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Re: Breakfast treat

Postby Gillthepainter » Sun Sep 01, 2019 11:18 am

Brilliant, thanks for that.
I always appreciate a new way to treat eggs.

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Re: Breakfast treat

Postby Binky » Sun Sep 01, 2019 11:27 am

Writing about grated food has reminded me of a history website I use; it has few members but they are international and know their stuff.

The talk on the thread was about ancient recipes and a Dutch/Belgian contributor kept on about 'raped cheese'.

When you know that the French word for grated is 'râpé' you can understand the confusion.

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Re: Breakfast treat

Postby Pampy » Sun Sep 01, 2019 1:55 pm

Just seen that Tiptree do Little Scarlet gin, diffusers and candles!

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Re: Breakfast treat

Postby Joanbunting » Sun Sep 01, 2019 4:45 pm

A lovely Jewish friend of mine, from way back so, taught me to make poato latkes. I would never have thought to make them for breakfats . Mostly because it would just be too much food at that time of day
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Re: Breakfast treat

Postby Binky » Sun Sep 01, 2019 5:50 pm

It would be too much at 7-8am but as a weekend 'brunch' it worked for me. I wondered as I was making my latkes if that's where the idea for hash browns came from.

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Re: Breakfast treat

Postby Sakkarin » Wed Sep 04, 2019 1:08 pm

Good grief, no wonder they didn't stock that Little Scarlet at Tesco, it's £8.50 a jar!!!!!

http://www.carterandbond.com/detail.phtml?pID=TP007

I'll stick with latkes...

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Re: Breakfast treat

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Re: Breakfast treat

Postby Pampy » Wed Sep 04, 2019 1:32 pm

Pepper Pig wrote:£7.09 on Amazon Sakkarin. A snip!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=little+sca ... _ss_i_3_14

Plus £2.80 delivery on Amazon!

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Re: Breakfast treat

Postby Stokey Sue » Wed Sep 04, 2019 1:46 pm

That seems extortionate
I’ll look next time I’m in John Lewis or Selfridges Food Hall or similar

Going back to latkes, I always assumed that hash browns were related to rosti as neither has the batter that holds a latke together, but that’s only a guess

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Re: Breakfast treat

Postby Binky » Wed Sep 04, 2019 1:59 pm

Little Scarlet is the very best jam according to Tiptree.

The strawberries are particularly small and juicy. I have bought jars in the past, but I don't recall spending that amount of money (£3.50 was tops for me when I bought a raspberry and gin jam at Blenheim Palace a couple of years ago).

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Re: Breakfast treat

Postby Joanbunting » Wed Sep 04, 2019 2:13 pm

Jam and gin are two separate entities for me ! I have been known to add various spirits to marmalade but never to jam. Basil does go in strawberry jam.
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Re: Breakfast treat

Postby Pampy » Wed Sep 04, 2019 2:47 pm

The jam is £3.95 in Morrisons.

Joanbunting wrote:Jam and gin are two seperate entities for me ! I have been known to add various spirits to marmalade but never to jam. Basil does go in strawberry jam.

The jam doesn't have gin added - it's a gin liqueur https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wilkins-Sons-T ... 2422025031

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Re: Breakfast treat

Postby Stokey Sue » Wed Sep 04, 2019 3:07 pm

I have had the Little Scarlet jam in the past when it was more expensive than the ordinary jam but not ridiculously so

A bit wasted on me perhaps as I am not fond of cooked strawberries, though I don’t mind jam occasionally and it was nice iirc

Not fond of booze in jam or marmalade either, always tastes slightly of rotten fruit to me, I vaguely remember staying in in a pretentious B&B where only the honey was unadulterated - don’t know if they discouraged children

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Re: Breakfast treat

Postby Sakkarin » Wed Sep 04, 2019 3:25 pm

May add that to the list on my next Morrisons' trip, although I've already exceeded my sugariness allowance with the blackcurrant jam I bought a couple of days ago when I couldn't find the Tiptree....

It also sparked a memory of the first time I tried Hartleys Pineapple Jam as a kid, and thought it was the most exotic thing on the planet. I see they still do it!

I have to add that was probably around the time that my favourite biscuits were Lemon Puffs. I guess I must have had an exceptionally sweet tooth as a kidn.

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Re: Breakfast treat

Postby WWordsworth » Sat Jun 13, 2020 7:32 pm

Someone gave me a jar of gin jam at Christmas.
Didn't like it much on toast or scones but it was good in a victoria sponge.

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Re: Breakfast treat

Postby karadekoolaid » Sun Jun 14, 2020 1:39 am

One of the few decent jams you can find here is La Vieja Fábrica.
But I had no idea that Tiptree had gone viral with their jams!
A breakfast treat for me is a toasted baguette, slathered with dill-infused cream cheese, topped with smoked salmon and capers.
And a glass of Prosecco!

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Re: Breakfast treat

Postby Stokey Sue » Sun Jun 14, 2020 9:22 am

I like La Vieja Fabrica - I sometimes buy the marmalade, there’s something pleasing about having a Seville orange marmalade actually made in Seville!

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Re: Breakfast treat

Postby Gillthepainter » Tue Dec 29, 2020 11:30 am

Start that new thread, and I'll move the posts over, Smitch.

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Re: Breakfast treat

Postby smitch » Tue Dec 29, 2020 11:51 am

Done, Gill. Thanks!

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