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Curried thoughts
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Notwithstanding a rash of posts hereabouts about the merits (or otherwise) of Fray Bentos 'pies', and the imminent and irritating departure of some souls of this parish to Oostende and talking moules frites (we'll be there next month though), my thoughts turned in Tesco today to the benefits of Tinned Curry.
Over the years we have found that a small supply of tinned curries in the grub locker have done us well. In fact we reckon they are generally damn good grub, up a lonely creek. OK today I was in Tescos and selected an own-brand chicken korma this time, but we've found that Sainbury's own brand are pretty reliable. It's strange, though, that we'd never have such a thing in stock at home. Some kind of inverted snob value thing perhaps.
Apart from the inevitable Flay Bentloss, what other staple standbys do East Coasters keep in the store? Any other Curry fans out there?
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Tinned mackerel in tomato sauce. gallons and gallons of it. Smashin.
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Yup....
Plus Spaghetti Bolognaise.... easy out of a bowl!
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And I can say with a fair degree of albeit subjective authority, that Sainsbury's own brand is far better than Tesco's.
And no, I dont have it at home.
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It's easy for you lot. I'm allergic to tomatos, but as luck would have it, I found a tinned curry without them. It was either Tesco or Asda. Also, we keep a supply of Homepride cook in sauces in small tins (think only Somerfield do small tins now) which form the base for something or other depending on what's available.
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I find the stock of food that HWMBO puts on the boat is almost entirely unlike the food we have at home. He buys tins of Chicken in White Sauce, lots of tinned fruit salad, Genoa cake, rice pudding and other unusual things. I think it's a sort-of camping frame of mind.
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Well, the media would say we are enjoying our luxury yachts, but I'd always reckoned it was much more like camping, sometimes worse.
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15/05/2008 19:57
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The thing I most like about boating is the chance to have a proper fry up every morning. I never get away with that on dry land.
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Snap!
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Always keep jars of pasta sauce onboard and throw in a tin of sardines / tuna whatever to bulk it out.
Have had Asda 'Irish Stew' - very thin more like soup so a bit disappointing.
If really hungry when solo (as mostly am) have been know to revert to student days and eat 'haricot provencal' straight from the can! 
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Ah well she doesn't do curry so nothing exotic  I do keep a can of hotdogs, some squirty mustard and ketchup and some part-bake baguettes as an acceptable alternative to a bacon sarnie. A bacon sarnie on the go must be No.1.
If I'm cooking a meal on board I prefer proper food - steak and new potatoes or pan fried liver and mustard sauce preferably served with my speciality dish (Centaur PD to confirm) of cabbage with onion and juniper berries. There is of course an FB in the locker. After a couple of days pasta with anything or a trip to a good pub is very nice - who was it who said that going away on the boat was almost like a holiday  Being retired the rejoinder was "a holiday as opposed to what exactly?" Anyway it is a holiday and money gets spent enjoying it!
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Quote:
speciality dish (Centaur PD to confirm) of cabbage with onion and juniper berries
That must produce a heck of a following wind next morning!!!
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He was confined to the aft cabin with the vent open! No matches were struck
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stag chilli con carne - so many uses
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wherry
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15/05/2008 22:41
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Re: Curried thoughts
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Ah well she doesn't do curry so nothing exotic I do keep a can of hotdogs, some squirty mustard and ketchup and some part-bake baguettes as an acceptable alternative to a bacon sarnie. A bacon sarnie on the go must be No.1.
Does for me!!
Which hot dogs do you favour???
Pot Noodles always worth having about for quick hot passage snacks.....no really!
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Ah, we've had that too, not at all bad.
I suppose this is all adding to the justification for my ybw id.......
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Don't mention noodles to Morgana 
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Ah well she doesn't do curry so nothing exotic I do keep a can of hotdogs, some squirty mustard and ketchup and some part-bake baguettes as an acceptable alternative to a bacon sarnie. A bacon sarnie on the go must be No.1.
If I'm cooking a meal on board I prefer proper food - steak and new potatoes or pan fried liver and mustard sauce preferably served with my speciality dish (Centaur PD to confirm) of cabbage with onion and juniper berries. There is of course an FB in the locker. After a couple of days pasta with anything or a trip to a good pub is very nice - who was it who said that going away on the boat was almost like a holiday Being retired the rejoinder was "a holiday as opposed to what exactly?" Anyway it is a holiday and money gets spent enjoying it!
I remember it well and confirm twas nothing short of superb !
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Which hot dogs do you favour???
Let's not pretend to be connoisseurs of hot dogs! I prefer Herta in a packet but a can of American Hotdogs from Sainsburys (or elsewhere) seem to be ok.
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I think that comment about a camping mentality is spot on. It seems strange that there boats out there packed full of things you wouldn't dream of having anywhere near a food cupboard at home?
If you are going to cook rice or pasta to go with a tin of processed/additive/salt/sugar ridden stuff you have enough time to prepare a 'proper' dish to go with it and it's better for you.
Is it that no-one has a fridge and hates to use their cooker for too long?
I think it's a shame that folks regress to some strange being once they get on board.
Just think how often you cook using much more that two 'rings' when you are at home.
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You can't beat bacon.. Not from a tin, but after the dog has woken you up 6am cos he fancies going, walking a mile down the pontoons in burnham to get to shore and back again to wake up SWMBO with the delicious smell of bacon frying... shame she is a veggie 
Steve
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I have cooked proper food when on a fully crewed boat for more than a week or so. Camping foods will do for shorter periods with the odd meal out.
In one boat years ago I remember making a baked alaska for the skipper's birthday!
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I confirm that SV Full Circle has no truck with tinned or bottled sauces, but we have the whole gamut of FB provender.
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Well, I'm relieved that should we ever meet, there's no fear of you laying alongside with grapplin' irons and sending a boarding party to make off with my curries.....
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