Hope you haven't starved while I've been away but I know you have eaten at least one omelette and a jacket potato plus some freebies in the meantime. You are not quite as helpless as I thought so I will tell you how to make something cheap and easy which you can share.
You will need to borrow a casserole dish. This is a dish the size of a big pan made of ceramic or metal or pyrex. You will notice it does not have plastic handles so it is safe to put it in the oven.
This is a good recipe for if you are hungry but want to eat meat. Maybe you have an essay to write which will take you about 4 hours and you want to come home to a cooked dinner on a cold night? There will be enough for you to share with a friend or 2 or you can save it till next day in the fridge.
OK here's the recipe:
Slow cooked turkey leg
Buy a turkey leg. They are huge and dirt cheap. I bought one for £1.47 in Asda and it fed me, dad, Max and Vik.
You will also need:
An onion
A few potatoes
A carrot or 2
Oregano
Garlic powder
A chicken oxo cube
Switch your oven to 150 C.
Slice your onion into thin slices and cover the base of the casserole dish.
Slice the carrot(s) and spread them over the onion. You may want to sprinkle salt and pepper on this.
Put the turkey leg on the top.
Chop the potato in slices about 1cm by 2cm by 2cm ish and fit them into the spaces around the meat. Depending on the size of the casserole dish you may be able to fit between 1-4 potatoes.
Sprinkle salt and pepper to taste plus a good shake of oregano.
Crumble the oxo cube in a jug or mug or other receptacle and add enough water so that there will be about an inch of water in the casserole dish. You may need to add a second oxo. A dash of worcester sauce and some garlic powder would be nice too. Mix it together then pour it on the meat and vegetables. Put a lid on. If you don't have a lid put tinfoil tightly over the top so the moisture can't escape. It may be a good idea to use two bits of foil to be certain you have a good seal.
Put it in the oven. Forget about it for 3-5 hours. If you haven't put a lid on it will burn and the fire alarms will remind you. If you have a lid you will come back to meltingly soft cooked turkey and veg.
Pull the meat off the bone. It should fall off in lumps. There will be lots of white stick like things. These are tendons. Remove them, you can't eat them. Chuck the bone and tendons away and you will be left with lots of soft and delicious meat and potatoes. Put it on a plate. Eat.
Love
Mum xxx
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