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September 25, 2005

FORGHETTI BOLOGNESE

"I know, I'll make myself a spaghetti bolognese" I said to myself as I scoured the fridge for food this evening, hungry after a morning's football and an afternoon in front of the computer. And why not, there was half a pack of beef mince left over and my weekly trip to Sainsbury's had seen stocks of mushrooms, peppers and onions replenished.

So I stuck the Brazilian Grand Prix on the tele and went to work preparing the meal. I cut up half of a green pepper and half of onion and washed some baby button mushrooms before switching on the hob, bunging in the mince, waiting for it to brown and adding some Thyme, Basil and Dill Weed to give the meat extra flavour. Once the mince looked just about cooked, I threw in the vegetables and stirred it round, taking in all the sweet, succulent smell of the spices combined with the sizzling fresh vegetables. Just for good measure, I selected the 'Extra Spicy' Dolmio sauce from the cupboard ahead of the 'Original' and poured it in, all the while stirring the bolognese with the one remaining clean slice.

"That looks just about ready to me" I muttered after about ten minutes at the hob, as the sauce began to bubble slightly and the Formula One cars lapped the circuit for the last few times, so I reached into another cupboard and pulled out a plate, grabbed the cutlery from the drawer and refilled my glass of squash. Back to the hob I went, switched off the heat and lifted up the wok containing my lavish bolognese.

And then I realised I hadn't cooked any spaghetti.

Posted by jonola14 at September 25, 2005 09:19 PM

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Comments

BIG BADGE for the title...

Posted by: Wibbler at September 25, 2005 10:33 PM

thanks. One of my better ones.

Posted by: Jonola at September 26, 2005 06:53 PM

Basta the pasta :)
So typical when single or alone :) Excellent story , but i must say that je suis "bonne pâte" as we can say here !
It happened to me once, but i did replace spaghettis by quick cooked semolina (la semoule ;) and it was quite good too ...

Posted by: steph at September 27, 2005 10:51 AM