Cooking breakfast...

maffwilson · 13-12-2006, 00:29

OK, have been given the task of cooking my lovely girlfirend and her 2 flatmates breakfast on Saturday morning (only fair as been scoffing their dinners!).

So looking for help in becoming a male Delia Lawson/Nigela Smith person type thing.

Anyway if you've any hints/tips/ideas/recommended ingredients for such event I'd be most grateful if you'd share them.

Oh by the way, one of the flatmates used to be a cook in former profession

mluton · 13-12-2006, 00:32

A run to Maccy D's. Everyone loves a Maccy D's Breakfast. Mmmmmmmmmmm

Octygone · 13-12-2006, 00:38

Bacon eggs and toast always goes down well ...just buy the best bacon, free range eggs and some decent bread

ap0gee · 13-12-2006, 00:46

If you want to be a bit of a show-off, you can add some sauteed potatoes:

1. Wash some Charlotte potatoes and slice them to about the thickness of a pound coin;
2. Heat up come oil in a frying pan, and add the potatoes;
3. Cook until the spuds are golden brown on both sides (should only take a couple of minutes, and depending on the tastes of your "customers", the pan will be ready for some black pudding!)

RobClubley · 13-12-2006, 02:37

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Originally Posted by ap0gee

If you want to be a bit of a show-off, you can add some sauteed potatoes:

1. Wash some Charlotte potatoes and slice them to about the thickness of a pound coin;
2. Heat up come oil in a frying pan, and add the potatoes;
3. Cook until the spuds are golden brown on both sides (should only take a couple of minutes, and depending on the tastes of your "customers", the pan will be ready for some black pudding!)

Mmm. You're making my belly rumble!

ap0gee · 13-12-2006, 02:39

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Originally Posted by RobClubley

Mmm. You're making my belly rumble!

heresmo · 13-12-2006, 03:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by ap0gee

If you want to be a bit of a show-off, you can add some sauteed potatoes:

1. Wash some Charlotte potatoes and slice them to about the thickness of a pound coin;
2. Heat up come oil in a frying pan, and add the potatoes;
3. Cook until the spuds are golden brown on both sides (should only take a couple of minutes, and depending on the tastes of your "customers", the pan will be ready for some black pudding!)

What sort of oil do you use? I'm thinking that adding a little butter or marg to the oil keeps them soft, rather than their becoming mini frisbees.

How big are their appetites first thing? (Thinking a glass of water and Alka Seltzer here.)

A healthy breakfast though would have to be fresh (carton) juice, or a banana smoothie type thing (make the night before), or some tinned grapefruit perhaps. Followed by a simple bacon and tomato farmhouse bread doorstep

(As Octygone says, all to be nice and fresh.) Plenty of tea or decent coffee - and some cereal, croissants and jam to be on the safe side.

Only trouble is, you'll be doing that every morning from then on

Regards
Mo

ap0gee · 13-12-2006, 03:25

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Originally Posted by heresmo

What sort of oil do you use? I'm thinking that adding a little butter or marg to the oil keeps them soft, rather than their becoming mini frisbees.

I'd just use normal vegetable oil - the trick is in the timing!

(In which case might I suggest a dry-run, maff?

)

**TaviaRS** · 13-12-2006, 06:42

Muffins, scambled egg and some smoked salmon, washed down with some bucks fizz. HTH

ScoobyChris · 13-12-2006, 10:22

Also worth checking none of them are dieting/vegetarians as some of the suggestions may not go down too well!

Chris

sdenny · 13-12-2006, 10:24

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Originally Posted by TaviaRS

......washed down with some bucks fizz. HTH

If you've got nowhere to go, you can't beat bucks fizz in the morning.

(Don't forget the flower on the table/tray either..)

ag.morley · 13-12-2006, 11:24

mmmmmmmmmmm........Breakfast........2 Bacon, 2 eggs, 2 sausage, beans, mushrooms, 2 hash browns, tomatoes, Fried Bread, Black pudding, All Fried Not Grilled.............Toast with Jam and Coffee................................

kit · 13-12-2006, 12:21

if your looking to impress a girl with brekkie then it has to be scrambled eggs with smoked salmon,brown toast,fresh orange juice and a croisant!!....oh and a white linen napkin

.......cheap and easy

....and youl look like a cooking god

k

vRSLen · 13-12-2006, 12:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by kit

if your looking to impress a girl with brekkie then it has to be scrambled eggs with smoked salmon,brown toast,fresh orange juice and a croisant!!....oh and a white linen napkin

.......cheap and easy

....and youl look like a cooking god

k

And they will keep you there for ever

jec · 13-12-2006, 13:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by ag.morley

mmmmmmmmmmm........Breakfast........2 Bacon, 2 eggs, 2 sausage, beans, mushrooms, 2 hash browns, tomatoes, Fried Bread, Black pudding, All Fried Not Grilled.............Toast with Jam and Coffee................................

mmm nows that my kind of breakfast

I'd eat that anytime tho

cheezemonkhai · 13-12-2006, 13:52

Don't forget the potatoe pancakes

ScoobyChris · 13-12-2006, 13:56

If you want to be a bit different, you could make pancakes and then knock up a variety of sweet and savoury fillings for them. Ham, cheese and mushroom is one of my favs

If you can't be bothered to make the batter mix from scratch, you can get powdered sachets for something like 15p each that you just add an egg and water to.

Job's a good'un

Chris

cheezemonkhai · 13-12-2006, 14:08

Of course i may have mised something, but did you say lovely girlfriend and 2 flatmates?

If they are women.....

Get In There My Son

MikeF · 13-12-2006, 14:25

It has to be full breakfast, good quality products as well

Nice pot of fresh coffee on the go to start off with

a mountain of thinnly sliced crispy bacon bought from the butchers,
a large cumberland sausage each again from the butchers
mushrooms cooked in a touch of oil and butter (not marge) until most of the moisture has been drawn out of them
tomato halfed and sprinkled with a touch of caster suger, pepper and drizzled with olive oil and cooked in the oven.
Hash browns
Hienz beans
Bury Black Pudding fried not boiled
two eggs, perfectly dippy.
plenty of bread and toast
to top it off a small piece of serloin steak, medium rare

mmmmmmmmm

cheezemonkhai · 13-12-2006, 14:30

Pancakes, a side of crisp (and i do mean crisp!) cooked streaky bacon, and maple syrup.

I know you think i am mad, but OMG does it taste good.

heresmo · 13-12-2006, 15:08

Coo! After all this little lot, we've probably given maffwilson heart failure. I doubt he'll come out from under his duvet on Saturday morning at all, if he's any sense that is

Just one - er - pertinent question: Who'll be doing the washing up?

Regards
Mo

cheezemonkhai · 13-12-2006, 16:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by heresmo

Just one - er - pertinent question: Who'll be doing the washing up?

Regards
Mo

The flatmates unless matt gets 3 times lucky

walkie · 13-12-2006, 16:23

Personally I have:

50g of Oats,
6 egg whites,
30ml Flax seed oil
1 Scoop of protein shake
1 Apple

and blend!

Give it a try, let me know how you get on

Fabia 12v · 13-12-2006, 16:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by kit

if your looking to impress a girl with brekkie then it has to be scrambled eggs with smoked salmon,brown toast,fresh orange juice and a croisant!!....oh and a white linen napkin

.......cheap and easy

....and youl look like a cooking god

k

this is true!

***Neo_VR*** · 13-12-2006, 18:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fabia 12v

this is true!

then a bit of mornin glory after works well too

13-12-2006, 00:29	#1
maffwilson Off we go Mo Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sussex Coast Posts: 736 Members Car: 06 Fabia vRS Thanks: 5 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Cooking breakfast... OK, have been given the task of cooking my lovely girlfirend and her 2 flatmates breakfast on Saturday morning (only fair as been scoffing their dinners!). So looking for help in becoming a male Delia Lawson/Nigela Smith person type thing. Anyway if you've any hints/tips/ideas/recommended ingredients for such event I'd be most grateful if you'd share them. Oh by the way, one of the flatmates used to be a cook in former profession

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ScoobyChris Briskodian Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Andover Posts: 18,195 Members Car: Fiat Panda Thanks: 15 Thanked 336 Times in 290 Posts	Re: Cooking breakfast... If you want to be a bit different, you could make pancakes and then knock up a variety of sweet and savoury fillings for them. Ham, cheese and mushroom is one of my favs If you can't be bothered to make the batter mix from scratch, you can get powdered sachets for something like 15p each that you just add an egg and water to. Job's a good'un Chris __________________ Holding up the traffic in a little Italian..........

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cheezemonkhai Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 15,575 Members Car: Thanks: 111 Thanked 512 Times in 475 Posts	Re: Cooking breakfast... Of course i may have mised something, but did you say lovely girlfriend and 2 flatmates? If they are women..... Get In There My Son __________________ Cars make CO2 and trees absorb CO2. By driving your car you're feeding a tree and helping the environment.

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MikeF Briskodian Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: north west uk (bury) Posts: 1,337 Members Car: Thanks: 54 Thanked 37 Times in 28 Posts	Re: Cooking breakfast... It has to be full breakfast, good quality products as well Nice pot of fresh coffee on the go to start off with a mountain of thinnly sliced crispy bacon bought from the butchers, a large cumberland sausage each again from the butchers mushrooms cooked in a touch of oil and butter (not marge) until most of the moisture has been drawn out of them tomato halfed and sprinkled with a touch of caster suger, pepper and drizzled with olive oil and cooked in the oven. Hash browns Hienz beans Bury Black Pudding fried not boiled two eggs, perfectly dippy. plenty of bread and toast to top it off a small piece of serloin steak, medium rare mmmmmmmmm Last edited by MikeF; 13-12-2006 at 14:33.

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cheezemonkhai Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 15,575 Members Car: Thanks: 111 Thanked 512 Times in 475 Posts	Re: Cooking breakfast... Pancakes, a side of crisp (and i do mean crisp!) cooked streaky bacon, and maple syrup. I know you think i am mad, but OMG does it taste good. __________________ Cars make CO2 and trees absorb CO2. By driving your car you're feeding a tree and helping the environment.

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heresmo Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,554 Members Car: Thanks: 50 Thanked 143 Times in 123 Posts	Re: Cooking breakfast... Coo! After all this little lot, we've probably given maffwilson heart failure. I doubt he'll come out from under his duvet on Saturday morning at all, if he's any sense that is Just one - er - pertinent question: Who'll be doing the washing up? Regards Mo __________________

13-12-2006, 16:23	#23
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