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Thread ID: 114893	2010-12-22 06:55:00	A question on food.	Nomad (952)	PC World Chat

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1163997	2010-12-22 20:26:00	We have a bit of an international menu.... Thanks for that. So there could be some huge variance from diff households. :D I don't mind cooking and prefer it than buying stuff off the shelf just to heat or grill/bake. It's not that hard, thou my struggle is with bread which I hope to overcome to a degree :p Some of the people I know, both young and old stick to canned fish salads, sandwiches, pies or cream buns then perhaps just the meat and 3 vege dinner or hamburger or spaghetti mince with bottle sauce :yuck:	Nomad (952)
1163998	2010-12-22 20:30:00	We are going to end up with 2 Xmas's, well sort of anyway. Our NZ Xmas, we are going to cheat, we are flying in late Thursday night and Friday we will go to a restaurant, that is what our parents have decided since they feel they are getting too old to travel several time zones and the heat as well. Then on Xmas Day when we get home, will be early evening so we will be having a family and friends get together, that will include various rice and noodles, white bait, fish, stir fry, various local delights. Cheap, quick but good healthy eatting all the same. My sister is going to try her hand at Pav and CheeseCake as well so that will be interesting.	PinoyKiw (9675)
1163999	2010-12-22 22:06:00	Some of the people I know, both young and old stick to canned fish salads, sandwiches, pies or cream buns then perhaps just the meat and 3 vege dinner or hamburger or spaghetti mince with bottle sauce :yuck: ick.	pctek (84)
1164000	2010-12-22 22:39:00	I am the simplest cook in the house, but from my flatting years I learned to cook healthy meals, and rather than cook for one, I would cook for six and deep-freeze the rest in meal-sized portions. Crock pots were good for getting the best out of cheaper meats and we still used them today. Take-aways are reserved strictly for special occasions as when out of town but even then we usually bypass the convenience food and cook at the motel. My son and daughter can cook anything from an omlette to a full scale roast dinner and bake fabulous cakes and cookies as well, in fact my son (just turned 21) is an ardent chef, loves Gordon Ramsey and turns out some fantastic meals. He even did some of the catering for his 21st party. They've been cooking ever since they could see over the benchtop while standing on a chair. Consequently I rarely if ever need to cook myself MrsT is responsible for that and now teaches little kids at kindy how to cook as well (amazing how many turn up in the morning with McDonalds for breakfast). We had the neighbour's two year old twins and their 3 year old sister in a wek ago for their first lesson (making cupcakes). her philosophy is teach them young, teach them healthy and they are set up for life. Nothing is ever wasted here, and our food bills are truly miniscule compared to some we know. Cheers Billy 8-{) :)	Billy T (70)
1164001	2010-12-22 23:58:00	+1 for Billy .... Mum taught me to cook a a very young age and usually do the cooking ... leave Christmas day for the missus tho .. don't want to show her up too much .. :D	SP8's (9836)
1164002	2010-12-23 00:00:00	I wont cook for myself I wait until I am really hungry then go Wendies.	prefect (6291)
1164003	2010-12-23 00:06:00	I have a small breakfast to sort out, myself, my almost 3 year old daughter and my flatmate. What would be a good xmas breakfast? A Black Velvet.	mikebartnz (21)
1164004	2010-12-23 02:49:00	Our menu would be a bit like pctek's. Quite international, but low on red meat. Fish at least once a week; usually pan fried but sometimes teryaki style; occasionally fish cakes. Sometimes smoked fish as a main meal, but we will often have some cold pre dinner. Pasta of various kinds, mostly with a vege sauce, sometimes with bacon added. Usually a green salad to go with the pasta. My wife does really good risottos, and again, they will usually have little meat, though she uses chicken stock as the base. Often chicken or bacon added. We are keen on salads as a main meal in the summer, often with warm chicken and boiled eggs, or ham. We usually make up a platter of salad bits, and people mix up what they want from the selection. In the winter, roast chicken with kumara and other roast vege is good comfort food. Once in a blue moon, Herself consents to me making sauerkraut, mash, and a big Dutch or Polish smoked sausage. Staple starches are spuds once or twice a week, rice once or twice ditto, pasta other days. Quiche made with our chooks' eggs and home grown vege. Stir fries - mostly vege again, often with noodles thrown in and omelette style eggs chucked in at the last minute, as well as cashew nuts. Pizza - I make the dough in a breadmaker, and we have the base really thin, Italian style. We almost never have red meat - maybe once a year. Turkey once a year on Christmas day. Sausages on a barbecue rarely. We aren't vegetarians; we just don't enjoy chewing away on dead animals. We never eat sheep meats anymore - don't like the taste. So the only red meats we tend to eat are an annual barbecued steak, and I will put salami in a salad. We no longer eat veges and fruit out of season. That way you enjoy them much more and they taste better when they are at the right time of the year (e.g tomatoes and asparagus).	John H (8)
1164005	2010-12-23 04:16:00	We aren't vegetarians; we just don't enjoy chewing away on dead animals . We no longer eat veges and fruit out of season . Mmm . Dead animals are so tasty . Dead fish don't bother you? The trouble with sticking to in season is there is nothing seasonal in winter . Autumn maybe, winter, well only if you live in a climate that supports it . And look at fruit - nothing . You don't freeze or preserve? I do, got to have a variety of veges for the stirfries in winter . . . . . as well as a bit of dead animal . Live ones would be a bit cruel . . . . .	pctek (84)
1164006	2010-12-23 04:40:00	Mmm. Dead animals are so tasty. Dead fish don't bother you? Used to think so as far as red meat was concerned - not now. I was vegetarian for quite a few years, but could never give up seafood. So no, dead fish don't bother me. The trouble with sticking to in season is there is nothing seasonal in winter. Autumn maybe, winter, well only if you live in a climate that supports it. We don't seem to have a problem. Tons of veges in season in winter, and eggs and pasta and cheese etc go all the year round. No problems if you know what you are doing. And look at fruit - nothing. You don't freeze or preserve? I do, got to have a variety of veges for the stirfries in winter.....as well as a bit of dead animal. Live ones would be a bit cruel..... Yes, we freeze things like rhubarb, blackboy peaches, some veges etc, so there are exceptions to our general rule. But apples, pears, kiwifruit etc go a long way into winter, and for veges see above. Some citrus are harvested in winter too.	John H (8)
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