THE FLATLEY DRYER

[PanBiker]

Tin foil works for me.

[Stanley]

I favour the roasting tin with the high sealed lid. Makes very good gravy under the trivet!

[Marilyn]

I like the look of that Chicken Brick. I bet there are lots of uses for that...Spuds, Pumpkin, etc.
Might look into getting a Chicken Brick!
(Hubby won’t eat Roast Chicken unfortunately. The only bit of the Chicken he will eat is the Breast. But I like all bits of a Chicken...)
You could bake your Sour Dough in that too, Panbiker.

[Wendyf]

Cooking in a stove like a Rayburn or my Stanley is a bit like using a chicken brick all the time, the oven is a sealed, insulated, cast iron box and roasts meat wonderfully.

[Marilyn]

My Smeg oven is the same, Wendy. It seals so well, that I can’t smell the food cooking! It was all a bit strange at first, but I was advised to trust the oven and not open the door. I have got used to it now. It was difficult at first because we all use our sense of smell to tell if food is cooked (or burning etc).

[Marilyn]

I also have to turn my oven off at least 5 mins before I open the door to serve up....

[Stanley]

Wendy, you are dead right about the ovens on Agas and Rayburns, lovely even heat.

[Stanley]

When I was living with young students it seemed to me that if they did any cooking at all it was 'Spag Bog'. I wonder if this is still true?

[Tizer]

Our young relative at Sheffield University seemed to survive on pizzas. It can't have done her much harm, she's just been awarded a First Class degree in psychology and will start at Bath Uni later this year on an MSc in Forensic Psychology.

[Cathy]

There’s lots of variety in pizza’s, she probably got her meat and 3 veg every day.
Better than two minute noodles anyway.

[Stanley]

I had a young snapper working for me at Pendle Heritage who ate nothing but pot noodles. Later in life I heard he had a bad stomach. I once asked him why? He said his Jewish Mother was always telling him to eat and that put him off any other food.
Pizzas are so expensive!

[Big Kev]

Pizzas are so expensive!

Really? They always seem like a cheap snack to me. What do you base their cost on?

[Stanley]

The prices quoted on the Domino adverts on TV and on the flyers I get through my letter box Kev. Mind you, I admit that I am not a good judge. I can make two meals out of a large cauliflower at 69p. So a 'pizza bargain' at £9 looks expensive to me. 'Kentucky Fried Chicken' in a bucket seems expensive to me as well.
Thinking back to pub grub, where did chicken in a plastic basket originate? In my early boozing days they never went beyond Stew and Hard or Pie and peas.
That reminds me of the cafe on the fish dock at South Shields, I went on for breakfast one morning and found they sold nothing but freshly cooked fish. That was where I discovered the difference between inshore and offshore fish. The inshore was dark coloured and inferior, it wasn't until I had eaten it that the man told me it was caught where they fed around the sewer outfall......

[Big Kev]

The prices quoted on the Domino adverts on TV and on the flyers I get through my letter box Kev. Mind you, I admit that I am not a good judge. I can make two meals out of a large cauliflower at 69p. So a 'pizza bargain' at £9 looks expensive to me. 'Kentucky Fried Chicken' in a bucket seems expensive to me as well.

Ah right, takeaway pizza, never eat them. Full of salt and sugar We occassionaly share a sourdough based meatfeast or chicken pizza from Aldi, less than £3 for those...

[Stanley]

Good job I enjoy veggies, they are so cheap.

[Tizer]

Students can access plenty of advice on making their own pizzas. For example: 50p a portion LINK £1.50 LINK

[Marilyn]

I can oven roast veg/chicken and make a great Pizza topping as cheap as chips. Just add Tomato Paste ( I make my own and freeze it) Add Cheese, sliced onion, sliced Capsicum, Fresh Mushrooms, maybe Bacon etc BBQ sauce and/or Tinned Pineapple, Spinach, Herbs and shove it in the oven for 20 mins. Base is anything you want it to be.
You can buy one, make a yeast one, make a Damper style one, or make a grated Cauliflower one if you have a problem with Carbs or gluten.
Pizza is EASY, and so adaptable.
Not an every week treat for us now we are going low carb, but we all need to bust loose on occasion. Personally, I think Pizza has more to offer nutritionally than Fish and Chips...

[Marilyn]

My son likes “stinky” food, like the rest of you ( that Garlic crap).
But he does enjoy a Pizza with pulled Lamb, Rosemary, Fetta Cheese and Roast Pumpkin as a topping.

[Stanley]

When I was a lad... There was no such thing as the tea bag, the standard method of brewing tea was loose tea in a caddy, a caddy spoon, a teapot and tea strainer and a kettle boiling on the fire or the gas cooker. If you were at work it was tea and sugar together in the brew can, boiling water and, when it had brewed, milk straight in on top and don't disturb the tea leaves that had sunk to the bottom when drinking.



Everyone had one of these, a double ended container with tea at one end and sugar at the other together with a small medicine bottle of milk. How many people remember using these? I still use my old brew can for making my coffee each morning. Ideal for the job!

[PanBiker]

My son likes “stinky” food, like the rest of you ( that Garlic crap).

Surely you can't be referring to all the yummy Garlic based stuff that is really good for you.

[Stanley]

Keeps vampires away as well!

[Tizer]

I'm with Maz on this one - garlic should be listed as a food contaminant!

[plaques]

I'm with Maz on this one - garlic should be listed as a food contaminant!
And red wine should be considered as a brain contaminant. Ban it, terrible stuff. Why does GARLIC get such a bad press when it contributes to social distancing while red wine tends to do the opposite? No accounting for peoples taste or logic.

[PanBiker]

[Marilyn]

Ooooo..Plaquey...red wine is not a problem...
What makes you think it is ?
A bottle, shared between two, watching a movie , at home...simply lovely! ( live a little!)