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« Reply #3390 on: 11:43:41, 25-10-2008 » |
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« Reply #3391 on: 11:50:47, 25-10-2008 » |
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I am intrigued as to the size of hh's dining table to be able to seat 11 people  Not my dining table (which is rather diminutive). It's a potluck at a postgrad's flat. I imagine it will be a tad more relaxed than a sit-down-round-the-table supper. |
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« Reply #3392 on: 12:06:59, 25-10-2008 » |
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I am intrigued as to the size of hh's dining table to be able to seat 11 people Not my dining table (which is rather diminutive). It's a potluck at a postgrad's flat. I imagine it will be a tad more relaxed than a sit-down-round-the-table supper. How can you eat soup standing up??  |
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« Reply #3393 on: 12:08:25, 25-10-2008 » |
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How can you eat soup standing up??  |
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« Reply #3394 on: 18:29:35, 25-10-2008 » |
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Here's a hint regarding the stock for the soup.
If you put your pumpkin shells into it towards the end of its time bubbling away, it will imbue a pumpkiny flavour and colour.
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« Reply #3395 on: 18:40:05, 25-10-2008 » |
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hh, sounds a fine idea. I was thinking guessing that you wouldn't need potato etc. to bulk it out, although I'd be interested to hear whether that is so. Also, you could sqeeze a lemon into it for a bit of bite (nice with the chiili effect)?
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« Reply #3396 on: 18:57:46, 25-10-2008 » |
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It's all about getting the balance right between the pumpkin and the stock.
I've overshot with the stock a little so it's a little weak, but it's spicy, quite tasty and garlicky.
So a success.
Unfortunately, I was due to be at this shin-dig an hour ago...
I hope they still all want soup.
(Plus it's just started CHUCKING it down!)
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« Reply #3397 on: 09:23:55, 26-10-2008 » |
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I have to confess that the soup was NOT a success.  This was down to a few issues: - the stock didn't quite work, and I'm not quite sure why that was. It tasted of cinnamon when I drained it, and not much more - chicken stock would be my choice in the future (sorry!) until I can work out how to cook decent vegetable stock
- the proportion of pumpkin to stock was wrong - I put too much stock in, and once you've done that, you can't exactly take it out again
- I didn't use butter to fry the onions (I had been told that some were lactose intolerant) and I think that the buttery onions would have been an important flavour addition to the whole thing
- some people found it too spicy
I came back with half of the soup, so I'm planning to revive it with some potatoes, a skinned fillet of smoked mackerel and a handful of cooked prawns. That's for tomorrow (but I'll want food in a hurry because I'm off to a rather good concert, so I'll cook it later on). Tonight, I'm having a roasted joint of lamb shoulder with roast potatoes, steamed cabbage and carrots, and some sort of exciting gravy. |
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« Reply #3398 on: 09:32:04, 26-10-2008 » |
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Tonight, I'm having a roasted joint of lamb shoulder with roast potatoes, steamed cabbage and carrots, and some sort of exciting gravy.
Uh oh. That's done it. I can feel lamb lust coming on ...  |
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« Reply #3399 on: 13:31:33, 26-10-2008 » |
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Soup update: the texture is now fixed, thanks to the potato.
I think that it should go very well with the smoked fish and prawns that I will add later on.
I'm really rather hungry today.
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« Reply #3400 on: 15:07:23, 26-10-2008 » |
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Sorry to hear the soup was not successful, I would never have thought of putting smoked fish into it but imagine that would work rather well.
My old fashioned shepherd's pie was absolutely delicious and as I made a large one it just needs to be reheated for tonight. I just wonder why I don't make it more often (I think the last time was about 3 years ago!)
Much as I love cooking sometimes it's just so nice not to have to bother and reheat the leftovers isn't it?
Did you succumb to temptation and are having roast lamb tonight Mort?
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« Reply #3401 on: 15:11:45, 26-10-2008 » |
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Did you succumb to temptation and are having roast lamb tonight Mort?
Alas, I am obviously too much of a weather wuss, Ants. I've stayed put, so no roast lamb here ce soir. Or roast pots  |
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« Reply #3402 on: 15:51:05, 26-10-2008 » |
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They're having roast chicken and assorted veg tonight. I'm having assorted veg.  I'm just about to start some baking. I'll do some fairy cakes and I've got a super ginger cake recipe as well. Might do a fruit loaf. |
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« Reply #3403 on: 15:59:01, 26-10-2008 » |
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I've got a super ginger cake recipe as well.
Milly, I LOVE ginger cake, in fact all things ginger, one of the treats at Christmas is boxes of chocolate covered ginger (you cannot readily buy them any other time of the year although Thorntons do a bar) I am so jealous! |
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« Reply #3404 on: 16:30:53, 26-10-2008 » |
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I did put the recipe on here I think a while back. It's lovely. Nice and moist.
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