[Zoot]

How many here try to have something a little bit more 'fun' (If that can be used in reference to food) for tea on a Friday? I know Fridays are probably the busiest days for takeaways etc, but they aren't exactly cheap and I can't imagine that many people affording them once a week (We have them once a month on payday)

So what's your 'Friday food'?

[lima eel]

usually creating 'a meal' with whats remaining in the fridge and cupboards

[Yudster]

usually creating 'a meal' with whats remaining in the fridge and cupboards

See for me, thats Monday food.

[Ballbag]

Get a chicken breast, put it between two sheets of grease proof paper. Then whack with a rolling pin until squashed to about 1cm thick.

Get a blender, put in 2 slices of bread, tea spoon of chilli powder and a crushed garlic clove.... maybe some paprika........ blend then put it on a plate.

Beat an egg.... put it on a plate.

Fry a little oil in a pan.

Dip the chicken in the egg, and then in the bread crumb mix to totally cover it. Then fry on both sides until golden brown.

When cooked, slice it up and serve in warm pittas stuffed with salad and maybe a little humous.

And that zoot man, is good eating...... perfect for a Friday night in front of the TV.

[TIAL]

When my parents come from work we normally sit in the kitchen drinking wine and eating nibbles from the fridge (olives, antipiasti, prawns etc) as nobody can be bothered to cook on a Friday.

[lima eel]

usually creating 'a meal' with whats remaining in the fridge and cupboards

See for me, thats Monday food.

depends when you do the shopping i guess.... we tend to do the shopping on the weekend. so we begin to run out by friday/sat!

Get a chicken breast, put it between two sheets of grease proof paper. Then whack with a rolling pin until squashed to about 1cm thick.

Get a blender, put in 2 slices of bread, tea spoon of chilli powder and a crushed garlic clove.... maybe some paprika........ blend then put it on a plate.

Beat an egg.... put it on a plate.

Fry a little oil in a pan.

Dip the chicken in the egg, and then in the bread crumb mix to totally cover it. Then fry on both sides until golden brown.

When cooked, slice it up and serve in warm pittas stuffed with salad and maybe a little humous.

And that zoot man, is good eating...... perfect for a Friday night in front of the TV.

that sounds amazing! i'm gonna try that very soon

[Zoot]

Get a chicken breast, put it between two sheets of grease proof paper. Then whack with a rolling pin until squashed to about 1cm thick.

Get a blender, put in 2 slices of bread, tea spoon of chilli powder and a crushed garlic clove.... maybe some paprika........ blend then put it on a plate.

Beat an egg.... put it on a plate.

Fry a little oil in a pan.

Dip the chicken in the egg, and then in the bread crumb mix to totally cover it. Then fry on both sides until golden brown.

When cooked, slice it up and serve in warm pittas stuffed with salad and maybe a little humous.

And that zoot man, is good eating...... perfect for a Friday night in front of the TV.

So its a bit like a southern fried coating?

[Ballbag]

It's a lot like a southern fried coating. But you get the satisfaction of doing it yourself.

[Zoot]

It's a lot like a southern fried coating. But you get the satisfaction of doing it yourself.

You know, I may actually have a crack at that tonight, with homemade chips.

Does anyone have a blender I could borrow?

[TIAL]

You know, I may actually have a crack at that tonight, with homemade chips.

Real deep-fried chips or the shoddy 'wedges' Gordon Ramsay tries to pass off as chips?

[MK Chris]

I'm liking this.. I'm doing Zoot's recipe on Monday and maybe the following Monday I'll do Ballbag's.

[Zoot]

You know, I may actually have a crack at that tonight, with homemade chips.

Real deep-fried chips or the shoddy 'wedges' Gordon Ramsay tries to pass off as chips?

Not deep fried, but I do my own chips in the oven that are fantastic.

[Munki Bhoy]

Roll and chips for lunch.

Munki Bhoy - keeping the Scottish stereotype going until 2012 when he drops dead of heart failure.

[pjordan2000]

Well tonight I am probably going to have fish and chips butnormally i'll cook myself my own Garlic Kievs as well as homemade chips. You get more satisfaction making the kievs yourself except when washing up after the breadcrumbs have stuck to the pan

[pjordan2000]

It's a lot like a southern fried coating. But you get the satisfaction of doing it yourself.

You know, I may actually have a crack at that tonight, with homemade chips.

Does anyone have a blender I could borrow?

Could you not cheat a little and buy ready made breadcrumbs and add the extra spices to them? Saves borrowing a blender

[Zoot]

You know I actually didn't know you could buy ready made bread crumbs.

[pjordan2000]

Paxo do some, down by where the gravy granules are

[S4B]

My friend - who is the laziest mare in the world - bought peeled tangerines a few years ago from Sainsbury's (I think) We all gave her a fair amount of hell for that. It's amazing how much cheaty stuff you can buy nowadays.

[Yudster]

You know I actually didn't know you could buy ready made bread crumbs.

You can' but don't - they aren't good. If you don't have a blender, get stale (not mouldy!) bread and grate it. It works just as well.

[Vivienne]

How many here try to have something a little bit more 'fun' (If that can be used in reference to food) for tea on a Friday? I know Fridays are probably the busiest days for takeaways etc, but they aren't exactly cheap and I can't imagine that many people affording them once a week (We have them once a month on payday)

So what's your 'Friday food'?

Friday Food = some kind of nice cake of some kind, with lots of icing & cream, I guess.

[lima eel]

thought i'd tell everyone that my friday food last nigh was seafood paella(not sure of the spelling) had the rice, onions and a bag of seafood so that went down a treat.

i am definatley gonna give ballbags southern chicken thing a try, even printed the post so i had the instructions to hand!

[Vivienne]

I'm gonna get a TESCO rum & coke for my treat tonight, for after running.

[MK Chris]

Since we are putting food down, I'll stick in the herby meatloaf I made on Monday, which is probably one of my favourite dinners (being a big carnivore):

85g (3oz) packet sage andoOnion stuffing mix
200g (8oz) minced beef (I use 500g)
100g (4oz) sausagemeat (I use about 300-400g)
1 tablespoon tomato purée
6 rashers bacon de-rinded

1. Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/gas mark 5.
2. Make up the stuffing mix as directed.
3. Beat together the stuffing, minced beef, sausagemeat and tomato purée.
4. Line the base and sides of a 1kg loaf tin with the bacon rashers and place the mixture in the tin.
5. Cook for 50 minutes and serve hot or cold.

[TIAL]

Mmm, I may have to give all these a go!
I suppose it was only a matter of time before a Chris Moyles forum started sharing food recipes.

[Munki Bhoy]

I'm going for a Sarbeni tonight. Turkish delight!