Lentils! - Page 2

Sundae · 10-26-2007, 04:16 AM

Thanks, I can now continue my lentil cooking safe in the knowledge I'm not committing a skin faux pas.

I had green lentil chilli last night. Just a low fat jar of chilli sauce as base, but added red onion, green chilli, mixed frozen veg, LOTS of green lentils, and various flavourings because the sauce is quite bland (but a jar is nearly as cheap as a tin of tomatoes so it seems silly not to).

Aliantha · 10-26-2007, 04:27 AM

Are frozen veges a lot cheaper over there than fresh?

Sundae · 10-26-2007, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

Are frozen veges a lot cheaper over there than fresh?

I buy fresh when my money comes through (every fortnight) but the vegetables and the money always run out before I'm paid again. So I have the frozen veg as backup. A mixed bag of peas, carrots and cut beans - generic accompaniment veg. I also keep a bag of casserole veg for last minute soup making, and because cutting swede makes me homicidal. And then just peas and sweetcorn which I never buy fresh to be honest.

Because I'm only cooking for one I do believe it works out cheaper and healthier.

ZenGum · 10-26-2007, 12:42 PM

"Fresh" veggies from supermarkets are very rarely really fresh. Most often they have been in storage at 1-4 degrees C for a week or two, even more sometimes, and often with special gases (in low concentrations) to delay aging.
Frozen veggies are usually frozen within a day or less of harvest and, surprisingly, often arrive at the dinner table with more nutritional content than "fresh".
However, freshies from your own garden or a local farmers' market ... that's the way to go , if you can manage it.

kerosene · 10-28-2007, 07:38 PM

Made these today. They are really quite good. And vegetarian.

Aliantha · 10-28-2007, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

"Fresh" veggies from supermarkets are very rarely really fresh. Most often they have been in storage at 1-4 degrees C for a week or two, even more sometimes, and often with special gases (in low concentrations) to delay aging.
Frozen veggies are usually frozen within a day or less of harvest and, surprisingly, often arrive at the dinner table with more nutritional content than "fresh".
However, freshies from your own garden or a local farmers' market ... that's the way to go , if you can manage it.

Yep, farmers markets are good. That's the way I prefer to get my veges, and they're usually surprisingly reasonable in price.

Aliantha · 10-26-2007, 05:11 AM

lmao...that's just rude.

DucksNuts · 10-26-2007, 06:06 AM

fucken hippies

Aliantha · 10-26-2007, 06:08 AM

You're missing out on important nutritional fibre and stuff.

You know, if you don't eat lentils you wont shit. And if you don't shit, you'll die.

DucksNuts · 10-26-2007, 06:16 AM

I dont eat lentils, I shit and I am not dead

yet

Aliantha · 10-26-2007, 06:20 AM

but lentils taste good. haven't you ever been to the hari restaraunt in your city?

10-26-2007, 04:16 AM	#1
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Thanks, I can now continue my lentil cooking safe in the knowledge I'm not committing a skin faux pas. I had green lentil chilli last night. Just a low fat jar of chilli sauce as base, but added red onion, green chilli, mixed frozen veg, LOTS of green lentils, and various flavourings because the sauce is quite bland (but a jar is nearly as cheap as a tin of tomatoes so it seems silly not to). __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

10-26-2007, 04:27 AM	#2
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Are frozen veges a lot cheaper over there than fresh? __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-26-2007, 12:42 PM	#4
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	"Fresh" veggies from supermarkets are very rarely really fresh. Most often they have been in storage at 1-4 degrees C for a week or two, even more sometimes, and often with special gases (in low concentrations) to delay aging. Frozen veggies are usually frozen within a day or less of harvest and, surprisingly, often arrive at the dinner table with more nutritional content than "fresh". However, freshies from your own garden or a local farmers' market ... that's the way to go , if you can manage it. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

10-26-2007, 05:11 AM	#7
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	lmao...that's just rude. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-26-2007, 06:08 AM	#9
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	You're missing out on important nutritional fibre and stuff. You know, if you don't eat lentils you wont shit. And if you don't shit, you'll die. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-28-2007, 07:38 PM	#5
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	Made these today. They are really quite good. And vegetarian.

10-26-2007, 06:06 AM	#8
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	fucken hippies

10-26-2007, 06:16 AM	#10
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	I dont eat lentils, I shit and I am not dead yet

10-26-2007, 06:20 AM	#11
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	but lentils taste good. haven't you ever been to the hari restaraunt in your city? __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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