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The5thMary
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I would imagine that Tom's of Maine fennel-flavored toothpaste, on the right kind of biscuit, would be quite palatable.
I once ate a chocolate cookie (okay, let's be honest here, I ate SEVERAL!) and then brushed my teeth with Tom's of Maine Peppermint toothpaste....mmmmm! Chocolate Mint!
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Huia
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I came across a recipe for a cake made with beetroot and ground almonds in a novel I was reading.
Has anyone made or tasted such a cake? I was thinking of baking one and taking it to my usual panel of tasters who go to the drop-in group at church - the only draw back being some are polite rather than truthful.
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Firenze
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If carrot cake works, why not?
I haven't actually tasted a cake with beetroot, but this recipe is by a chef whose recipes I trust.
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North East Quine
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I make beetroot and chocolate cake regularly. The beetroot gives it a deep, rich colour. Carrot cake is a good comparison; you know the carrots are in there, but the taste isn't overwhelmingly carrotty or beetrooty. The grated beetroot gives a moist texture, again, comparable to carrot cake.
Beetroot and ground almond cake would be an interesting shade of pink, I suppose.
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Apologies for double-posting.
The recipe I use varies from Firenze's in that mine uses raw, grated beetroot and no espresso. It's from the "The Boxing Clever Cookbook"
The same cookbook also has a recipe for Lettuce and Walnut Cake. I made it once and will not make it again, despite pleas from my children who wanted to take one to school to gross out their friends.
Another ill-advised recipe from the same book is "Beetroot Pie" which is basically a puree of beetroot and onion mixed with cream, mustard and egg and baked. It looks like pink blancmange, but tastes of beetroot. Something goes horribly wrong betwee the combination of the visual impression of "dessert" and the savoury taste.
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RevMotherRaphael
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Have eaten a horrid beetroot, carrot, cheese, bread and possibly egg mixture at a convent (NOT MINE!!!) once and can say it was one of a few meals I sat silently weeping through because I didn't want to upset the sisters. ![[Projectile]](graemlins/puke2.gif)
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Firenze
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Originally posted by RevMotherRaphael:
Have eaten a horrid beetroot, carrot, cheese, bread and possibly egg mixture at a convent
The beetroot - and probably the carrot - where were they went wrong. Substitute baked beans and lentils (and just a soupçon of a Marmite) and you have one of our student house mainstays.
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RevMotherRaphael
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Sometimes everything is wrong with convent food. This thing was like a bread and butter pudding mixed with vegetables and cheese. Your recipe on the other hand sounds quite fine.
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Penny S
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I've made Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's beetroot and chocolate brownies.
Brownies
Also a parsnip, lemon and caraway seedcake from the RHS.
Parsnip cake
I wonder if there's swede cake. Or turnip cake. There are sweet potato recipes.
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RevMotherRaphael
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Mexican sweet potato candy is lovely and so are beetroot bronwies or cake (or spinach cake for that matter). Think I've seen a recipe for a turnip cake, rather like a carrot cake with nice spices to match the sweet of the turnip, but can't think where, sorry. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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Gee D
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Originally posted by Penny S:
I've made Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's beetroot and chocolate brownies.
Brownies
Also a parsnip, lemon and caraway seedcake from the RHS.
Parsnip cake
I wonder if there's swede cake. Or turnip cake. There are sweet potato recipes.
Turnip cake is a standard item on yum cha trolleys here. Savoury of course, but I imagine it would be easy enough to put sugar or honey into it.
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Turnip cake on a yum cha trolley is actually made with daikon/radish, not turnip as a Westerner would recognise it. It's also more of a pancake, not really a cake like a carrot cake is.
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Gee D
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I knew that I should not have made a tongue in cheek comment on a food thread.
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The5thMary
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I have heard this is delicious but I think it's so disgusting that I have never tried it...peanut butter on a graham cracker with...oh, god...pickle relish! Anyone ever tried this?
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JoannaP
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My husband's favourite sandwich is peanut butter on one slice of bread, lime pickle on the other and cheddar in between. I have never tasted them but I am told that I make them well.
He is way more adventurous in food combos than I am - he also enjoys pork sausages with strawberry jam.
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I had to give up at the mention of "lime pickle" ...
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Penny S
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Ok, meanings for various tracklements can be confusing. Exactly what is pickle relish? I know pickle*. I know relish. (Though they seem largely interchangeable.) Either of which I can imagine with the peanut butter, depending what is in the relish.
*The usual one: Not quite Branston
And lime pickle?
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Penny S
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And searching for that has shown me that she has reconstituted the lost recipe for Pan Yan pickle which disappeared in a takeover some time. Oh bliss.
Pan Yan
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Sir Kevin
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Originally posted by JoannaP:
...way more adventurous in food combos than I am - he also enjoys pork sausages with strawberry jam.
I can see that: I put fruity HP sauce or regular on pork chops and sometimes on bangers. It's yummy and enhances the basic flavour.
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Bob Two-Owls
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A relative of mine has started going to Slimming World and she regularly makes one of their recipes which involves baking a mixture of Chick Pea Curry and eggs. It tastes like a good pakora, especially with raita and mago chutney.
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JoannaP
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Originally posted by Penny S:
Ok, meanings for various tracklements can be confusing. Exactly what is pickle relish? I know pickle*. I know relish. (Though they seem largely interchangeable.) Either of which I can imagine with the peanut butter, depending what is in the relish.
*The usual one: Not quite Branston
And lime pickle?
Apologies: lime pickle
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Ariel
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Originally posted by piglet:
I had to give up at the mention of "lime pickle" ...
It's an acquired taste. I had to persevere to begin to sort of like it, then I lost the knack, about halfway down the jar.
(I should point out that this was over a period of some weeks, I wasn't sitting there with a spoon and jar of pickle on a dull rainy night in want of something to do.)
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I have decided to work through this thread and try ALL of them.
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The5thMary
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I have decided to work through this thread and try ALL of them.
You are truly brave, Boogie. Or, conversely, a masochist! ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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burlingtontiger
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Just had a slice of cold apple pie with a slice of mature cheddar; not an uncommon pairing around here but I'm told that it's a Yorkshire tradition so thought it might be worth sharing.
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Originally posted by The5thMary:
You are truly brave, Boogie. Or, conversely, a masochist!
Haha - I'm off to buy marmite!
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Penny S
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Thank you for the lime pickle mention.
Boogie, remember to spread it thinly.
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Originally posted by burlingtontiger:
Just had a slice of cold apple pie with a slice of mature cheddar; not an uncommon pairing around here but I'm told that it's a Yorkshire tradition so thought it might be worth sharing.
Even better with Blue Wensleydale.
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Ariel
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Originally posted by Boogie:
I have decided to work through this thread and try ALL of them.
Attagirl. Get a plate and pile it high.
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Originally posted by Penny S:
Ok, meanings for various tracklements can be confusing. Exactly what is pickle relish? I know pickle*. I know relish. (Though they seem largely interchangeable.) Either of which I can imagine with the peanut butter, depending what is in the relish.
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And lime pickle?
Pond difference alert: 'Lime pickle(s) in the US (at least in the south) means pickled gherkins, the recipe for which includes lime. My mother used to make them, but I don't recall the details.
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Scones with Vegemite and cream - very yummy
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Originally posted by balaam:
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Originally posted by burlingtontiger:
Just had a slice of cold apple pie with a slice of mature cheddar; not an uncommon pairing around here but I'm told that it's a Yorkshire tradition so thought it might be worth sharing.
Even better with Blue Wensleydale.
(attempts to eat monitor.)
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Originally posted by Ariel:
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Originally posted by piglet:
I had to give up at the mention of "lime pickle" ...
It's an acquired taste. I had to persevere to begin to sort of like it, then I lost the knack, about halfway down the jar.
(I should point out that this was over a period of some weeks, I wasn't sitting there with a spoon and jar of pickle on a dull rainy night in want of something to do.)
Now lime pickle I like enough to eat off a spoon - and on cheese, much to viewers horror.
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Lime pickle! As produced by Indian restaurants and Pataks or Sharwoods! Manna from Heaven!
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Bob Two-Owls
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The hot lime pickle with added chilli is heaven on toast spread thinly with Gentleman's Relish (a kind of anchovy spread).
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burlingtontiger
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Originally posted by balaam:
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Originally posted by burlingtontiger:
Just had a slice of cold apple pie with a slice of mature cheddar; not an uncommon pairing around here but I'm told that it's a Yorkshire tradition so thought it might be worth sharing.
Even better with Blue Wensleydale.
Not a big fan of Wensleydale but maybe Apple pie is just the pairing it needs. Will give it a try; thanks.
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RevMotherRaphael
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Any one try (and like) lime chutney? Had some in Sri Lanka where it is very popular but didn't like it.
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Piglet
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I have a feeling that the "lime pickle" that I'm remembering (from at least 30 years ago) may have been Sharwood's lime chutney, which was IMHO very nasty indeed.
I've never tried cheese with apple pie, but Cheddar cheese and fruit cake is delicious (as is cheese with apple slices).
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Originally posted by piglet:
I have a feeling that the "lime pickle" that I'm remembering (from at least 30 years ago) may have been Sharwood's lime chutney, which was IMHO very nasty indeed.
I've never tried cheese with apple pie, but Cheddar cheese and fruit cake is delicious (as is cheese with apple slices).
Cheese makes EVERYTHING better ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
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Sioni Sais
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Hold on a minute. I thought this thread was about disgusting combinations of foods. Recent posts have considered individual foodstuffs.
FWIW the only cheese improved by hot lime pickle is the kind of cheese that has no redeeming features whatsoever, like those mild cheese slices which desperately need a KITA. There are plenty of other pickles and chutneys, and plenty of other cheeses, and the combinations of those are never bizarre nor disgusting.
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I discovered a new combo just this morning. Feeling very wonky due a major allergy episode I some how 1) made toast, 2) cooked some bacon 3) put PB and jam on the toast 4) put the bacon on the toast. Now I like PB and bacon but have never added jam (blackberry in this case.) It was pretty darn good. The salty /smoky bacon, the peanuts, the sweet jam...it all worked !
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ArachnidinElmet
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I have a recipe somewhere for an apple pie topped with a bacon lattice, which sounds odd and tasty at the same time.
How can weaving with bacon bring anything but happiness?
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Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
FWIW the only cheese improved by hot lime pickle is the kind of cheese that has no redeeming features whatsoever, like those mild cheese slices which desperately need a KITA. There are plenty of other pickles and chutneys, and plenty of other cheeses, and the combinations of those are never bizarre nor disgusting.
Hot lime pickle and soy cheese is really rather nice.
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Originally posted by Curious Kitten:
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Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
FWIW the only cheese improved by hot lime pickle is the kind of cheese that has no redeeming features whatsoever, like those mild cheese slices which desperately need a KITA. There are plenty of other pickles and chutneys, and plenty of other cheeses, and the combinations of those are never bizarre nor disgusting.
Hot lime pickle and soy cheese is really rather nice.
Soy cheese comes into the category of "cheese that has no redeeming features whatsoever" save for providing some protein.
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Originally posted by ArachnidinElmet:
I have a recipe somewhere for an apple pie topped with a bacon lattice, which sounds odd and tasty at the same time.
How can weaving with bacon bring anything but happiness?
Or you could skip the bacon weaving and make a lard crust.
When I was a small lad, we had Polish neighbors who would take our bacon drippings and return some really yummy if salty chocolate chip cookies made from them.
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Sir Kevin
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Originally posted by RevMotherRaphael:
Any one try (and like) lime chutney? Had some in Sri Lanka where it is very popular but didn't like it.
Sounds like dreck! I only eat proper Indian mango chutney with my curry...
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Pomona
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Of course, sugary mango chutney is Anglo-Indian rather than actually Indian....
Penny S - pickle in the US just means a gherkin/pickled cucumber, so pickle relish is a relish made with gherkins. 'Pickle' as we have it in the UK is more of a chutney.
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Firenze
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Supermarket mango chutney is more like jam IMO. I prefer the various pickles, as being chunkier, sourer and hotter. Patak's - which is a mainstream brand - does mango, lime, garlic, aubergine, chili and mixed. Go to an Asian shop and you can get even more interesting* ones.
*as in tonsil-nukingly hot interesting.
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The5thMary
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Originally posted by Jade Constable:
Of course, sugary mango chutney is Anglo-Indian rather than actually Indian....
Penny S - pickle in the US just means a gherkin/pickled cucumber, so pickle relish is a relish made with gherkins. 'Pickle' as we have it in the UK is more of a chutney.
Correction: Although it's not as prevalent as gherkin pickle relish, there is also dill pickle relish. My wife loves dill pickles but I can't eat most of the mass produced ones because they taste too much like the pickling agents and not enough like the cucumbers they once were. I do love sweet gherkin relish, though and dill pickles from a few Jewish delicatessens around Atlanta.
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Pomona
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Originally posted by The5thMary:
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Originally posted by Jade Constable:
Of course, sugary mango chutney is Anglo-Indian rather than actually Indian....
Penny S - pickle in the US just means a gherkin/pickled cucumber, so pickle relish is a relish made with gherkins. 'Pickle' as we have it in the UK is more of a chutney.
Correction: Although it's not as prevalent as gherkin pickle relish, there is also dill pickle relish. My wife loves dill pickles but I can't eat most of the mass produced ones because they taste too much like the pickling agents and not enough like the cucumbers they once were. I do love sweet gherkin relish, though and dill pickles from a few Jewish delicatessens around Atlanta.
Oh to us in the UK, gherkins include dill pickles or any kind of pickled cucumber.
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