Bree wrote Mashed potatoes and beans? I find this interesting.. two heavy duty carbs > at one meal. Okay..Lucy and Colin.. what is porridge (sp?)?
Mashed potatoes have to be piled into a mound with a huge dob of butter in it which is then concealed to "erupt" into the beans....... I DID say these were childhood things and carbs on a cold day are soooooo comforting... Yep load up with those carbs...... HOWEVER TO ANSWER THE LAST POINT....... Porridge is a torture designed by the Scots to slow down the English..... My daughter loves it..I hate it... You buy "oats" these are not the oats you give to horses but sort of white crushed things (like you use in Flapjacks? or is that another thing you don't know about.....or are flapjacks something else in the US and Canada...same language different perspective..ANY WAY Flapjacks here are..... oats, butter, golden syrup all mixed together and then smeared into a pan and baked.... YUMMMMMYYYYY) Take some oats.(Quaker Brand is the best known one).. not a lot (half a cup or less) cos they swell... put them in a pan.... Now here the company will divide.... there are those who say you add only water and salt... there are others who say you add MILK and a bit of butter.... I hate the stuff either way... You add enough water (or milk) to cover the oats and about half again and apply heat.... keep stirring the horrid stuff until it starts to congeal.. add more liquid until it is either runny or thick depending on your depravity..... You then turn the ghastly stodge into a bowl and top it with sugar or golden syrup or whatever..some people have it with peanut butter........others with jam or raisins or chocolate sauce...... I hate porridge because of its texture.... I have tried it smooth or stodgey and its horrible....BLEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHH. Looks like sick.... Oats make a great addition to the crumble on Apple Crumble and wonderful on the crust of home baked bread... Hey, those of you in UK..ASDA are selling Pacific Bread makers for under #30.... I bought one today and I am going to try my first loaf tonight!!!! YUP MORE CARBS... Despite my raving about all the foods I fancied for todays weird weather (two whiteouts and another coming but not one speck of snow left to show for any of it......... I told you we have wierd weather) We will have chicken stirfry with noodles...... Now I am sure you are all feeling relieved!!!!! That ends the culinary bulleitein from OLD (real)Hampshire in OLD (real)England from Lucy (who has resisted the application of Stepford Wives apron despite her the domestic tone of her day!!!) Both dogs are asleep on the couches (Bad dogs.... Oh ..... Bad dogs) in my lounge and stir only to wag tails as I check on them and tell them to shift, and then they just go back to sleep!!! I want to be my dog in my next life, but then that would involve being conscious to two levels of existance and I find one hard enough!
