cooking, fruit and size

[vickster]

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...

No the horrid pale yellowy, ones you get on pancake day, blech

 

[Spinney]

No the horrid pale yellowy, ones you get on pancake day, blech

You mean these?

 

[Reynard]

No the horrid pale yellowy, ones you get on pancake day, blech

That's because they're undercooked LOL... They should be a lovely deep golden colour with darker spots, and crispy around the edges. Also, a lot of folks make them far too thick.

They're only really meant to be a vehicle for the filling anyway

 

[vickster]

You mean these?
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Yep blech, spongy Complete waste of calories too

 

[smutchin]

No the horrid pale yellowy, ones you get on pancake day, blech

You want to try properly made ones instead. They really shouldn't be spongy.

 

[vickster]

You want to try properly made ones instead. They really shouldn't be spongy.

They always are, regardless of who makes them I simply find the texture grim I'd rather eat food that tastes of something other than lemon/sugar/nutella whatever... and is actually satisfying
You won't convince me

 

[smutchin]

They always are, regardless of who makes them

Not when I make them!

You won't convince me

Your loss.

 

[vickster]

Your loss.

Not really

 

[growingvegetables]

[QUOTE 4684171, member: 9609"].... I guess it is a whole lot more difficult than the wife makes it look, I'm going to have to watch and learn. ...[/QUOTE]
Practice makes perfect. Try it a couple of times, so you get to know what a good cake mixture looks and feels like ... so you have the confidence to add more liquid or flour as necessary, despite what the recipe says. Once done - never forgotten ..... and may all your cakes rise like fluff

 

[jefmcg]

Practice makes perfect. Try it a couple of times, so you get to know what a good cake mixture looks and feels like ... so you have the confidence to add more liquid or flour as necessary, despite what the recipe says. Once done - never forgotten ..... and may all your cakes rise like fluff

You do need to know a little technique; it's not difficult, but you have to know how to do the basic things.

I discovered this when my ex attempted to make a sponge using a recipe that had no leavening, just the air whipped into the eggs. Turns out if you don't know how to 'fold" in flour, it turns into a very dense inedible crepe.

They're only really meant to be a vehicle for the filling anyway

Seafood galette with cidre, pour moi.

 

[growingvegetables]

You do need to know a little technique; it's not difficult, but you have to know how to do the basic things.

True. A thousand times.

Put my complacency down to how well my younger sister taught me 50 years ago. She learned the techniques, AND THE WORDS, at school and from my mother ... and passed them on to me . Learned, absorbed, and in my bones - and easy to forget the strange language cooks/bakers use. What on earth is a a "supple dough"? My hands know, my eyes know, but .........................

 

[Pat "5mph"]

What on earth is a a "supple dough"?

It's an elastic one

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Well, I made these today, not a lemon went near them, 'cause I didn't have any
Cup cakes with chocolate mini eggs, madeira cake with chocolate cranberries, cycling themed background.
Turned out nice enough, wish I had a gas oven, this flat came with a convection one, not the same

 

[snorri]

I like that strawberry jug @Pat "5mph".

My attention was drawn to the reminder to all regarding Pedal on Parliament

Back on topic, I've had to suspend all cooking and baking operations since my weighing machine got lost after sending it to a Weights and Measures company for annual calibration.

 

[Reynard]

I remember one particular home economics class at school where I appeared to be the only one in my form who knew how to use a potato masher... Everyone else queued up to use the food processor.

My mum was professionally trained and she taught me how to cook. As soon as I was old enough to stir a bowl of batter, she got me doing stuff in the kitchen. Love baking my own bread and cakes and making preserves. Made chutney yesterday - cranberry, pineapple and mango