Cookery Thread

[CrabGirl]

Someone tell me how to make parsnip crisps. I just tried and they were okish but not great.

:happy:

[Something Else]

Ask Tesco. :01:

[CrabGirl]

He won't know.

[tesco]

:no: you're right.
WTF is a parsnip?

[Mr. Mulder]

parsnips are carrots for lesbians.

[Something Else]

It's like he comes out of nowhere when he's mentioned or something else. :O

[tesco]

"Did someone say News?" - Hairbautt

[Mr JP Fugley]

If you don't have a mandolin or a seriously good knife (with skills to go with it)don't even bother trying.

[CrabGirl]

I used a peeler. I have the skills but alas, shite knives.

I'd kill for a mandolin.

[Something Else]

This lady can sure make parsnip crisps.

http://www.mandolincafe.com/archives/postcards/images/mandolin01.jpg

[Mr. Mulder]

whats a parsnipt taste like? :eyebrows:

[Something Else]

Like a sweet, sexxay potato with a mini-skirt.

[Snee]

Sounds like one hawt potato.

[Mr. Mulder]

sounds like the kind of potato i'd have premarital relations with.

[CrabGirl]

Parsnips are the Win. The Ultimate Win. Especially when roasted with honey and rosemary.

OooooooooooOOHHHH.

[100%]

lots of garlic, lots of garlic
that is all

[Mr JP Fugley]

Parsnips are the Win. The Ultimate Win. Especially when roasted with honey and rosemary.

OooooooooooOOHHHH.

Replace honey with maple syrup and you're in like Flynn.

[CrabGirl]

Don't like the stuff. It's far too sweet and tastes of Canadia

[Mr JP Fugley]

Don't like the stuff. It's far too sweet and tastes of Canadia

Then you are blind to the concept of culinary juxtaposing.

Which if I'm entirely honest I find a bit surprising.

Wait a minute, why would I even discuss such a thing with someone who doesn't even own a mandolin.

[CrabGirl]

Don't like the stuff. It's far too sweet and tastes of Canadia

Then you are blind to the concept of culinary juxtaposing.

Which if I'm entirely honest I find a bit surprising.

Wait a minute, why would I even discuss such a thing with someone who doesn't even own a mandolin.

Why would the fact that I dislike maple syrup negate my ability to cook imaginatively? I am in no way "blind" to culinary juxtaposing at all thanks. Don't judge my ability on one factor please. I'm a bloody good cook thank you very much and I have to say that I have never used maple syrup in any meal in my life, and I haven't missed it.

I don't own a mandolin because I'm fucking poor and there are other things I need more. Decent ingredients for example, or a sofa.

[Mr JP Fugley]

Then you are blind to the concept of culinary juxtaposing.

Which if I'm entirely honest I find a bit surprising.

Wait a minute, why would I even discuss such a thing with someone who doesn't even own a mandolin.

Why would the fact that I dislike maple syrup negate my ability to cook imaginatively? I am in no way "blind" to culinary juxtaposing at all thanks. Don't judge my ability on one factor please. I'm a bloody good cook thank you very much and I have to say that I have never used maple syrup in any meal in my life, and I haven't missed it.

I don't own a mandolin because I'm fucking poor and there are other things I need more. Decent ingredients for example, or a sofa.

Shh I'm listening to Jim Reeves.

True Story

[Squeamous]

Crabby, get yourself a cheese slicer (they're the triangular shaped things with a slit at the base on a handle). Dead cheap. Slice the parsnips that way and then deep fry them in vegetable oil.

Edit: And make sure they're dry by patting them with kitchen towel and put them in really hot oil....up max for about 5 minutes from cold. They should crisp up in seconds rather than minutes :).

[Biggles]

Why would the fact that I dislike maple syrup negate my ability to cook imaginatively? I am in no way "blind" to culinary juxtaposing at all thanks. Don't judge my ability on one factor please. I'm a bloody good cook thank you very much and I have to say that I have never used maple syrup in any meal in my life, and I haven't missed it.

I don't own a mandolin because I'm fucking poor and there are other things I need more. Decent ingredients for example, or a sofa.

Shh I'm listening to Jim Reeves.

True Story

:lol: :earl: to the whole lot of that

[CrabGirl]

Crabby, get yourself a cheese slicer (they're the triangular shaped things with a slit at the base on a handle). Dead cheap. Slice the parsnips that way and then deep fry them in vegetable oil.

Edit: And make sure they're dry by patting them with kitchen towel and put them in really hot oil....up max for about 5 minutes from cold. They should crisp up in seconds rather than minutes :).

I'm trying to avoid the deep frying to make a healthy crisp alternative - hence the baking. I've seen it done before so I'll try it again with the slicy bit on the grater over the weekend. Good idea there. Cheers!

[Squeamous]

Mandolin indeed. :ghey:est suggestion ever :rolleyes:.

[manker]

I don't know what a mandolin is. True story.

When I read a word on this forum I'm not sure of, I usually google to discover its meaning (it's happened like 4 times this year already) - but given the threadular context, I shan't on this occasion.

[Squeamous]

You definitely have to fancy men to know what a mandolin is.

[Barbarossa]

It's a little guitar isn't it :blink:


Errr, *cough* I mean I have no idea :mellow:

[Squeamous]

That's the sexual orientationally acceptable version Barbie :).

[manker]

If pushed - and before reading this fine thread - I would have said a mandolin was a species of small monkey.

Can't be tho' as a small monkey wouldn't be ideal for slicing parsnips.
Whatever parsnips are.

[Barbarossa]

*pushes manker*

lol, fag.

I've worked out what they're talking about via the pwnage of wikipedia :smartass:

[Squeamous]

:lol:

[C-mos]

Ingredients
2 cups groundnut oil
1 peeled parsnip
salt, to taste

Method
1. In a large saucepan, heat the oil to 180C/350f/Gas4 (a cube of bread should go golden brown if dropped in).
2. Using a vegetable peeler, cut the parsnip into long, thin strips. Fry these in hot oil until golden and crisp. Drain on kitchen roll.
Serve.

:yup::yup: