cooking, fruit and size

[summerdays]

Taste the mixture?

Yes I taste the mixture as I go along.... give you an idea if you need to adjust the flavour.

 

[summerdays]

I agree that food tech lessons in school have gone downhill since my day. My kids just ended up being food assembly. I remember the pizza one, they had to bring in pizza dough, tomato paste, grated cheese, sliced food. Presumably the lesson is too short to actually do any preparation in class. They also made a salad one lesson and a fruit salad another lesson. Whereas I remember having much more complicated foods to cook.

 

[vickster]

[QUOTE 4682970, member: 9609"]there's no cake, it didn't go well at all, I have completely borked my knee and there is other stuff thats not good - few things to sort out the morrow[/QUOTE]
How did you bork your knee making a cake? Extreme baking??

 

[Katherine]

Sorry that the cake didn't work out. Full marks for trying. Hope today is a better one.

 

[Beebo]

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According to Guinness, the heaviest lemon was 5.265kg, 74cm in circumference, 35cm in height. It grew with another large lemon so two of those should see you right.

They aren't lemons they are giant's plums.

 

[theclaud]

Lemons are totally over-rated in cooking. Use lime in your G&T, or better still cucumber.

Cobblers! If anything, lemons are underrated, on account of limes being trendier (and much more expensive). I blame Delia Smith.

 

[User482]

I agree that food tech lessons in school have gone downhill since my day. My kids just ended up being food assembly. I remember the pizza one, they had to bring in pizza dough, tomato paste, grated cheese, sliced food. Presumably the lesson is too short to actually do any preparation in class. They also made a salad one lesson and a fruit salad another lesson. Whereas I remember having much more complicated foods to cook.

My home economics lessons consisted of copying down a simple recipe, and cooking it, without supervision, the following week. Usually, mum and I would come up with something a bit tastier for me to prepare (self preservation on her part as the family would have to eat it).

 

[smutchin]

Forget lemon cakes!!
Save the juice(of two lemons) for your pancakes on Shrove Tuesday

Even better: have a lemon cake today, and get some more lemons to squeeze over your pancakes tomorrow.

Don't wait for some silly religious holiday for an excuse to have pancakes - they're perfect any day of the year.

 

[vickster]

Even better: have a lemon cake today, and get some more lemons to squeeze over your pancakes tomorrow.

Don't wait for some silly religious holiday for an excuse to have pancakes - they're perfect any day of the year.

Pancakes
Unless the American ones with syrup, bacon and a fried egg over easy

 

[User482]

Pancakes
Unless the American ones with syrup, bacon and a fried egg over easy

 

[vickster]

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Pancakes

 

[smutchin]

Pancakes

That's fine. If you're not having them, all the more for me.

 

[Reynard]

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Pancakes

Those aren't pancakes!!! They're loofahs No wonder you think they're ...

We do french-style crepes chez Casa Reynard. I like em with butter & brown sugar, or butter and syrup (golden or maple), and if I'm feeling extra indulgent, with bitter chocolate sauce and brandied whipped cream...

 

[vickster]

Those aren't pancakes!!! They're loofahs No wonder you think they're ...

We do french-style crepes chez Casa Reynard. I like em with butter & brown sugar, or butter and syrup (golden or maple), and if I'm feeling extra indulgent, with bitter chocolate sauce and brandied whipped cream...

Cellulose sponge...which is what pancakes are like in terms of texture and taste!

 

[Reynard]

Cellulose sponge...which is what pancakes are like in terms of texture and taste!

Ah, you mean those drop scone aka scotch pancakes.

Home made ones are so much nicer than the floppy tasteless things that come in a packet...