What have you been doing today?

[Mottie]

Having harvested all my beetroot from the allotment, I’m experimenting with different thicknesses, oven temperatures and baking times to make beetroot crisps.

Given up on the beetroot crisps for today. What have found so far is that best temperature is 150°, boiled beetroot doesn’t shrink anywhere as much as uncooked beetroot and they cook best on the shelves instead of a tray. Still not quite there yet though.

 

[Bodd]

 

[mattylad]

Went and had a blood test, also had my BP taken - too high.
Took car into garage for AC repair, bought my own blood pressure monitor, changed my diet, reducing the nice stuff.
Forgot to pick up my son when he finished work...lol

 

[Brigade77]

Given up on the beetroot crisps for today. What have found so far is that best temperature is 150°, boiled beetroot doesn’t shrink anywhere as much as uncooked beetroot and they cook best on the shelves instead of a tray. Still not quite there yet though.

There is nothing you can do with food that hasn't already been done. Your only hope is to re-discover something that we maybe have forgotten.

You are never going to achieve "crispy" beetroot.

I also am an experimental chef, & all the best chefs are men. My fried chicken was always popular & just recently I've perfected my KFC style coating to taste better than KFC's & not include the nonsense of MSG. I'm glad that we're now moving into winter, I introduced it at a family BBQ & apparently I am much cheaper than a family bucket . . . .

 

[Mottie]

You are never going to achieve "crispy" beetroot.

I’ve bought them before just like a packet of crisps and they were definitely "crispy".

 

[Brigade77]

I’ve bought them before just like a packet of crisps and they were definitely "crispy".

Are you sure they were beetroot & not one of the many 'bizarre' foodstuffs on our supermarket shelve's these days?

Cheese does not come in a spray can for the very same scientific reasons that beetroot cannot be cooked crispy.

I may be wrong. Perhaps you have a memory of eating beetroot that was well beyond edible, dessicated & enveloped in penicillin?

 

[Mottie]

Are you sure they were beetroot & not one of the many 'bizarre' foodstuffs on our supermarket shelve's these days?

No. Deffo beetroot crisps. There’s plenty out there. https://www.boroughbox.com/vegan-be...Kp0Z3CeuGHEJre8917JyVqcNiut73A5RoCKI0QAvD_BwE
You also get them in mixed bags of 'root' crisps.
https://superfood-market.com/produc...MVf7ERCN0R2K_BySAyXUP15wB4IECyeBoCnssQAvD_BwE

I might try this method next:

 

[ReganAndCarter]

& just recently I've perfected my KFC style coating to taste better than KFC's

Is it just me, or is KFC a shadow of it's former self? It's not the sort of thing I eat regularly, but after a camping trip recently, friends suggested we stop at one. I had the traditional drumsticks/wings/whatever and the coating was dire. Not like it used to be, a sort of herby breadcrumb - now it's like some tasteless batter. It was a real treat when we were kids and very nice - even our cat would go mad for it and almost bit my fingertip off (accidentally) when I fed him some bits by hand. Also, they seem to want to sell you anything but chicken on the bone - it's all in bread or small popcorn things. I'll not be going again - no bad thing really. The Colonel must be rotating.

 

[Brigade77]

Is it just me, or is KFC a shadow of it's former self?

It's not somewhere I'd choose to eat but the grandkids love it as a treat. When we have them for the day we've whittled it down to the best one locally, some of the franchises really do have 'problems' but I guess quality & hygeine is not on the list of most of their customers.

 

[conny]

Tried KFC 3 times in my lifetime and never understood why people rave over it. I simply don't like any of it, chicken, chips, beans, (which incidentally are made by Heinz), even the coke tastes disgusting. Mind you, I don't like coke anyway.

 

[ellal]

Is it just me, or is KFC a shadow of it's former self? It's not the sort of thing I eat regularly, but after a camping trip recently, friends suggested we stop at one. I had the traditional drumsticks/wings/whatever and the coating was dire. Not like it used to be, a sort of herby breadcrumb - now it's like some tasteless batter. It was a real treat when we were kids and very nice - even our cat would go mad for it and almost bit my fingertip off (accidentally) when I fed him some bits by hand. Also, they seem to want to sell you anything but chicken on the bone - it's all in bread or small popcorn things. I'll not be going again - no bad thing really. The Colonel must be rotating.

Or maybe your taste buds have matured?

 

[JohnD]

Or maybe your taste buds have matured?

With age, more likely lost sensitivity.

Especially if a smoker.

Though they may have cut down sugar and salt.

 

[ReganAndCarter]

Or maybe your taste buds have matured?

That's a possibility, but nothing else about me is mature. Growing old is compulsory, growing up is optional.

It's definitely changed though, the consistency of the coating is completely different. Don't need to taste it, can tell just by looking at it. Like everything else, it will have been reduced in size and rationialised within an inch of it's life.

 

[Mottie]

I'm up at the workshop today servicing the Golf and fitting a couple of new tyres on the front in preparation for my 'free' MOT at Halfords in a couple of weeks time. Might even stick a new clutch in it after it's passed because from the 22nd of October, it's going to cost me £12.50 a day to take it up there because of the new ULEZ coming into effect thanks to that Khant Mayor. I'll run it round my mates to service it next year.

Edit: I must’ve twisted my back undoing the sump plug by reaching awkwardly under the car. It's more comfortable sitting on the settee than laying in bed at the moment!

 

[Mottie]

More work at the allotment today. Cleared my old plot of rubbish and ran it down the dump in preparation for the handover to the new tenant tomorrow. I’ve got to sound them out about leaving my sprouts and parsnips on the plot until they are ready around Christmas time. I’ll offer them half the crop as a sweetener. They don’t really have much to do there at this time of the year and I am leaving them my old shed.

More beetroot cooking today. I bought some pickling vinegar today so I’ve picked some for Christmas.



I had another crack at beetroot crisps. Getting close to perfection now. Used the fan oven and salted them first to draw out moisture and did them for longer on a lower temperature. Came out nice and crispy but very salty so I’ll try again tomorrow without the salt.