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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby scullion » Thu Aug 19, 2021 1:20 pm

the only time i've had cherry clafoutis i was underwhelmed.
and -
i'm not sure i would want pea soup squirted into my fundament - even if i needed it ...

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Postby Stokey Sue » Thu Aug 19, 2021 3:23 pm

I have not been keen on the couple of clafoutis I have had, the style of the dish is to undercook it for my taste, Felicity says "creamy" but to me it's half raw as the fruit juice seems to stop the batter cooking properly

Three tablespoons of kirsch might go a long way to ameliorating the effect mind you

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby scullion » Thu Aug 19, 2021 5:34 pm

Stokey Sue wrote:Three tablespoons of kirsch might go a long way to ameliorating the effect mind you

maybe, but only if you drink it straight after!

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby Stokey Sue » Sun Aug 22, 2021 11:28 am

Apparently it's [Staffordshire] Oatcake Day! Coule just do with a couple for brunch

https://twitter.com/VisitStoke/status/1 ... 10276?s=20

https://www.visitstoke.co.uk/food-and-d ... cake-shops

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Postby Pepper Pig » Sun Aug 22, 2021 3:14 pm

Pickled figs and Baked sardines. Nigel also has a bit to say about meal planning!

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/a ... d-sardines

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby Stokey Sue » Sun Aug 22, 2021 3:23 pm

Never thought of baking sardines like that, will give it a go

I butterfly sardines by an entirely different method, I will have to do a comparison to see which is easier

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby Pepper Pig » Sun Aug 22, 2021 3:31 pm

I love sardines. I noticed Waitrose had loads of Cornish ones on their fish counter this morning. I think I will have a go too as OH likes them - or did last time I asked.

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby Pepper Pig » Sun Aug 22, 2021 9:45 pm

https://www.suffolknews.co.uk/lifestyle ... 1-8134669/

Apparently a cousin of the clafoutis. I adore greengages.

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby scullion » Wed Aug 25, 2021 5:07 pm

i have a recipe for lamingtons that was given to me in the late seventies - i have yet to make it. they don't figure high on my cake list - i'm not a fan of cake with sweet stuff on the outside

however, if anyone has the recipe for the mandarine gateau that i was also given in the seventies - and used to make quite often before the piece of paper it was written on disappeared in a 'tidying' effort by my mother - i'd be really grateful.
i have searched online to no avail. i think the raw egg 'problem' possibly put paid to peoples perception of pasteurisation potential.
(how's that for alliteration‽‽)

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Postby Stokey Sue » Wed Aug 25, 2021 5:20 pm

lamingtons don't appeal due to coconut, but I've been looking for a good buttermilk cake mix, my recipe was a panel on the side of a butter milk carton, and though I kept it carefully it escaped from my scrap book. Pritt being unabl eot hold waxed card I think

As Felicity said for lamingtons, sometimes you want a cake that is nice to eat in it's own right, but has the strength for the decoration, or in the case of my original, for a pineapple upside down cake

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby Pepper Pig » Wed Aug 25, 2021 5:30 pm

We need a Missing Cakes thread,

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby Earthmaiden » Wed Aug 25, 2021 6:16 pm

Lamingtons are highly overrated IMO.

I had a mandarin gateau recipe for years but can't find it. I think it went out in the last recipe cull as I'd never made it. Can only find 'Tipsy Mandarin Torten' which is chocolate sponge topped with a mixture of cream, Grand Marnier and marmalade decorated with mandarin segments and surrounded by Langue de chats biscuits. Very 70s!

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby Rainbow » Thu Aug 26, 2021 5:23 am

Earthmaiden wrote:Lamingtons are highly overrated IMO.

I had a mandarin gateau recipe for years but can't find it. I think it went out in the last recipe cull as I'd never made it. Can only find 'Tipsy Mandarin Torten' which is chocolate sponge topped with a mixture of cream, Grand Marnier and marmalade decorated with mandarin segments and surrounded by Langue de chats biscuits. Very 70s!


I agree! Lamingtons are very boring!!

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby scullion » Thu Aug 26, 2021 10:09 am

thank goodness you said that - i didn't want to dis your national cake!

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby Pepper Pig » Thu Aug 26, 2021 1:16 pm

Curry goat pasties! Oh my, I’d like these I think.

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/a ... es-cochran

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby mistakened » Thu Aug 26, 2021 1:36 pm

Pepper Pig wrote:We need a Missing Cakes thread

As far as I am concerned Lamingtons can stay missing

Moira

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby Rainbow » Thu Aug 26, 2021 11:58 pm

scullion wrote:thank goodness you said that - i didn't want to dis your national cake!

:lol: :lol: I don’t like pavlova, either, or barbecues!!
I’ve been told I’m very unaustralian!!

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby liketocook » Fri Aug 27, 2021 11:36 am

Rainbow wrote:
scullion wrote:thank goodness you said that - i didn't want to dis your national cake!

:lol: :lol: I don’t like pavlova, either, or barbecues!!
I’ve been told I’m very unaustralian!!

Lol Rainbow I'll have your pavlova and barbecue, would you like my whisky and Irn Bru? :lol:

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