Netmums is a website absolutely full of advice, support, ideas and all manner of good stuff, for mums. As a dad I’ve also found it to be very useful myself on many occasions - you don‘t have to be a chick to use this site. And hey presto, there’s a recipe for CBH on there too, provided by Alexi in Cornwall.
Track Record?
Scrambled Egg - not entered.
Welsh Rarebit - not entered.
Poached Egg - not entered.
Did We Get Permission?
I asked but didn‘t receive a reply.
Website Version
No photo on the website, sorry.
You can find this recipe here : http://www.netmums.com/food/Corned_Beef_Hash.61/
Ease & Effort:
Pretty straight-forward stuff. Rather like the Brian’s Belly version, this is a “chop & chuck”-style recipe. Chop up the ingredients, chuck ’em in the pan. The size of the chunks is included, which is helpful, and the time it takes for the potatoes to cool can be used to chop and brown the onion and prepare the corned beef, which is neat. All is well until the final two lines, “Add corned beef and season with pepper if required. SERVE!” Literally taken - as I am bound to do for the sake of this challenge - this tells you to add the corned beef, some pepper if you want to, then serve straight away. No mention of warming the corned beef through, or mashing the ingredients together. Whether this is an oversight, or whether the author assumes we will warm the corned beef, or whether this is the way this particular corned beef hash recipe was intended, I don’t know. But I have to prepare the dish As Written. Lastly, “a little oil” is also a little vague - I went for 2tbsp, but it could have done with more. So, Netmums’ recipe is easy, but vague at the very end. Score 3.5.
Presentation:
This looked very appetising, with big, chunky pieces of potato and corned beef mixed with the small pieces of onion. It certainly got my mouth watering before I’d even tasted it. Score 4.
Taste:
It tasted nice, but there‘s a but. The literal way I followed the recipe gave very little time for the corned beef to warm up in the pan, or for the ingredients to mix together and break down a little. The result was, albeit tasty, pretty much either lumps of potato or barely warm corned beef. If I used this recipe again I would allow a few minutes for extra cooking, mixing and combining of the ingredients. Score 3.
My Version
Scores On The Doors:
Brian’s Belly - 11.5
Netmums - 10.5
James Martin “A” - 8.5
Running Order:
4 - Mamma Cherri
5 - Get Stuffed
6 - Aga Links
7 - Delia Smith
8 - BBC Radio Norfolk’s Wally Webb
9 - James Martin B
10 - Student Recipes
11 - Bob Jude
12 - Crazy Squirrel
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