Cooking a Traditional old Irish meal

1 - I can do better 2 - Jury's out 3 - Pretty darn good 4 - Splendiferous 5 - Awesometastic by 15 people | Log in to rate

Ranked #5,963 in Food, #139,074 overall

Easy cooking for anyone

Pushed for time, pushed for time. I suppose there is something about being a parent especially if one has young children which puts an enormous strain on one's time. Thankfully that has now largely passed me by as my children are grown up and only have one left at home. As it turns out that is not quite true as my son has just finished writing his final year at University. So he is here at the moment anxiously awaiting his results and in the meantime working in a restaurant come pub. Consequently, because the hours are random and my daughter is studying for her final school exams there is a constant flow in and out of the house.

My wife nurses in a hospital and mainly does nights and I am one of the toiling, striving masses who are unemployed in these perilous times and it doesn't make for easy living. Specifically as prior to us moving to a new country I was always blessed with having servants. In the interim I now have become a housewife in men's clothing with next to no experience of washing and ironing and cooking and all the other endless chores. All I can say is if I could let this cup pass from me I would and with everlasting pleasure. It is a confounded nuisance. Now where was I.

Ah yes. Also I have been writing short articles on Squidoo and have to admit that is great fun. The problem is, when does one do what needs to be done? So here is a great and easy way to make a meal chop chop and carry on writing Squidoo lenses at the same time. It's virtually impossible to get wrong, I mean even I can do it.

More importantly if anyone is going for or trying to be a Giant. Here is a simple nourishing meal. It can't be beat.

A look at 

The Ham

The first step 

The ham or bacon

I've put in a 1kg. Ham known here as bacon.
First boil the water in a kettle as it saves your heating costs.
Turn stove setting to max.
Go back to writing lenses.
Turn ham after 20 minutes and top up water if needed.
Turn down setting on stove to save costs.

Steaming 

The potatoes

First peel potatoes, as many as you think you need.
Add boiling water from kettle into your steam cuisine.
Same principle, it means you have to run your steam cuisine for less time.
Re assemble steam cuisine.
Add potatoes.
Set timer.
Go back to writing lenses.

At work 

Steaming the potatoes

Steam cuisine 

The healthy way for vegetables

Steam Cuisine: Over 100 Quick, Healthy and Delicious Recipes for Your Steamer

Amazon Price: $17.96 (as of 02/10/2010) Buy Now

Steam Cuisine: Taste of Tall Stacks 1999 Cookbook

Amazon Price: (as of 02/10/2010) Buy Now

Handy Gourmet 2 Tier Microwave Steamer

Amazon Price: $12.99 (as of 02/10/2010) Buy Now

The cabbage 

Lightly diced

You need a cabbage.
Break off different leaves, some green, some yellow.
Cut out stems and lighty chop.
Your bacon or ham needs 40 minute per kg.
Take out ham and toss in the cabbage for a few minutes. That's all it takes.
Take out cabbage and put in bowl.

Once cabbage is out.
Drain out water but leave enough in to make gravy.
Put back on stove and turn heat up slightly.
Toss in some Bistro and whisk.
When it comes to boil, turn off stove but keep whisking gravy.
Otherwise it gets a skin ( sis man ).
Whisk every now and again.
When significant other of either gender returns home and sees you on PC.
Smile and tell them to help themselves and pop it into the microwave.
Hard hey?

The finished product 

Ready to eat

The gravy train 

A friend

Apologies as I just cannot resist this. When and if this dear friend sees how I made the gravy, I expect some swooning.

For the professionals 

Recipe blogs

Could you do this 

Bacon and cabbage

Now wasn't that hard

Loading Fetching blurbs now... please stand by

Ah, I can do that

GrowWear says:

Easy! My fave way to cook. :D

sittonbull says:

Hey Spook...Now that's a nutritious meal that looks relatively simple enough for even me to fix. I love cabbage steamed... Ahh but that bacon gives it the flavor... N'est Ce Pas?

OhMe says:

I think I might could handle this with your great instructions

eccles1 says:

it looks easy I'll have to try it
thank you

No seems a bit too tough for me

CCGAL says:

I don't have a steamer - but I do make a one pot meal that's similar.

 

A bit of this and that 

Common sense views

Loading Fetching RSS feed... please stand by

 

Now wasn't that easy 

And entertaining

For your information.

No HTML allowed regrettably.

submit

More of my squidoo stuff 

All welcome

Lensmaster Spook has been a member since April 10 2008, has rated 1,314 lenses, favorited 1,307, and has created 61 lenses from scratch. Kevin Moor donates their royalties to Squidoo Charity Fund. This member's top-ranked page is "Manners Maketh Man". See all my lenses

Check out these great lenses...

lens image
Southern African Witchdoctors
African Witchdoctors You might be surprised that even in this day and age the influence these people have. Of course depending where you come from and what ethnic section you belong to, this topic can cause widespread divisions. I would just like... view lens
lens image
I tried my best Fighting Deafness
You should all understand that I had completed my secondary education and already knew how to talk prior to becoming deaf whilst I was doing National Service in the then Rhodesian Army. This is just a brief epistle about some of the things that I ha... view lens
lens image
Lake Kariba a lost paradise
It's just that I miss my old country Zimbabwe and the sights. It was such a grand place to go and unwind for a few days, either by staying in a hotel or even better taking a houseboat where you could do your own thing. Driving up by car once you tur... view lens
lens image
The silence is deafening
Whilst doing National Service in the Rhodesian army I got a few cuts and scrapes whilst skirmishing and unfortunately these turned septic. By the time I got into the army hospital my heart was starting to play up and this was wrongly diagnosed as Rhe... view lens
lens image
A journey of inspiration and hope
This is a lens about hope, it's about trying to inspire people not to listen to doom sayers.Sometimes life can treat you harshly, but many people have and continue to have almost unbearable obstacles. There is always light at the end of the tunnel bu... view lens

by Spook

Appreciate all you people, truly


Below is a symbol of one the groups I am a member of and because I have been deaf for over thirty years now this gr... (more)

Explore related pages