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Ariel
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What is it about Cadbury's Mini Eggs? I swore I wasn't going to buy another packet. Then I wasn't going to eat more than a very few out of it. Now I'm thinking I probably won't need much, if any, dinner.
Eggs are good for you, right?
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Originally posted by Kitten:
All this talk of mangoes has made me decide to add one to my next shopping list.
I like them chopped and mixed with cottage cheese
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A touch of finely chopped mint would go well with that. Smell mango before you cut it. It needs to be ripe to be really good.
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Latin Americans eat unripe (green) mangoes with salt. They may add lime and/or peppers. It's not for everyone's stomach though.
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La Vie is absolutely right. And for reasons I can't explain, Cadbury's mini-eggs are much nicer than most other Cadbury's chocolate.
Now I want some ... ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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Karl: Liberal Backslider
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Mixing sweet and savoury things together makes the Baby Jesus cry. So stop it. Cf. pineapple on pizza.
Mangos belong with other tropical fruits in a tropical fruit salad, or made into ice cream. And not that abomination that is mango chutney (refer to my first paragraph)
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But some fruits go so well with cheese, I also enjoy fresh figs with soft goat cheese in a salad
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Cheese on digestive biscuits is quite nice as well and I gather that cheese with fruitcake is quite a delicacy in Yorkshire
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Originally posted by Spike:
Cheese on digestive biscuits is quite nice as well and I gather that cheese with fruitcake is quite a delicacy in Yorkshire
Ahem - Lancashire!
Crumbly Lancashire is a mild cheese with a young, fresh, milky finish and slightly tangy flavour, best enjoyed with a large slab of fruit cake ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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And as my uncle (from Yorkshire) used to say, 'An apple pie without the cheese is like a kiss without a squeeze'
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Originally posted by LeRoc:
Latin Americans eat unripe (green) mangoes with salt. They may add lime and/or peppers. It's not for everyone's stomach though.
Mauritians do something similar with pineapples. Chilli powder and salt on cut pineapple, or wedges of baby pineapples in a salty tamarind sauce sold in plastic food bags by the side of road. Yum.
Re: mangoes. You can grate an unripe mango into a carrot salad.
Sorry, Karl, we'll have to agree to disagree. Pretty much all my cooking involves throwing fruit at savoury dishes.
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I side with ArachnidinElmet against Karl. I love adding sliced up banana into a chicken jambalaya. The banana melts and creates a thick, sticky sauce.
And you can't go wrong with a pork & apple sausage. Unless you undercook it, of course, in which case you take the next day off work.
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Another vote here for cheese with sweet accompaniments; the usual early/mid-evening repast chez Piglet involves a platter of cut-up cheese (usually a combination of Jarlsberg and mousetrap, with the odd slice of Brie) and apple slices.
I also wholeheartedly endorse the north-of-England cheese/fruitcake combo - IMHO it's inspired, no matter which side of the Pennines it came from.
And, as confession is good for the soul, I'll admit that my default pizza topping used to be ham, pineapple, sweetcorn and mushrooms. ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
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Piglet: And, as confession is good for the soul, I'll admit that my default pizza topping used to be ham, pineapple, sweetcorn and mushrooms.
In the naughty corner with you!
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Ariel
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Meat with fruit is an old English tradition. Pork and apple pies, the original mince meat pies, duck with orange sauce, lamb with redcurrant jelly, mackerel with gooseberry sauce, and so on. Medieval cooking is full of that kind of stuff.
And the nation's favourite Chinese takeaway is sweet and sour, with chicken in a sweet lemon sauce and duck in plum sauce two close favourites.
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I'm with Karl - can't stand sweet things with savoury! I don't care if that's what they did in Medieval times - anyway, they only did that to hide the taste of bad meat!
You can keep your cheese and cake!¬
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Originally posted by Ariel:
Meat with fruit is an old English tradition. Pork and apple pies, the original mince meat pies, duck with orange sauce, lamb with redcurrant jelly, mackerel with gooseberry sauce, and so on. Medieval cooking is full of that kind of stuff.
I grew up in the U.S.; my mother was not of English ancestry. I'm sure she wouldn't have wanted to be called medieval!
But pork was always served with apple sauce, lamb with mint sauce or mint jelly, turkey with cranberry sauce, etc.
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Originally posted by Nicodemia:
I'm with Karl - can't stand sweet things with savoury! I don't care if that's what they did in Medieval times - anyway, they only did that to hide the taste of bad meat!
You can keep your cheese and cake!¬
A cheese and jam sandwich on white bread - fabulous!
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St. Gwladys
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I recently came across a fig and honey cheese. The cheese was a quite strong cheddar, so the flavours balanced well. I'm hoping to get some more tomorrow.
On a personal note, I had to go for an MRI on my foot today. I was dreading it, as I'd had an MRI of my head a couple of years ago and had come close to pressing the panic button. Thankfully, this time it was only my legs which had to go into the machine.
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In the week before Easter I'm having a few days holiday staying at Malham youth hostel Ribblesdale. Does anyone know that area ? If so do you have any recommendations ? I was thinking of doing one of the 3 peaks but don't know which is the nicest. Also wondered about the white scar cave at Ingleton.
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It's a while since I stayed in Malham Youth Hostel, probably when I was walking the Pennine Way as a teenager.
The standard places to visit are Gordale Scar and the pavement above Malham Cove in and around Malham.
Then you've got the stretches of Pennine Way north and south. North goes over Pen-y-Ghent, through Hawes, which I remember liking, and up to Hardrow Force, which is pretty spectacular.
South you reach Gargrave along the river Aire, which was a gentle stroll, but keeping going south of Gargrave wasn't much fun and Gargrave is not one of my favourite places (it has more to do with the campsite being next to the canal/river and losing breakfast to rats).
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Ariel
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We had dense fog yesterday morning, haven't seen it that thick in years. The hills and fields had disappeared, and the world had contracted to half a car park with even the street lights vanishing. It smelt quite dank as well. Early indications this morning are that more of the same is on the way: I may go out and take some photos if it's anything like yesterday.
Of course these modern fogs aren't what they were when I was a girl back in 1896, but there we go.
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I have clear memories of the smogs on the 1950s both in London and Manchester - no fun at all for an asthmatic youngster!
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Very foggy here yesterday too, and a bit misty this morning too. Yesterday was the foggiest I remember for a good while, though not as foggy as one day in the 1980s when I lived in Nottingham.Don't know how the bus driver got from the village I worked in to Nottingham as I couldn't see anything out of the windows and got off a few stops early. Walking along streets where I couldn't see the hosues or pavements and didn't know exactly where I was was very eerie - I nearly fell in some roadworks - but got home in the end. I lived in London in the fifties and I remember fog/smog, but not much else, I'm wondering if my mum never let me out when it was about?
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A beautiful springlike day here, gorgeous. I remember those smogs/fogs! Once I had to walk home from work (about 2 miles) and could hardly see my hands in front of my face! I had to pretty much feel my way along walls all the way, very very scary.
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SIAMS inspection went well - especially the assembly at the end of the day. The school singing 'Servant King' was genuinely spine-tingling, I've never heard the kids sing quite so beautifully. When they need to, they can
Given that this week I've also run the book fair at school, and done class assembly with my little darlings, I'm pretty wiped out.
I did however find the energy to go get my hair cut - it's gone from being over half way down my back to just about shoulder length, and it's lovely. Cue all the comments over the next few days!
I'll also add a vote for cheese + fruit - someone mentioned cheese and fig, which is rather yummy in my opinion.
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I am all for cheese with fruit, just do not put fruit in the cheese please! By right Stilton, ginger and apricot should have been a hit at Christmas. We ended up throwing it out as neither Dad nor I fancied eating it!
Now room temperature blue Wensleydale with fruit cake is delicious.
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Ariel
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Originally posted by St. Gwladys:
I recently came across a fig and honey cheese. The cheese was a quite strong cheddar, so the flavours balanced well. I'm hoping to get some more tomorrow.
I had a Wensleydale with fig and honey recently from [major supermarket]. I bought it on special offer and it was a revelation, really delicious. Definitely recommend it.
It really depends on the mix. Some work well and some don't; there ought to be a law against Chocolate Stilton.
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"...There ought to be a law against Chocolate Stilton."
![[Projectile]](graemlins/puke2.gif) Euuww!!! Repeating after Ariel.
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Choclate Stilton - the port soaked stilton chocolates I bought one Christmas were definitly a mistake, though at the time they seemed like a good idea. A friend made the same mistake with prosecco flavoured crisps this Christmas.
We had a bugher wheat, broccoli, pistachio and dried cherry salad for tea. I'd not made it before and wasn't at all sure it was going to work, but it was one of those recipes where the finished product was greater than the sum of its parts.
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Chocolate Stilton??? Definitely not sure about that. ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
I made macaroni cheese for lunch today, and realised just as the pasta* was nearly done that I'd forgotten to put salt in the water. There was swearing.
I added some and gave it a minute of extra cooking and it turned out OK; I always put chopped sautéed bacon, onion and mushrooms in it, top it with tomato slices and bubble it under the grill, which gives it a bit of extra kick.
* It was actually penne, which was all I had, but who's splitting hairs?
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LeRoc
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Piglet: I made macaroni cheese for lunch today, and realised just as the pasta* was nearly done that I'd forgotten to put salt in the water. There was swearing.
Why?
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Piglet
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Because the cookbooks, TV cooks and whatnot always say that the water for cooking pasta should be "salty like the sea". I would normally put a generous teaspoon or two of salt in the water, so I was worried it would leave the pasta tasting of nothing.
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I agree with Le Roc. I have never added salt. In any event, isn't be bacon salty enough?
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Pigwidgeon
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Most instructions I have read say the salt is optional.
However, a bit of olive oil is absolutely essential when cooking pasta!
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LeRoc
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Most cheeses also contain salt.
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Pigwidgeon: However, a bit of olive oil is absolutely essential when cooking pasta!
Yes!
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Right! Sun's out, going to attack the buttercup in the borders before it starts spreading its evil little tentacles around!
Why oil in pasta???
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Ariel
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Originally posted by Piglet:
I added some and gave it a minute of extra cooking and it turned out OK; I always put chopped sautéed bacon, onion and mushrooms in it, top it with tomato slices and bubble it under the grill, which gives it a bit of extra kick.
Aha. Traditional macaroni cheese (thank you for not calling it "mac'n'cheese") without these additions is normally quite bland, though it can be improved with mustard. It's not something I ever make.
I don't add salt to cooking water for anything (personal choice, I've cut down on salt these days). I generally stir the drained pasta into the sauce when both are nearly done, and mix it through to finish cooking. Apparently this is what the Italians do; I quite like it because that way the pasta absorbs some of the flavours of the sauce and both are served at the same temperature.
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LeRoc
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One thing that oil does in pasta, is that it prevents it from sticking together when you cook it.
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Pomace oil is okay for in the cooking water but only ever yer actual virgin for drizzling over the finished product!
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Choral Matins again today and a congregation up by 25% on our usual - I think word is getting round that it can be a good thing!
Anyway, they got a musical feast: Jubilate in B flat by Stanford and O Saviour of the World by Gore Ouseley, all rounded off with the Choral No 3 in A minor by Franck.
The younger choristers were very lively afterwards and the congregation seemed to enjoy our efforts.
Best of all - someone had made coffee and walnut cake.
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The puppy got an unexpected training walk today. We were going in the car to the garden centre to buy a few pansies and have a nice coffee when the car broke down. I was in the right hand lane by a large roundabout, it was a dodgy position on a very busy road and I couldn't find the red triange. So I rang the police and RAC and took the puppy to the side of the road.
People were very kind - many, many asking if they could help. It wasn't a very salubrious part of a not very salubrious town. I was outside a tattoo parlour and lots of customers offered to help then the tatooist came out to chat to us.
Eventually my husband arrived by taxi and took over the wait for the RAC - three Romanian lads ran down and helped him to push the car in to a safer place. Lovely kind lads, one with yellow hair, one blue and one stripy!
I then set off to walk home with the pup. There were all sorts of dogs around - none of them very cute! They lunged at her, growled and barked at her. She was a star, kept her head up and walked proudly and sensibly next to me. What a good girl and only nine months old.
My faith in the kindness of people has been restored. Several of the ones whose dogs misbehaved apologised. In fact they looked very worried about it - I think the message that people who allow their dogs to attack guide dogs get prosecuted is getting through.
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Would you believe we managed a picnic lunch outside yesterday? Not bad for early March!
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It was nice here also, and I spent some time outside.
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Originally posted by Uncle Pete:
I agree with Le Roc. I have never added salt. In any event, isn't be bacon salty enough?
As it turned out, it was; I think it's just that I've always added salt, and to forget seemed like a potential disaster.
Ariel, I've not gone quite "native" enough to call it "mac-'n'-cheese" and I hope I never will. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
We researched another eaterie new to us today (it was the food end of a B&B establishment, but open to the public as a café/restaurant), but I doubt that we'll be going back in a hurry. What was on offer was a brunch buffet, but it was an ill-thought-out assortment of things that didn't really work, some of which had been in the chafing-dishes for far too long.
The place and the staff, the view over the harbour, the mixed salad and the turkey soup were nice, but that's about the best we could say about it.
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Originally posted by Sandemaniac:
Would you believe we managed a picnic lunch outside yesterday?
We've got snow.
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Ariel, I've not gone quite "native" enough to call it "mac-'n'-cheese" and I hope I never will.
It's starting to be called that here, and some supermarkets are labelling it as such.
No fog this morning - first time in three days, I was getting quite used to it.
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Pasta here always gets cooked in salty water (even if like Piglet it's occasionally slightly last-minute with a bit of muttered cursing). Health is all very well, but I like my pasta to have some taste! ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
I'm definitely enjoying the proper spring weather at the moment - even if we didn't get to enjoy much of it on Saturday, since we spent the day at Crufts Yesterday was nice, though - we took the dogs out for a bit of a play and some training, then I walked them again with a friend while we enjoyed the beautiful dusk and sunset. A promise of relaxing summer evenings to come... I hope!
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Lucky you going to Crufts. I saw on t'web that the Best in Show was an adorable West Highland terrier - I think they're the cutest wee dogs imaginable.
The snow amounted to quite a bit more than the couple of inches the Weather Channel was forecasting - there was a good 6 inches when I left for w*rk this morning. As today's the "mid-March" holiday (ostensibly in honour of St. Patrick's Day, but taken on the nearest Monday), I decided I'd put a couple of hours into the holiday bank, but if I'd realised how much snow there'd been, I might have just thought "stuff it" and taken the day off.
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