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I tend to find you need to buy the stuff with about 15% fat content. Fat is flavour but you can't over crowd the pan or it won't brown properly.

 

Bit well done that.

 

My pants are over crowded but they still brown ok.

 

I used to be a carnivore, really loved steak

I don’t find that picture appealing now. In fact the thought of chewing through fleshy fibres feels weird now.

never thought I’d say that

 

I love a steak now and again but it has to be a rib eye. I get bored with fillet half way through because it's all the same consistency!

 

Didn't see you as an asparagus man @Chazz Rheinhold...

 

Oh yes soaked in butter and loads of black pepper

 

I always brown it first in a really hot dry pan, it still stews a bit though because of the water content.

 

Par boil, then when your steak is resting chuck it on the griddle with a knob of butter and get some char on them.

Perfect.

 

Yeah, you should really do it in batches. Or you can chuck it on a tray and brown it in the oven. Salt beforehand helps.

 

It would actually be easier, and with similar results, to use a handful of green lentils!

 

Always forget to soak them. I'm too tight to buy the ready ones.

Oh, and the missus complains when I eat lentils. Dunno why...

 

My daughter is a veggie and she got me to try the vegan sausage rolls from Greggs and I love them, I still eat meat but have cut down from what I used to eat a year ago. If I can do the same with the beer I might be a bit healthier although that might be a bit harder.

 

Don’t over do it
I’m fitter and weigh less purely by diet
I haven’t reduced the amount I eat or my beer intake

 

Had brown lentils in a coconut dahl the other day
Really good

 

Tend to find asafoetida is a must in a dal. Otherwise it gets a bit windy.

 

No idea what else was in it, but I haven’t noticed that in the cupboard

 

Seriously, it makes a difference. Just use it instead of garlic.

 

Hate Garlic.

 

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