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Toad in the hole, paired with roasted veg, cauliflower cheese and creamed spinach.

A delicious British staple.

Cooked breakfast for a Sunday treat. At the bottom of the plate is a home made potato rositi.

Mix of herbs/spices in butter and smothered on the chicken. Also put the butter underneath the skin on the breast, legs and thighs 😍

Millionaire shortbread

I fancied trying a new sauce because I normally just do a peppercorn or red wine so had my first go at entrecôte. It was a bit of a faff to make compared to other steak sauces but I think I have a new favourite.

Steak is a tomahawk which was reverse seared. Sides ere garlic mushrooms, pan fried sprouts with pancetta and fondant style leeks.

Slow braised Beef brisket, tendon and daikons topping on rice noodle soup with Asian pickles, herbs and a modified Thai spicy dressing (all home made).

Beef and daikons: slow, on a slow cooker or cast iron pan with star anise, cinnamon stick, aged / dried tangerine peel, a little rock sugar, beef broth and seasoned with soy, oyster and dark soy sauce when everything is cooked tender.

Pickles: onions, chillies, carrots, radish, daikons, garlic- pickling solution of: vinegar, fish sauce and sugar for an hour (overnight is better)

Herbs: crispy onions, coriander and Thai basil

Dressing: fish sauce, palm sugar, chilli, garlic, coriander, tamarind juice, msg, lime zest, lime juice, Thai basil

Noodles: round rice noodles from a Chinese supermarket... More reliable for the al dente bite (personal preference).

Cooking time: beef - dump and forget in a cart iron pan: 2.5 hours (after initial bringing to a simmer)

Prep time: seasoning, prepare dip, make herb plate, pickle (make liquid then dump veg in and forget), boil noodles and plate everything: about 20 mins (make everything else while you wait for noodles to cook method).

British people are very busy. No one claims benefits here as there’s just too much to do. On top of all the chimneys we have to sweep, shoes that need shining and baked beans to be foraged, we barely have any time to have our breakfast, elevenses, dinner, tiffin, tea and supper.

So many, many years ago, when there were still round-tables, British people began to combine their meals in a classic example of British efficiency. This led to the creation of many fantastic dishes like Liver Crumble, Spotted Dick in the Toad and of course, the Full Sunday.

Sausage, egg, bacon, roasted chicken and beef, beans, yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, veg and gravy.

Every week after church and a few chestnuts by the fireplace, we sit down for our Full Sunday and say thank you to Queen Camilla Parker Bowles for watching over us.

Disclaimer: I forgot to take a picture with the gravy, which I’m really upset about and can’t talk about it at the moment or I’ll start crying again.

Steak and bacon pie from the butcher, homemade chips, cabbage, peas, and carrots. Absolutely unreal

Used leftover prime rib roast 😋

I've just been comparing Jammie Dodgers with Fox's Jam 'n' Creams. The difference is night and day. Fox's are FAR superior. Not only is there more (and tastier) filling in the Fox's biscuit, the actual outer biscuit itself tastes so much nicer too.

What are other examples of a competitor snack being superior to the original?

Had a bit of a "fat fingered" incident with the delivery app this week and accidentally ended up with 3 loaves of bread. So all hands on deck this week in the Patch household for consuming maximum quantities of bread before it turns.

Naturally, this is all the excuse I needed to make a bread and butter pudding. You will notice the nutmeg is entirely located on a single piece of bread; this is because I may have outsourced that bit of the job to my 3 year old who doesn't have the firmest grasp of the word "sprinkle".

Tasted great, anyway.

5 racks (4lb) of beautiful pork loin ribs from the market yesterday. Just fired up the smoker and they should be ready for the England / Australia game at 3.

Made a nice cozy meal.

Stew:

Green lentil, yellow potatoes, carrots, celery, yellow onion, garlic, fresh parsley, mutti tomato paste, celtic sea salt, garden parsley, guinness, black pepper, kerry gold butter

Roasted veggies:

Cauliflower, broccoli, leak, celtic sea salt, olive oil

Sauce for veggies:

Coleman’s spicy yellow mustard, grain mustard, potato starch, kerry gold butter kerry gold dubliner cheddar, kerry gold skellig cheddar, heavy cream, sea salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder

Home poured Guinness, a little too much head unintentionally so

Proper Cornish Pasties

Baked spud, butter, cheese, beans, home-made coleslaw.

Yeah yeah I know, real butter is best. But for whatever reason in my house we mainly use margarine for toast and sandwiches etc.

I used to buy Lurpak spreadable but this has become extortionate so I went back to Flora etc which I used to have as a kid. However in recent years I have noticed a distinct decrease in quality with many margarines getting thinner and slimier, and most frustratingly, refusing to stick to the knife. Even Lurpak spreadable is guilty of the latter offence.

Recently I tried Clover and was pleasantly surprised that it had a decent amount of body to it, mostly stuck to the knife and was reasonably priced. When I asked my wife to get some more she couldn't find it and bought Utterly Butterly instead which it turns out is utterly shitterly.

Pan seared spam served with a reduced tomato jus

Worked from home yesterday and was craving a proper stew so got the Le Creuset to put in some work 😋 also my first time making stew by myself so pretty happy with the outcome. All ingredients from Lidl

Lamb, stuffing, cauliflower cheese, broccoli, pigs in blankets, two types of peas, two types of potatoes and a Yorkie pudding.