New Food...

[grobelaar]

Just made a good discovery - Chilli con carne (veggie in my case) and mashed potato, especially if remixed into a shepherds pie like format.

Its a good combo that occurred to me while eating a more traditional chilli with refried beans - and it occurred to me yesterday while cooking bangers and mash that mashed potatoes with baked beans are very similar to refried beans in taste and texture...

Bangers and mash rule thou, it should be the English national dish -way better than Fish and Chips, nice bit of onion gravy - lovely...

[pille'ocheoni]

whats bangers?

[grobelaar]

Sausages

[pille'ocheoni]

oki.................sounds interesting..............i like the idea of spanish influenced slop..............but bangers would make me go into convulsions. heheheh.take care.p

[dirtyho]

Chill con carne with rosti topping - lush. Peel & part boil potatoes (so they're all gluey), grate on top of chilli, sprinkle with cumin seeds and butter, bake or grill.

[amble]

beans and mashed potatos eh? sounds like flying blanket to me.;)

[gunjack]

a can of chilli and a bag of doritos.

[invisibleplanet]

i have a 'thing' for Rösti:)

and i suppose that chilli con carne with no meat is called chilli non carne...we have that often.

i don't normally like english food, but i love sausages, mash, and onion gravy.

[dirtyho]

I don't eat much english food - mostly chinese. However sausage mash and onion gravy is near to the summit of british food achievements (especially if you cook the sausages on a really low heat in a cast-iron skillet and don't prick the skins - mmm so juicy)

[piscaries]

Originally posted by invisibleplanet
and i suppose that chilli con carne with no meat is called chilli non carne...we have that often.

actually it's chilli sin carne :!

and what is mash?

[dirtyho]

mashed potato, you put butter in and add salt, pepper, milk etc to taste

[JE:5]

Mashed Potatoes, Mmmaaaaasssshhheeedd Pppppooootttttaaattttoooooeees sss (..Mashed Potatoes?, Why do you hate mashed potatoes?)

[invisibleplanet]

Originally posted by dirtyho
mashed potato, you put butter in and add salt, pepper, milk etc to taste

this is a scientific blending -
so to boiled potatoes, u add generous amount of butter, and mash with fork, masher, or whisk (i use a metal whisk)
when butter is blended and no lumps of potato left, i then add full cream - full *yum*, no salt, and fresh ground black pepper. i whisk it into submission, and then eat it till i can't eat no more.

i like quorn sausages best *g

and thanks ²piscaries for chilli sin carne !

[jukka]

try out and add peas to the mash.....tastes really good imo

[piscaries]

ah.. that makes sense. i'm a big fan of garlic mashed potatoes. throw a couple of cloves in while you're boiling the potatoes and mash it up real good with a little cream, sometimes a little sour cream or sometimes some cream cheese, and some salt and pepper and DAMN you've got some good eatin's

[karitek]

i always add a little nutmeg to my mash as well....i love british gravy - i have people bring me over bisto from the uk when they visit!!!

[invisibleplanet]

lol kari...

what, in your opinion, is the best dish of north america then?
(r u settling in ok?)

[grobelaar]

OK, here's my mashed potato variant...

As I try to avoid diary products though I tend to do what is known as Rustic Mash, its a bit more freeform, ingredients can be dropped in and out as you please and is deliberately lumpy...

New Potatoes with skins on, a leek chopped, a baby white cabbage, some shallots, whole cloves of garlics (plenty), variety of herbs (practically any root veg) - Dill is a particular favourite, it has a creamy(ish) flavour that makes up for the fact that I'm not using butter or milk. Boil everything up, I usually put the other veg in for the last 10 minutes so as to not overcook it. Have to be careful with some veg they have a high water content and can make the mash too soggy (so if I'm using carrots or parsnips - I roast them instead as this dries them out a bit...)

Then mash it all up with a fork instead of a potato masher, throw in the herbs and seasoning (lots of crushed black pepper as ever), bit of mustard powder perhaps (although the white cabbage will give it a peppery tang). Add a bit of soya marg or Olive Oil and a splash of soya milk.

And then if you're feeling really flash, save some shallots and caramelise them and sprinkle on top, or fry some spring onions and more garlic and mix in at the end...

I think next time, I'm gonna try doing a really fiery mash with crushed dried chillis, or maybe with some saffron (though that will get expensive...)

[JE:5]

I like mine with fuckloads of butter and cheese mixed in.

[grobelaar]

Originally posted by karitek
i always add a little nutmeg to my mash as well....i love british gravy - i have people bring me over bisto from the uk when they visit!!!

Yeah, I got some recipe for Cashew Nut roast off the internet, at the end it said

"Serve with all the usual roast dinner trimmings and gravy if desired, although bear in mind it is already a very rich dish..."

I was like duh, what has how rich the nut roast got to do with even contemplating serving a Sunday roast dinner WITHOUT gravy - a travesty of the highest order... :-)

[piscaries]

where else on the internet can you find a bulletin board with a thread on mashed potatoes along side a thread on war?

i love you guys!!

[databombers]

food and sleep r truely under rated lol

[grobelaar]

I don't think so, by all account there coming top 1 and 2 activity for Erutufoners across the globe...

With going out to a party and listening to some music being squeezed into a lowly third place - what a bunch of lazy arsed bastards we really are... :-)

[karitek]

i love ur new avatar grobelaar :)

u should try fried leeks on top of your mash - amazing!! just cut them up lengthwise and fry em in some margarine. one of the best combos ever!!

i dont know what the best north american food is - probably some of the southern stuff my grandmother makes...twice baked potatoes (bake potatoes, hollow them out and make mash with cheese out of the middle and put them back in the skins and bake them til crusty on top). but i will have a think about it :)

[Weishaupt]

i like this food thread.............you people sounds very funny :-)

[amble]

re-lazyness: it goes much deeper - we even swaped real friends against click click and a monitor.;)

[invisibleplanet]

Originally posted by amble
re-lazyness: it goes much deeper - we even swaped real friends against click click and a monitor.;)

nono - this 'thing' is my bread and butter...

and i'd like some homemade soup to go with that please!

[tsr_tomas]

chilly concarne = good.