Water cooler topic of the week not so many months ago was feeders and feedees or Gainers – I’m sure there are many more terms out there for it and I do not profess to be an expert. This is the relationship dynamic whereby one partner in a relationship feeds the other in order to make them massive. I’m afraid I don’t see the attraction but horses for courses I suppose.
The reason I mention it is because to anyone not fully briefed on the situation may believe that this was what was happening at our house on any given day that I’m doing the Edmonds. I presented the husband with no less than 5 different full sized meals in one sitting, he only made it through 4 and I had to save the last for dinner the next day. I can only hope that this will not have a lasting impact on either of us, if anything he’s probably almost in danger of scurvy – vegetables were not such a heavy focus in the Edmonds.
Bread rolls – I actually made these for lunch, they were fine but did not rise as much as I would have expected. It was at this point that I realised that, yes, I had bought new yeast but, no, I had not remembered to throw out the old yeast which expired 12 months ago. Naturally I accidentally used the old one. They were still fine though, I can pretend that the dense doughyness was intentional.
Fishcakes. Cooked fish and mashed potato with an egg mixed through, shaped into patties, crumbed and fried. I’m more of a Thai fishcake kind of girl but I’m guessing their weren’t too many of those around. Someone told me you had to go to a chemist to get olive oil so I imagine Thai was out of the question…
Stuffed Tomatoes. Now, I don’t really like whole tomatoes so this was never going to be a winner with me. Not so much a recipe as a method, these were tomatoes hollowed out and then filled with breadcrumbs and mince. Mmmmmm. Probably the most nutritionally sound meal of the night.
Stuffed bacon. When I first saw this I thought it sounded great, until I read the recipe and realised that the bacon was stuffed with kidneys. Hmmmm. Take your strip of bacon, cover it with forcemeat (stuffing) and wrap around half a kidney. Cook between two enamel plates – I’m not sure why. The Husband was quite excited to see the bacon, less excited to see the kidney! He actually doesn’t seem to mind kidney’s anymore which is fortunate because…
Kidney savoury was up next. This was totally unappetising. Cook bacon. Use leftover bacon fat to cook floured kidneys, add water and cook until nasty and grey – my instructions, not Edmonds. Serve with bacon. Again the Husband ate it. Quite amazing how much food you can put in one man.
Last of all came the veal and ham cookies. Quite an odd name for something that was basically a pie. Take pastry, add minced meat cooked with ham, seal it up, bake. Naturally they were good, how could they be bad? Pastry, meat – you’re quite naturally onto a winner there. Unfortunately this was the straw (pie) that broke the camel’s (Husband’s) back (Stomach). He took one look at the uncooked sheet of pastries and pleaded with me to leave them until the next day. I took pity on him and did my best impersonation of an obedient wife.
The reason I mention it is because to anyone not fully briefed on the situation may believe that this was what was happening at our house on any given day that I’m doing the Edmonds. I presented the husband with no less than 5 different full sized meals in one sitting, he only made it through 4 and I had to save the last for dinner the next day. I can only hope that this will not have a lasting impact on either of us, if anything he’s probably almost in danger of scurvy – vegetables were not such a heavy focus in the Edmonds.
Bread rolls – I actually made these for lunch, they were fine but did not rise as much as I would have expected. It was at this point that I realised that, yes, I had bought new yeast but, no, I had not remembered to throw out the old yeast which expired 12 months ago. Naturally I accidentally used the old one. They were still fine though, I can pretend that the dense doughyness was intentional.
Fishcakes. Cooked fish and mashed potato with an egg mixed through, shaped into patties, crumbed and fried. I’m more of a Thai fishcake kind of girl but I’m guessing their weren’t too many of those around. Someone told me you had to go to a chemist to get olive oil so I imagine Thai was out of the question…
Stuffed Tomatoes. Now, I don’t really like whole tomatoes so this was never going to be a winner with me. Not so much a recipe as a method, these were tomatoes hollowed out and then filled with breadcrumbs and mince. Mmmmmm. Probably the most nutritionally sound meal of the night.Stuffed bacon. When I first saw this I thought it sounded great, until I read the recipe and realised that the bacon was stuffed with kidneys. Hmmmm. Take your strip of bacon, cover it with forcemeat (stuffing) and wrap around half a kidney. Cook between two enamel plates – I’m not sure why. The Husband was quite excited to see the bacon, less excited to see the kidney! He actually doesn’t seem to mind kidney’s anymore which is fortunate because…
Kidney savoury was up next. This was totally unappetising. Cook bacon. Use leftover bacon fat to cook floured kidneys, add water and cook until nasty and grey – my instructions, not Edmonds. Serve with bacon. Again the Husband ate it. Quite amazing how much food you can put in one man.
Last of all came the veal and ham cookies. Quite an odd name for something that was basically a pie. Take pastry, add minced meat cooked with ham, seal it up, bake. Naturally they were good, how could they be bad? Pastry, meat – you’re quite naturally onto a winner there. Unfortunately this was the straw (pie) that broke the camel’s (Husband’s) back (Stomach). He took one look at the uncooked sheet of pastries and pleaded with me to leave them until the next day. I took pity on him and did my best impersonation of an obedient wife.
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