h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Cheese-grated and mixed with mayonnaise and spring onion,with
a little sprinkle of crushed black pepper.

Prawn Mayo.

Slices of Smoked Sausage. (smoked sausage can be heat in a
microwave)

Heinz Toast Toppers.

Chilli Con (or non) Carne.

Tuna and Sweetcorn Mayonnaise.

To get the potato skins crispy, first par-boil the potato and after lifting it out of the water sprinkle with rock salt.
Then complete the cooking (for about an hour depending on size)in the oven/microwave. You can also cook the spuds in foil-then 15 minutes before the end of cooking time, open the foil and sprinkle on the salt.

Tuna Baked Potatoes

This involves a tiny bit more effort than the usual procedure of opening a tin of tuna, dolloping as much as you can over the spud and letting the eager, waiting cat lick the tin out, but it's worth it. And this way, none of the tuna goes to waste (sorry, Puss).

You'll need:
* small tin tuna
* tablespoon of capers
* small tub of low-fat soft cheese
* some grated cheese
* salt and pepper
* and, of course, 4 baking spuds.

Bake the spuds in the oven. When they are cooked and the skin is crispy-ish, take the spuds out and scoop out the cooked potato. Mix this with the tuna and capers and cheese (and some salt and pepper), and mash together. Spoon the mixture back into the potato skins, put back in the oven to reheat, and when the topping is becoming brown, sprinkle with some cheese.

Edam Cheese makes quite a good topping for this dish, as does Red Leicester.

Mmmm! capers!
I capers!
nothing nicer than M & S's tomato, olive and caper pasta sauce-also suitable for 'taters!

if you like capers you could use that lovely Provencale anchovy, caper and olive spread, tapenade, to top a baked spud. However it is the strongest flavoured food in the world that is not actually spicy, so it tends to swamp everything else.

thanks for the tip-I'll give it a whirl.

Hmmm getting hungry just reading LOL...

I love jacket spuds topped with baked beans and a sprinkling of grated mature cheddar on... have to give it a quick blast under a hot grill to brown the cheese afterwards too

Or grated cheddar with a dash of worcestershire sauce

And a carton of seafood cocktail from the deli counter mixed with thousand island dressing

Another fan of saving half portions of left over chilli in the freezer to add to potatoes at a later date... and also savoury mince, you know the stuff, minced beef onions and carrots in gravy... can you tell I always make too much? LOL


Oooh just thought of two more, crispy fried onions and cheese... and crispy bacon and cheese.....

must go and stick the oven on for a jacket spud now LOL

mmmmmmmmmm!

that all sounds Won-der-ful!

hehehehehehehe!
I must toddle off to the kitchen!

Do they still make those things! I was an addict as a studo, but they always reminded me of baby food. You can just imagine some short-sighted mum "Here comes the aeroplane" and forcing a spoonful of processed cheese and mushroom into some poor kids mouth.

Oh yes-toast toppers are still going strong-for lazy diners everywhere!

have you read my article on toast toppers? I have noted their similarity to baby food tins
'here little baby-mushroom and bacon mush comin' atcha!

How it would go with a jacket spud I don't know. But this was a favourite with the Athletics Club after a night at the pub:
Take four tins of various Heinz Big Soups, add two tins of Baked Beans and three PotNoodles. Heat together in a huge pan and eat with several packets of Cheddars.
Well it can't be that bad as I'm still alive.

Oh lord-'hey-it could work'


Oh dear-drunk food.
I remember coming home and eating cold Flintstones tinned pasta, and sandwiches made with brown bread and Ryvita as a filling-I could hardly open my mouth the next day!
and then of course there's the old 'making something to eat while waiting for something to cook' routine-where you are lucky to remember to put the grill off before going to bed...tsk-tsk-tsk!

Most people, even when drunk, manage to keep their survival instinct partially switched on. I had a friend who knew nothing about anything - he didn't even know how to iron, his mum must have done everything for him. Well he went home after a night out and eat half a pound of sausages, raw and they were four weeks old. The Hospital initially thought he had cholera.
Needless to say he is now a stalwart of the Foreign Office.

OMG!

I don't think I'll ever eat again!

Hey-you should write an article on that sort of thing!

Hi Primord, thanx for the encouragement! It's a neat idea, drunken banquets. The shame is we would probably have to go to a seance to get the best stories. I was actually considering Thomas Hardy for my debut! Tess out of her mind on Scrumpy devouring a stale pastie doesn't have the same ring.
On as side note. Knowing you're a big Avengers fan. It's interesting to note that The Avengers was the last British TV series to go out on Network US telly (Monty P etc. was too way out and Benny H too risque, so they were all on local etc). So if you ever go to the States everyone knows who Patrick McNee is, and 'that chick in the leather suit'. Brilliant!
P.S. Ryvita?!?!

"knock once for cold Kebab-twice
for uncooked bacon"

Ryvita: horrible 'diet' cracker things that look like corrugated
cardboard at best and chipboard at worst-they come in various guises-the most palatable (and highest calorie) being Sesame Seed flavour. Not a good choice as sandwich filling.

The Avengers is a brilliant show-and Patrick's a great guy.
A few years ago I wrote to his agent hoping for an autographed photo-so I was delighted to recieve a personal letter & photograph from him when he was filming in Britain-sweet bloke.

Drunken Banquet sounds fantastic-It would have to be a 'busiest conversation'

I think you are right Thomas might have to wait, even tho' I've actually written it. Hardy can be grim (but then again so is Life and Love). I was originally going to do Byron of all people! Maybe I should choose something a little lighter. Tho' some of the replies might be a little stomach churning.
I think I've heard of this Ryvita stuff. A bit like sandpaper. I was told to lose weight and found training for the marathon did the trick. There aren't many physical exercise junkies on this site are there? Is it true there was someone before Honor in The Avs?
Good Luck Primo! Are you a studo perchance?