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Post by Humph on Dec 6, 2020 8:30:45 GMT
Are we straying into territory, and pasts, that are probably best left unexplored?
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Post by tyrednexited on Dec 6, 2020 9:22:32 GMT
I think the coffee beans most certainly are....  |
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Post by EspadaIII on Dec 7, 2020 11:49:42 GMT
I had those once. Can't say the taste was improved by passing through the innards of the civet..
I once did have Colombian Nescafe. A totally different flavour (ho ho - no not that sort!) to regular Nescafe. And if you can find Nescafe from the Ivory Coast that is also good. Almost as good as freshly brewed coffee from beans.
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Post by tyrednexited on Dec 13, 2020 9:54:21 GMT
...had a message from my daughter on Friday. "Can you tell me how you make your pastry?".
I've said on here before, having been taught by my mother to make pastry, I am the family pastry chef.
Anyway, daughter is not going to manage to get here for Christmas, and, though she is an accomplished cook, she's never done (her own) pastry before, and wanted to make some mince pies.
Method duly shared, I got a report (and picture) of great success yesterday. Fancied a mince pie myself after that, and I haven't started mine!
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Post by Humph on Dec 13, 2020 10:10:19 GMT
Yeah, probably not a bad shout to get them done, can be quite warming if required...
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Post by WDB on Dec 13, 2020 13:02:21 GMT
My least-favourite thing about December is the imminent obligation to pretend to like mince pies, specifically the ones MrsB1 makes. She’s reasonably competent with the pastry but quite how that, encasing a blob from a jar of Robertson’s, is either festive or, really, cooking escapes me. Sigh.
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Post by Humph on Dec 13, 2020 13:16:39 GMT
Oh, mince pies are usually my favourite thing about Christmas. The best thing to do with them is to offer them to people you don't like, who insist on randomly turning up at Christmas. What you do is offer them a drink and a mince pie, disappear off to fetch them, come back with only the mince pies, having surreptitiously microwaved them for 30 seconds. This has the effect of causing the filling to come up to the temperature and consistency of Napalm, while only gently warming the pastry.
You then leave the room on the pretext of fetching the drinks, while the unwanted guest take a good bite into the pie. Works way too often not to be repeated at every opportunity. The longer you can reasonably delay the delivery of the cold drink the better the effect.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2020 21:47:01 GMT
McHumph's mince pies. Like a McDonald's apple pie but with added "You'll have had yer tea!"
One of simplest things I discovered this year was home made stuffing. Paxo must be laughing all the way to the bank after I found out just how easy that stuff is to make. I know I'm a bit slow among all the gourmet chefs here but if you grow onions and sage in your garden you're done.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2020 8:42:44 GMT
I'm utterly shocked at Humph providing any comestibles to uninvited guests. Is that an Embra thing? Dearie me Grandad Al will be spinning, well maybe the roses which grew from his ashes are waggling a bit in fury.
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