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Call of Duty: Lamb Curry

Tuesday, October 14, 2008 6:28:16 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

OK so I hear you ask. "What have Call of Duty and Lamb Curry got in common"? Well Call of Duty is my favourite game series ever, and the Lamb Curry recipe posted is the best Curry recipe I've ever tasted. A great recipe to freeze and if your looking for something quick and easy to cook whilst playing Call of Duty. This is just the ticket. I take no credit for this recipe. The credit goes to the Karachi Restaurant in Bradford.

For curry's, this is as good as it gets in my opinion.

Heres what you need
250g (9oz) Ghee/Clarified Butter (ASDA Sell it)
3 tablespoons Fresh Coriander (chopped)
65g (2 1/2oz) Garlic
1 tablespoon Ground Turmeric
1 tablespoon Red Chilli Powder
350g (12oz) Fresh Spinach washed with large stalks removed
1 tablespoon Ground Cumin
4 medium sized Green Chillies with stalks removed
1tablespoon Paprika
½ tablespoon Garam Masala
550g (1 1/4lb) Onions Chopped
1 x 400g (140z) Can Chopped Toms
50g (2oz) Fresh Ginger, peeled and chopped
1 tablespoon Salt
900g (2lb) Boneless leg or shoulder of Lamb (1½ in) cubes
1 tablespoon Ground Coriander
120ml (4fl oz) water

Here's what to do

1. Heat the ghee in a large, heavy based pan. Add the onions and cook over a medium heat, stirring now and then, for 20 minutes until they are soft and a light brown

2. Put the tomatoes, water, ginger and garlic into a liquidizer and blend until smooth. Remove the fried onions with a slotted spoon, add them to the paste and blend briefly until smooth.

3. Return the puree to the ghee left in the pan and add the lamb and salt. Simmer for 30 minutes, by which time the lamb will be half cooked and the sauce will be well reduced. Stir in the turmeric, chilli powder, cumin, paprika and ground coriander and continue to cook for 30-45 minutes for shoulder or 45-1 hour for leg, until the lamb is tender, adding a little water now and then if the sauce starts to stick.

4. Meanwhile, put 175g (6oz) of the spinach leaves into a large pan and cook until it has wilted down into the bottom of the pan. Cook for 1 minute, then transfer to the rinsed out liquidizer and blend to a smooth puree. Set aside. Rinse out the liquidiser again and add the green chillies and 2-3 tablespoons of water and blend until smooth. Set aside.

5. When the lamb is cooked, there should be a layer of ghee floating on the top of the curry. You can either skim it off or leave it there, whichever you prefer (LEAVE IT). Then stir in the spinach puree and the remaining spinach leaves and cook for 2 minutes.

6. Now taste the curry and add as much green chilli puree as you wish, according to how hot you like your curries (ALL OF IT). Simmer for 2 minutes more.

7. Stir in the fresh coriander and Garam Masala. Transfer the curry to a serving dish and sprinkle with a little more ground cumin and some freshly ground black pepper just before you take it to the table.

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Posted by : Rich

Special Fried Rice:ToC Server Style

Sunday, September 07, 2008 9:23:53 AM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

Here's another easy Recipe to cook if you want to prepare food in advance. This is so easy I'm not going to put weights down. I've made this this morning so Maria can take some to work and I have something quick and easy to reheat after I've finished playing on our Call of Duty 4 Server

Here's what you need.
Enough cold cooked white rice for 2.
1tsp of grated ginger
1 clove of garlic crushed.
A big handful of frozen pea's defrosted in a bowl of hot water.
1 egg. Make this into a small omelette and cut into strips.
2tbps of light soy sauce.
12 raw tiger prawns.
4 slices of Ham cut into strips.

Here's what to do
Heat 1tbp of veg oil in your wok or frying pan.
Fry the garlic and ginger for 30 seconds.
Add the peas, Ham and prawns and cook for 2 mins.
Add the soy sauce and rice and cook for another 2mins.
Mix in the omelette strips and cook for another 1 minute.

Serve immediately or leave to cool and reheat later. I will be having this with some Prawn cakes and chilli dipping sauce. I will give you the recipe for the Prawn Cakes later when I have made them.

Enjoy

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Posted by : Rich

Posted in Call of Duty 4 | CoD4 Custom Map | Gaming Munchies | ToC |Comments [0]

Pork with Red Wine: ToC Server

Sunday, August 31, 2008 9:44:56 AM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

I've not had much chance to play Call of Duty 4 recently. So I've pre-made our evening meal for when Maria gets home from work. Which means I can be on our Call of Duty 4 Server 85.236.103.10:28960 for about 6:30pm. We will have this with some mini jacket potato's and Ciabata Bread. This is also a very low fat Meal.

What you will need. (serves 2) Just double the quantity's for more people.
175g diced lean pork.
1 onion chopped
200g chopped tom's
75ml Red wine
1/2 teaspoon tom purée
75ml of chicken stock
1-2 courgettes in thick slices
125g chestnut mushrooms halved
1tsp of dried mixed herbs
1tsp of chopped fresh sage. (from my herb garden) Use half if you've' only got dried.
1tsp of cornflour mixed with 1/2tsp water.
Salt and Pepper.

Here's what to do.
Dry fry the pork with the onion for 5mins
Stir in the Tom's, wine, purée, stock, courgette and mushrooms. And all the herbs.
Bring to a boil and simmer for 20min's..
Stir in the cornflour paste.
Simmer uncovered for a few minutes to thicken the sauce.
Season to taste

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Posted by : Rich

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Gaming Munchies: Banana oat bars.

Sunday, August 31, 2008 8:46:35 AM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

I made these yesterday before going to watch Sheffield United. A great Low fat, high energy, easy to make snack bar. Also very good for quick easy snack's whilst gaming. Try making some if you have an evening of Call of Duty 4 planned.

Banana oat bars.

low fat spray (veg oil will do)
100g porridge oats
2 tblsp granulated artificial sweetener. (I used normal granulated Sugar).
1/2 tsp cream tartar (Don't confuse this with tartar sauce)
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
3 ripe bananas mashed
2 medium eggs, separated
150g low fat plain yogurt

*Preheat oven to gas mark 4/180/fan oven 160
*Lightly grease a 20cm (8inch) sq cake tin with spray and line with baking parchment
*Reserve 1tblsp of oats then whiz the rest to a powder in food processor.
*Mix with sweetener, cream of tartar & cinnamon, then add mashed bananas, egg yolks and yoghurt
*In separate bowl whisk egg whites to soft peaks.
*Stir in spoonful of banana oat batter to loosen it then carefully fold in remainder
*Pour into the prepared tin and scatter with reserved oats
*Bake on the centre shelf of the oven for 30min until firm and springy. Cool in tin, set on wire rack.
*Cut into ten slices and store in airtight container or wrap individual bars in cling film and freeze.

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Posted by : Rich

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Tuning: Crossfire X performance boost for Call of Duty 4

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 5:49:45 AM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

With a little trick you can get up to 45 percent more performance out of the single-player mode of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. At least if you use AMD's Crossfire or a Radeon X2 card like the Radeon HD 3870 X2 or the future HD 4870 X2.

Radeon HD 4870 X2: Full throttle with the right profile.

To receive the benefit you just need to rename the single-player launch file "iw3sp.exe” to "iw3mp.exe”, which is the name of the multiplayer launch file of Call of Duty 4 - make sure to create a backup of the original multi player file first.
This enables the Crossfire AFR mode - in our benchmark level this is the case at least, since without it the Radeon HD 4870 X2 isn't much faster than a single GPU version. With this trick you can, depending on the settings and played level, receive up to 45 percent more fps in Call of Duty 4.

"Performance boost by renaming the "".exe"" file of Call of Duty 4"
4xAA/16xAF
8xAA/16xAF

1.680x1.050
34,80%
45,20%

1.920x1.200
38,40%
40,70%

2.560x1.600
42,50%
34,50%

Actually we cannot think of any reason why AMD doesn't activate the Crossfire performance boost for the single-player. Up to now we haven't received an answer to our inquiry about this matter from the Canadian GPU specialists.

Radeon HD 4870 X2 - Call of Duty 4 at 1.680x1.050 with 4x FSAA/16x AF; in the benchmark: HD4870, HD4870 X2 with and without renamed exe file.

Radeon HD 4870 X2 - Call of Duty 4 at 1.680x1.050 with 8x FSAA/16x AF; in the benchmark: HD4870, HD4870 X2 with and without renamed exe file.

Radeon HD 4870 X2 - Call of Duty 4 at 1.920x1.200 with 4x FSAA/16x AF; in the benchmark: HD4870, HD4870 X2 with and without renamed exe file.

Radeon HD 4870 X2 - Call of Duty 4 at 1.920x1.200 with 8x FSAA/16x AF; in the benchmark: HD4870, HD4870 X2 with and without renamed exe file.

Radeon HD 4870 X2 - Call of Duty 4 at 2.560x1.600 with 4x FSAA/16x AF in the benchmark: HD4870, HD4870 X2 with and without renamed exe file.

Radeon HD 4870 X2 - Call of Duty 4 at 2.560x1.600 with 8x FSAA/16x AF; in the benchmark: HD4870, HD4870 X2 with and without renamed exe file.

PCGH - Test/Benchmark: PCGH Tuning: Crossfire X performance boost for Call of Duty 4

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Posted by : Gunny

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Call of Duty 4: Ice Cream.

Sunday, August 10, 2008 12:38:11 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

A discussion that occurs with regularity on the ToC Call of Duty 4 Server , Is what is your favourite Ice Cream to eat when playing Call of Duty 4? Here's a few of ToC Clan members favourites.

Haagen-Dazs (Baileys Flavour)

Carte D'or Creme di Mascarpone

Turkish Delight by Dennetts of Lincolnshire.

Mr Whippy a favourite from childhood.

Pistachio by Haagen-Dazs

Ben and Jerry's. Dublin Mudslide

What's your favourite Ice cream when playing Call of Duty 4? Discussion can be found in the Soggy's Cookbook : Simple & Tasty Forum.

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Posted by : Rich

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Call of Duty Omelette - T.O.C. Clan Forums

Sunday, July 27, 2008 6:40:13 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

Well actually it's smoked CoD..... Get it? Never mind...

Spanish omelette with smoked CoD.
Serves 2.
What to do

1. Heat 3 tbsp oil in a large non stick pan. Add 1 large peeled diced potato. 1 medium sliced onion and 2 sliced cloves of garlic. fry until golden then add half of a sliced red pepper. Cook for another 3-4mins.
2. At the same time poach 100g of smoked CoD in seasoned milk for about 10 mins. Flake the fish into a bowl and add 25g of melted butter and 1tbsp of double cream.
3. Beat 6 eggs in a jug and add 2tbps of chopped parsley. From my herb garden..
4. when the veg is golden, pour over the beaten egg
5. Then pour over the fish and cream mixture.

6. Cook gently till the eggs starts to firm up.
7. Grate over some cheddar cheese and put under a pre heated grill.
Serve with what you like. We had mixed salad with ours...