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[soffit]

I am, reluctantly, 107oc's chef in residence Its been a thankless task if I am honest but I soldier on....

OK: I recently, in a raid on Tesco's reduced bin managed to get a six-pack of Pitta breads for 7p.

Not being a junk food person I am never sure what to do with them and it always seemed an awful waste of the electricity to pop them under the grill when the same amount of electricity would do a far Superior round of toast.

So here's the trick... If you have some sort of Ceramic stove top just throw said item straight from the freezer onto a ring at number two. keep an eye on it as they burn easily but it will heat through nicely in a couple minutes with some nice burnt spots on the outside. I had a mix of cooked rice/kipper/tomato/onion/celery/whatever which I heated for less than a minute in the microwave and stuffed in the middle.... delightful  

[Handsome Devil]

You're a chef type bloke, eh?  As it happens, I'm a hardened trencherman.  It appears we have much to discuss!

[soffit]

I had to look that up on google

[soffit]

I'm more on the effete side of eating. Tonight I had Baked sea bass with fennel and an orange sauce on a bed of spinach................ two hours later I had a couple of the pittas. I usually go to bed munching a peanut butter sandwich [Multigrain bread of course]

[ian789]

Is this how desperate for new topics we are? Having to listen to someone drone on about what they ate 

Once upon a time I would of suggested giving a tramp the pittas but they'll only sell it to fund their drug habit.

Why don't you treat yourself and have a long soak in the bath  You can even take the toaster in with you 

[Handsome Devil]

Ha ha, thought you'd know what a trencherman was! (Mediaeval for 'greedy bastid' for the rest of you).  My official excuse is I need 6000 calories when I'm lifting at my peak

Alas, cooking is not one of my talents despite my best efforts, and hats off to anyone who can knock up proper food.

[gilesme]

lifting at my peak

Is that a euphamism ?

[europug]

i don't know what am doin wrong but i can't put weight on  i've got the drinks , go the gym with the misses , eat loads of carbs and proteins but still i've been 7 1/2 stone since i was 16 am gettin rather brassed off . any tips to gain weight 

[ian789]

i don't know what am doin wrong but i can't put weight on  i've got the drinks , go the gym with the misses , eat loads of carbs and proteins but still i've been 7 1/2 stone since i was 16 am gettin rather brassed off . any tips to gain weight 

Maybe your scales are broke 

[Handsome Devil]

Cut the carbs, jack up the protein.

Build up to it for a few weeks hi reps, low weight, then start upping the weight and dropping the reps.  I'm easing myself back into a split routine following surgery, so over 6 days out of 7 I'll be rotating the body areas exercised, and giving a secondary work out to complementary muscles.

I also use creatine monohydrate, creatine ethyl esther, amino acids, Vit C and glucosamine.

Fundamentally though, you gotta stick at it hard.  60-90 mins a day, 6 days a week for 3 months minimum if you want to start bulking.  It's bloody hard work, but I'm 41 and aside from the obvious in better shape than young spunks half my age.

[ian789]

Fundamentally though, you gotta stick at it hard.  60-90 mins a day, 6 days a week for 3 months minimum if you want to start bulking.  It's bloody hard work, but I'm 41 and aside from the obvious in better shape than young spunks half my age.

Is that another one of your euphemisms?

[europug]

i go the gym everyday so thats not gonna be a problem , just need the right routine , can't do anythin that puts to much presure on my knees

[Handsome Devil]

Nor I, so I do very little on my legs and rely on the cycling to keep them trim.

[europug]

need to get soffit to make a weight gain meal next

[ian789]

need to get soffit to make a weight gain meal next

KFC?