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I've spent the afternoon making chutney, there were tons of gooseberries in the garden but the birds were eating them at an alarming rate. This time I remembered to close all the windows - last time I made chutney in the summer lots of wasps came into the kitchen :eek:
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The Hill Billy wrote: »Sorry to hear that. It can be a vicious circle...
Depressed = can be ar$ed cooking = eat mediocre food = nothing to improve your state of mind
In good form = love cooking = eat happy = be happy
Thank you both, I appreciate your kind words.Dizzyblonde wrote: »Hope you're feeling much better soon.
Yeah it is a vicious circle, no question about it. Its the motivation to cook, and when I do cook, its not right, either over/under cooked, not seasoned properly/enough etc. which then puts me off cooking more as I can't get it right.
Hopefully it'll pass soon.
Hope you enjoy your afternoon cooking Dizzy
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I made four crumbles, one big one with a mixture and three smaller/mini ones.
The "big" one has raspberries, strawberries, orange, dark choc, mixed seeds and vanilla extract. Just fecked the seeds/choc/vanilla in when I found them in the press lol.
The mini ones are: plain raspberry, plain strawberry, orange with dark chocolate and cinnamon.
Some pics.
Strawberry
Raspberry - not much sauce from this one unlike the strawberry one
Dark choc and orange.
Big one with mixed seeds/fruits
The big one before going into the oven
The crumb mix looks really dry in those pics and its not at all like that in reality. I don't know why its looking like that in the pics
Hoping to make a chocolate and raspberry cake in the next few days too. Hopefully this is the start of getting my cooking (or baking...) mojo back 0 -
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I want to stalk you to find out where you live and come and eat those, Striped Boxers
They look fabulous. I'm glad your Culinary Mojo is coming back
Thank you, me too. I seem to have a list of sweet things that I want to make, barely any savoury stuff though, unusually for me. Still, I'm making a start which is a good thing 0 -
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StripedBoxers wrote: »I made four crumbles, one big one with a mixture and three smaller/mini ones.
The "big" one has raspberries, strawberries, orange, dark choc, mixed seeds and vanilla extract. Just fecked the seeds/choc/vanilla in when I found them in the press lol.
The mini ones are: plain raspberry, plain strawberry, orange with dark chocolate and cinnamon.
The crumb mix looks really dry in those pics and its not at all like that in reality. I don't know why its looking like that in the pics
Hoping to make a chocolate and raspberry cake in the next few days too. Hopefully this is the start of getting my cooking (or baking...) mojo back
That's a seriously impressive start to getting your cooking mojo back!! Hope you start to feel better soon0 -
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It was lovely, I used a big orange so the next time I would use the smaller ones (clementines or something) as I reckon they'd be nicer and more sweet than the big one I used as I found it slightly bitter but it wasn't inedible or anything.Oh I love crumble. What is the texture of baked orange like?
I got a lovely pot of red pesto yesterday at the farmers market and I'm looking for ideas beyond throwing it into some pasta. Something where it will be the star of the show so I don't want to use it on pizza or anything with other strong flavours either. Any suggestions?
It was lovely for a change and something I would definitely make again.
I don't really eat pesto but a friend of mine has it with plain pasta, she just boils the pasta then drains it then tosses in 1-2 tablespoons of pesto to coat the pasta and eats it that way.
Thank you, looking forward to trying new things soon. Hopefully I'm back in full swing soontickingclock wrote: »That's a seriously impressive start to getting your cooking mojo back!! Hope you start to feel better soon 0 -
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We did a favour for a Spanish family and as token of gratitude they gave us a 5 litre bottle of Extra Virgin Olive Oil! So we have to get it home with us on the plane and finish it before it goes off! ( Our friend here says they'd go through that amount every 6 weeks!)
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fussyonion wrote: »Can I cook chicken drumsticks on the BBQ?
Im fairly new to barbecuing (I have a charcoal one).
I would like to do chicken drumsticks but how will I know when they're cooked?
When we do them, we precook them most of the way in the oven first, a magic cooking bag is great for this because they don't dry out at all and then brush with whatever marinade / sauce we're using and finish them off on the BBQ. Purists would say it's not the real thing but food poisoning CAN be the real thing this time of year and this way minimises the risk. BTW, it's a good method for other things too like butterflied leg of lamb and pork steaks that need some time to cook without getting too charred too early on. Hope it helps. 0 -
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Loafing Oaf wrote: »Not sure if this is the right thread but didn't want to start a new one. Can you still get these bad boys, haven't seen them in Tesco or Dunnes in a while?
http://www.kitkat.co.uk/content/content/img/range/2f-mint.png
The €2 shops and Dealz sell them 0 -
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World's hottest chilli goes on sale in Tesco this week
http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/food-and-drink/world-s-hottest-chilli-pepper-goes-on-sale-in-ireland-1.2735207
I dare ya!
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