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	Create New Topic   My Posts   My forum buddies   Invite friends   Private messages Russian brides > Main Forum > Dinner with friends Author Post Bill54 Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 1/21/2008 11:54:21 AM   I don't know what was more fun, cleaning and cooking with Larisa or eating and drinking for three hours. Honestly, I remember the cleaning the most. Although we normally cook together for friends, yesterday was a little different. Larisa is a little particular in the way she cooks Ukrainian dishes. Yesterday she was just a little bit excited about friends coming over, she wanted everything to be perfect. It was..... The food was great, we had fun with our friends and the vodka is so cold when it comes out of the freezer. When you pour vodka, remember a few things. Always put the shot glass on the table when you pour, (it's tradition) fill the shot glass just below half (at least at first) and know it is ok to use a little lemon or schwepps before and after you drink each shot. The girls had champagne by the way. Just before our friends arrived, the table was set, the kitchen clean and I was the lucky man who received a kiss and thank you from my sharlotka..... I don't remember much past dinner except the moment my head hit the pillow and the room went dark. Life is an adventure, live it.... Kirkland Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 1/21/2008 3:49:43 PM   I smell fish. dcv Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 1/21/2008 4:29:33 PM   enthralled. i can't wait for the next exciting episode yorkie67 Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 1/22/2008 11:30:41 AM   Can't we be spared from having this boring crud put on here! Come on moderators, do your job. Watching paint dry is more interesting than reading bilge like this! Yes Bill, it really does sound like an adventure!!?? Cleaning and cooking with Larisa, yeah, live the adventure man! Rag'n'Bull Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 1/22/2008 10:03:10 PM   Gordon Ramsay recipes Steak and chips with a rocket and parmesan salad recipe The centrepiece from Gordon's Cookalong Live menu is this glorious steak and chips recipe Serves 4 Ingredients For the chips 4 large Desiree potatoes 2 tbsp Olive oil Salt and freshly ground black pepper A generous pinch chilli flakes For the steak 4 sirloin steaks (approx 200g-250g each) Salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 tbsp groundnut oil 25g butter For the salad 1 tbsp white wine vinegar 3 tbsp olive oil Salt and freshly ground black pepper 120g rocket 50g parmesan, shaved Method: How to make steak and chips with a rocket and parmesan salad 1. To make the chips: preheat the oven to 220C/ Gas 7. 2. Fill a large pan with boiling water, add a pinch of salt and place over a high heat. Cut each potato in half lengthways and then place the cut side down onto the board. Cut each half potato into 1cm thick wedges. 3. Add the potato wedges to the boiling water, bring to the boil again and boil for 3 minutes. Drain in a colander and then place the colander sitting over the pan, off the heat, to allow the wedges to dry further. Add the groundnut oil, salt, pepper and chilli flakes and toss well to coat. 4. Tip the wedges into a large baking tray (big enough so that the wedges sit in one layer so they crisp up evenly) and shake the tray until they are evenly spread out. Place the tray in the oven and cook for 30 minutes or until golden brown and crisp. Shake the tray once or twice during cooking to ensure even cooking. 5. To cook the steak: place one large or two smaller non-stick frying pans over a high heat and leave until smoking hot. 6. Place the steaks onto a large chopping board and if one needs to be cooked well done, roll it flatter with a rolling pin so that all the steaks can all go into the frying pan at the same time. Season the steaks on both sides with salt and black pepper and once the frying pans have reached temperature, add approximately two tablespoons of groundnut oil. 7. Carefully lay the steaks (the well done one first) in the hot frying pan. Tilt the pan away from you so that the fat is touching the side of the pan to ensure the fat is cooked and golden. Shake the pan to make sure the steaks aren’t sticking. Fry for 3 minutes on one side and then using tongs turn the steaks starting with the first steak you placed in the pan. Fry for 2 minutes and then add the butter to the pan. Spoon the melted butter over the steaks to baste them. Remove the rare steaks from the pan and set aside on to rest. 8. Leave the medium/ well done steak in the pan to cook for another minute. Remove the steaks from the pan and leave to rest for a few minutes on a large plate. Spoon the juices from the pan over the steaks to add extra flavour. 9. While the steaks are cooking, start making the salad. Pour the white wine vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper into a salad bowl and then whisk to combine. Place the salad servers together over the dressing, place the rocket on top and then using a vegetable peeler shave the parmesan onto the rocket. Leave until you are ready to serve and then toss. 10. To serve, lay out four plates, place a steak onto each plate, pour over the juices from the resting plate, divide the chips between the plates and add a spoonful of salad. Bill54 Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 1/30/2008 7:47:35 AM   Martin, When is dinner. I'm glad at least one other person here doesn't make McDonalds his nightly hangout. jetmba. Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 1/30/2008 9:44:16 AM   Come on fellas - the guy makes a point (in a very sappy way) about culture we could/should be aware of. I only became aware on THIS trip about avoiding pouring drink (in my case wine) into a glass that isn't firmly placed on the table. In the same movement I also poured the last few drops and set the empty bottle back on the table - committing a MULTITUDE of offenses - which I was taken to task for. I was instructed by the others present (two gorgeous women) that to recify the situation I had to immediately tilt the bottle once again (being CERTAIN I had gotten the last drop), then to blow into the bottle while making a wish (I wondered if smoke was being blown my way at the time) and then I was to cork the bottle and lay it on its side on the floor. Being one to promote international relations, I complied. And son-of-a-gun, later in the night my wish came TRUE! 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