mcerd1
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| posted on 15/2/11 at 09:50 PM |
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OT - Whats your favourite locost food ?
way off topic but...
I've just made my own stovies for the first time and they are brilliant 
(thats potatos and onion slow cooked in the own juce for the non-scotts reading this)
and what with everything costing more these days whats your favourite locost food / meal ?
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coozer
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| posted on 15/2/11 at 09:52 PM |
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Bad Boy pot noddle...
Got a recipe for the stovies I can have a try at?
[Edited on 15/2/11 by coozer]
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daviep
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| posted on 15/2/11 at 09:58 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mcerd1
way off topic but...
I've just made my own stovies for the first time and they are brilliant
(thats potatos and onion slow cooked in the own juce for the non-scotts reading this)
and what with everything costing more these days whats your favourite locost food / meal ?
That must be the "locost" version, the rest of us include beef or corned beef if you're really poor
Stovies or stew of any kind are my favourite foods.
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omega0684
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| posted on 15/2/11 at 09:59 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by coozer
Got a recipe for the stovies I can have a try at?
Stick potatos and onions in a pan! thats it!
I love Pinto's, even if i did get mine from P&O!
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JoelP
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| posted on 15/2/11 at 10:04 PM |
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my lunch most days is unbuttered bread with cold tomato soup. People dont believe how nice it is, but i have some converts! Lunch for £1.50 cant be
bad?! Or £2 if you splash out on milk to wash it down
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tomgregory2000
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| posted on 15/2/11 at 10:07 PM |
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Beer and a burger 
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mcerd1
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| posted on 15/2/11 at 10:09 PM |
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Stovies
~1 onion (chopped)
~4 decent size tatties [aka: potatos] needs to be floury ones like maris piper
that should be about 2 peoples worth (its not critical though, just make what looks like enough)
peal the tatties and slice them thinly
get a big heavy pot with a close fitting lid
melt some fat / heat a bit of oil (what ever you like really)
fry the onion untill soft (but not brown)
turn the heat right down (about as low as any small ring can go)
and add the tatties with a bit of salt and peper
give it a stir and put the lid on
check it every now and then (20-30min should be enough) and stir it to stop it sticking (you really don't want them to stick at all)
but don't lift the lid to much - the steam from there own juce is all they've got to cook in!
should take anywhere from 1 to 2 hour depending on the amount of tattie
when they are done give them a bit of stir to break them up - should be a bit like a lumpy mashed tattie
best servied with something like sausages
and I know some people stir a bit of cooked / leftover meat through it at the end (like this pic I nicked of google) but thats the way my granny makes
them
[Edited on 15/2/2011 by mcerd1]
[Edited on 15/2/2011 by mcerd1]
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skodaman
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| posted on 15/2/11 at 10:24 PM |
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Baked beans with diced onions and a clove of garlic with half a bag of curry powder served with rice. Sometimes do chapatis with it as well. Cheap
as chips but better for you. I make such a mess of the kitchen that the wife usually doesn't let me cook again for a while, which must be
regarded as an added bonus.
Skodaman
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SPYDER
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| posted on 15/2/11 at 10:26 PM |
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Corned beef fritters
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skydivepaul
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| posted on 15/2/11 at 10:26 PM |
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beans on toast with tabasco sauce
or try this for a gourmet treat
mince beef and onion pie butty
dead easy -
get one mince beef and onion pie
get a buttered breadcake, barm cake, roll, stottie, teacake or whatever you call it
put pie in breadcake
voila, ultimate lunchtime enjoyment
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nick205
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| posted on 15/2/11 at 10:26 PM |
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That's what I know as corned beef hash - lovely and a favourite student dish. SWMBO's not so keen so don't make it much these
days.
Leek and potato soup is my current fave locost dish - with a good sized chunk of white bloomer loaf
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owelly
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| posted on 15/2/11 at 10:29 PM |
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Finger nails. Always available, nice and chewy and they taste different every time. I sometimes eat my own as well......
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mcerd1
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| posted on 15/2/11 at 10:34 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by nick205
That's what I know as corned beef hash
I thought that was just mashed tattie with corned beef in it ?
its hard to explain, but stovies are nothing like mashed tattie (well not much like them anyway)
they cook slowly with the fried onion and little salt+peper - nothing else is added, not even water
[Edited on 15/2/2011 by mcerd1]
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 15/2/11 at 10:41 PM |
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Fishfinger Sandwiches...... Both kinds....
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b16mts
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| posted on 15/2/11 at 10:43 PM |
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Sadly I'm on weightwatchers, but on the upside I'm on some proper tasty cheap food.
Swmbo does a superb curried parsnip soup!
Amazing chicken in cider n apple gravy,
And last night the tremendous chicken veg stew- 1 chicken breast to 4 good portions with spuds, parsnip, onion, carrot, swede, butternut squash and
sweet potato, with dumplings! They stick some puff pastry on the next day and it's a stunning pie!
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slingshot2000
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| posted on 15/2/11 at 10:58 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MakeEverything
Fishfinger Sandwiches...... Both kinds....
Ok,
I know my kind; Captain BirdsEyes fish fingers (just cool enough not to melt the Lurpak completely), white bread and Lurpack, touch of salt and a dash
of vinegar!
Now, what is this other kind ? Cannot wait to see your recomendation Make Everything, will deffo give it a go !
Regards
Jon
Edited to correct typo !
[Edited on 15/2/11 by slingshot2000]
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dave
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| posted on 15/2/11 at 11:05 PM |
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Mums homemade soup
[Edited on 15/2/11 by dave]
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StevieB
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| posted on 15/2/11 at 11:31 PM |
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Tomato soup with cheese sandwiches to dip in.
I also grew up on a dish that sounds similar to stovies, but it had a lot more veg and meat bits in it and is a meal in itself - penacklety (god knows
how you spell it, but it was the very best meal my nan used to make for me when growing up)
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Peteff
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| posted on 15/2/11 at 11:38 PM |
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Corned beef hash is always good, where we're going we don't need recipes !
Go on then
Cube a tin of corned beef into 1/2" chunks and marinade in Worcester sauce, dice spuds and par boil for 6 minutes and drain, chop an onion and
fry till clear, add potatoes and fry till browning then add corned beef and fry till it breaks up. Serve with fried egg on top and side serving of
baked beans.
yours, Pete
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bigrich
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| posted on 15/2/11 at 11:39 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by skydivepaul
mince beef and onion pie butty
dead easy -
get one mince beef and onion pie
get a buttered breadcake, barm cake, roll, stottie, teacake or whatever you call it
put pie in breadcake
voila, ultimate lunchtime enjoyment
We used to call these a Heathen sandwich.
Try hot sausage rolls on a breadcake with brown sauce, mmm mmmm !!!
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 15/2/11 at 11:53 PM |
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dumplings made from just flour and water
very dangerous, I could eat so many of those I'd die 
they are sooooo yummy, oh no I have a craving!!!
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mookaloid
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| posted on 16/2/11 at 12:22 AM |
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Poached eggs on toast - simples
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Macbeast
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| posted on 16/2/11 at 12:32 AM |
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Thanks Mcrd1. We used to get stovies for school meals at my primary school near Dunbar. Maybe it's an East Lothian speciality ?
Will try your recipe anyway ( including meat )
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T66
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| posted on 16/2/11 at 01:26 AM |
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Chicken Stew - with tarragon & smoked paprika.
skinned chicken thighs
2 onions
3 carrots
garlic bulb
2 peppers
tblspn tarragon
tblspn paprika
chicken stock cube/ 1 pint stock
tin tomatoes
salt and pepper
throw all in casserole for 90 minutes, give another 30 with the lid off to reduce the liquid.
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James
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| posted on 16/2/11 at 01:39 AM |
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Making your own pizzas is pretty cheap and can be healthy.
'Basics' pizza base is £1. (Maybe you could make/bake them yourself for cheaper? not sure on this but you certainly couldn't do it
quicker!) and comes pre-covered with tomato sauce and cheese.
Cover with chopped onion, sweetcorn, pepper, mushrooms, etc. etc. If feeling flush you can crack an egg in the middle, chop olives and or grill and
dice a sausage or 2.
Girlfriend is veggie and we're both into sports so try to eat healthily.
Tins of bought soup worry me as they have so much damn salt in them!
Cheers,
James
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