most.

🙂

Rachel

Those are some quality stairs it looks like polished beech with stainless steel hand rails mmmmmmmm nice.

What’s wrong with cooking them once but just do it properly?

You bake them once, the scoop out the insides and mix with sour cream and chives which you then put back in, sprinkle of cheese over the top then bake again until the top is crispy. A bit of a hassle but very tasty.