What are you eating and drinking tonight?

[thebish]

Tonight it's lamb kleftico, which is currently tucked up in the oven for the next 3 hours. Followed by GG's raspberry mousse if I can find some raspberrys!

and a mouse...

[Prufrock]

Kleftico is fecking ace!

[bobo the clown]

Don't you just hate it when that happens? You're out somewhere and they ask if you would like a tea, you say yes and as soon as they bring it you can smell that its that disgusting earl grey stuff.

It doesn't happen THAT often oop North, luv (unless you're round Bruce's gaffe)! More of a southern dilemma!

I drink it 80% of the time ... I adore it. Though I'm currently in correspondence with Twinings about their disgusting offering after a re-branding last year.

[thebish]

I drink it 80% of the time ...

bloody norah - that must be a feck load of tea!!!

[bobo the clown]

Kleftico is fecking ace!

The very best.

[Bruce Rioja]

'Gay tea' as it's known in our office is a complete mystery to me. How something can smell so enticing but taste of nothing is beyond my comprehension.

Read the instructions - they're quite simple

Allow it to brew for four minutes. As such, it benefits from being made in a pot with a lid to retain the heat and release the flavour.

[William the White]

'Gay tea' as it's known in our office is a complete mystery to me. How something can smell so enticing but taste of nothing is beyond my comprehension.

Read the instructions - they're quite simple

Allow it to brew for four minutes. As such, it benefits from being made in a pot with a lid to retain the heat and release the flavour.

Not as good as Lapsang Souchong, which also requires 4 mins!

Day not right if it doesn't start with Lapsang... D

[Bijou Bob]

My oh my there's some pretentious leanings developing on here! Mind you, I do love a Roobius tea at night.

Dashed to asda for the ingredients for my rasberry mousse last night. They came to 9 quid!! Being a tight aris, I fled the shop. It'll have to wait until I'm doing another pretentious, middle class dinner party.

[Gooner Girl]

My oh my there's some pretentious leanings developing on here! Mind you, I do love a Roobius tea at night.

Dashed to asda for the ingredients for my rasberry mousse last night. They came to 9 quid!! Being a tight aris, I fled the shop. It'll have to wait until I'm doing another pretentious, middle class dinner party.

Really?! £9?! Cream, meringue, yoghurt and raspberrys?! What sort of shop do you frequent? Harrods?!

[thebish]

My oh my there's some pretentious leanings developing on here! Mind you, I do love a Roobius tea at night.

Dashed to asda for the ingredients for my rasberry mousse last night. They came to 9 quid!! Being a tight aris, I fled the shop. It'll have to wait until I'm doing another pretentious, middle class dinner party.

Really?! £9?! Cream, meringue, yoghurt and raspberrys?! What sort of shop do you frequent? Harrods?!

surely you made your own meringue, GG???

[Bijou Bob]

Raspberries were 2.50 a punnet (Thought 2 would be needed), Yoghurt was 2 quid, double cream 1.38 and icing sugar 1.19

Asda's raspberry mousse was 46p

[Gooner Girl]

Raspberries were 2.50 a punnet (Thought 2 would be needed), Yoghurt was 2 quid, double cream 1.38 and icing sugar 1.19

Asda's raspberry mousse was 46p

You only need a little bit of yoghurt, not £2 worth! Don't you have icing sugar at home anyway? Raspberries are expensive, i'll give you. I had some in the freezer grown in the summer so free.

Bet asdas wouldn't taste as nice

[Bruce Rioja]

Raspberries were 2.50 a punnet (Thought 2 would be needed), Yoghurt was 2 quid, double cream 1.38 and icing sugar 1.19

Asda's raspberry mousse was 46p

Had a similar experience when I decided to have a stab at blueberry muffins. Walking out of Asda with about £7's worth of baking impedimenta I passed a pile, as broad as the land upon which we stand, of blueberry muffins - four for a Quid!

[thebish]

Raspberries were 2.50 a punnet (Thought 2 would be needed), Yoghurt was 2 quid, double cream 1.38 and icing sugar 1.19

Asda's raspberry mousse was 46p

Had a similar experience when I decided to have a stab at blueberry muffins. Walking out of Asda with about £7's worth of baking impedimenta I passed a pile, as broad as the land upon which we stand, of blueberry muffins - four for a Quid!

oh yes - I recognise that experience! (when I made fudge I had to go and buy a cooking thermometer... and there is no cheap cooking thermometer shop where I live!)

still - the fudge was nice (christmas pudding fudge) - but expensive!!

[Wandering Willy]

You could sell your thermometer to Bijou Bob. Sounds like he uses them in his day job.

[thebish]

You could sell your thermometer to Bijou Bob. Sounds like he uses them in his day job.

good call - and if it came back "fudgy" - it really would matter that much!

[thebish]

had an unexpected morning off - so watched the tennis and did some baking!

made a chicken* & musroom pie (*quorn substitute)



and then summat i've never made before - Jam Roly-Poly!

it isn't that hard, but involves putting trays of hot water in th'oven to steam the pudding - and rolling it all up and wrapping it in layers of tin foil and buttered grease-proof paper!

anyway - what came out was the very definition of "yum"!



which was served with custard... what could be more quintessentially English??

[Prufrock]

I never liked Jam Roly Poly at school, because school's was shit. The first time I ever had nice one was a fecking revelation!

[thebish]

I never liked Jam Roly Poly at school, because school's was shit. The first time I ever had nice one was a fecking revelation!

mmmmm.... suet-y comfort food!

[TANGODANCER]

I never liked Jam Roly Poly at school, because school's was shit. The first time I ever had nice one was a fecking revelation!

Jam roly-poly, however bad, was always welcome at school dinners as a change from the fxcking awful wishy-washy rice-pudding, semolina and tapioca.