On quick and easy feed stuffs

[discodoris]

I'm not going to turn into a foodie and there will be no photographs of beautifully presented food here, but a couple of months back I posted onto Facebook about something I'd made for dinner in five minutes flat which was nutritious, delicious and less effort than junk food.  Well, the commentators mostly came back and said - sure that's easy for

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[thisispoki]

One of the few things that has stuck with me, from watching foodery people on the TV is Delia repeating, like a mantra "make the pan as hot as you can stand" when cooking omeletes. You're saying to not have it hot enough to smoke. One (another?) of my problems with cookistry is conflicting advice. Is there one good way of combining stuff together in an appealing way, or are there as many ways as there are people doing it?

[ext_1040175]

When you see a comment about "pan as hot as you can stand", it means you lay your open palm over top of the cooking surface an inch or two up (2.5 to 5 cm) to sense the temperature. If you can only keep your hand there for a few seconds before pulling it away, it's hot. Another thing you can do is splash a tiny amount of water (1/4 teaspoon or less) into the pan. If the water dances with great energy, you're good.

There are many ways of combining stuff. For example, if you are browning onion or meat, another way to tell if the pan is hot is to let the oil heat and put one small piece (onion, meat, whatever) in the pan to watch it react.

[raeyn]

What fun! I need to actually remember to have salmon anything sometime; I think Neil isn't a fan. That, or I've convinced myself he isn't 'cause he doesn't like prawns/lobsters/crabs, so... But yessh, that sounds pretty easy and nice all in. :D

[discodoris]

I meant to say that salmon dislikers could easily substitute some smoked ham or bacon - it's a similar salt content, although obviously a different texture and taste :)

[discodoris]

Also, much more time involved, but the spoils from the seafood restaurant on Thursday night made a wonderful prawn, mushroom and corn risotto (lemon, garlic and herbs in the chicken stock for additional zazzy) today :)

[raeyn]

Neil picked up some of the micro-prawns so I can whip myself up a nice Chinese-style fried rice for work, so I'm really looking forward to that. And yesssh, I definitely would have adored going to that particular smörgåsbord!