General Chat

I have a confession to make.
A few weeks ago I made Annabel's boiled fruit cake.

Today feeling the need for a treat OH and I decided that since we are the only ones who ate Christmas cake we might as well cut it.

Well what can I say Annabel it is absolutely lovely and in the description used by my grand daughter
YUMMYLICIOUS.
Take care
Von :-) :-) :-)

Yes it is in my previous name, couldn't see any reason to change it! Do you think that I should do so.

OH cooked yesterday and today. We had Gammon yesterday with lots of veg and today we had itailian Carbanara, delicious and cooked by OH. Then a male friend turned up at around 4 pm to ask if we were watching the English Football, so OH suggested he stayed and then learnt that the chap had not eaten all day so OH cooked him a traditional full Breakfast along with toast etc.

Bridget
Bridget,

If you sre getting vege sausages I would recommend Cauldron even if they are soya which I have never liked.

There used to be a vege rasher called Streaky Strips which were excellent and went crispy.Oh those rasher sandwiches! Apparently they no longer make them as they could not guarantee all the ingredients were not GM.

Made some cracking pasties.Pastry half Crisp'n'Dry, half Stork. Filling I bunged two onions,couple of carrots, a spud and a bag of Quorn mince in the food processor.Ground it up a bit. Also,and this is the important it, there was a pickled onion in there

Dead simple but dead yummy too.
PS,Thanks for the nudge.

Strange because this thread is under Bridget's old board name of Bossy Boots.

Nudge for Sharron

Bridget hope you are OK and enjoyed the recipe....just a quick one to use a jar of mincemeat
Frances Mincemeat Cake

1 jar of mincemeat, 8oz SRflour, 6 oz margarine, 2 oz caster sugar, 1 tsp almond essence and 3 eggs........mix it all well together. line 2 x 1 lb loaf tins. cook at 150oc for about 40-50 mins..It depends on your cooker, but basically until it is cooked. very delicious.

Given to me by my sister in law from my previous life (thats what I call my late first husbands family ) I also have other recipes using a jar of mincemeat if anyone is interested ?

Regards, have a good weekend everyone

Jan, I think that in my "store area" in a box of books I may still have a
Marguretite Patten cook book!

I shall print this and add it to my Recipe book and also I will cook it. OH would enjoy the baked beans and I hate them !!

Bridget

Helen, When we go to Wetherspoons we always have the veg breakfast which has veg sausages because, even though we are not vegetarian, we prefer it. Also our Third Grandson's girlfriend is vegetarian and at least two of the boys had a spell of being veggies.

Hi Bridget

So glad you are feeling better, migraines are the pits !!!!!!!!!!!


Hope you enjoy the recipe....and congrats you are the first post on page 33 !

Made another new recipe last night
..Sausage meat loaf....its a wartime recipe from Marguretite Patten

12 oz sausage meat in a bowl, crumble up 4 oz corned beet, put in with sausage meat, chop 1 onion finely, add that too, 1 TBsp favourite chutney, grate small apple into mix. Then mix up really well......put into loaf tin (lined) Cook for about 45 mins at 190oC Serve with baked beans or baked potato... it was delicious and we had it cold today for lunch equally as good

There are lots of excellent recipes in the book which was published some years ago by Past Times...will try others out and post them if they are successful

Regards Jan

I have recovered from the worst migraine I have had for a few years....must remember not to eat o much chocolate...and I really like the 70% chocolate!

Had major problems with both comps and my iPad this morning and it has taken OH several hours to sort out each item but he has successfully completed the task.

Jan, I am going to try your new recipe very soon as it sounds and reads as if it could be delicious.
Still cannot write to much as still have a residual headache and eyes not quite in focus but hope to be fully fit tomorrow.
Please stay posting

Bridget

Certainly......here it is

Veg and Nut Roast

75g brown long grain rice, 2-3 shallots chopped fine, 125g grated carrots,125g mushrooms chopped, 1 1/2 tsp marmite or veggie mite, 100 g gluten free bread made into crumbs, 50g cashew nuts finely chopped, 50g almonds finely chopped, 50 g macadamia nuts finely chopped, 150g grated cheddar (or veg cheese) 1 tbsp chopped fresh thyme 2 medium eggs. Preheat oven to 180oC (160oc if fan oven). grease and line a loaf tin and line the base with baking paper Cook the rice and then drain. Fry the shallots in 1bsp olive oil and 15g butter, stir until soft, then add the mushrooms and cook until juices run out, then add marmite or veggie mite. Tip into a large bowl, add the breadcrumbs, nuts, cheese and thyme. Lightly beat the eggs and stir in, put into tin and level the top. Cover the top with foil and then bake for 30 mins, then remove the foil and cook for a further 20-30 mins . Delicious hot or cold apparently.

The other recipe that sounded good was stuffed aubergines

2 large aubergines 1 large tomato, 1 red onion chopped, 1 stick celery chopped, 1 small red pepper de seeded and chopped . 50g gluten free bread in breadcrumbs 50g walnuts chopped,

Prreheat oven to 190oC or 170o if a fan oven. slice the aubergines in half, slash the flesh take care not to cut the skin, Put on a baking tray cut side up and brush with a little olive oil bake for 15 mins. Then scoop out the flesh and roughly chop, put on a plate lined with paper towel to soak up oil. Quarter the tomato de-seed and chop the flesh. Fry the onion and celery together in a little oil until soft, add pepper and the tomato and cook for a further 3-4 mins add a pinch of cayenne Tip into a bowl and add the aubergine, breadcrumbs, walnuts and mix well pile into the aubergines push down gently. Crumble veggie cheese on top cook for 30 mins

Hope this is a help

Jan

Ann, you're right, I will get some vegetarian sausages and maybe turkey bacon rashers - have you tried them? I think it tastes great.
jan, we don't have an Asda near us, I would really appreciate the recipe, thank-you.

Ladies, thank-you for helping me think "outside the box".

I am sure you can probably get vegetarian sausages.

Helen if you have an ASDA near you in their current free magazine there is a scrummy sounding nut roast recipe...if you do not have an ASDA let me know and I will post the recipe

Regards Jan

Greenfingers, I like the sound of the pomegranate stuffing! And dips and what-have-you, sounds lovely and easy, too.

Bridget, she is not a strict Moslem, fortunately, very modern and really very English but from a Middle Eastern/Pakistani family. So she doesn't mind about Halal, for example, she says she eats any meat except pork. She stayed here once before and ate just about everything. (Except Sunday morning bacon sandwiches, obviously!)

We always have a vast amount of food available over the Christmas period, I just wanted to make sure she isn't left out. Look forward to your suggestions, thank-you.

Helen

Helen,
I am not sure why my first answer is not on here!

I have been looking first at the beliefs of Muslim and those that are strict Muslims are not even allowed to eat with non Muslims , so I am assuming that this does not apply to you sons girlfriend.

The main point is that they must not eat meat unless halal.

Any vegetarian food can be eaten and there are many recipies if you google Halal food. I have just gone through about 50 recipies that would be simple to make.
I guess that you should first of all ask what her likes and dislikes are.

I am going out at lunch time but later I will add some recipies, I promise.

Bridget :-)

I googled for you Helen, and if you go on mideastfood.com. They have quite a few suggestions, including a yummy sounding stuffing for Turkey involving pomegranetes. You could have a starter of dips, hummus etc it looked a good site so happy hunting...and how nice for you to think so positively regarding changing the menu....you are right of course we have quite a pig based time don't we ?

I am trying to plan our Christmas family lunch for 12 and I am thinking that nearly all of it is based on pork! Sausages, pigs in blankets, gammon, etc etc etc. We all love pork but this year my son's girlfriend is coming to stay for Christmas, and she is Moslem. So how can I adapt our traditional recipes without leaving her out?

Good afternoon

Another recipe

Bread and Butter Pudding

50g dried Apricots
2tbsp brandy or Rum
12 thin slices of White or brown bread
450g mincemeat
50g caster sugar
3 large eggs
300mil double cream
1 tsp vanilla extract
150 ml milk
1 tsp Demerara sugar

1. Butter a large shallow ovenproof dish

2Heat oven to 180c / 160c fan oven gas Mark 4
3 make mincemeat sandwhiches but NOT to the crusts,
4 cut the crust a off
5 cut the sandwiches into 4 and arrange the triangles into the dish making sure that the overlap
6 beat together the caster sugar, eggs, cream, and the vanilla extract. Stir in the milk
7. Scatter the apricots over the bread and gradually pour the cream mix, making sure that all the bread is coated.
8. Leave to stand for about 30 to 60 mins so that it becomes nice and light, can be cooked emmidiatley if needed.
9 Sprinkle the demerra sugar over the pudding for about 40 mins. Should be well risen, crisp and golden.

Serve warm with creme Francis or cream, or just on it's own.

I hope you enjoy it

Bridget
:-D

Why not macoroni cheese you can use all the leftover bits of cheese for a sauce