Pass the washing soda .....

[TheOstrich]

Attempted brisket of beef onna bed of onions for tonight's dinner. Happily placed the joint 'n chopped onions in the oven and set it to 200.

Trouble was, I forgot to check how it was progressing until it was ready .... and the bed of onions were totally black and caramelised!

I think Mrs O had said put a little bit of water in the bottom of the roasting dish - she meant up to 1/4 pint, but I took "a little bit" as being 1/2 an eggcup full !

Ah well. The meat was lovely ......

Anyone else had any culinary disasters this week?

[tonicha]

Not yet, but it is only Tuesday

Better soak that pan over night Os

How's Mrs O doing?

[TheOstrich]

Pan in and soaking, Ton ......

Mrs O gradually improving, but can't try weight-bearing on the affected leg for another week yet .....

[Kaz]

Now you come to mention it Os, I have a tin in soaking right now, from cooking the sausages earlier! I didn't think the dishwasher would cope

[JoM]

Like Ton, it's early days in my kitchen yet Ask me again at the weekend...

Glad that Mrs O is doing better Give her my best wishes!

[saundra]

glad H is improving
you might become an excellent cook as time goes by

[Lozzles]

...or not
Best wishes to Mrs O

[Kaz]

I forgot to add my best wishes Os, am adding them now (((((x)))))

[Diflower]

Oh dear Os what a shame.
Brisket tends to need long slow cooking, probably more like 150-160, covered loosely with foil
Do you have a slow cooker? - if not it would be well worth popping to Asda or Tesco and getting the cheapest (ours is Tesco a tenner at the most).
You can then leave things like that for 7-8 hours without risk of spoiling

[Kaz]

Brisket is fabulous in the slow cooker