Cousin Matthew Returns with the Robbing Butcher

[TheMustressMhor]

A thread intended for menus, cats and idle chit-chat.

Well that's a relief mustress!

Risotto chez yolofish tonight, made from the chicken we roasted on Sunday. Unfortunately it was a poncey middle class chicken, raised on corn and stroked night and day and given everything its little chicken heart could desire so they could charge about a million £... so it will only make 2 meals, there will be nothing left after mr. yolo's v excellent risotto, although I could make stock I suppose - but then the freezer is jammed full with turkey stock so I think I cba.

I have a confession - I've never cooked risotto because I think it's too hard to make.

You need a rice cooker Worfs.

Twas a game-changer for the Mhor household.

The "small skip" never materialised. Mr. Mhor paid someone to take away the seven million bags of garden refuse he accumulated when getting the area ready for the dreaded slabs.

I am having nothing to do with it.

I have a bloody lovely recipe for an oven-baked risotto with spinach in which requires no effort whatsoever, and is gorgeous with eg roast lamb. Will dig it out for anyone who requires (think it was bbc good food if you prefer to google).

BTW AIBU to think this is the most unappetising thread title?

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/mumsnet_product_tests/3794284-Do-you-live-in-London-and-think-you-have-a-UTI-Would-you-like-to-try-a-fast-tracked-test-treat-service-Sign-up-here-to-try-the-Dip-UTI-smartphone-powered-test

clearly I am crap at linky things.

yolo I looked but couldn’t find the recipe you mentioned, link when you have a minute please.
Btw the link magic is, you put the link in double brackets to make it clicky. If you want it to display as a word, you add the chosen word after the link with only one space in between, but still in the brackets.

Thank you Mustress!

Tonight's offering (I'm in Australia so hours ahead of you all) was sausage and yellow rice not-quite-risotto. Boiled the rice with turmeric and a bit of garam masala for colour and flavour, then mixed it with fried onions, courgettes, mushroom with peas and sliced cooked sausage. The onions, courgettes and mushrooms had to be shredded down to nothing so the boys couldn't identify and separate - was very nice, plus they both ate it without quibbling which is half the battle.

yolo - that sounds amazing, please post a link as I also have cold roast lamb in the fridge...

Good morning.

You're right about that thread title, yolo.

The new hoover has arrived at Mhor Cottage. Is it unreasonable of me to be so excited? We haven't even tried it yet.

It just looks - business-like, somehow. As though it knows it has an important job to do and is intent on doing it.

I shall update the thread once it has done its first hoover.

Or, should I say, once Mr. Mhor has done the first hoover with it.

Ha ha ha.

Neither of us can work out where the On/Off switch is. This is disappointing.

Ha.

Well.

I am favourably impressed. It just goes to show how much crap the previous hoover was leaving behind.

OVEN RISOTTO CAKE - serves 6, can freeze, veggie

15-25g dried ceps or porcini
1.4l hot veg stock
2 tbsp olive oil
knob butter
1 onion, chopped
350g risotto rice
225g bag baby spinach leaves
250 mozarella, chopped
2 egg yolks
50g or more grated parmesan
1tbsp semolina or polenta

Put the mushrooms in the hot stock. Soften the onion for 5 mins until soft, but not coloured. Add rice and fry til lightly toasted.

Stir in the stock and mushrooms, bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer uncovered 12-15 mins - should be soupy and rice just tender.

Remove from heat, add spinach.

Stir in mozarella, egg yolks and 2/3 of the parmesan. Season and transfer to a buttered shallow oven dish, spread it out evenly.

Mix remaining parmesan with the polenta or semolina, scatter over the top. Cover and chill for up to 4 hours.

Bake for 20-25 mins until top is golden.

BON APPETIT!

Sounds great!

Mustress - I need to get a new vacuum as well, as my Miele is having ishoos, including losing it's top level of "suck" - have been looking at the SHark things, as they're suppose do be amaaaaazing, but expensive here. What did you get?

I got THIS one.

Although I got it in Argos, as the price was lower than on Amazon.

It would have been lower still if we had waited for a discount code.

SLABS ARRIVING TOMORROW

And there will be a lot of mess as a result.

Not looking forward to it at all. Mr. Mhor and I are getting on one another's nerves about this patio.

well at least you've got a new hoover for all that lovely patio dust mustress!

I have spent the morning clearing brambles. This may sound impressive, but is actually just the start of about three weeks' work...

Happy Wednesday everyone!! How are we all?

Mustress you must take a picture of you patio when its done.

Did you say SLEBS ARRIVING TOMORROW?

oh, slabs...😔

SLEBS??

Is it M&H-as-I-call-him? Rumour has it they are bored with Canada and going to move into Madonna's place in New York. Which will give the RPOs much more excitement.

Rumour is false, they're heading off to mustress gaff to help with the patio and the hoovering. Hope they bring the chef to teach DH how to fry eggs properly

I am so surprised by the amount of crap the new hoover has lifted.

Mr. Mhor emptied it four times during his inaugural clean.

I have told him that I started a thread about his inability to fry eggs to my specification.

He was not entirely surprised by this news.

There are always slebs staying at Mhor Cottage, by the way.

I just don't broadcast it.

Mhor Ah that’s what you say, but we’ve all heard the rumours about you tipping off the paps in exchange for a cash backhander.

Admit it, Mhor Cottage’s proper name is actually FrogMhor.

Dandy

Where is the lurve for my Oven Risotto Bake recipe??

Does no one ask me if I'm OK any more?

Actually I have a bramble thorn stuck in my finger which is quite painful and I am off to google how to remove it. #survivingnotthriving

Oh yolo i was going to thank you for posting that because it sounds delicious and doable. I’m going to try it next week.

Sorry I’m just catching up on this thread backwards.