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Title: 30 year to get right.
Post by: fundj&e on May 24, 2012, 12:25:49 pm
this was going to be my last try  at a roast chicken. ;D  i am very pleased with the results, so was frank and the kids

Title: Re: 30 year to get right.
Post by: snappy on May 24, 2012, 12:27:48 pm
That looks delicious uni!  I bet it was devoured by the family.
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Post by: Halex on May 24, 2012, 12:30:47 pm
Looks good Uni, where are the Roast vegs etc.

Not sure why you left the 3rd body part on ???

Did you take the arsons nose off?

H :)
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Post by: jeninwa on May 24, 2012, 12:31:05 pm
Congratulations, it looks delicious.
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Post by: fundj&e on May 24, 2012, 12:31:53 pm
i am so s**t when it comes to roasts  snappy ;D iwould love to be able to just do a roast and veg for dinner
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Post by: Merrilyn on May 24, 2012, 12:33:23 pm
Now that's a good looking roast chicken.  Yum yum yum  :P (that's my tongue hanging out savouring the thought  :D )
Title: Re: 30 year to get right.
Post by: fundj&e on May 24, 2012, 12:33:29 pm
i made Antipasto platter, Pasta with nap sauce, eggplant parmigiana, stuffed eggplant, tomato salad, fennel and orange salad, roast veg just in case  :-))
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Post by: dede on May 24, 2012, 12:39:21 pm
Yay well done fundj, see you can do it :)
Try try again and eventually you will do it (that my moto anyway)
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Post by: Amy :-) on May 24, 2012, 12:41:39 pm
Looks great Uni :D Well done!
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Post by: cookie1 on May 24, 2012, 12:45:27 pm
Congratulations Uni.
Hally my Dad used to love the parsons nose, I don't know how it looks yuck.
Title: Re: 30 year to get right.
Post by: Halex on May 24, 2012, 12:48:22 pm
No cookie it makes e want to v*****

h >:(
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Post by: desi on May 24, 2012, 12:50:15 pm
That is nice looking roast fundj. You're too hard on yourself.

Halex, I chuckled over your 3rd line in your post :D
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Post by: achookwoman on May 24, 2012, 01:10:27 pm
Uni,  looks good.  Worth waiting 30 years for ;D
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Post by: EmeraldSue on May 24, 2012, 01:11:41 pm
That looks fantastic. You really cracked it!
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Post by: Bedlam on May 24, 2012, 01:17:27 pm
More to come now Uni,looks yummo. Well done
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Post by: Cornish Cream on May 24, 2012, 01:22:46 pm
Hooray!!  on your success on the roast Chicken Uni.Looks superb ;D
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Post by: CreamPuff63 on May 24, 2012, 01:28:16 pm
yay! I knew you had it in you

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Post by: judydawn on May 24, 2012, 01:35:12 pm
Yay, at last, congratulations Uni.  Now do another one very soon so you don't forget how you did it.  It sounds like you had a party there tonight  - was the chicken the star of the show?

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Title: Re: 30 year to get right.
Post by: fundj&e on May 24, 2012, 09:40:19 pm
Looks good Uni, where are the Roast vegs etc.

Not sure why you left the 3rd body part on ???

Did you take the arsons nose off?

H :)
thanks ladies i cooked it in a castiron pot with a lid, it did take just under 2 hours to cook,is that to long?

 
thanks H, the veg i made in a different pan DD2 is a vegetarian

what 3rd body part and whats a arsons  ???

JD  stuffed eggplant is always the hero in this houes  ;D
Title: Re: 30 year to get right.
Post by: gertbysea on May 24, 2012, 09:56:43 pm
Congratulations Uni.
Hally my Dad used to love the parsons nose, I don't know how it looks yuck.

The parson's most belongs to me. Do not even think about it.

Gert
Title: Re: 30 year to get right.
Post by: dede on May 24, 2012, 10:17:34 pm
Parsons nose is the tail bit of the chook (the bit nears it's bum hole :D )
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Post by: goldfish on May 24, 2012, 10:19:09 pm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cookipedia/6817850822/

Uni - a picture is worth a thousand words . . . ;D ;D
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Post by: Cuilidh on May 24, 2012, 10:22:01 pm
Looks fabulous, Uni, well done - I'd eat that (if I wasn't a vegetarian!).

Although you have been struggling with roasts in the past, never forget, you are making so many things each and every day that most of us here on the forum simply couldn't, or can't, make, so don't knock yourself out just because you are having a bit of trouble with one type of meal.  You're a great cook!!!
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Post by: fundj&e on May 24, 2012, 10:43:52 pm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cookipedia/6817850822/

Uni - a picture is worth a thousand words . . . ;D ;D

thanks GF, yes i did leave it on, i wonder who the lucky person was that ate it was  :-))

marina it would be nice and easy to do a roast once a week, just  chuck it in the oven with some veg and its done. i am working now 5 days a week so it would be very handy, poor DH he doesnt really like chicken but you know what he can go to his mums on roast chicken night .  ;D
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Post by: dede on May 24, 2012, 10:53:50 pm
He doest like chicken? :o
He can't be normal :D
Title: Re: 30 year to get right.
Post by: fundj&e on May 24, 2012, 11:17:14 pm
And when have i ever said, that frank is normal  ;D



Title: Re: 30 year to get right.
Post by: gertbysea on May 24, 2012, 11:19:14 pm
Try a beer ass on the  BBQ.

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Title: Re: 30 year to get right.
Post by: gertbysea on May 24, 2012, 11:22:56 pm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cookipedia/6817850822/

Uni - a picture is worth a thousand words . . . ;D ;D

Now that is a good  look.

Gert
Title: Re: 30 year to get right.
Post by: DizzyGirl on May 25, 2012, 12:45:38 am
Uni, you have out done yourself. That chook looks so good, I think you have been joking with us.

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Post by: obbie on May 25, 2012, 12:49:18 am
Congrats Uni, Looks great. we knew you could do a roast. :)
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Post by: dede on May 25, 2012, 12:59:44 am
And when have i ever said, that frank is normal  ;D

Well true :)
Title: Re: 30 year to get right.
Post by: Halex on May 25, 2012, 04:56:05 am
Uni when yiu dont ave DD for dinner, do some veg in the pan, they are delish.

Parsons nose, yuck, yuck, yuck >:(

H :)
Title: Re: 30 year to get right.
Post by: bickie on May 25, 2012, 08:22:10 am
Yum, that looks so good. I am feeling a bit seedy, lying in bed trying to make myself get up and go to work and now all I want is a delicious hot roast chicken. When I was a little girl we all used to fight over the Parson's nose, and them I went to a friends house and they called it the pope's nose, and my mother explained in non catholic family's they call it the Pope's nose and in Catholic families they call it the Parson's nose. Because it is the bum - so an insult. I think she must have made that up. Has anyone ever heard it called the Pope's nose?
Title: Re: 30 year to get right.
Post by: mcmich on May 25, 2012, 08:27:35 am
Looks great Uni, well worth the wait.
Never heard it calld the Popes Nose.
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Post by: gertbysea on May 25, 2012, 08:34:53 am
Yum, that looks so good. I am feeling a bit seedy, lying in bed trying to make myself get up and go to work and now all I want is a delicious hot roast chicken. When I was a little girl we all used to fight over the Parson's nose, and them I went to a friends house and they called it the pope's nose, and my mother explained in non catholic family's they call it the Pope's nose and in Catholic families they call it the Parson's nose. Because it is the bum - so an insult. I think she must have made that up. Has anyone ever heard it called the Pope's nose?

Absolutely true. In my house my father always called it the Pope's nose and ate it with gusto.

Gert
Title: Re: 30 year to get right.
Post by: judydawn on May 25, 2012, 08:37:04 am
Here's (http://www.epicurious.com/tools/fooddictionary/entry?id=4055) the reason it is called the Pope's nose.  Your Mum was right bickie.
Title: Re: 30 year to get right.
Post by: fundj&e on May 25, 2012, 08:39:27 am
this poor chook is starting to sound yuk
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Post by: kezza on May 25, 2012, 09:46:32 am
Who would have thought the humble roast chook would bring about so much debate :) :) We fight over the parsons nose in our house ;D
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Post by: gertbysea on May 25, 2012, 09:49:24 am
Who would have thought the humble roast chook would bring about so much debate :) :) We fight over the parsons nose in our house ;D

See H not yuck yuck.  Descerning people love a parson's nose.

Gert
Title: Re: 30 year to get right.
Post by: Halex on May 25, 2012, 10:10:42 am
It gets cut  off in my house before cooking & the jiblets too, they go. I have a nice neat perfect looking chicken, no extra body parts on mine.

H :)
Title: Re: 30 year to get right.
Post by: gertbysea on May 25, 2012, 10:21:11 am
It gets cut  off in my house before cooking & the jiblets too, they go. I have a nice neat perfect looking chicken, no extra body parts on mine.

H :)

OMG not the giblets too.  What a waste. Can you cut them off, freeze them and send them to me? OMG my mother made the best giblet gravy. YUMMY YUMMY?

Gert
Title: Re: 30 year to get right.
Post by: Cornish Cream on May 25, 2012, 10:25:28 am
It gets cut  off in my house before cooking & the jiblets too, they go. I have a nice neat perfect looking chicken, no extra body parts on mine.

H :)

OMG not the giblets too.  What a waste. Can you cut them off, freeze them and send them to me? OMG my mother made the best giblet gravy. YUMMY YUMMY?

Gert

I agree Gert giblet gravy is wonderful ;D
Title: Re: 30 year to get right.
Post by: EmeraldSue on May 25, 2012, 11:14:16 am
No. I just like eating the giblets as they are. Yum. My DH always pinches the Parson's nose before I have time to dish it out. He hates the giblets. We make a good pair!
I also know it as the Pope's nose, but usually call it the Parson,s nose.
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Post by: jeninwa on May 25, 2012, 12:47:03 pm
Never heard it called the Pope's nose, but I love the parson's nose, I get it everytime cause I'm the one that takes it out of the oven, and I'm not good at sharing ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: Amy :-) on May 25, 2012, 12:52:20 pm
My favourite part of the chicken is the wishbone :D
Title: Re: 30 year to get right.
Post by: Cornish Cream on May 25, 2012, 12:58:58 pm
My favourite part of the chicken is the wishbone :D
None of my wishes come true unfortunately Amy :D :D :D
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Post by: Amy :-) on May 25, 2012, 01:00:17 pm
My favourite part of the chicken is the wishbone :D
None of my wishes come true unfortunately Amy :D :D :D

Are you snapping it with your pinkie finger?? ;D
Title: Re: 30 year to get right.
Post by: Cornish Cream on May 25, 2012, 01:02:33 pm
My favourite part of the chicken is the wishbone :D
None of my wishes come true unfortunately Amy :D :D :D

Are you snapping it with your pinkie finger?? ;D
Of course :D :D :D As kids we would fight over getting the wishbone ;)
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Post by: Amy :-) on May 25, 2012, 01:03:52 pm
LOL I still fight over the wishbone! Heaven help anyone who tries to take me on!!! ;)
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Post by: Halex on May 26, 2012, 12:22:41 am
If ony there was room in my freezer, i woukd pack up parsons nose, jiblets & wishbone to you all. I might start doing the wishbone with the ds.

H :)
Title: Re: 30 year to get right.
Post by: gertbysea on May 26, 2012, 12:34:44 am
Another thing you can do it collect all the wishbones, hang them by some string, dip  them in gold or silver paint, hang them to dry over a chopstick or broom handle and hang them on your Christmas tree..

I just save them now for a neighbour's GD who wishs her sister could walk,  a lovely girl with Angelmans Syndrome.

Gert
Title: Re: 30 year to get right.
Post by: Amy :-) on May 26, 2012, 12:42:53 am
I might start doing the wishbone with the ds.

H :)

Its so much fun Hally!

And it does sometimes work, because one time I wished for a pet parrot that could talk, and then next year my mum bought me a budgie and I taught it how to say hello. Well, I nearly did. I'm sure he wanted to... :-\
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Post by: Halex on May 26, 2012, 12:51:01 am
Amy, LOL

H :)
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Post by: obbie on May 26, 2012, 05:47:53 am
LOL ;D
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Post by: Frozzie on May 26, 2012, 07:02:30 am
Yay uni.. Been absent of late but good to hear you conquered the roast chook...you should be proud.. Another one crossed off that list!
Title: Re: 30 year to get right.
Post by: fundj&e on May 26, 2012, 12:41:05 pm
 ;D i was very proud kim  ;D. roast lamb next week.....well maybe its very exspensive to stuff up  :-))

how have you been kim? and i hope DH is on the mend
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Post by: Frozzie on May 26, 2012, 04:57:13 pm
Think positive.. You got the chook right so next the lamb will be a success ..find a nice marinade and you will have no more fear of roast anything 😁 mmmm we do a spicy butterflied lamb marinade that is delish...

We are fine still alot going on hence the absence... At the end of the school year end of june we are going for a break in italy which will be nice.. Not far from pisa where dh stayed every summer for a number of years and where he still has family friends who still live there.. So we are all looking forward to a much needed break 😊
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Post by: obbie on May 26, 2012, 11:44:20 pm
Take care Frozzie, we miss you
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Post by: dede on May 26, 2012, 11:49:07 pm
Sounds like it will be a great get away Frozzie. Definitely miss your presence on the forum lately. Take care :)
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Post by: Halex on May 26, 2012, 11:51:45 pm
Frozzie, I was wondering where you had gone too.

Uni, roast lamb, yum, cut slits in the top & stuff garlic cloves in, use lemon juice & rosemary. Easy

H :)
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Post by: DizzyGirl on May 26, 2012, 11:54:18 pm
Take care Frozzie. Enjoy your holiday.
Uni, I am doing lamb in the slow cooker today. It is always so moist and the meat just falls off the bone. I rub some garlic, mustard and herbs over it and cook on low for 8 hours. I never use my oven for roasts for I hate cleaning the oven LOL
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Post by: mcmich on May 27, 2012, 12:03:22 am
Uni, DG is so right - Roast Lamb in the slow cooker always turns out well.
You don't get the shrinkage either and the added benefit of not having to clean the oven.
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Post by: judydawn on May 27, 2012, 12:47:21 am
Must try that myself, I always use the weber for roasts - having said that, it is very rare that we have a lamb roast in this house, usually it's chicken or pork.  Lamb is so darn expensive.
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Post by: DizzyGirl on May 27, 2012, 01:13:48 am
I do all my roasts (chicken, pork, beef & lamb) in the slow cooker. So much nicer.
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Post by: Frozzie on May 27, 2012, 06:27:50 am
Uni looking forward to the next successful roast photo...

Thanks guys.. Im around just not as much obviously with alot on and will reveal some big news soon ... You havent got rid of me just yet lol!!. We are currently in bretagne visiting my fil which is nice although strange.. 😊😊
Title: Re: 30 year to get right.
Post by: fundj&e on May 27, 2012, 06:35:10 am
Take care Frozzie. Enjoy your holiday.
Uni, I am doing lamb in the slow cooker today. It is always so moist and the meat just falls off the bone. I rub some garlic, mustard and herbs over it and cook on low for 8 hours. I never use my oven for roasts for I hate cleaning the oven LOL

DG do u use a  rack inside of the slow cooker
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Post by: DizzyGirl on May 27, 2012, 06:57:44 am
No Uni. Just a little water in the bottom and in goes the meat.

My meat wouldn't fit in today so I am cooking it in the oven.
140 degrees for 3 hours in a baking dish covered with al foil. I will take the foil off and increase to 180 for another hour. Never cooked in the oven so I hope it turns out OK. It is pork BTW so I will also drizzle oil and salt over skin in the hope to get crackling. Fingers crossed or it will be baked beans for dinner tonight LOL.
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Post by: fundj&e on May 27, 2012, 07:08:44 am
should i brown the roast off 1st
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Post by: DizzyGirl on May 27, 2012, 08:32:39 am
I don't fundj.
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Post by: achookwoman on May 27, 2012, 11:32:39 pm
I also hate cleaning the oven,  so I cook all my roasts in an oven bag.  They remain moist and brown.  Following Judy's idea I have been also using the BBQ.  It is like having a third oven.
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Post by: mcmich on May 27, 2012, 11:46:49 pm
Take care Frozzie. Enjoy your holiday.
Uni, I am doing lamb in the slow cooker today. It is always so moist and the meat just falls off the bone. I rub some garlic, mustard and herbs over it and cook on low for 8 hours. I never use my oven for roasts for I hate cleaning the oven LOL

DG do u use a  rack inside of the slow cooker
I put a carrot and potato slices in the bottom of the slow cooker to make a trivet to put the roast on and then add about 3/4 cup of stock. It doesn't need much liquid as the meat gives off it's own juices.
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Post by: fundj&e on May 27, 2012, 11:50:53 pm
thanks will try it next time, do you pour the stock over the meat ?
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Post by: mcmich on May 27, 2012, 11:58:30 pm
Yes and rub the roast with oil, seasonings and herbs.
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Post by: kezza on May 28, 2012, 12:00:37 pm
I don't have a pc, I'm scared of them :-))  I also do my roasts in the weber after JD spoke about it ages ago.
Title: Re: 30 year to get right.
Post by: Yvette on May 28, 2012, 12:05:48 pm
Uni I would brown the lamb before going in the slow cooker