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Pork Chops with creamy mushrooms sauce Recipe.
Learn how to make this recipe for a creamy sauce filled with mushrooms, Worcestershire sauce, onion, and garlic.
Servings 4.
TOTAL TIME: About 40 MINUTES
Ingredients
4 thick-cut, boneless pork chops or pork loin cut into medallions, you can also use chicken breasts,thighs or strips,
salt & pepper to taste.
2 tablespoons cooking oil, divided
1 onion, chopped
8 ounces white or brown mushrooms, sliced
1 or 2 clove garlic, crushed
1 tablespoon flour
1 ½ cups chicken stock
½ cup cream
1 dash Worcestershire sauce that's, about a tea spoon.
Directions
Place a large, deep pan on the stovetop over medium-high heat and add in 1 tablespoon of oil.
Liberally season your choice of meat with salt and pepper, then add them to the pan. Allow each side to brown for 3 to 4 minutes, then remove from the pan. Set the meat on a plate to one side.
Add the remaining tablespoon of oil to the pan, then add the sliced onion and mushrooms, sauté until they are softened and coloured. Add the crushed garlic to the pan and cook for a minute or 2 longer.
Stir the flour into the vegetables, then add the chicken stock. Stir everything together, and then add the cream and a dash of Worcestershire sauce, and stir everything once more.
Return the browned meat to the pan and allow them to simmer in the creamy mushroom sauce, lid off, for 10 minutes, or so until thoroughly cooked through, giving it a stir now and again.
Serve the meat hot and fresh from the pan, with extra sauce spooned on top. Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge.
Served over a bed of mashed potatoes with veg, or you can have it on a bed of rice.
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On 03/04/2024 at 18:51, Kane Brennan said:
I have only done a few double locks as the majority on the Trent and Mersey are single locks. As we are a couple, in a situation where we are the only boat in a lock, should we both be getting out so one of us can manage the boat with rope on a bollard whilst the other does the gate.
Because when we are coming up a double lock with no other boats around, one of us gets out whilst the other does the lock, no matter how incremental we do the gates or whether its the side the boat on or not. I find the boat just swings around bouncing off each wall, whilst it is a real fight to keep it straight and off the gates.
I have decided next time I am just going to get off and tie the rope off and feed it either way as it goes up or down, so it stays on one side of the lock. Well down it doesn’t really bounce around, it is only up.
Enter lock close gates, move boat back to gates, tie off forward line backwards from bow, tiller over to side of lock that you are moored against and run engine in forward gear, then have crew member on bankside open paddles. I know of a fuel boat that always did it this way and it worked every time. This going up the locks.
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On 12/03/2024 at 19:01, notts_alan said:
Thank for the input , grease arrived.
Checked prop and no damage , load of rope and fishing net around prop , cleared it all off , no movement on shaft so prop seems fine.
Engine mounts seemed OK, no unusual vibrations or sounds.
Shaft alignment looks OK.
Shaft couplings and flexible joints all look OK.
Took grease screw out and forced grease in past the jet of water spinning shaft by hand , that slowed the drip right down , ran engine in gear for 5 mins and repacked .
Thankfully now no dripping at all .
I thought about removing the front off buy was not brave enough , I thought water would piss in.
This sounds like you have a damaged seal so you can also expect after a sort while for it to start dripping again, so check on a very regular basis, When you squeeze in the silicon only put a very small amount in, about the size of a pea. If you put too much into it you can blow the seal out of its housing, been there done that.
There is a thread on here somewhere about these seals, perhaps someone with the know how can point you in the right direction, and even how to replace them with the boat still in the water.
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On 08/02/2024 at 17:46, bluelapsing said:
Evening all,
Happy ending (sorry) - pump has been replaced and the leak has stopped!! Apparently the old wiring was terrible so that's been fixed, too
Thanks for all ur help 🙏
Don't forget to check under the flooring (Bilge) to see how much water is there that will need to be removed.
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Just found this topic and thought that others may be interested.
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On 17/01/2024 at 12:43, BWM said:
There's at least one on a narrow canal, Brinklow boat services use one.
As do the Boatyard on the K&A at Hilperton.
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6 minutes ago, MJG said:
Lovely boat - In that picture it looks very much as if it is sat moored outside Lemonroyd Marina where we used to moor. I seem to recall it (or a boat very much like it) moored there when we were there in around 2011/12
More pictures here www.walkerboats.com
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2 hours ago, MtB said:
Agreed.
It's not fatties per se most of us object to, its "narrowboat style" fatties specifically.
Here is a sublimely pretty fattie (in my opinion):
I had the pleasure of selling this one when I was at the T&K marina.
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On 26/12/2023 at 03:07, blackrose said:
So they can give people guidance and an advisory warning if it fails. They know that most people won't do the calculation themselves. Have you ever done it for boat? have but I think I'm probably in the minority even on this canal boat enthusiast forum.
Given the importance of good ventilation I agree it's odd that the requirements aren't mandatory in the BSS, but despite all the negative comments here they are still actually trying to stop people from dying unnecessarily.
No I haven't and yes I would agree with you that you probably are one of the few that have.
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Why do they check if its not mandatory?
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2 hours ago, Machpoint005 said:
Wouldn't you have a strainer trap in the gulper inlet pipe to prevent that?
No need for a strainer as Gulpers can handle all that sort of stuff, my one has been doing that for about 8 years without a strainer. I do hope I haven't spoken to soon.
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Just out of curiosity and as I don't know and I'm not sure if it has been asked before but, what surcharges will someone with a wide beam that is a continues cruiser have to pay?
I think C&RT should base the standard licence fee on the length X width of a boat, The same as the EA do, that would seem much more sensible.
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Where abouts in Brentford is that as I don't recognise it and I born and bred there 1948-1973. I also went to the gas works on a Saturday morning with me homemade hand cart to buy sacks of coke [not the kind you put in a roll-up] for the week.
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4 minutes ago, MtB said:
Let's hope not.
CRT needs the money, which is the whole point of the excercise.
Well what about those that have a home mooring but go out CCing for 6-8 months of the year, again just asking.
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I wounder what will happen when a CCer takes a winter mooring, will they get a refund on that part of their licence? Just asking😇
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On 14/09/2023 at 15:43, IanD said:
This might seem like a strange request, but does anyone know a source for a "medium-length" stern button -- in between the "short" (about 8") and "long" (about 14") ones that everyone seems to supply?
Don't really want/need the longer one (rudder sticks out less than normal, trying to avoid lifting the button in locks like Salterhebble) but the short one doesn't stick out quite far enough to protect the rudder against hitting a cill, see photo. Like Goldilock's porridge, something in between would be *just* right... 😉
Try contacting Victoria at the Boatyard Hilperton, she makes fenders.
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Don't forget that some of these fans only like running on a stable 12v supply, were as on a boat you could have between 11.5~14.5v. Just saying.
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Does any one know if plans are available for Old Wide Work Boats, some thing like "Golden Spray"
https://www.pinterest.jp/pin/735846026603894632/
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Its certainly a good idea to take out the window (very carefully so's not to bend them) if you have the time, as quite often you will find rust starting behind them.
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Drayke at Campshill this day 2019
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2 hours ago, GUMPY said:
Didn't look open at lunchtime as we passed it.
Ended up at The Barge in the same village.
Food surprisingly good, Wadworths IPA not bad either.
Normally open all day 7 days a week.
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The Brewery Inn at Seend, short walk into the village, goes good food and not too expensive. Have been there quite a few time lately.
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12 hours ago, DandD said:
This is our 2nd boat, built by NSM Narrowboats (now out of business) on a Colecraft shell. Unlike our first boat which had an integral water tank, this has a stainless steel one. When we filled up, I expected water to overflow through the well deck drain hole when the tank was full. It didn't, but when we checked, it looked full so we stopped fillling. A couple of days later we noticed a wet patch on the cabin floor and discovered the cabin bilge was completely full of water. . By peering down the filler hole we can see that the top of the water tank is not connected to the fitting on the well deck, so any overflow goes down the side of the tank and into the cabin bilge. The hole in the tank is not even directly below the well deck fitting. Has anyone come across this before, and is there a fix other than vigilance when topping up the tank? We have established that there are no pipe leaks (the water pump does not come on unexpectedly) and there is no leak from the shower pump. If we are super-careful when taking on water, the cabin bilge stays dry.
Can you pull out the front steps and go in behind them and get to the water tank, that way you maybe able connect a length of pipe to fill fitting and tank.
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https://www.oxfordshire-narrowboats.co.uk
On 04/07/2023 at 07:17, Mick in Bangkok said:I’m seeking to return to UK to explore the canals early next year particularly around the Llangollen Canal, and would like to take between 4 to 8 weeks to do this preferring a larger boat for comfort 60+ft.
Are there any reasonably priced long term hire companies or who cater to such packages or even share syndicates who cater to fewer shareholders / longer term time slots that anyone can recommend.
Appreciate any leads anyone may have.
Cheers
Michael
Creamy Mushroom sauce for pork chops
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No mushrooms should be sliced quite thickly so you see them as well as eat them.