Taste in food is a wondrous thing. We all have different tastes. I once met a man who didn’t like Garlic!?! Believe me I started carrying a crucifix and keeping my window shut at night. That’s surely the ONLY explanation for this crazy dislike of such a beautiful creation!
On my constant quest to keep my waist line from expanding too much I find it useful to consume soup on a regular basis. I can always feel slightly smug sat at the table supping slowly on the low calorie broth. The smugness soon disappears when I tuck into pizza later on in the day, it never really fills me up!
We all have our “dirty” foods. The kind of food that instantly puts in outer social circle of life if you mention in public your love for said food. Pot Noodles, Primula Cheese Spread, those little tinned hotdogs…you get my drift?
One tempting sin I usually find myself purchasing if I need quick, dirty food (prep and cooking time less than 15 minutes, saturated fat content over 40%) are those Birds Eye Beef Burgers. They come in packs of four and cost about 99p – bargain.
Whilst these bad boys do have a place in my heart (read: heart disease) I do love a home made burger. They are pretty straight forward to make and I want to share my personal favourite.
I always used to have an issue with cooking rice, I would follow the packet or try the method some people use of chucking a load of rice in a pan with a torrent of unmeasured water, heating it up and hoping for the best.
My hope was nothing but dashed by the piss poor rice that resulted. Throwing it in the bin would be an insult to the bin, I was inclined to bury it in a very deep grave.
So it is not often I spend a lonely night in NYC, but this was a rare occassion. I had just had a great weekend walking around taking lots of pictures and drinking cocktails. My friend had gone back to Miami and my Aunt had left for Connecticut for a few days. What is a boy to do? Cook, obviously! I mean like erm DUR! (In my best valley girl accent).
So what’s on the menu tonight…NY Chix Salad…yum
Some people might think, urgh. Some people might think, hmmm.
The three people I fed this too liked it, but I fear Marmite Syndrome might be the case.
So I was doing a mundane tuna pasta thing and I though I would try something a bit different…there’s only one way to find out if you like it…
OK so fess up time, no picture of this one, but honestly how interesting can sauce be?
So I made this bad boy up whilst sitting around waiting for a little triplet of sausages to cook to be stuck between some bread. I do like a nice spicy sauce with a sausage sandwich but Daddies or something just does seem to do it for me. Besides, I like a combination tomato and brown sauce anyway.
So, it’s quite simple, put the following ingredient in a ramekin and mix – use on whatever, sausages, burgers etc.
So, I thought I would start this wonderful blog of my food creation journey of discovery (what?) with the down right dirty.
So it’s New Year, you’re cold, depressed after coming back from Florida and hungover. There is only one cure. The Dirty Burger. Inspired in retrospect by my Scottish housemate (you have to pronounce it right) this baby was right up my street that day.