Results 1 to 10 of 10

Thread: The BEAUTY of CousCous

  1. #1
    HEXUS.timelord. Zak33's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2003
    Location
    I'm a Jessie
    Posts
    35,157
    Thanks
    3,105
    Thanked
    3,138 times in 1,916 posts
    • Zak33's system
      • Storage:
      • Kingston HyperX SSD, Hitachi 1Tb
      • Graphics card(s):
      • Nvidia 1050
      • PSU:
      • Coolermaster 800w
      • Case:
      • Silverstone Fortress FT01
      • Operating System:
      • Win10
      • Internet:
      • Zen FTC uber speedy

    The BEAUTY of CousCous

    Who here uses this incredible food stuff?

    Sair's good with it, with Chicken Stock, but I've started just adding plain old tap water, stirring, adding a bit more, leaving a few minutes, etc until it's all nice and swollen.

    Quick BBQ recipe, just in case the sun comes out over your house! (I know....unlikely)

    Put whole peppers on BBQ and let the flames lick them, until blackened skins, then roll over and do other sides.

    Once all look burned on outside, drop them into a polythene bag, and tie it shut. They'll steam and after 5 minutesm take them out, don't burn your fingers, and roughly peel the burned bits off, leave what you cant get off, and chop and seed the peppers.

    BBQ any courgettes you've got. Maybe chop a tomato and de-seed it too to go in later.

    Soak couscous with splashes of water in a big bowl, stir, leave a minute, go again adding more water until the grains are large and soaked up the water but not soggy.

    Add chopped peppers, and other vegetablesd you roasted/chopped cos you were bored, and olive oil plus tiny splash of red or white wine vinegar if you've got it, and if you've got any seeds, (pumkin, sunflower) drop a few in. Raisins are good too.

    Mix

    Cover with cling film and leave until ready to serve other food

    Quote Originally Posted by Advice Trinity by Knoxville
    "The second you aren't paying attention to the tool you're using, it will take your fingers from you. It does not know sympathy." |
    "If you don't gaffer it, it will gaffer you" | "Belt and braces"

  2. #2
    Lovely chap dangel's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Location
    Cambridge, UK
    Posts
    8,398
    Thanks
    412
    Thanked
    459 times in 334 posts
    • dangel's system
      • Motherboard:
      • See My Sig
      • CPU:
      • See My Sig
      • Memory:
      • See My Sig
      • Storage:
      • See My Sig
      • Graphics card(s):
      • See My Sig
      • PSU:
      • See My Sig
      • Case:
      • See My Sig
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 10
      • Monitor(s):
      • See My Sig
      • Internet:
      • 60mbit Sky LLU

    Re: The BEAUTY of CousCous

    Cous Cous is the dandruff of the devil. Tis evil stuff, built for punishing me.
    Crosshair VIII Hero (WIFI), 3900x, 32GB DDR4, Many SSDs, EVGA FTW3 3090, Ethoo 719


  3. #3
    HEXUS.timelord. Zak33's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2003
    Location
    I'm a Jessie
    Posts
    35,157
    Thanks
    3,105
    Thanked
    3,138 times in 1,916 posts
    • Zak33's system
      • Storage:
      • Kingston HyperX SSD, Hitachi 1Tb
      • Graphics card(s):
      • Nvidia 1050
      • PSU:
      • Coolermaster 800w
      • Case:
      • Silverstone Fortress FT01
      • Operating System:
      • Win10
      • Internet:
      • Zen FTC uber speedy

    Re: The BEAUTY of CousCous

    tis a shame you say that.. it's fantastic. It's cheap and it's flexible beyond belief

    It takes up flavours like nothing on earth

    Quote Originally Posted by Advice Trinity by Knoxville
    "The second you aren't paying attention to the tool you're using, it will take your fingers from you. It does not know sympathy." |
    "If you don't gaffer it, it will gaffer you" | "Belt and braces"

  4. #4
    Does he need a reason? Funkstar's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Location
    Aberdeen
    Posts
    19,874
    Thanks
    630
    Thanked
    965 times in 816 posts
    • Funkstar's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Gigabyte EG45M-DS2H
      • CPU:
      • Intel Core2Quad Q9550 (2.83GHz)
      • Memory:
      • 8GB OCZ PC2-6400C5 800MHz Quad Channel
      • Storage:
      • 650GB Western Digital Caviar Blue
      • Graphics card(s):
      • 512MB ATI Radeon HD4550
      • PSU:
      • Antec 350W 80+ Efficient PSU
      • Case:
      • Antec NSK1480 Slim Mini Desktop Case
      • Operating System:
      • Vista Ultimate 64bit
      • Monitor(s):
      • Dell 2407 + 2408 monitors
      • Internet:
      • Zen 8mb

    Re: The BEAUTY of CousCous

    Yeah Cous Cous is good. Makes a nice change from rice etc.

  5. #5
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    Cambridge
    Posts
    283
    Thanks
    13
    Thanked
    24 times in 23 posts
    • timread's system
      • Motherboard:
      • MSI B450 Tomahawk Max
      • CPU:
      • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
      • Memory:
      • 16GB (2x8GB) Corsair DDR4 Vengeance LPX
      • Storage:
      • 1x WD Blue SN550 500GB M.2 NVMe SSD, , 1x Crucial MX500 1TB SSD, 2x WD 1TB HDD in RAID1
      • Graphics card(s):
      • Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Ti WINDFORCE OC 6G
      • PSU:
      • EVGA SuperNOVA 750W Gold Gen2
      • Case:
      • Fractal Design Define R3 Arctic White
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 10 Pro
      • Monitor(s):
      • AOC 2590 G4, Dell U2412M
      • Internet:
      • VirginMedia

    Re: The BEAUTY of CousCous

    Couscous is brilliant! Like funkstar says, it's a nice, lighter change to rice & pasta which can get a bit heavy and same-y. Especially good with grilled/bbq'd meats and vegetables.

    There's a great spicy couscous recipe in Jamie Oliver's Naked Chef (just ignore the direction at the end to boil simmer for 20 minutes!! I think they meant 2 minutes - or just take it off the hob when you add the stock). It has red wine vinegar in it, which you cook off. Lovely & fragrant. Also there's a good Spicy Casablanca Couscous recipe in Ainsley Harriot's Low Fat Meals in Minutes book.

    You can add little things to it like raisins or chopped up dried apricots (soaked in the stock), and toasted pine nuts.

    I made some just using Marigold organic Swiss vegetable stock and some thin strips of red pepper the other day, and it was LOVERLY.

    Yum yum I'm getting hungry now.

  6. #6
    Yes, for my sins I'm offically Zak33's *better* half... Sair33's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2003
    Location
    Aylesbury
    Posts
    1,017
    Thanks
    3
    Thanked
    7 times in 7 posts

    Re: The BEAUTY of CousCous

    ...and best of all? It's QUICK! "Fast food" at its best


    I've had a lot of sobering thoughts in my time.... It was them that started me drinking.

  7. #7
    Don't feed the trolls... tiggerai's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2003
    Location
    Milk & Beans
    Posts
    9,286
    Thanks
    271
    Thanked
    480 times in 313 posts
    • tiggerai's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Gigabyte MA770T-UD3P
      • CPU:
      • AMD PhenomII 955BE
      • Memory:
      • 4Gb Corsair XMS DDR3
      • Storage:
      • Lots
      • Graphics card(s):
      • Sapphire X1950XT
      • PSU:
      • Hiper Type-R 550w
      • Case:
      • Antec lovely black thing
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 7
      • Monitor(s):
      • 2x 20" widescreen
      • Internet:
      • Pipexpants

    Re: The BEAUTY of CousCous

    I've been eating it for years as I'm not a great fan of rice.

    My fave is plain with a nob of butter stirred in.

    In fact, i may have some tonight.

  8. #8
    Grumpy and VERY old :( g8ina's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2006
    Location
    Northampton
    Posts
    6,622
    Thanks
    2,465
    Thanked
    1,555 times in 1,046 posts
    • g8ina's system
      • Motherboard:
      • ASRock Z75 Pro3
      • CPU:
      • Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz 3.40 GHz
      • Memory:
      • 16GB Corsair 1600MHz DDR3.
      • Storage:
      • 250GB SSD system, 250GB SSD Data + 2TB data, + 8TB NAS
      • Graphics card(s):
      • XFX Radeon HD 6870
      • Case:
      • Coolermaster Elite 430
      • Operating System:
      • Win10
      • Monitor(s):
      • Iiyama 22"
      • Internet:
      • Virgin 100MB unlimited

    Re: The BEAUTY of CousCous

    me/ is not keen. One of the few foods which fall into that category !
    Cheers, David



  9. #9
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Location
    Leeds
    Posts
    267
    Thanks
    8
    Thanked
    16 times in 16 posts

    Re: The BEAUTY of CousCous

    If you're not sure whether you like it or not, there are some ready-flavoured Ainsley Harriott ones on the market that are pretty good. Then you can use the ingredients as recipe ideas.

  10. #10
    Senior Member burble's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2007
    Location
    Olney
    Posts
    1,138
    Thanks
    8
    Thanked
    90 times in 89 posts

    Re: The BEAUTY of CousCous

    I love the stuff. There is a really nice Moroccan restaurant near our office in France that I try to visit when I'm over there. Unfortunately for me the owners have taken on the French holiday spirit just a little too well so they close late July and don't re-open until mid September so they were closed when I was over there last week.

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Similar Threads

  1. Free Beauty Bag (50,000 to give away)
    By MagicFreebiesUK in forum Retail Therapy and Bargains
    Replies: 13
    Last Post: 15-05-2006, 12:31 PM
  2. The Beauty of a Byplane
    By r1zeek in forum PC
    Replies: 9
    Last Post: 21-07-2004, 04:05 PM
  3. Chilli Roasted Vegetable and Couscous Salad
    By Nick in forum Kitchen and Cooking
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: 06-03-2004, 01:29 PM
  4. Chilli Roasted Vegetable and Couscous Salad
    By Nick in forum Vegetarian
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 24-02-2004, 11:51 AM
  5. Chilli Roasted Vegetable and Couscous Salad
    By Nick in forum Vegetable and side dishes
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 24-02-2004, 11:51 AM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •