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Posted: **Fri Apr 21, 2023 8:01 pm**

In memory of my mum who passed nine years ago today, and who loved France, I've made Poulet Breton served with baked potatoes (not jackets) and some lightly cooked broccoli.

I also made my first attempt at Crème Brulee which was both delicious and surprisingly easy to make. Need to get a chef's torch as controlling the caramelisation of the sugar on top is quite difficult under the grill. Kudos to Mrs DJ for saving Gu pudding ramekens for just such an eventuality.

Only downside is that it left me with a load of egg whites, but they became meringue by way of whisking, sugar and about two hours in a low oven.

What are you having?

Posted: **Fri Apr 21, 2023 8:14 pm**

Sounds delicious. What's the difference between a jacket potato and a roast potato though?
Delia Smith's Basque Chicken is the meal I make relatively often that reminds me of my mum, less often I do kedgeree.

Tonight I was in the office late and am far too tired to cook much so I'm just having pasta with tuna, chickpeas, tomato sauce and pesto.

Edit: I can't remember the actual date but it must be about eight years since my mum passed, it was one week after the Easter weekend.

Posted: **Fri Apr 21, 2023 8:25 pm**

A roast potato is normally parboiled, then cooked in some kind of fat in the oven. A jacket is cooked in the skin in the oven, the ones I did today were peeled, then cooked in the oven. The latter two options are not very different really, but I use smaller spuds for the non-jacket ones.

Posted: **Fri Apr 21, 2023 8:27 pm**

DeskJockey wrote: Fri Apr 21, 2023 8:25 pm A roast potato is normally parboiled, then cooked in some kind of fat in the oven. A jacket is cooked in the skin in the oven, the ones I did today were peeled, then cooked in the oven. The latter two options are not very different really, but I use smaller spuds for the non-jacket ones.

I know that's a roast potato but you said you were having a baked potato

I mistyped in my reply!

Posted: **Fri Apr 21, 2023 8:29 pm**

Ah. Peeled versus unpeeled, and smaller versus larger is the answer.

Posted: **Fri Apr 21, 2023 9:23 pm**

That's a cool thing to do, and sounds tasty

Something Goldmemberish for me, except the smoking part.

Posted: **Fri Apr 21, 2023 9:38 pm**

Nice

Little blowtorches are buttons and very useful.

We were going to get a carry out curry, but thought sod-it and went in instead. Mother India Lansdowne

We shared a fish pakora and a cauliflower and broccoli pakora for starters, and then I got the chilli garlic chicken. Every bit of it was absolutely superb

Posted: **Fri Apr 21, 2023 9:40 pm**

Grilled garlic prawns with grilled shiitake, onions and tomatoes alongside some basmati rice. I make a fake kimchi type dish with Chinese cabbage to go on the side. Washed down with a Brewdog *checks bin* Punk IPA which was pretty good.

Posted: **Fri Apr 21, 2023 9:42 pm**

Dominos

Posted: **Fri Apr 21, 2023 10:10 pm**

Day 2 of a 4 day Fiji Indian wedding so chapati and vege curries with loads of Indian sweets and kava.

Posted: **Fri Apr 21, 2023 10:25 pm**

I had to google Poule Breton and going to have a go at that next week. Pics would be

Faggots and Peas here tonight, I'm not sure if it's a Welsh Butchers thing but I enjoy them.

Posted: **Fri Apr 21, 2023 10:42 pm**

@Carlos picture doesn't really do it justice. I followed this recipe.

Posted: **Sat Apr 22, 2023 6:17 am**

I had a kitchen blowtorch for doing the top of brûlée until a couple of years ago. For some reason we found scorch marks all over the inside of the cupboard it lived in, and it no longer worked. My stepson denied knowledge but we all know he was too fascinated by it

Posted: **Sat Apr 22, 2023 8:09 am**

DeskJockey wrote: Fri Apr 21, 2023 8:01 pm In memory of my mum who passed nine years ago today, and who loved France, I've made Poulet Breton served with baked potatoes (not jackets) and some lightly cooked broccoli.

I also made my first attempt at Crème Brulee which was both delicious and surprisingly easy to make. Need to get a chef's torch as controlling the caramelisation of the sugar on top is quite difficult under the grill. Kudos to Mrs DJ for saving Gu pudding ramekens for just such an eventuality.

Only downside is that it left me with a load of egg whites, but they became meringue by way of whisking, sugar and about two hours in a low oven.

What are you having?

I love the elegant simplicity of French cooking, because even though they can do fussy, they're also the best at simply allowing ingredients to be themselves.

Anyway, I was filming a batch of videos and I try to use food as props, which meant I had the following, in this order:

8 Meatballs with tomato sauce
Classic Magnum
Edamame bean salad
A bowl of bran flakes
A couple of squares of chocolate
A McDonalds double cheeseburger with extra pickles
Then I finished off the leftover curry from the previous night

This is why I workout every day

Posted: **Sat Apr 22, 2023 8:13 am**

@Gavster that's quite the meal.

Posted: **Sat Apr 22, 2023 8:36 am**

DeskJockey wrote: Sat Apr 22, 2023 8:13 am @Gavster that's quite the meal.

I’m also going to borrow your inspiration and make Poulet Breton, as I have a chicken in the fridge that needs cooking

Posted: **Sat Apr 22, 2023 8:45 am**

Gavster wrote: Sat Apr 22, 2023 8:36 am
DeskJockey wrote: Sat Apr 22, 2023 8:13 am @Gavster that's quite the meal.
I’m also going to borrow your inspiration and make Poulet Breton, as I have a chicken in the fridge that needs cooking

It is very easy. Most difficult bit is basting the chicken in butter "for several minutes". My chief concern was that there's no garlic in the recipe

Went down well with a glass or two of white wine (French natch).

Posted: **Fri May 12, 2023 5:54 pm**

As today would have been mum's 71st, we're carrying on with the nice dinners: Peppered duck with vanilla mash, pea & wild mushroom ragout, served with a nice Bordeaux red. Pics will follow.

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Posted: **Fri May 12, 2023 6:12 pm**

Posted: **Fri May 12, 2023 7:13 pm**

It was lush !

Wine was very nice too and I've got Counting Crows on the stereo. Happy days save memories.

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