What have you been doing today?

crystal ball said:
Called at wholesaler this morning, was stood behind a young fella who had tatts all over his neck , head & face, later this afternoon picked up some stuff at Morrisons , similar fella at checkout with tatts up his neck & over head, then car parked next to me, driver had similar arrangement sat with engine running eating a takeaway. What's going on?
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You're stalking someone. Stop it now.
 
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Me & Mrs Lard stayed overnight at my lads to babysit & before going out my DiL served up a beautiful roast chicken dinner which the dirty liar claimed only took her 10 mins to prep & 40mins to cook, all in the one pot !

So most of the early evening was spent with the grandkids showing us how to use their new Ninja Foodi.

Our air fryer revolutionised my cooking. Anyone else got one? They look complex, do they last?
 
Dork Lard said:
So most of the early evening was spent with the grandkids showing us how to use their new Ninja Foodi.

Our air fryer revolutionised my cooking. Anyone else got one? They look complex, do they last?
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We are thinking of getting an air fryer. I see that the Ninja Foodi is on a Special offer through moneysavingexpert at the moment. £175 instead of £250. I’m tempted but just wondering if it will go the way of our other foody gadgets - E.g. used a couple of times then safely stored in the loft or under the stairs!
 
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Mottie said:
We are thinking of getting an air fryer. I see that the Ninja Foodi is on a Special offer through moneysavingexpert at the moment. £175 instead of £250. I’m tempted but just wondering if it will go the way of our other foody gadgets - E.g. used a couple of times then safely stored in the loft or under the stairs!
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Air fryers ROCK, pitta bread pizza & KFC style chicken is now my staple diet.

DiL's Ninja is a 15 in 1. Pressure cooker, grill, steamer, oven, slow cooker, air fryer the works. I'm just reading up on them & looking at a few recipes & yes you can cook a full roast dinner in the same pot all at the same time.

MSE offer is for a puny grill / air fryer 6 in 1 with no pressure, steamer etc.

Mrs. Lard is despatched to the local Argos to pick ours up in time for tea.
 
noseall said:
Drove across to Barmouth with the missus for our annual pilgrimage. Managed the whole journey without incident. :cool:
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Did you find parking OK?

Been a few times and it can be a bit of a mare. In fact, a few days ago, a load of cars that had parked in the bus spaces got mass-ticketed.

And, this may be a silly question. Did you go to Norbar?
 
securespark said:
Did you find parking OK?

Been a few times and it can be a bit of a mare. In fact, a few days ago, a load of cars that had parked in the bus spaces got mass-ticketed.

And, this may be a silly question. Did you go to Norbar?
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Norbar first evening and back there Sat. Barmouth - park on the large p&d facing the beach. No dramas.
 
Mottie said:
Hmmm. I think I’ll give the air fryer a miss!
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I often make my own pitta in the frying pan, mix milk with yeast & a little olive oil then let the yeast come alive for 10mins. Put plain flour in a bowl & add a little salt, you can also add any herb to taste, I like to occasionally chuck basil or oregano in, mix in the milk & create a dough. Splash olive oil on a board & kneed for 5mins. Put the dough back in the bowl & let it rise for 30mins. Cut the dough into whatever sized pitta pieces fit your air fryer & roll out to approx 1/4" thick. Fry in a medium hot pan with a little olive oil for just a few mins each side, try to get a few brown patches try not to burn. After 5-6mins you'll see the bread start to rise. They're done. No preservatives, no flavourings, no E no's that nobody knows what they do & no hydrogenated oxygenisators (I made that one up).

What's not to like?

You can then chuck whatever topping on your pizza that takes your fancy. I mostly use a passata but I do make my own tomato spread from the many bagfulls of local allotment toms which are seasonally traded in t'pub. Sadly we don't have a local cheese maker so I just chuck on hand fulls of mild cheddar from whoever is cheapest this week, Mrs Lard likes a little bit of Stilton to top hers off but personally I think that is disgusting. I put meats like bacon, ham, smoked pork sausage, pepperoni & salami. Lidl do some excellent cooked meats but I often pop into a nearby polski sklep. The grandkids are all hamsters & rabbits & DiL has threatened me with death if I feed them meat, so for them it's limited to sweetcorn, pineapple, mushrooms, onion, peppers, spinach, or almost anything that's hanging around & might be interesting . . . .

I really don't have the time to grow vegetables but it must be awesome to eat the veg you've grown yourself. Are there any nasty ingredients in them?

The KFC style chicken is made with the same herbs & spices mix from the Colonels genuine secret recipe that is all over the internets. I mix it myself as I have a cupboard full of herbs & spices as I use them a lot. I like my chicken from the breast, free range & fresh but there's always a bag of wings & drumsticks in the freezer. My little secret is the grandkids do sometimes wolf this down & I suspect that DiL knows . . . . But if I ever crossed the threshold of a fast food restaurant with them in tow I would certainly suffer the death of a thousand cuts.

Where's all the nasty's? I know the exact ingredients of most of my food & don't get hoodwinked by salt & sugar etc being called meaningless code names. What's not to like?
 
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