12 inches of meaty goodness

Oh my gosh what an awesome tea we've just had, seriously it was just fantastic and that's not just me praising myself boys and girls; my boyfriend said exactly the same. In fact it was that good I got a big cuddle and lots of kisses from him - the way to a boyfriends heart? He asked me how I come up with such ideas and to be honest I don't know; I mean when I left you after my previous post I had absolutely nothing in mind for tea. I walked into the kitchen and I found myself struggling for inspiration, it didn't help that I spent an eternity on the phone so when I did finally get around to starting tea time was already against me. So I just stood there staring into the fridge and freezer waiting for some inspiration to hit me and thankfully it did; it was one of those I bet that would taste so good moments, not that it was anything exotic, far from it but it got me excited.

I had a couple of part-cooked baguettes, you know the ones you chuck into the oven for a freshly baked kind of experience without the hassle? Well I did them, grilled some Taste The Difference pork sausages from Sainsburys and fried up some mushrooms and tomatoes that were looking lonely and forlorn in the bottom of my fridge. My baby got home whilst I was about halfway through cooking and asked what we were having? I told him it was hotdog surprise and I knew as soon as I said it that I should have come up with another name for my creation; you can make your own jokes up here boys and girls because my baby did just the same. Just the thing to warm two gay-boys up on a winters night was one of his less risque attempts, you may guess the rest, trust me, it's for the best. If nothing else we started our night off laughing and my baby has promised me a hotdog surprise of his own later, I can't wait..........

Anyway, I cut open the oven hot baguettes straight down the middle and spread the inside of them with wholegrain mustard before piling in the fried tomatoes, mushrooms and grilled sausages. Now these weren't your small baguettes, these were like your feeds a family of four baguettes, I guess they were coming on 12 inches long (I knew as soon as I typed that comment that we'd start laughing and we've yet to stop - my baby's asking me if I've ever taken a 12 incher before; oh gosh just give us a minute. 12 inches of premium sausage meat - that's more than a mouthful, oh gosh I'm crying with laughter and my baby's about to fall off the sofa, oh happy days. We're sorry, we're just having a private moment here which probably makes no sense to you all; my baby's going to find a tape measure now...........) and we had one each crammed full with a side of potato wedges.

I'm not joking, they looked absolutely awesome, seriously hunger inducing and they tasted even better. The sausages were so tasty, if you've not tried the Taste The Difference range you should, they cost a bit more but you can tell the difference. With the mustard, mushrooms and tomatoes soaking and blending into the freshly baked bread it was heavenly, it was orgasm inducing and it's such a seriously good combination; and it's so stupidly simple to cook, that's the bonus - how something so simple can taste so good, it almost felt like cheating. It's the perfect, homely, comforting and heartening food for a cold Winters night; admittedly it probably isn't the healthiest of foods ever but who cares?

To say we're full now is something of an understatement, I guess one baguette would have done between the two of us or we could have lost the potato wedges; anyway there was no waste, we both cleared our plates. I don't think either of us have been crammed so full of sausage in our lives....................