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Anthony Worral Thomson cooked my lunch for me today.

(23 Posts)
imjingl Sun 06-May-12 17:04:42

smile

It was very nice.

But the potatos weren't as good as mine.

And I didn't think much of the crumble.

imjingl Sun 06-May-12 17:05:28

I think goose fat is over rated.

Rapeseed oil works better.

imjingl Sun 06-May-12 17:05:40

He does a good yorkshire.

Anagram Sun 06-May-12 17:10:43

I don't like the flavour goose fat gives roast potatoes. Sort of greasy...

jeni Sun 06-May-12 17:13:11

confusedelucidate please jing

imjingl Sun 06-May-12 17:14:32

No. They weren't greasy. Couldn't taste the fat either.

Just not as crunchy as ours come out at home. Nice enough though.

Got loads of meat. No wonder he's a podge!

Bags Sun 06-May-12 17:18:22

I think beef fat is best. Gets hotter without destabilising. Doesn't soak into the food.

Bags Sun 06-May-12 17:19:04

Don't think I've ever used rape seed oil.

imjingl Sun 06-May-12 17:20:14

jeni He uses goose fat to cook his roast spuds. I prefer rapeseed oil.

His yorkshire pudding was good.

His crumble topping had coconut somewhere in it which I didn't like. And it was 'real' custard and he didn't put enough vanilla in.

This was at a pub in Oxfordshire.

smile

hmm

wink

imjingl Sun 06-May-12 17:21:54

I don't want my arteries clogging up Bags. (alright - don't start! hmm)

They're yummy made with rapeseed oil.

jeni Sun 06-May-12 17:23:13

Oh! I use sainsburys finest cooked in goose grease!, I'm a lazy cook, though I did chop the onions today!

jeni Sun 06-May-12 17:23:51

Goose grease is odd in that it doesn't clog arteries!

Bags Sun 06-May-12 17:25:10

Not worried about all that artery clogging rot stuff, jings. Never have been. My arteries are fine.

imjingl Sun 06-May-12 17:27:08

How do you know?????? You don't have to be fat.

And you're not very old anyway!

imjingl Sun 06-May-12 17:29:04

I'm really worried about it.

(Why have I eaten four ginger cookies today?! hmm)

jeni Sun 06-May-12 17:35:01

Any damage done is already done!grin I won't even have my cholesterol checked. I go on family history, no females die under the age of 87 in my family!

Bags Sun 06-May-12 17:35:18

Let's just say I'm sceptical about what the food industry tells us is good and/or bad for us, plus there's no incidence of the cloggy disease in the family. My forebears died of other things, mostly old age.

Bags Sun 06-May-12 17:36:37

Nobody has ever suggested I have my cholesterol checked but I don't care what it is anyway.

Bez Sun 06-May-12 19:13:19

Strangely goose and duck fat are good guys - I can't understand it either - have to admit to liking potatoes cooked in it - chips are good too!

merlotgran Sun 06-May-12 19:46:37

I used rapeseed oil for the first time today and the roasties were lovely and crunchy. The women in my family tend to be well into their nineties before they shuffle off so with a bit of luck I'll be looking forward to many more roast dinners and the rapeseed oil could come in handy to oil my wheelchair.

jeni Sun 06-May-12 19:51:31

Quite! If you need it! My 90year old doesn't look much older than me. I'm 67
And she's fitter and a lot less disabled. She also does the DT crossword every day!

imjingl Sun 06-May-12 20:13:31

You can't tell by looking jeni. wink

I don't know who this bloke is, but he seems to think it's never too late to undo any damage already done.

click here, if you want to

jeni Sun 06-May-12 20:19:22

You can remove cholesterol deposits but not the hardening that results from them. You can stop or slow down further damage by altering diet etc, but, if you already have damage you can't reverse it!