More MN guilt - packet sauces

[PeachesMcLean]

Re Packet sauces (Colmans, Schwartz etc).

A welcome store cupboard necessity?

Or the Work of the Devil???

actually i do use a catering tub of thai green curry paste... that probably counts... i think it's really just lemongrass, chilli and a load of herbs i can't be bothered replicating.
i think the tub is about five years old, by the way, one teaspoon will blow your head off so you don't use much.

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would that be cream Pruni?

i used to enjoy eating pate until dh referred to it as 'creamed meat', pruni. put me right off.

and you're right, iota, i would definitely add cream to a recipe but there is something weird about the gloopy shininess of those sauces. i remember hearing a radio programm about how they whip them up so that they emulsify and then add loads of stabilisers to keep them 'up'. blee.

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aha !I do use ONE!!!! well isued to
use the fajota falvouring hting

yes oy gto me one
but now we dont have htat s its HIGH cholesterol

[peee-yoook emoticon] pruni

Oh Pruni, did you have to?! I rather liked pate... .

Well, very handy but with dd1 it would be a case of wind her up and watch her hop (for 3hrs with dilated pupils!)

hmmm 'fajota' ????

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Ooh I am a complete liar we have had the Meridian korma sauce in a jar

it was bloody good and I would buy it again if for some reason I couldn't cook the real thing

packets, never, jars, sometimes, rarely for DTs as the salt content is usually ridiculous, amongst other yukky things...

lol lol lol at this thread

Recommendations from Enid's Nest, Transport Caff (just off the A30, in that layby where that odd bloke got done for dogging)

Sainsbury's Pasta in a packet - cheese and broccoli flavour - 'nicer' than the big brands but salty - goes well with sausages and raw carrot and celery if you cannot bear not to.

Dolmio's White Sauce for Lasagne - if, like me, you seem to have lots of bolognaise sauce in the freezer you can chuck together a kdis lasagne with this. I don't think I would feed it to friends but it is perfectly acceptable for kids - I like it too.

Oh and how could I forget, Pataks Korma cook in sauce, mixed with a tin of chick peas and a sliced chicken breast - cook in oven for an hour, makes a great kids curry.

LOL at 'dogging' ref.

LOL at 'dogging' ref.

I use chilli packet sauce mix for dh and I (lo's dislike chilli)...but I don't use packet sauce for family meals. Oddly I apply more rigorous nutritional standards to my children's food than I do mine.

I don't think that is odd at all hmc

My Mum's homemade "gravy" is pretty much just watered down meat juice - very thin and watery - more like stock really.

i persojnally wouldnt give a flying toss what others thought.

the idea of asking "if its ok to do this or will people think ill of me"

rather than

is this good for us

which wasn;t the question btw - seems either ill thought out - or plain bizarre.

NO ONE
i repeat NO ONE is Nearer To God Than Cod

for one thing I rhyme

I don't like gravy granules, but some package sauces are GREAT.

My mother has a pal back home who makes a chilli packet sauce called CinChilli (cuz her name is Cindy), and it's the bees knees.

Mmmm.

homemade cheese sauce made in the microwave then blended with a stick blender is easy peasy and tastes of cheese