I like crunchy roast potatoes
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Im eating roast chicken right about now and the potatoes are a bit oft because of the shit load of gravy I put on probably my badd i guess but I like crunchy roasties, do you guys?

/drunk

Gotta be nicely browned off for me, and a bit crunchy.

I also like nice crunchy roasties.
But above all, WTF?

aunt bessies mmmm

Aunt Bessies? SHITE.

Edited by paul wiginton on 26th Jun, 2012.

I seriously doubt it!

I find carveries sometimes have exceptional roasties.

Been to a carvery tonight and they werent all that - the rest was great though

I seriously doubt it!

home made with maris pipers, i agree with Tom on aunt bessies

Par boil your spuds, drain in a sieve (give them a good shake about to roughen the edges), cover in oil then coat in semolina before putting in a tray in the oven.
Just make sure you use decent oil, not 20W50!

Edited by Brett on 19th Nov, 2012.

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You missed out putting them back in the pan over the heat for a few seconds to get any residual moisture out of them.

Also a good way to avoid soggy mash.

I'm hooked on marabel potatoes at the minute, not cheap but nice and creamy.

Also does anybody else hate the word roaster/roasties or is it just me?

Scratch up the surface with a fork before boiling to get that crispyness, plus I boil mine as if Im gonna mash them to get them all fluffy inside. Get the oil hot in a tray before putting the potatoes in and coating them in it

I seriously doubt it!

I like my potatos as chips, freshly cut & fried in the finest spanish cold pressed extra-virgin olive oil. Yummy!

Put a smal branch of rosemary in the oil when heating it up!

Edited by Asphalt on 26th Jun, 2012.

[X] nail here for new monitor

Im sober now :)

anyone got any tips for cooking the perfect steak?

the perfect steak is still kicking while your eating it.


my mum gives her roasties a coating of flour makes them jolly nice

This is great :). In one evening I've learned how to rebuild a turbo, make the perfect cup of tea and create the best roast potatoes ever! This must surely have increased my marriage prospects overnight? I live in hope! lol :)

I have the best bread pudding recipe if you want it Mandy

Hey Craigie B and the rest of the lads,

Im a lancashire lad by heart but I married a yorkshire lass,

This possibly should be in the "how to section" but hey I am no expert, but know a good meal when I have had one lol!! Please excuse my spelling and the long windedness of this because I have had a few but speak from experience this is worth doing right....:)

This is in testement to my wife Kate:

She serimoniously gets the meat out early in the morning, and then coats with bovril in the roasting dish with 1 inch of water. Pop in the oven at 350f for 30mins per pound + 30mins.

After the joint is done remove from oven and rest meat for 1 hour covered.

1 hour from dinner time, in terms of roasties, after bringing the spuds to the boil, just so they don't quite slide off the the fork, she shakes the fuck out of the spud pan with the lid on after draining, not too much but just enough, this gives them a fluffy texture.

She then places them one by one onto a shollow baking tray which has been at 400F in the oven with 1/8 inch of oil, this litrially crispy frys the extremety ensuring a crisy spud.

Half way through she wields the tongues and turns them.

Mean while she has poured the yorkshire batter into equally hot, if not hotter in the bottom oven, with 1/4inch oil in the muffin tray, hot oil is the key as is wisking the batter mix prior to pouring to add the bubbles and whilst maintaining the oven temperature.

Once in Tho shalt not touch the oven door until 1.5 inch rise is seen in the yorkshires, at the same time the juices in the roasting dish (joint removed of course) from the roast joint are heated in the roasting tray on the hob and mixed with proper gravey mix and reduced to taste.

Carve the meat, and pop the veggies into boiling water, brocolli / carrots or colly cheese.

At this point have your son or daughter sets the table.

If not already open to breath, open and pour the wine, and hey presto, proper sunday lunch:) At least it seems that easy to me anywho after 3-4 coronas:)

Interms of steaks - now that is my department - Out the back I have a 4 burner charbroil grill... Medium rare is how you want it. Heat said grill to 450f.
Marinade the grill. Salt and pepper both sides of steak, 1 hour before, Slap on grill. sizzel, sizzel, sizzel, drink and down beer if wife not watching, turn steaks, sizzel, sizzel, having turned 45 degrees to give a nice cris-cross pattern, down next beer again if astute enough to avoid wife's evil eye. Leave just a bit longer to avoid under cooking for her in doors and then slap on plate to rest.
Depending on your preference, down another coldy, or smoke cig and voila, providing you married a girl that does good chips, and then robert is your mothers brother.

on a side note to the roast beef, typically it is best to roast a large join. This said you should have at least enough left over for another meal. the trick here is to carve the remaiming meat and place in the roasting tray along with the remaining gravy. Leave over night, the next day and slowely reheat on the hob whilst repeating the the steps for preparing and cooking the roast potatoes and yorkshires.

At the end of the day, Like my yorkshire wifes grand father said, "My wife maybe a yorkshire lass and had to come all the way to Lancashire to find a husband, but the kids still have ended up with 6 toes on each foot lol!! but then still did prince Charles". :):)

Edited by Brocky on 19th Nov, 2012.

BTW - I took my buddy VTEC Pete out for a spin this weekend, and even though I am running her in, he gave it a name, the "Brocket"...cause I'm a brocket maaannn, nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah....

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Ill let my gf read this later, shes been on about cooking a roast

No worries mate,

Seems funny you reading this in the morning and me still up late and should be going to bed lol

Great build thread btw, don't get dis hearten by thinking you have finished. Its a bloody mini and there is always something to do....

I just go on here and before I know it theres something I want to do to mine,

Edited by Brocky on 19th Nov, 2012.

BTW - I took my buddy VTEC Pete out for a spin this weekend, and even though I am running her in, he gave it a name, the "Brocket"...cause I'm a brocket maaannn, nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah....

Build thread - http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=7483

Katy Mini Owners Club Thread - http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=505552

Let's make sure you embarrass at least one VTEC MINI today !

https://www.facebook.com/groups/17557298589...096464253807802