Post #645879 by MadDogMike on Fri, Jul 27, 2012 10:22 PM

Those of you who have been with this thread long enough to remember winter 2010 will remember that we celebrate opening ceremonies night of the Olympics with a dinner of food from the host country (Canada in 2010) Tonight was British food

Bangers and Spotted Dick
"Spotted dick of what?!"
"No, those sir are the bangers, the spotted dick is the pastry with the raisins"

Menu consisted of Bangers and Mash, Fish & Chips, Cornish Pasties, Beef Wellington, Mushy Peas, Yorkshire Pudding, Cucumber Sandwiches, Spotted Dich with Custard Sauce, Scones with Jam, Lemon Curd, and Clotted Cream, Sticky Toffee Pudding, Ginger Shortbread, and Earl Grey Tea. The menu was organized by my daughter and several people participated in the cooking.

It was also a costume party, here my son and I show the staid old London vs the angry new London

Next is the winter Olympics in Russia (borst and vodka?) and then summer Olympics in Brazil (now THAT'S what I'm talking about!)

EDIT - we learned something about cuts of meat during this when my daughter went to Von's to buy a beef tenderloin for the Beef Wellington ~
Jenna - I'm looking for a beef tenderloin
Butcher - Here you go
Jenna - But it's marked "Filet Mignon" and it's $60!
Butcher - Yes, beef tenderloin is just unsliced filet mignons
Jenna - No, I just want one like this $10 pork loin but made out of beef
Butcher - That's it
Jenna - But it's $60!
Butcher - Yes
Jenna - Well, can't you just cut me something in this shape out of cheap meat :lol:
We ended up with a regular roast which we cut into 2 long "loins". I'm sure it was a little tougher than the filet mignon roast would have been, but it was still very good :D

I'm getting better at barely getting by

[ Edited by: MadDogMike 2012-07-27 22:40 ]