Around Midnight last night at the Bemused family kitchen
Last night
Further to yesterday’s Slightly Bemused column concerning Little Slightly and Irish culinary matters.
Slightle Bemused writes:
We set Little Slightly loose on the Kildare shopping scene with her cousin Glitter Slightly. Shoes were bought, foundation secured, and sunscreen for their upcoming trip to Spain – all organised without request for permission and certainly without remorse.
She arrived home, having again decided my drive is too narrow, and bags were taken from the car. Being the caring father, I offered to help. I was given the bag for the fridge. In which 2 packs of a pound each of sausages was secreted, nearly at the bottom. Once my chuckling subsided, I put them in the fridge.
I was asked if I wanted some mash. I had not realised this was merely to be a side to the whole pack of sausages slowly cooking beside them. At least she eats them skins and all!
I came downstairs at nearly midnight, and she paused, fork halfway to lips, and asked if I wanted any sausages. There were six left. Now there are two. Who knows what the night will bring?
Should I mention that she bought the sausages having gone into Dunnes to get American-Style bacon as per Know Knots‘ recommendation in the comment on my column…Let this be a lesson: your words have consequences. In this case late night snacks :-)
Yesterday: Slightly Bemused: Kitchen Confidential
Lord, I love that girl and she had the taste to leave baked beans out of a midnight feast!
Of course! Baked beans are disgusting!
my word that’s a lot of sausage ! :)
Ah, where have I heard that before.
what happens on tour stays on tour
( slightly I’m sorry…not sorry for corrupting your wholesome thread :))
Now some of you chefy types here will throw up your hands in horror, but:
Tip a portion of beans into a bowl.
Add VERY finely chopped onion.
Add a dash of soy sauce, sprinkle with ground black pepper and stir.
Microwave at a low-to-moderate setting in several one-minute bursts. This is to cook/soften the onion. (One intense blast won’t work). Taste and repeat as necessary depending on microwave’s power. This elevates the humble bean to another level!
don’t feel bad…there’s a whole movement around this kind of thing…hacking off the shelf canned foodstuffs to transform them…I have a vague recollection of some Michelinstarred guy doing just this very thing about 10 years ago to his customers with campbells cream of mushroom soup I think
with me a tin of baked beans usually sees a dash of Worcestershire sauce and some grated cheddar…or likes of Koka noodles gets major upgrades with some chopped spring onion, chopped chicken if I have any, oyster sauce, good pinch of Korean spicebox spice mix
sure I just turned yesterday’s leftover risotto into chicken curry not 10 mins ago with a good tablespoon of O’Donnell’s chip shop Curry sauce mixed thru, sneaky knob of butter, 4 mins in the microwave, yum
what did I just read :0)
Just stop that!
me or golden ? :)
What an awesome post
I wouldn’t eat anything produced in a kitchen as filthy as that.
Do you live in Direct Provision Slightly ?
pity you can’t clean your filthy little heart and mind
Don’t worry, Uncle Sam. We do clean up afterwards, but that would not make for fun pictures :-) And to be honest, it is the mess that one more person can bring to my own confusion I thought was interesting to share.
The cooker is starting to show its age, though, and I may need to replace it as getting the surface shiny is getting harder.
answered like the gent you are
Charger!
he’s reached a new low
All he has is new lows.
“Who knows what the night will bring?”
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…crippling heartburn, I’d imagine.