Anyway!!! I humoured him. We went to the market and did a big shop. I pretty much followed him around and handed over money to all the stores when he found something that he wanted to buy. Some of the things I really didn't think that we needed, like a 1kg piece of pork belly, 2 big pieces of salmon, a piece of chicken. I mean, unless we hardcore cook every night, we won't be able get through all that meat. So I guess into the freezer it goes! Don't forget the massive loaf of ciabatta on top of the two packs of wraps!!!
I digest. Hahahahahahaha! I mean, I digress.
So, back to the mash. Lupo decided that we would have salmon and mash last night. Which is a nice meal... although it seems that whenever Lupo cooks salmon, it's always the same - some salmon cooked on the pan and a bit of rice. Sometimes with something green as well, if I put it on the plate. Last time Lupo threw the salmon skin side down onto the pan, and burnt it.
This time! He put them flesh side down and kept the heat on medium-low :-) Although, as I walked into the kitchen, Lupo was cooking the salmon and also had the rice cooker going. Lupo did turn around and ask me when I thought the rice would be ready... I said in prob 20 mins. And also mentioned that he probably should've waited until the rice was ready before cooking the salmon! Then I asked where the mash was. And he said that he hadn't made any, which made me sad. Hehe. So he made mash for one.
I made a point of reminding him that I wanted a creamy mash and not a chunky mash. I think he cooked the potatoes for all of 5 minutes before starting to mash them. I tried telling him that they'd still be raw! As a result, they weren't mashed, they were very chunky and had that grainy-not-quite-cooked texture. Ick! I mean, you could see that they weren't being mashed even as he was trying to mash them!
Well, we had our meal. It looked nice enough. Although the salmon was cold by the time everything else was ready... minor issue. We can work on that. In fact, I've been working on the whole timing-logistics thing when cooking with him for awhile... work in progress.
Photos? Here's the chunky mash with the salmon.
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Chunky mash |
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