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How do I cook lamb shanks?

I took 2 shanks out of the freezer thinking they were chopped meat for meatloaf. It would be great if you could share some easy recipes that would work with a slow cooker.

I would make a simple stew with them. You can throw anything in to the slow cooker and let time do it’s magic.
I would use anything I have in the house say: onions, garlic, any kind of bell pepper, tomatoes, squash, anything. For fun maybe a can of beans, again any, then some spices. You could go any number of directions with spices, hot, mild, Indian, Mexican, whatever you have and feel like at the time. I call is crock pot stew.

The College Student’s Guide to Food

You have made it through freshers week at university or college relatively unscathed. So what’s the next hurdle in student life? Well trying to feed your self on a budget can be a daunting prospective never mind actually cooking. The main advice is eating is essential! You may think that you can survive on booze and coffee but eventually you’ll be ill.

Food  for many of you  will be something that you have just taken for granted. You come home from school/college/work and there is a dinner waiting for you, you get up in the morning and there is cereal in the cupboard and milk in the fridge. So feeding yourself may come as a bit of a shock when you first arrive at University or College. You may think you can get by with biscuits and take-away but, depending on how flush you are, you will eventually run out of money and have to cook. But, fear not, because the following pages contain some fantastic advice on how to eat on a budget.

Shopping
Students pride themselves on knowing where to buy the cheapest beans, bread and margarine. You may think students eating beans on toast is a bit of a cliché but this is just about the cheapest way to fill yourself up.
Look for “value”, “smart price” or “no frills” ranges they don’t taste quite as good as the leading brand but they don’t cost anywhere near the same.
Find out when your local supermarket closes! Because just before it closes they will be selling off stock that expires that day on the cheap. Also get to know where the “specials” are in your local and buy these as often as you can.
It pays not to be too fussy when it come to food. Don’t go shopping with a set idea of what you want to eat, make a list of the basics you need and then be flexible with the rest buy what is cheap! That way your diet is varied.
Utensils

Jamie Oliver may have a kitchen full of pans, knives, funky crockery, whisks, spatulas, mandolins and blowtorches but students don’t & you don’t need them!

You can get by with a heavy frying pan, a saucepan, a stirring spoon, a spatula, a chopping board, a sharp knife, a bread knife, 2 big plates, 2 sets of cutlery, 2 large mug (large enough for serious cups of coffee or for a whole can of soup), 2 large wine glasses, 2 pint glasses, a salt grinder and a pepper grinder. This shouldn’t cost much, well within your student budget

Basics: Having these things in you cupboard all the time will mean you can always make a meal in a hurry!

Flavourings: Sugar, salt (preferably sea-salt), pepper (as in peppercorns), garlic, chilli powder, coriander, mixed herbs and stock cubes (selection).
Consumables: Rice, pasta (shapes and spaghetti), bread, potatoes, onions, tinned tomatoes, tinned beans, tinned spaghetti, tinned soup, tinned tuna, tinned anchovies and tinned meat.

Fresh stuff: Carrots, cabbages, mushrooms, tomatoes, lettuce and courgettes.

Fridge stuff: Cheese, margarine, Philadelphia, orange juice, beer, wine, vodka

Freezer stuff: Pizza, pies, chicken and frozen veg.

Cooking
Buy a good cookbook! Jamie Oliver’s “Happy days” book is full of simple, comforting and quick dishes that are ideal for students, But unless you are Jamie Oliver or Delia Smith, start off with simple dishes and gradually learn what works and what doesn’t.

Some flavours naturally go with some meats, chicken and lemon for instance  but some combinations really don’t work  beef and lemon is a good example of a revolting combo!

Pasta is a freshers and students staple and goes with almost anything and is cheap and quick, but you will end up Over dosing on it!
If it doesn’t go with pasta then it will go with rice!
Meat is expensive, so use lots of veg, which is also good for you, to bulk out your meals.

Soups can make very good pasta sauces or bases for stews.
Salads are very easy, very quick and very healthy. Also if you’re a fresher with culinary or artistic flair they can look like you’ve been slaving over them for hours.

Roasting meat is a very good way of cooking food. It allows you to put your dinner in the oven and then retire to a comfy chair with a bottle of whatever but be careful not to get too drunk and forget the food is in the oven!

If any meals are included in the price of your accommodation try to get to them. If the food is bad then get it changed if they only serve breakfast till 8 o’clock then get the times changed. You are paying for a service so make sure the service works for you!

Finally, whatever your approach to cooking and eating at University, try new things. There will be people from all different backgrounds, regions and countries and they will be eating all manner of different things. Try them! University and college is a learning experience and not just in the academic sense.

And finally students have come across, as you will, some incredibly bizarre eating habits at University and college. Here are some of the strangest.

A student who ate this everyday and nothing else! 1 bowl of corn-flakes, semi-skimmed milk, a roast chicken, salad, hallumi cheese and diet coke he ate this for 3 years without change!

One girl fresher who ate only apples, biscuits and crisps for an entire first year

The student who lived on cuppa soup and lived.

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Tips For Making Delicious Yorkshire Puddings

Once an obscure peasants’ food, Yorkshire pudding has risen to the rank of a traditional Sunday dinner dish. These days it’s even something of a gourmet item, as presented by chefs like Delia Smith and James Martin. Not too shabby for a simple savory dish made from nothing but the most basic ingredients. Its popularity speaks for its tastes, but there’s more to making a great Yorkshire than you might realise.

The Ideal Yorkshire Pudding?

As with any common, traditional dish, opinions vary on what makes the best Yorkshire pudding. Most fans can agree on a few essential qualities, though. While it should puff a bit, it shouldn’t be quite as high or light as, say, a popover. The inside should be soft, but not soggy, and the underside nice and crisp.

Originally Yorkshire pudding was served before the roast in the hope that people would fill up on that first, so the meat would go a bit further. But there’s an even better reason to eat it first, while it’s still piping hot. Straight out of the oven, the pudding is light and puffy, and the bottom is still satisfyingly crisp. As it cools, though, it tends to fall and get soggy on the bottom.

Popular Variations

Yorkshire pudding batter consists of flour, eggs, and milk, and is traditionally baked in the drippings from roast beef. Some cooks, however, enhance the flavor with herbs like parsley, sage, thyme, and rosemary. If you decide to experiment with herbs, use a light hand at first to avoid overpowering the flavor of the pudding and drippings.

While you can spice up your pudding with different ingredients, it’s the cooking technique that really makes the difference. These days you can buy pudding mix and even frozen Yorkshire puddings, but making it from scratch gives you more control over the process, so the outcome is usually better.

Yorkshire Pudding Cooking Tips

If there’s one thing that’s critical to making a delicious Yorkshire pudding, it’s temperature. This is not a delicate souffle that’s going to burn if it gets a degree too hot. High temperatures are a must. First of all, the cooking fat and the pan for the pudding must be hot before you add the batter. The fat should be smoking slightly and the batter should sizzle as it hits the fat in the pan.

What’s more, the pudding needs an oven temperature of about 225 C to cook properly. The trouble with this is that it’s too hot for the roast beef, so you don’t want them in the oven at the same time. One way around this is to remove the roast when it’s partially cooked and turn up the oven heat to cook the pudding. The pudding won’t take long and the roast will stay hot and continue to cook if covered.

Getting Yorkshire pudding to turn out just right takes a bit of practice, but there’s nothing complicated about it. Whether you’re planning on roast beef for your next Sunday dinner or you’re just in the mood for some old-fashioned comfort food, try making this pudding from scratch and you might be surprised how well it turns out.

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