#topcheffing +#shirtoftheday +#topbopping

[Ironside]

Well since Carona closed down all the local eateries my mother and i have found ourselves relying on my #topcheffing skills (untill my dad passed away last year i hadn't cooked since 1987 unless you called heating up a mircowave burger or pie )
we are still waiting for the kitchen planners to get back to us on how they are going to make it so i can use the hob ( limited to oven airfryer microwave toaster toasty maker and kettle)

and there is no room to turn my wheelchair when i am in the kitchen


by the time a vaccine allows me to interact with the ladies of Private eyes (other brands are available) i am expecting to be cooking better than Jamie Bloody Oliver

[Ironside]

this was my first ever attempt of cooking a steak, i used an airfryer for both the steak and chips
this was september 2019

[Ironside]

Roll on a few months to the 25th of march 2020
my parents wedding anniversary the first one since my dad's passing
steak was his favourite dish so we had had one and first time in years i even had bottle of lager with it

[Ironside]

my mother only eats one dish from a bird
Bernard mathews turkey steaks and it has to be steaks the escalopes aren't the same (same recipe just a different shape) she likes what she likes and is very particular

so to spice it up a little i went for creamed potatoes (impossible to get a proper mash or boiled tattie without using a hob so it smash)
yorkie puds and  sage and onion balls

[Ironside]

i was too slow to capture the dish here just let me say it was delicious

[Ironside]

the toasty maker has to be my best investment they are beautiful and so easy to make

cheese ham and pickle here

[Ironside]

this was my shirt of the day i wore to attend the local hospital for my regular treatment last week

[Doobs]

my mother only eats one dish from a bird
Bernard mathews turkey steaks and it has to be steaks the escalopes aren't the same (same recipe just a different shape) she likes what she likes and is very particular

so to spice it up a little i went for creamed potatoes (impossible to get a proper mash or boiled tattie without using a hob so it smash)
yorkie puds and  sage and onion balls

Have you tried sweet potato mash?   You can bake them in the skins in the oven, then mash at the end.  I have never tried this way with normal spuds though.

Do you have two ovens?   Proper yorkies are pretty easy, my kids can make them.

[Ironside]

my mother only eats one dish from a bird
Bernard mathews turkey steaks and it has to be steaks the escalopes aren't the same (same recipe just a different shape) she likes what she likes and is very particular

so to spice it up a little i went for creamed potatoes (impossible to get a proper mash or boiled tattie without using a hob so it smash)
yorkie puds and  sage and onion balls

Have you tried sweet potato mash?   You can bake them in the skins in the oven, then mash at the end.  I have never tried this way with normal spuds though.

Do you have two ovens?   Proper yorkies are pretty easy, my kids can make them.

1 oven 2 airfryers (1 in kitchen 1 in my lounge)

we used to make our own yorkies dads were brill but so much easier to throw them in the airfryer

[Karabiner]

my mother only eats one dish from a bird
Bernard mathews turkey steaks and it has to be steaks the escalopes aren't the same (same recipe just a different shape) she likes what she likes and is very particular

so to spice it up a little i went for creamed potatoes (impossible to get a proper mash or boiled tattie without using a hob so it smash)
yorkie puds and  sage and onion balls

Have you tried sweet potato mash?   You can bake them in the skins in the oven, then mash at the end.  I have never tried this way with normal spuds though.

Do you have two ovens?   Proper yorkies are pretty easy, my kids can make them.

Would need to use the hob though when pouring in the batter.

[Doobs]

my mother only eats one dish from a bird
Bernard mathews turkey steaks and it has to be steaks the escalopes aren't the same (same recipe just a different shape) she likes what she likes and is very particular

so to spice it up a little i went for creamed potatoes (impossible to get a proper mash or boiled tattie without using a hob so it smash)
yorkie puds and  sage and onion balls

Have you tried sweet potato mash?   You can bake them in the skins in the oven, then mash at the end.  I have never tried this way with normal spuds though.

Do you have two ovens?   Proper yorkies are pretty easy, my kids can make them.

Would need to use the hob though when pouring in the batter.

Take tray out of oven, pour in batter, put back in oven.   I don't see the need for a hob.   If the oven and fat is hot enough it isn't going to cool down much whilst putting the batter in.  I don't use a hob at any stage.  The oven is as hot as it goes (250 degrees).

[Ironside]

this is my access to the cooker i can get close enough trying to go sideways as the kitchen isnt wide enough to

i can use the oven but not really that safely as i am lying chest on knees when i lean forward to access it then use right hand to grab the oven tray
and pull myself back into an upright position with my left arm. remembering i have no balance when not in a supported position
basically only thing i use the oven for is steak pies and pizzas anything else is a bit tricky

yorkie puds would be nice in there but the liquid would be all over the floor before i got it in the oven

[Ironside]

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[Ironside]

Those pictures dont show it as well as I hoped the knobs on hob I can't reach without leaning forward and having to support my body weight with the other arm as I have no control of stomach muscles

[Ironside]

one problem with the oven and our shopping delivery is that i can only put one pizza in the oven at a time and asda only do 10' fresh pizza to be delivered

so i share one with mum and have some chips on the side hoping to get some garlic bread delivered with pizza this week but half the order gets cancelled the day of delivery as out of stock

well i turn mine into an hawiian mum will only eat plain cheese and tomato