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  • #7592
    Kat1170
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,798 ✭✭✭Kat1170


    kylith wrote: »
    Bit of an etiquette question. I have received some rhubarb and want to make rhubarb and custard cake. I won't eat a whole one so want to give some to a friend. I can't be bothered making 2 smaller cakes so would you consider it ok to receive, wrapped in clingfilm, a third of a cake?

    Where are you, the kettle has been on for the last two hours :D:D


  • #7593
    kylith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,745 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    SB_Part2 wrote: »
    This is an absolutely gorgeous rhubarb and custard cake that I make.

    http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/10500/rhubarb-and-custard-cake

    Is rhubarb in season now? I might make it.
    That's the one I found. I'm intending to make it tonight. Loooooove rhubarb!


  • #7594
    Dizzyblonde
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 12,110 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dizzyblonde


    I've often given people a portion of a cake, it's perfectly acceptable.

    Now I have to make that cake too - I'm hoping there's enough rhubarb left in the garden :)


  • #7595
    Gloomtastic!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,360 ✭✭✭Gloomtastic!


    Driving past The Morrison hotel this morning noticed they were serving Gentlemen's Tea, the manly version of Afternoon Tea.

    http://www.morrisonhotel.ie/offers/gentlemens-tea

    I'm intrigued. It's all very macho sounding but how would you invite a mate to join you without sounding like a date? :eek: Would it be suitable for a business meeting?

    Whatcha think?


  • #7596
    kylith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,745 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    Gloomtastic! wrote: »
    Driving past The Morrison hotel this morning noticed they were serving Gentlemen's Tea, the manly version of Afternoon Tea.

    http://www.morrisonhotel.ie/offers/gentlemens-tea

    I'm intrigued. It's all very macho sounding but how would you invite a mate to join you without sounding like a date? :eek: Would it be suitable for a business meeting?

    Whatcha think?

    It sounds really good! Might go for it myself.


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  • #7597
    Faith
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,661 Mod ✭✭✭✭Faith


    Gloomtastic! wrote: »
    Driving past The Morrison hotel this morning noticed they were serving Gentlemen's Tea, the manly version of Afternoon Tea.

    http://www.morrisonhotel.ie/offers/gentlemens-tea

    I'm intrigued. It's all very macho sounding but how would you invite a mate to join you without sounding like a date? :eek: Would it be suitable for a business meeting?

    Whatcha think?

    I saw similar advertised in Fota Island when I stayed there recently. It seems to be less scones and tea, and more steak and beer. I'd have trouble imagining it for a business meeting, but I suppose I can't see why it wouldn't work.


  • #7598
    dee_mc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,212 ✭✭✭dee_mc


    Gloomtastic! wrote: »
    Driving past The Morrison hotel this morning noticed they were serving Gentlemen's Tea, the manly version of Afternoon Tea.

    http://www.morrisonhotel.ie/offers/gentlemens-tea

    I'm intrigued. It's all very macho sounding but how would you invite a mate to join you without sounding like a date? :eek: Would it be suitable for a business meeting?

    Whatcha think?

    Sounds deadly, I was about to start researching gender fluidity until I saw the bit about it being open to women too! I'd murder a rasher scone :D


  • #7599
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,387 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    dee_mc wrote: »
    until I saw the bit about it being open to women too!
    I first heard of the term on facebook, 2 women were having it. When I first head it I thought it was some euphemism for something!

    This is the morrisons one.
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    The-Morrison-Gentlemens-Tea-e1434545034780.jpg


  • #7600
    Gloomtastic!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,360 ✭✭✭Gloomtastic!


    ^ Blimey. That's a big tea! Is that for two?


  • #7601
    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,859 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    Gentleman's Tea for €25?
    That's a 3 o'clock start in Mulligan's with 4 pints of Guinness & a whiskey, then home in time for a proper dinner.


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  • #7602
    Dizzyblonde
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 12,110 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dizzyblonde


    kylith wrote: »
    That's the one I found. I'm intending to make it tonight. Loooooove rhubarb!

    I made it this morning - photo in the baking thread: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=101030767&postcount=104

    It took a lot longer than they said to cook, but that might be because I didn't have enough rhubarb in the garden so I used some I had in the freezer, already cooked. It was mushier and probably had a lot more moisture in it although i strained it.


  • #7603
    Mrs Fox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,292 ✭✭✭Mrs Fox


    If anyone is interested, EasyFood magazine is looking for an intern in their test kitchen. More details here:

    https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10154627539875353&id=154322445352


  • #7604
    kylith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,745 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    Dizzyblonde wrote: »
    I made it this morning - photo in the baking thread: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=101030767&postcount=104

    It took a lot longer than they said to cook, but that might be because I didn't have enough rhubarb in the garden so I used some I had in the freezer, already cooked. It was mushier and probably had a lot more moisture in it although i strained it.

    oooooh, that looks good.

    I have a feeling mine's going to turn out gank (yes, it's currently in the oven. Yes, I know its 23:30) because I discovered after everything was mixed that my tin is much, much, much too small. So I'm cooking it in a silicon cake mould that looks like this blue one in front. Sure, we'll see how it turns out. If the worst comes to the worst I'll chop it up and, idk, make rhubarb cake ice cream or something.

    As I was making it I was cracking my eggs into a glass before adding them to the mix, as The Mammy taught me, and I was thinking about how I mentioned that I do this on this forum before and discovered that it was unusual because people have never gotten a bad egg in the shop. As I mused on whether or not to drop the habit and save washing a glass the fourth egg I cracked fizzed, I swear fizzed, out of the shell and the stench was horrific. I am very, very glad that I did not crack it straight into my cake mix, and I will continue to crack my eggs into a glass. I'd much rather wash a glass than bin a cake.


  • #7605
    Dizzyblonde
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 12,110 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dizzyblonde


    kylith wrote: »
    oooooh, that looks good.

    I have a feeling mine's going to turn out gank (yes, it's currently in the oven. Yes, I know its 23:30) because I discovered after everything was mixed that my tin is much, much, much too small. So I'm cooking it in a silicon cake mould that looks like this blue one in front. Sure, we'll see how it turns out. If the worst comes to the worst I'll chop it up and, idk, make rhubarb cake ice cream or something.

    As I was making it I was cracking my eggs into a glass before adding them to the mix, as The Mammy taught me, and I was thinking about how I mentioned that I do this on this forum before and discovered that it was unusual because people have never gotten a bad egg in the shop. As I mused on whether or not to drop the habit and save washing a glass the fourth egg I cracked fizzed, I swear fizzed, out of the shell and the stench was horrific. I am very, very glad that I did not crack it straight into my cake mix, and I will continue to crack my eggs into a glass. I'd much rather wash a glass than bin a cake.

    Hope it turned out well - it tastes great so you won't care how it looks.

    I also crack my eggs into something individually before adding them, because I've had a rotten egg in the past too. Once bitten...


  • #7606
    Lady Haywire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,174 ✭✭✭Lady Haywire


    I was taught in Home Ec to crack them into a glass but I'm lazy so I just give shake every egg I use and if they rattle they're a goner. Much easier imo :D


  • #7607
    Toto Wolfcastle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,005 ✭✭✭✭Toto Wolfcastle


    We made churros after Bake Off tonight. They turned out really well, but while we were making them I suddenly felt really really hungry to the point of feeling sick. I couldn't stomach more than a bite of them so now I'm lying on the couch eyeing up the bowl of chocolate sauce while I wait for my husband to come back from the shop with a couple of apples for me. Apples. :( I want churros.


  • #7608
    kylith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,745 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    Dizzyblonde wrote: »
    Hope it turned out well - it tastes great so you won't care how it looks.

    I also crack my eggs into something individually before adding them, because I've had a rotten egg in the past too. Once bitten...

    It does not look good: one side didn't bake properly and sort of collapsed and it broke trying to get it out. It tastes damn fine though, and no one can tell once it' smothered in more custard :)


  • #7609
    Dizzyblonde
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 12,110 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dizzyblonde


    kylith wrote: »
    It does not look good: one side didn't bake properly and sort of collapsed and it broke trying to get it out. It tastes damn fine though, and no one can tell once it' smothered in more custard :)

    Looks are nothing - taste is everything ;)


  • #7610
    tampopo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,366 ✭✭✭tampopo


    kylith wrote: »
    That's the one I found. I'm intending to make it tonight. Loooooove rhubarb!

    Oh man, the cake shop beside eurospar in Kilmainham had rhubarb tart freebies on the counter the other day. Absolutely gorgeous. Haven't made much rhubarb this year, but have saved the r&c recipe and will get to it today.

    Any spare thirds of rhubarb cake would find a welcome home here! ;-)

    What luck, haven't posted in ages and come across a rhubarb recipe.


  • #7611
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,038 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    I'm in the middle of making the most unusual stew I've ever made.
    Bear with me because it's a rather involved process - actually the base of the stew is a by-product of something else.

    On thursday I picked 2.5Kg of elderberries to make pontack sauce - an old english savoury sauce made from elderberries, cider vinegar, shallots, allspice, black pepper, ginger, mace and cloves. You boil the shallots and spices in the berry juice and vinegar. I ended up with 1Kg of sliced, vinegary, fruity, spiced shallots so I decided to stew beef cheeks in it.

    The only additions to the spices, shallots and browned cheeks were brown Belgian beer, a little maple syrup, bay leaves and salt. I'll cook it for 3 or 4 hours in the oven.

    I'm hoping for a sour, fruity incredibly complex delicious stew tomorrow.

    I'll take pics and pop them up in the HWIHFDLN thread.


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  • #7612
    Gloomtastic!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,360 ✭✭✭Gloomtastic!


    Hoping to do mexican for Friday night, I see Tesco have a good range of mexican food now but I can't see any chipotle chillis.

    Anyone know of somewhere in North Dublin I can get my hands on some?


  • #7613
    SB_Part2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,951 ✭✭✭SB_Part2


    Gloomtastic! wrote: »
    Hoping to do mexican for Friday night, I see Tesco have a good range of mexican food now but I can't see any chipotle chillis.

    Anyone know of somewhere in North Dublin I can get my hands on some?
    They sell chipotle paste in the "speciality" section.

    Some Asian stores stock some Mexican supplies. There's one on liffey st and I *think* I've seen them there.


  • #7614
    Lady Haywire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,174 ✭✭✭Lady Haywire


    I gave myself the stupidest injury today while peeling a turnip, honestly don't know if I could manage to do it again if I tried.
    So I was peeling quite a large turnip from the garden beside the sink and it was wet as I'd just washed it. Anyway it went to slip out of my hand as I turned it (I flip them into the air like a ball for whatever reason) so I instinctively moved my hand under it the way it was falling and just put the tip of my middle finger across a lip of a cup as the turnip landed on it with a thump. So now my finger is stupidly painful since and I think I'm going to have a black nail :(


  • #7615
    tickingclock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 845 ✭✭✭tickingclock


    I was making butternut squash soup today. I stupidly decided I'd like a kick from it so as it was blending I added a little bit of cumin powder at the exact same time by toddler hit off me so lots of cumin went in. The soup was very very spicy. Too spicy for me. I then made regular vegetable soup and thought if I mixed both of them together the kick would dissappear.
    Wishful thinking!! I now have a few litres of spicy vegetable soup that I don't like. Any tip for inspicing it please!?


  • #7616
    Kat1170
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,798 ✭✭✭Kat1170


    ^^^^
    Serve with some cream ??


  • #7617
    Shenshen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭Shenshen


    tickingclock wrote: »
    I was making butternut squash soup today. I stupidly decided I'd like a kick from it so as it was blending I added a little bit of cumin powder at the exact same time by toddler hit off me so lots of cumin went in. The soup was very very spicy. Too spicy for me. I then made regular vegetable soup and thought if I mixed both of them together the kick would dissappear.
    Wishful thinking!! I now have a few litres of spicy vegetable soup that I don't like. Any tip for inspicing it please!?

    Yoghurt might help? Or sour cream - both go well with the sweetness of butternut squash.

    Alternatively. give up on it being soup and use some of it as the base for a curry maybe?
    I've had tomato soup disasters in the past that turned into great pasta sauces :D


  • #7618
    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,859 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    You could try adding a tin or two of coconut milk. Coconut goes brilliantly with squash. If I'm roasting it I sometimes sprinkle desiccated coconut & a bit of cumin on the chunks.


  • #7619
    Whispered
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,772 ✭✭✭✭Whispered


    What sort of flavours do pomegranates go with? I'd rather savoury but not coucous or anything with too much cooking.

    I'm making a beetroot, goats cheese and walnut salad tomorrow. Would it suit that?


  • #7620
    Shenshen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭Shenshen


    Whispered wrote: »
    What sort of flavours do pomegranates go with? I'd rather savoury but not coucous or anything with too much cooking.

    I'm making a beetroot, goats cheese and walnut salad tomorrow. Would it suit that?

    Definitely. Goats cheese or feta would go well with pomegranate.


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  • #7621
    irishguitarlad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,867 ✭✭✭irishguitarlad


    Hey guys, I was wonderiing if I could ask for pointers here. I'm a 25 year old male who has been living away from hom for a few years now but Ive only ever really survived on basic food like pasta and the like. Basically I cant cook and I need some advice on where to start. I eat everything by the way haha


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