I can believe I just ate my third huge portion of hash browns and bacon this week. But it has to stop. And no, I'm not pregnant.

*throws rotten apples and bananas at monster*

SHADDDDUPPPPPPPPP I'm hongry!

A plate of egg and chips. Oh my God, it was the nicest meal I've had for weeks. Ma made it. Proper big chunky homemade chips (no uncoked bits sundae, they were done to perfection) with two (yes two!) fried eggs, with the yolks done perfectly. So nice I even ate the white of the egg, which I hardly ever do. Served with sea salt, freshly ground black pepper and tomato ketchup and two slices of buttered white bread. *sighs* I am so full I feel like I will burst. Really, just burst. I couldnt eat another thing, even if it was just a wafer thin mint.

Mmm lovely.

Cube steak? with rice and gravey, fresh blueberrys.

Dana, how wonderfully English. :)

Yes! And to compliment that the next day I had our national dish: Curry *grins*

Was bloody lovely twas indeed. Mum again lol. She's an ace cook. Managed to make a vegetarian 'beef' curry with some kind of quorn type 'beef' substitute, which actually tasted like real beef. I'd have thought without the beef fat the sauce wuold have been lackiing something. I don't know how she did it, but it still tasted rich and savoury. Served with a beautifully creamy lentil dahl and her trademark fluffy basmati rice. And parathas on the side. Mmmm. I ate til I cuoldn't move lol.

Would your mum have used Ghee? You may or may not know that it's really just clarified butter, but it's used in a lot of Indian cooking if you're going to do it the traditional way. Obviously that sort of fat as opposed to oil gives you a richer flavour even in vego dishes. ;)

*smiles* oh I know all about ghee. Gran wuoldn't have conscienced cooking a curry without it lol. But no. She didnt have any ghee. I think she used olive oil and fried the spices up first and then fried the beef sub in that before starting.

Ghee is readily available over here, Ali - even in Aylesbury it's in the supermarkets.
Although in areas with an older Asian population (like Leicester) there are serious efforts being made to persuade people to cook with less damaging fats.

I've never used it myself, but many of the people and places who've cooked for me have done... It does add a certain something. But like frying chips in beef fat, I know I can enjoy perfectly well without the added health risks.

The other really nice thing about ghee is it is casein-free.[/public service announcement]

I don't think you use enough of it when you're doing a large pot of curry that it'd harm you that much, if at all. When it all comes down to it, we do need to absorb certain fats anyway, so a small amount is good. Just don't use too much. That's my view.

Ghee is still an 'exotic' ingredient over here. We don't have a really huge Indian population so it's a bit out of the ordinary. I like using it though. I think it makes the food taste more authentic. i'm sure if I'd never tried it I'd never know the difference though.

I can't believe I ate...today, as in in a single day...: two complan drinks; fried eggs, mushrooms, baked beans and toast; a Chicago something-or-other, a cheeseburger, an apple pie and a taste of someone's onion rings (don't say it. I know you're thinking it. Just dont :P) from McDs; a cadbury's fudge and two kiddie portion, fromage frais pots...


I won't lie to you, I feel a touch queasy. I think I may have gone two kiddie portion, fromage frais pots too far.

Hot dog sausages with melted cheese wrapped in pastry and baked AND mashed avocado from a dispenser on a service station hot dog.

*grins* sunds damn tasty....tho i ain;t never heard of avacao on hotdog before :P

Welcome to the Cellar casimendocina!

...my way through this gastro itinerary, yesterday.


Breakfast: Two mini fake Italian rolls, one with Lloyd's BBQ chicken, and one with an extra-long Nathan's hotdog, folded in half.

Lunch: PB&J on grocery store wheat bread, and re-heated mashed potatoes. A truly disgusting combo.

Dinner: Whiz fries, half of a cheesesteak (onions, American cheese), and two slices of DiGiornio pepperoni pizza.


I'm still not sure why this happened. I'm not pregnant either, and I wasn't even hung over.