For your amusement (and advice)

[MSTRS:Me]

Some of you will have been around long enough to maybe remember these little gems

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...did-I-go-wrong
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...7538-Oh...Dear...

The thing is, I now have another problem.
Naturally, I like to help out round the house occasionally, and sometimes I even cook. I admit to there being some truth in the accusations of having a limited repertoire, but so what? I enjoy eating what I cook, and that's the important part. Right?
The thing is, when I do a roast, gravy is a must. None of that packet shit, either.
No. I make my own from scratch. Clever, eh?
BUT
I use flour.
And she says I should use cornflour.
It's a conundrum.
Should I withhold sexual favours until she accepts the way I do things? Or spend more time in the gargre, leaving her to cook and make gravy her way?

[gijoe1313]

Food good. Gargre time good. Women in kitchen cook good. All is good good! Unless you no like gravy. Then not good. Bad good. So, good to get out of kitchen into gargre and come back to cooked food. Sound goody good to me! Hur hur!

[oneofsix]

Flour the traditional way and therefore proper.
Cornflour is cheating cause it thickens faster and therefore quicker.
Wife uses cornflour, I don't argue cause I wants me food and me sex.

[allycatz]

Flour for sure....cornflour changes the colour and the flavour is naff if you use too much. Cornflour ok for casseroles when they can cook a bit longer.

[Spearfish]

Long term marriage aye?

[Bender]

Flour.

Better flavour.

That is all.

[Mental Trousers]

Use a bit of both, I often do. Although her what doesn't do the cooking reckons flour is better.

[george formby]

Flour. Must be browned slightly to add to the flavour & prevent lumps.

Cornflour is for Chinese food.

If it came down to gravy or sex I would settle for Bisto if I had too.

[Bald Eagle]

Flour. Must be browned slightly to add to the flavour & prevent lumps.

Cornflour is for Chinese food.

If it came down to gravy or sex I would settle for Bisto if I had too.

i'd never considered Bisto as a marital aid.

[oneofsix]

i'd never considered Bisto as a marital aid.

anything that makes her happy is a martial aid , as for sexual aid ...

[george formby]

i'd never considered Bisto as a marital aid.

In this context a vacuum cleaner could be considered a marital aid.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Some of you will have been around long enough to maybe remember these little gems

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...did-I-go-wrong
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...7538-Oh...Dear...

The thing is, I now have another problem.
Naturally, I like to help out round the house occasionally, and sometimes I even cook. I admit to there being some truth in the accusations of having a limited repertoire, but so what? I enjoy eating what I cook, and that's the important part. Right?
The thing is, when I do a roast, gravy is a must. None of that packet shit, either.
No. I make my own from scratch. Clever, eh?
BUT
I use flour.
And she says I should use cornflour.
It's a conundrum.
Should I withhold sexual favours until she accepts the way I do things? Or spend more time in the gargre, leaving her to cook and make gravy her way?

this isnt the "special" gravy that you make in your pants, one assumes?.

If its pan dripping gravy, I always use flour too, cos my old Mum did. and some wine and a bit of stock and the vege water. bada boom, bada bing.

sometimes its a bit lumpy, but thats why we own a selection of sieves in varying sizes, right?

[george formby]

this isnt the "special" gravy that you make in your pants, one assumes?.

If its pan dripping gravy, I always use flour too, cos my old Mum did. and some wine and a bit of stock and the vege water. bada boom, bada bing.

sometimes its a bit lumpy, but thats why we own a selection of sieves in varying sizes, right?

yup, and to get swarf out of me oil before I put it back in the bike. Use the same sieve for gravy & you get a lovely dark colour.

[marty]

Flour. Must be browned slightly to add to the flavour & prevent lumps.

Cornflour is for Chinese food.

If it came down to gravy or sex I would settle for Bisto if I had too.

never tried browning it - you mean putting it into another pan 'dry' and literally browning it before mixing it into the pan with the juice in it? i've always just mixed it with a little wine into a paste then poured it into the juice pan - slowly so it doesn't lump up.

[george formby]

never tried browning it - you mean putting it into another pan 'dry' and literally browning it before mixing it into the pan with the juice in it? i've always just mixed it with a little wine into a paste then poured it into the juice pan - slowly so it doesn't lump up.

You pour off the excess pan juices & fat first, put some of the fat back in the tray & literally fry the flour until it goes sandy with a blonde brown colour. Skim the fat off the pan juices & put the liquid in with the flour , gradually add wine, veggie water etc & simmer once it has the right thickness. A bit of colour gives a subtle nutiness to the flavour rather than a bland starchy taste.

Google "roux".