Survival menu after return from your Krakow stag party

Survival menu after return from your Krakow stag party

Hi Gents!

As a British guy, I know the horrors of the kitchen. Apparently, we are the world’s top people when it comes to sharing the household chores with our women. This is sad, but true.

I remember my childhood pretty clearly, and it was largely spent with comfortable times with my delightful mother, punctuated by the daily visits of my wonderful father. He would return home from work, with entirely justifiable pride in his abilities as a bread-winner and the single-handed builder of the house in which my brother, sister and I were raised. In fact, I made my first demands in that house, on March 8^th 1955! His requirements were quite simple, though mine were not. He wanted to arrive home to an affectionate kiss from each family member, then partake in a good dinner, watch some TV and then get some rest.

Rural Gloucestershire was a good place to be raised and is still my true “home”.

My own life doesn’t permit such luxuries. Katy and I both work long and hard hours. She is a pharmacist and has an enormous amount of patients. I’m a travel operator with an enormous amount of clients. So who gets the best deal? Not me! So I’ve become a cook.

So, to the kitchen and why do I post this? Simple: Post Krakow stag party survival! If you want to come home after a great stag weekend in Krakow and impress your partner with the cultural things you’ve learnt, then try this.

I found a unique restaurant with some unique food. Can you imagine olive soup? We were entranced by the idea, ordered it and loved it. It was so bloody good that I stopped on the way home to buy some olives. I was going to make my own version of olive soup.

Boys, I cracked it! It is simple to make and most of you can create this wonder.

You need:

3 big handfuls of olives, green or black, without stones

2 pints of stock. I’m vegetarian so I make my own from carrots, onion, parsley, mushrooms etc.

Large onion

Loads of garlic

1 pound of peeled, boiled potatoes

Good bread spread with good butter

Good oil for cooking

Method:

1. Make the stock. If you can’t be arsed to do it, buy a good pre-made stock.
2. Peel and dice about a pound of potatoes and boil till tender
3. Dice the peeled onion very finely
4. Crush a few cloves of garlic
5. Add the onions and garlic to a fairly large pan with preheated oil. Stir till soft, golden and clear. Do not burn
6. Throw in a can of very finely chopped tomatoes. Stir well and cook for 5 minutes
7. Add the olives, but chop them a bit first
8. Cover the pan and wait 5 minutes
9. Give the whole thing a stir

10.  Prepare your blender

11.  Put the whole lot into the blender or in batches and whiz till it gets to be very smooth

12.  Add the potato mix

13.  What is left looks a bit weird

14.  Transfer to a different pan and add milk till you produce a creamy, dreamy dish for your impatient partner

15.  Serve with garlic toast as warming starter

So there you have it. A great secret and a wonderful cure for a hangover. Also, something appreciated by deserted women after a great “boys’ own” stag party in Krakow. I hope you like the idea, the culinary side of home survival!