hotpot!

[milesy]

did anyone else around the british isles get the memo in their work time listening and yawning about our reward for delivering through the terrible conditions of the past week? its not financial or an extra week off or some more stamps we are getting....... wait for it......... hotpot for breakfast on thursday paid by the royal mail!! how generous eh!!!!

[Stormproof]

Blimey they must really hate us

[da'bunny]

I remember once years back we all got a cooked breakfast as a reward...can't remember what for tho lol!!

[shadow]

We got bacon butties and a hot drink.

[DGP1]

What the hell is 'hot pot' oh and BTW waht the hell is a WTLL

[noggin1969]

We don'

[milesy]

its a northern dish!!

[eian687]

a thank you thats it

[lainey]

f***ing hotpot what about giving us decent foot wear to walk in the bloody s**t weather !

[Mossman73]

got bacon rolls (1 each that is), and they put the coffee machine on free-vend for the day.....trying to butter us up for something no doubt..

[smokerjim]

Got jack sh*t - on the upside, that also includes the Waste of Time Listening session

[norbert]

its a northern dish!!

like this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancashire_hotpot" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Seen it served with Beetroot or maybe Red Cabbage ? , it sounds if someone got it mixed up with Scouse , I've seen it served with a crust on top .

Scouse , I think is more a cross between Irish Stew and the Lancashire Hotpot , the meat is usually from cheap Pork Shanks ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scouse_(food" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_stew" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Lancashire Hot pot

Ingredients

900g/2lb best end and middle neck British lamb, sliced into chops
1 tbsp groundnut oil
butter
4 lamb's kidneys, skinned, cored and cut into bite-sized pieces
3 onions, sliced into 1cm/½in wedges
1 tbsp plain flour
570ml/20fl oz freshly boiled water
½ tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 fresh bay leaf
2 thyme sprigs
900g/2lb potatoes, cut into 2cm slices
sea salt
freshly ground black pepper
Method

1. Pre-heat the oven to 170C/325F/Gas 3.
2. Trim the lamb of any excess fat and pat dry with paper towel.
3. Heat the oil and a small knob of butter in a large heavy-based frying pan until very hot. Add the lamb, two or three pieces at a time, and fry until brown, turning once. Once browned, put them in a wide 3.5-litre casserole. Brown the pieces of kidney.
4. Once the meat and kidney are in the casserole, add the onions to the pan. Fry over medium heat, adding a little more butter to the pan if necessary, for about ten minutes until browned at the edges.
5. Stir in the flour then gradually add the hot water and Worcestershire sauce, stirring until the flour and liquid are smoothly blended. Season with salt and pepper and bring to simmering point. Pour over the meat in the casserole.
6. Add the bay leaf and thyme, then arrange the potato slices on top in an overlapping pattern. Season the potatoes and dot the surface with a few dabs of butter.
7. Cover with a tight-fitting lid and put in the oven. Cook for 1 hour 30 minutes. Towards the end of cooking time, remove the lid and brush the potatoes with a little more butter. Then place under the grill to crisp up. Alternatively, remove the lid and increase the heat to 200C/400F/Gas 6 for the last 15 minutes of cooking.
8. Remove the bay leaf and thyme before serving.

[norbert]

Butter Pies are popular in those parts as well , it can be completely veggie if you use Vegetable Fat instead of lard . Meat and Potato Pie without any meat if you will . There's a few Facebook groups for them as they were popular at football matches .

http://www.grouprecipes.com/89864/butte ... n-pie.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[shadow]

Come on guys get a grip.