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Chicken and mushroom?

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Pittcity Mon 20-Nov-23 18:45:08

DH was cooking tonight's meal which was chicken and chips. I asked him to saute some leftover mushrooms to go with it. He refused on the grounds that it was an abomination to serve mushrooms with chicken and chips. We got baked beans instead.
What do you think?

Gwyllt Mon 20-Nov-23 22:42:30

At least he cooked supper

Enid101 Mon 20-Nov-23 22:45:55

Marydoll

We did and a French coffee. I don't even like coffee! 😂

Ah the things we did for love.

Charleygirl5 Tue 21-Nov-23 08:53:31

Pittcity I suppose you should be grateful your DH does not need a map to find the kitchen and actually knows how the cooker works.

I think I could live with the odd strange dish and his is definitely odd.

Witzend Tue 21-Nov-23 08:56:38

Chicken and mushrooms are surely a pair made in heaven. I make a chicken, leek and mushroom pie, too - no pastry, just mash on top, using leftover roast chicken.

NotSpaghetti Tue 21-Nov-23 08:58:43

Peas, surely!!!

Redhead56 Tue 21-Nov-23 09:09:45

I love mushrooms fried in a bit of butter and oil with garlic perfect but never beans with chicken.

Esmay Tue 21-Nov-23 10:27:55

I loath baked beans .
It's the smell of them !
So it's mushrooms for me .

Spuddy Tue 21-Nov-23 10:36:15

Mushies, chicken AND chips....oh yes!

Louella12 Tue 21-Nov-23 10:39:43

Tell him to look in a recipe book. Umpteen chicken and mushroom recipes. Funnily enough we had a gorgeous chicken and mushroom casserole last night.

Chicken and baked beans? Just awful.

Cabowich Tue 21-Nov-23 10:40:17

Yes, mushrooms with chicken; definitely not beans. Beans have their place, but it's not with chicken.

Mamissimo Tue 21-Nov-23 11:33:37

I like chicken and mushroom pie with chips and baked beans 😆

Norah Tue 21-Nov-23 17:55:34

I'm not a fan of baked beans or chips. However I love mushrooms baked with layers of potatoes, sweet onions, wine and herbs. Similar to Zwiebelkuchen.

Would be lovely with Chicken, but not for vegans.

Fleurpepper Tue 21-Nov-23 18:01:35

Mushrooms for me all the way. Preferably wild, self foraged, but any mushrooms will do smile

Callistemon21 Tue 21-Nov-23 18:05:14

The thought of baked beans on a roast dinner made me shudder, twiglet77!

Even if they are served with a full English breakfast (which I rarely eat), they have to be in a separate ramekin for me.

Fleurpepper Tue 21-Nov-23 19:32:37

Quite like a small portion from time to time, with added herbs and pepper - but NOT with a roast!

greenlady102 Wed 22-Nov-23 11:10:04

So he won't cook you something that you want to eat? I wouldn't be tolerating that.

0ddOne Wed 22-Nov-23 11:20:09

Chicken definitely goes with mushroom (chicken and mushroom pie, anyone?). And mushrooms go with chips (steak, chips and mushrooms), so I can't see a problem. Sounds delicious to me!

Cabbie21 Wed 22-Nov-23 11:26:48

Sorry, I don’t like mushrooms. It is the texture.
Not baked beans with chicken, but if I was hungry and someone had cooked for me with baked beans, I would eat them.

Annewilko Wed 22-Nov-23 12:04:28

Baked beans with chicken wth is wrong with him. Mushrooms or perhaps sweetcorn.

Magsarabi78 Wed 22-Nov-23 12:07:31

Has he never heard of chicken and mushroom pie?
Beans with chicken a definite no no, maybe with egg and chips 🙄

Megslotts Wed 22-Nov-23 12:13:43

Pittcity

DH was cooking tonight's meal which was chicken and chips. I asked him to saute some leftover mushrooms to go with it. He refused on the grounds that it was an abomination to serve mushrooms with chicken and chips. We got baked beans instead.
What do you think?

I'd have mushrooms with anything! I'd have chicken chips beans AND mushrooms!! I love beans but only Branston Beans, (Heinze are vile) Beans on toast with mushrooms & coleslaw, don't knock till you try.
Yes definitely lazy beans idea I recon.

missdeke Wed 22-Nov-23 13:03:54

Baked Beans on chicken??? Shock, horror!! Absolutely not. Chicken and mushrooms is normal.

Musicgirl Wed 22-Nov-23 13:05:34

Mushrooms. I love them and I don’t like baked beans.

funwithgrandma Wed 22-Nov-23 13:06:04

Mushrooms definitely (but not button ones they’re a bit slippery)

Doli55 Wed 22-Nov-23 13:28:54

Callistemon21

Baked beans with chicken? 😲
That's an abomination!

Chicken and mushroom pie is a classic, would be fine without the pastry too.
I think there's a recipe which uses condensed mushroom soup with chicken.

Baked beans - on toast or with sausage and mash only.

Condensed mushroom soup with chicken is really nice, as well as simple.

Baked beans - is this a new vegetable??