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Humph. Puddles. Do you have the method to go with the ingredients please :smile:
 

Puddles

Do I need to get the spray plaster out?
Humph. Puddles. Do you have the method to go with the ingredients please :smile:
:laugh:

Method

Prepare a square baking tin with butter and greaseproof paper. In a heavy based saucepan, melt the butter and add the milk, syrup and sugar. The milk should be measured in a teacup and the following photo is my interpretation of a teacup!

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Stir the mixture until the sugar has dissolved. Add the condensed milk.

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Bring the mixture to the boil and boil gently for 10 minutes, stirring carefully. Boil to the soft ball stage which is 116ºC on a sugar thermometer. I would highly recommend that you use one of these. The tablet will start to thicken and darken.

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Remove the pan from the heat and then add the vanilla extract. Now this is the hard part, you will have to beat the tablet for 5-10 minutes with a whisk. This is a killer on the arm but great exercise!!!!

Once you have beaten the tablet, pour it in the baking tin and leave to set overnight. Once the tablet is set it should look something like this:

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Cut the tablet up into squares and keep it in a plastic tub. Tablet lasts well but that all depends if you can resist sneaking some from the ice cream tub like I did as a child! The tablet can also be bagged and given as Christmas gifts. Enjoy this tablet with a cup of coffee and slide into sugar heaven.

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Puddles

Do I need to get the spray plaster out?
I have found a hot chocolate thingy I want to give a go too, I might try that tomorrow if Mr P does not have a hissy fit at the state of the kitchen (User76 helped lots today) (his job to clean) tonight ^_^

Ingredients:

  • Dark chocolate (I used 75g per silicone mould but really, it all depends how large your mould is)
  • Mini marshmallows. I used these.
Find a gorgeous mug you plan to give as a gift. Then find a gorgeous teaspoon you plan to give as a gift. Next take the silicone mini cake mould and check it fits into the mug. There could be nothing more disappointing than having a lovely chocolate stick and it not fitting into your hot milk.

1) Break the chocolate up into pieces and fill your silicone mould with it until it’s almost full, but not with chocolate poking out over the sides.

2) Place chocolate filled silicone thing into the microwave on the outside of the spinning plate and cook on high for about 40 seconds, but do keep watching it as all microwaves are different in power and you don’t want to end up with burnt chocolate.

3) Open the microwave and have a little poke about with a wooden toothpick. If the chocolate has melted down and left room for more chocolate then add some more and give it another 30 second blast.

4) Repeat step 3 until the mould is full with about 3mm at the top of the mould free of chocolate.

5) Carefully remove the little silicone mould from the microwave – remember it could easily wobble and spill your molten chocolate. Leave on a plate, chocolate still in mould, to cool slightly.

6) When the chocolate is starting to re-set, pop your teaspoon into the middle of it and leave to fully cool and set at a 90 degree angle. If it’s solid enough at this point then you won’t have to hold the teaspoon up.

7) Pop some little marshmallows onto the top of the almost set chocolate and leave to completely set until rock solid, at room temperature. Then remove from the silicone mould and wrap in cellophane type packaging.

8) Write a little label with the suggestion that a tired person swirl the chocolate stick in scalding milk until dissolved, and then drink until feeling very content and sleepy.

Ingredients:

  • Dark chocolate (I used 75g per silicone mould but really, it all depends how large your mould is)
  • Mini marshmallows. I used these.
Find a gorgeous mug you plan to give as a gift. Then find a gorgeous teaspoon you plan to give as a gift. Next take the silicone mini cake mould and check it fits into the mug. There could be nothing more disappointing than having a lovely chocolate stick and it not fitting into your hot milk.

1) Break the chocolate up into pieces and fill your silicone mould with it until it’s almost full, but not with chocolate poking out over the sides.

2) Place chocolate filled silicone thing into the microwave on the outside of the spinning plate and cook on high for about 40 seconds, but do keep watching it as all microwaves are different in power and you don’t want to end up with burnt chocolate.

3) Open the microwave and have a little poke about with a wooden toothpick. If the chocolate has melted down and left room for more chocolate then add some more and give it another 30 second blast.

4) Repeat step 3 until the mould is full with about 3mm at the top of the mould free of chocolate.

5) Carefully remove the little silicone mould from the microwave – remember it could easily wobble and spill your molten chocolate. Leave on a plate, chocolate still in mould, to cool slightly.

6) When the chocolate is starting to re-set, pop your teaspoon into the middle of it and leave to fully cool and set at a 90 degree angle. If it’s solid enough at this point then you won’t have to hold the teaspoon up.

7) Pop some little marshmallows onto the top of the almost set chocolate and leave to completely set until rock solid, at room temperature. Then remove from the silicone mould and wrap in cellophane type packaging.

8) Write a little label with the suggestion that a tired person swirl the chocolate stick in scalding milk until dissolved, and then drink until feeling very content and sleepy.
 

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I'm a bit cross....my favourite tourer, my Surly, needs a new bottom bracket. I could do it myself but I haven't got the right tools so I think I'll drop it into my LBS. It's more expenditure that I could without.

:hugs:
 

Puddles

Do I need to get the spray plaster out?
I'm a bit cross....my favourite tourer, my Surly, needs a new bottom bracket. I could do it myself but I haven't got the right tools so I think I'll drop it into my LBS. It's more expenditure that I could without.


I would not know where to start and would just call Nick the angel in a bike mechanic get up from Urge! (After making sure I had his green tea ready)
 
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