Feed Me Fast - The Filling Station (Mead Vice)

Potatoes The humble Potato, originally from South America, I think Peru and Bolivia, a wild tuber that was cultivated and domesticated over a large area to become the world’s fourth largest food crop. It has become a main staple in America and Europe, and has around 5000 varieties worldwide. The plant itself is highly toxic, containing high levels of glycoalkaloids, the actual potato itself must always be cooked before eating, and if the potato is green, it has not fully grown and should not be used. I’m going to do this as though you have no idea what to do with a potato, because everyone has different degree’s of ability and knowledge. I recently worked with a young girl of eighteen years old, and she had no idea of how a mop worked, and I had to show her. Unbelievable! The other girl, who was, I think, nineteen had that weekend, stripped down and rebuilt a 50cc moped engine. Swings and roundabouts, as they say. Cooking the potato is quite a simple thing re

Vegetarian and Meat-Free I ' ve been looking into Vegetarian dishes for quite some time, as my daughter was unable to eat meat after giving birth. She was never one for red meat anyway, but now cannot eat any kind of meat or fish. When I cook a meal for the family, I sometimes cook four completely different meals, but most of the time I cook the same for everyone, which can be challenging when it's something like a Roast Dinner, and there is a veggie in the fray. There are two types here, there is Vegetarian, where the meal has been designed with vegetarians in mind, and there is Meat-free, where the meat of an established dish has been replaced with non-meat ingredients. But in saying that, it's not wrong to say Vegetarian L asagne as opposed to saying Meat-free Lasagne. It really doesn't matter, just don't mix up vegetarian with vegan, they are two completely different things. The basic rule of thumb is to simple depart any meat, so when cooki

Slow Cooker Recipes Like a lot of people, I own a slow cooker, and I love using it. It surprises me how many people tell me that they never use theirs. The things that you can do with your slow cooker are amazing. Stews, casseroles, curry's, slow cooked meat, stroganoff, pasta, etc, etc, etc. First things first, This is similar to mine  Not expensive, and has three settings, warm, low and high. Lets say that you have a piece of meat that you want to slow cook, beef or maybe pork. what I do is seal the meat in a large iron skillet then put into the slow cooker. Pour hot water in until it just covers the meat, then two halves of onion, a chicken or veg stock cube, a stick of celery and a carrot sliced up the middle. finish with a bay leaf and leave it for about an hour per kilo. I just leave it for about five hours, checking every two or three hours, the longer you leave it, the softer it is. This is a good way of making pulled pork.