do dry pulses really go off?

[mysterymoniker]

trauma

just realised my stash of dried pulses are almost all out of date, some only by a month but others by a year!

are these use by dates quite flexible guidelines I can safely ignore or shall I bin the lot and start afresh?

Dried bananas would never work in something savoury.They're very oily and greasy and in general I agree that they are NOT nice.

I am whizz at putting meals together with leftovers.

If in doubt, put out for birds.
A few incredibly hefty ravens made of with remains of my rib of beef yesterday.

fishie... erm 'Tofu Surprise'?

aka Tofu in a mincemeat and mushroom sauce with shredded cabbage.

the parma ham and cava would be very welcome round here.

mincemeat the sweet thing md! yucko fried into cabbage oh gripe.

tuna dip is a splendid kosher thingy with mini gherkins chopped into it and is lovely with salted capers on top.

ah, now you are speaking my language fishie! Anything with gherkins and capers is splendid imo.

Oh Christ then, scrap that.

Ok, if Jewish could work. Not some sloppy thing made with cheap mayo then? (Retching as i type)

Capers are staple of my cupboard.

yes it is lovely, there is also a salmon version. with scandi crisp breads. it was my food accompaniment for eurovision israel / sweden entries for 2008.

hang on.... you have made Eurovision-themed food??? how many countries did you do?

all, but i bodged it, see swede/israel combo. much easier now there are only 15 or so with heats. my dad used to have to do about 20 and rush in and out every 3 mins with another morsel.

fishie, your dad sounds lovely!

so, what else did you do?

whole family gathers, eats drinks enjoys and judges.

am so glad terry wogan will not be doing it any more.