darlodge

Is anyone cooking a meal for Val Day? If so what you making. I am planning on cooking but can't decide what to cook?

Any ideas?

Nothing to elaborate as I am not what you call gifted in the kitchen

Darren

ScoobyJawa

Sea-Bass, Swordfish or Salmon always seems to go down well with the ladies

OllyK

They better like fish!!!

Depends what the other half likes and what you feel capable of. I am taking the night off and taking her indoors to the local Thai house instead.

Be careful if you do go the fish route - very easy to over cook it and make a right hash of it. I would be tempted to go Thai or Chinese. There is a lot of chopping and preparation but the cooking takes no time and is hard to get wrong.

Go for a chicken / prawn soup in coconut milk for starters and a green curry with aromatic rice form main. Bit of ice cream for desert, dead simple but tastes good

Scooby96

Can you remember what you cooked the very first time you cooked for your lady?

For mine it was champagne, duck breast salad, roast beef, tiramisu, coffee.

1 you'll get brownie points just for cooking for her, and 2, you'll get a million more brownie points for remembering. Now if you can follow that up with, "I can even remember what you were wearing" then you'll be in for a quite a weekend

OllyK

Did spinach and ricotta canelloni in a spicy tomato sauce for mine - she was a veggie back then!

TopBanana

I'm doing the starter and main. My g/f is doing dessert (the easy bit!)

Starter: Duck pate on cinnamon toast with apple chutney
Main: Honey-roasted duckling, new potatoes, veg
Dessert: Creme brulee

OllyK

jlanng - that's a lot of quack, quack or are you re-cycling!!

TopBanana

I'm doing my bit to exterminate the little blighters

OllyK

The misses was a vegiie (except for fish and pork crackling - don't ask) until 2 years ago. Got her on to turkey and chicken, but wouldn't eat duck. Too cute apparently! Finally gave in and tried crispy chinese duck - not been able to get her off it since! Next the steak!!

darlodge

Thanks the replies guys,

We both are chinese and Thai fans so something along those lines would be good. Saying that, I fancy trying Sword Fish

I've done Chinese food before but that was using sauces from a packet or a jar .

The closest I have got to real cooking is dicing the chicken, adding some vegetables and wacked it on a plate with some rice. Simple. It takes the same length of time to do that than it does to cooking chips in the oven.

I think I might wander down the bok shop tomorrow lunch time an browse through a chinese cookery book.

Scooby96, I think the first thing I cooked for her was a pizza and chips I burnt the outside of the pizza whilst the inside was still cold and the chips were just deadly. But that was when we were both living at home with parents and had not so much as cooked an egg.

Darren

eClaire

I will prolly go to the chippy and get meself a chip butty with sauce

TopBanana

You can get Thai green curry kits, which have all the raw ingredients you need. They're pretty good apparently, and easy to follow.

Jer

If you like Thai try this. It's dead easy, quick and tastes magic. Serve with some rice. http://www.delia.co.uk/recipes/r_0000001347.asp

Bee

for eClaire....look on the bright side..you won't have to pretend your enjoying what your eating!

- Bee

ProperCharlie

eC - why not push the boat out and have a pie, too?

<tries not to feel sorry for eClaire>

eClaire

LOL Bee S'pose you have a point there!!!

PC, I might just do that, a nice steak pie supper

mmmmmmmmm, you can all sod your Thai Curries

ProperCharlie

i'm more tempted by this:

ChrisB

Delia's website that Jer linked to is well worth a look around - some very nice recipes on there (I've tried a few on my girlfriend).

scoobypreza

booo hoooo...sob....sob...sob
Mr.scoobypreza has never cooked more than oven chips for me

Cath

eClaire

Nah PC, I am bound to drop it down myself. I will stay safe with pie and chips!

Cath, come to mines, I will make you a pot noodle

scoobypreza

....... looks for car keys


get the kettle on love!

NACRO

Aperitif: Castellan Florens Champagne (cepage 100% Chardonnay, fine mousse)

Start off with Foie Gras and a sweet white wine- probably from Landes or possibly a Jurancon Doux.
Next a mise en bouche of some kind from the local deli.
Then magret de canard with some simple greens and maybe some gratinated potatoes, probably a Madiran to go with this.
Followed with a selection of cheeses and if we are feeling particularly piggish some Gateaux Basque and a Sauternes.
Next a 20yr old Venezuelan rum or possibly a decent Calvados as a digestive.

Luckilly my partner and I are both excellent cooks.

scoobypreza

Sorry eClaire change of plans.....
I'm off to Nacro's
Don't know what half of it is but it sounds yummy
I'll sit in the corner you won't even notice me Nacro

eClaire

Me too, me too! gets her coat!

OllyK

Always look past their best to me, plus you get a tiny amount of each. You can buy the basic bits for less than the cost of the kit.