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Post by Weyland on Dec 26, 2009 10:46:44 GMT
Just another day in paradise Patrick, as the great man once sang. "Call some place paradise . . . kiss it goodbye." -- The Eagles Season's Greetings to one and all. My son did all the catering. I did f'all except buy the food and load the dishwasher (twice). And very tasty it was too. I recommend goose-fat for roast potatoes. Lidl sells it. Morrison's Xmas pud, fortified with rum, also very good. |
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Post by Patrick on Dec 26, 2009 10:58:01 GMT
I saw a can of goose fat somewhere - I just thought "I'd never use all that up in one go!"
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Post by Weyland on Dec 26, 2009 11:04:29 GMT
I saw a can of goose fat somewhere - I just thought "I'd never use all that up in one go!" 180g jar. Barely enough for five or six servings. |
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Post by Patrick on Dec 26, 2009 11:06:18 GMT
Just think - if human fat was good for roasting things - everyone would get thinner at Christmas!
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Dec 26, 2009 12:07:44 GMT
Happy Christmas one and all. I am thinking of the lot of you - yes really, all of you, but especially Alph! - and wishing you a lovely day and peace and happiness. It's nice to be appreciated.  AH |
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Post by everso on Dec 26, 2009 12:40:31 GMT
I bought goose fat for roasting the potatoes and other veg this christmas but, frankly, I wasn't that impressed.
Give me good old beef dripping any day ;D It adds that indefinable thing: flavour.
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Post by Weyland on Dec 26, 2009 12:53:28 GMT
I bought goose fat for roasting the potatoes and other veg this christmas but, frankly, I wasn't that impressed. Give me good old beef dripping any day ;D It adds that indefinable thing: flavour. Worked for us. Seems to make them crustier. But we also had the fatty juices that ran out of the leg of lamb, which can't have hurt. |
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Dec 27, 2009 14:49:55 GMT
Just think - if human fat was good for roasting things - everyone would get thinner at Christmas! And you'd get a lot more missing persons... ;D AH |
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Post by jean on Dec 27, 2009 16:19:52 GMT
We had goose yesterday - and frankly it was a disappointment.
It was the finest organic free-range goose and the person who cooked it is a very good cook. But it was, quite frankly, tough.
What went wrong?
(I didn't like to ask.)
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Post by everso on Dec 27, 2009 17:17:58 GMT
I bought goose fat for roasting the potatoes and other veg this christmas but, frankly, I wasn't that impressed. Give me good old beef dripping any day ;D It adds that indefinable thing: flavour. Worked for us. Seems to make them crustier. But we also had the fatty juices that ran out of the leg of lamb, which can't have hurt. Having talked it over with my daughter, who used goose fat yesterday and didn't get crisp roast potatoes, we came to the conclusion that we were cooking far too many in the roasting tin (I catered for 8 people, she for about 12 I believe). So maybe it wasn't the goose fat's fault after all. However, I don't think I'd bother again. I like the taste of potatoes roasted in beef dripping and goose fat doesn't seem to have much flavour. |
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Post by trubble on Dec 27, 2009 20:56:30 GMT
The day was good for me...glad you all had fun too. Now there's the big panic with the new man coming over....time to meet the brood. ..Me and the children....well, we're a bit like the Borg...a collective.... Fingers crossed eh?...   We're waiting for the report on how it went, Bon Bon. |
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Post by trubble on Dec 27, 2009 20:57:51 GMT
Happy Christmas one and all. I am thinking of the lot of you - yes really, all of you, but especially Alph! - and wishing you a lovely day and peace and happiness. I'm wearing my underpants backwards. AH Bless you, Alph.  |
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Post by riotgrrl on Dec 27, 2009 21:01:23 GMT
We cooked our roasties in virgin olive oil; that's the only oil we have in the house.
Is that wrong?
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Post by trubble on Dec 27, 2009 21:01:24 GMT
Just another day in paradise Patrick, as the great man once sang. "Call some place paradise . . . kiss it goodbye." -- The Eagles Season's Greetings to one and all. My son did all the catering. I did f'all except buy the food and load the dishwasher (twice). And very tasty it was too. I recommend goose-fat for roast potatoes. Lidl sells it. Morrison's Xmas pud, fortified with rum, also very good. I was on washing-up duty too.  It's a better plan than getting up at 5am to start loading a naked turkey into the oven. All this talk of what type of animal you lot like to sacrifice for the sake of a crispy potato is making me feel guilty about my family who had to have them cooked in vegetable fat so I can eat them too. They tasted perfectly delicious. |
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Post by trubble on Dec 27, 2009 21:02:05 GMT
We cooked our roasties in virgin olive oil; that's the only oil we have in the house. Is that wrong? No. It's cosmopolitan or continental or classy or summink. But I expect someone will disagree because Stub Crouch is all about fighting over the oil : Coo! Dallas has nothing on the comings and goings at Stub Crouch! ;D  Patrick- -  |
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Post by trubble on Dec 27, 2009 21:06:10 GMT
Ach, go on so Trubbs. And aren't you having a lovely time of it at all at all? I don't speak Scottish. |
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Post by Patrick on Dec 27, 2009 23:16:34 GMT
We cooked our roasties in virgin olive oil; that's the only oil we have in the house. Is that wrong? No. It's cosmopolitan or continental or classy or summink. But I expect someone will disagree because Stub Crouch is all about fighting over the oil : Coo! Dallas has nothing on the comings and goings at Stub Crouch! ;D Patrick- - Praise be to Trubble - I was beginning to think no one would notice!   Oh! I only recently learnt how to do Roasties - and it was specifically Olive oil I was told to do them in - by Best Beloved's Mum! Mind you - when it comes down to it - they're just sautéd potatoes done in the oven. |
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Post by everso on Dec 27, 2009 23:36:17 GMT
But I expect someone will disagree because Stub Crouch is all about fighting over the oil And this is what we're all about on the Stub Crouch board. We eschew political debate in favour of the correct way to roast potatoes. Does anyone remember the 'trifle with or without jelly' row back in the summer? My god, things got heated there. |
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Post by Patrick on Dec 27, 2009 23:41:48 GMT
It is a mystery to me though, that Olives tast foul. Olive Oil isn't that brilliant - yet whatever you cook in it - i.e: Fry, roast etc. Tastes so much better than when done with other oils.
There's a chippy in town that up until recently must have done it's chips in beef oil/fat/dripping/ whatever - Bloody fantastic they were too!
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Post by everso on Dec 27, 2009 23:44:01 GMT
It is a mystery to me though, that Olives tast foul. Olive Oil isn't that brilliant - yet whatever you cook in it - i.e: Fry, roast etc. Tastes so much better than when done with other oils. There's a chippy in town that up until recently must have done it's chips in beef oil/fat/dripping/ whatever - Bloody fantastic they were too! You don't like olives?  ? You strange person, you. |
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