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Re: My pastry stuff
Posted: Fri May 19, 2023 8:13 pm
by Noggin
Kneerly Down wrote: Fri May 19, 2023 7:59 pm
Noggin wrote: Fri May 19, 2023 3:37 pm
Also - does the bacon end up sweet???
Don't do bacon with our pork.

We mostly slow cook it in apple juice.
The taste is very much better than most commercial pork.
I would imagine! I'm hoping to do a deal with some friends to get a pig (dead, from a farmer/butcher and share it between us!! LOL)
I just wondered if the chocolate changed their flavour

Re: My pastry stuff
Posted: Sat May 20, 2023 10:22 am
by Silly Car
Kneerly Down wrote: Fri May 19, 2023 7:59 pm
Noggin wrote: Fri May 19, 2023 3:37 pm
Also - does the bacon end up sweet???
Don't do bacon with our pork. 
We mostly slow cook it in apple juice.
The taste is very much better than most commercial pork.
Go and stand in the corner and think about what you’ve just said…
:shakeshead:

Re: My pastry stuff
Posted: Tue May 23, 2023 12:31 am
by Kneerly Down
betterer?

Re: My pastry stuff
Posted: Tue May 23, 2023 12:34 am
by Kneerly Down
We've always ended up feeding a fair bit of chocolate to the pigs.
Certainly doesn't seem to do any harm.

Re: My pastry stuff
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2023 7:59 am
by formula400
Been a bit lax here
So
Cocoa nibs, caramel and dark chocolate
Re: My pastry stuff
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2025 10:10 pm
by formula400
And he’s back
So
More chocolate
Re: My pastry stuff
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2025 11:42 pm
by Felix
formula400 wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 10:10 pm
And he’s back
So
More chocolate
Is it GF?
Re: My pastry stuff
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2025 7:55 am
by weeksy
Felix wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 11:42 pm
formula400 wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 10:10 pm
And he’s back
So
More chocolate
Is it GF?
No, he has to serve stuff people actually like to eat

Re: My pastry stuff
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2025 11:29 am
by Felix
weeksy wrote: Tue Jan 14, 2025 7:55 am
Felix wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 11:42 pm
formula400 wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 10:10 pm
And he’s back
So
More chocolate
Is it GF?
No, he has to serve stuff people actually like to eat
I presume you never stuck to your GF diet then. A lot of the cereals, pastas, biscuits are either bland or leave an after taste. 90% of the breads are shit also.
Re: My pastry stuff
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2025 11:39 am
by weeksy
Felix wrote: Tue Jan 14, 2025 11:29 am
weeksy wrote: Tue Jan 14, 2025 7:55 am
Felix wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 11:42 pm
Is it GF?
No, he has to serve stuff people actually like to eat
I presume you never stuck to your GF diet then. A lot of the cereals, pastas, biscuits are either bland or leave an after taste. 90% of the breads are shit also.
Nah it didn't/doesn't seem to have been the cause, i did 6 weeks. At various places these days we get cake, which sometimes is GF and is without fail absolutely poor/average... i'm yet to have one that i'd like/approve of.
Re: My pastry stuff
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2025 11:47 am
by Felix
weeksy wrote: Tue Jan 14, 2025 11:39 am
Felix wrote: Tue Jan 14, 2025 11:29 am
weeksy wrote: Tue Jan 14, 2025 7:55 am
No, he has to serve stuff people actually like to eat
I presume you never stuck to your GF diet then. A lot of the cereals, pastas, biscuits are either bland or leave an after taste. 90% of the breads are shit also.
Nah it didn't/doesn't seem to have been the cause, i did 6 weeks. At various places these days we get cake, which sometimes is GF and is without fail absolutely poor/average... i'm yet to have one that i'd like/approve of.
Home made is about the best i have had. Found two book called How to make and how to bake anything gluten free buy a Becky Excell. The only think so far that we found to be a fail was Yorkshire puddings so just get them out Tesco ready to chuck in the oven. The baking recipes are really nice with the Sticky toffee pudding getting the top vote from my family who could not taste the difference.
Re: My pastry stuff
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2025 11:03 pm
by formula400
Felix wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 11:42 pm
formula400 wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 10:10 pm
And he’s back
So
More chocolate
Is it GF?
Unfortunately not.
It’s got all the good stuff apart from nuts
Booze (baileys) dairy, egg, gelatine,
Re: My pastry stuff
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2025 8:13 am
by Mr. Dazzle
formula400 wrote: Tue Jan 14, 2025 11:03 pm
It’s got all the good stuff apart from nuts
You forgot bacon?
Re: My pastry stuff
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2025 4:30 pm
by Silly Car
formula400 wrote: Tue Jan 14, 2025 11:03 pm
Felix wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 11:42 pm
formula400 wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 10:10 pm
And he’s back
So
More chocolate
Is it GF?
Unfortunately not.
It’s got all the good stuff apart from nuts
Booze (baileys) dairy, egg,
gelatine,
It was my turn to provide desserts for Christmas dinner, my take on a Jaffa cake torte and a Malteaser based cheesecake. Time ran away with us (me, daughters and partners) whilst enjoying the main event so we all had a small slice of what we fancied and my daughters asked if they could take the leftovers (the majority) to their mother’s for all to enjoy which I had no problem with…
…until I received a sarcastic Merry Christmas text from their mother / my ex wife asking if I would ever remember she was a vegetarian?
It appears every time the girls brought anything I’d baked to her house, it was never suitable for her as I’d either used gelatine or some other non-vegetarian ingredient
It has genuinely been an oversight on my part, unlike all those times the kids were given red bull and smarties an hour before they went back to hers whilst growing up…

Re: My pastry stuff
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2025 9:48 pm
by formula400
Soooooooo
Poached Yorkshire rhubarb, clementine and olive oil sponge, stem ginger ice cream and a vanilla custard tart
Re: My pastry stuff
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2025 9:52 pm
by Count Steer
Oh my! I
want that rhubarb/sponge/ice cream.
Do you Deliveroo?

Re: My pastry stuff
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2025 12:20 pm
by gremlin
formula400 wrote: Tue Jan 28, 2025 9:48 pm
Soooooooo
Poached Yorkshire rhubarb, clementine and olive oil sponge, stem ginger ice cream and a vanilla custard tart
Bloody typical that when I turn up you weren't there. Anybody might think you were trying to avoid meeting Clan Gremlin.
I'd say we'll try to arrange something next time we come for dinner at the restaurant, but I've already sold one kidney on eBay to fund that visit and I really do need to keep the other one.
Here's a challenge: bet you couldn't poncify a London Cheesecake and elevate it to fine dining levels.

Re: My pastry stuff
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2025 12:26 pm
by JackyJoll
Shortcrust pastry.
Chicken and asparagus pie. Could have been more symmetric. Didn’t take any pics of it cooked and now it’s eaten. The chicken had already been roasted and then pressure cooked for soup.

Re: My pastry stuff
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2025 12:33 pm
by weeksy
JackyJoll wrote: Thu Jan 30, 2025 12:26 pm
Shortcrust pastry.
Chicken and asparagus pie. Could have been more symmetric. Didn’t take any pics of it cooked and now it’s eaten. The chicken had already been roasted and then pressure cooked for soup.
That tea-cosy says a LOT !!!
Re: My pastry stuff
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2025 1:37 pm
by JackyJoll
It says the tea is cosy.