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Clarion, guess what I made this weekend
« on: 03 November, 2008, 01:07:04 pm »
Here are some clues

-There's a reason I'm asking you to guess rather than say, a Southerner.

-It's a seasonal thing. Well, I could make it any time of year as the ingredients are year-round, but it would be wrong.
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Re: Clarion, guess what I made this weekend
« Reply #1 on: 03 November, 2008, 01:08:28 pm »
Parkin

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Re: Clarion, guess what I made this weekend
« Reply #2 on: 03 November, 2008, 01:18:48 pm »
You're not Clarion, but you guessed right. Mmmm parkin.
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Re: Clarion, guess what I made this weekend
« Reply #3 on: 03 November, 2008, 01:24:41 pm »
Sorry to butt in. My Grandma was an ace Parkin maker, not to mention all manner of other cakes and pastries. I miss her.

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Re: Clarion, guess what I made this weekend
« Reply #4 on: 03 November, 2008, 01:28:39 pm »
It's ok to butt in. Do you want my parkin recipe? It's stickier and gooeyer than some people make it.
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Re: Clarion, guess what I made this weekend
« Reply #5 on: 03 November, 2008, 01:34:37 pm »
My post was probably misleading. I don't actually care for Parkin but my Dad used to take it in his packed lunch every day I seem to recall. Mrs. TKP on the other hand loves Parkin so she may be along later to take you up on your offer. What I really miss is her butter and potato pies. They sound really boring but everybody that ever tried them came back for seconds. Mmmmm.

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Re: Clarion, guess what I made this weekend
« Reply #6 on: 03 November, 2008, 01:42:30 pm »
Ingredients

4ozs lard/butter or margarine
4ozs golden syrup
4ozs black treacle
4ozs soft brown sugar
8ozs plain flour
8ozs medium oatmeal
pinch of salt

4 teasp. ground ginger
2 teasp. ground cinnamon
1 teasp. bicarb. of soda
1 egg  - beaten
1 teaspoon dark rum (optional)


Method
Heat the oven to 150C or gas mark 1.


Melt the fat.
 
Add the syrup, treacle and sugar and warm over a very low heat till the sugar begins to dissolve.

Avoid overheating the mixture, keeping the saucepan warm rather than hot.

Sieve the dry ingredients, make a well in the centre and gradually beat in the liquid from the saucepan & the beaten egg. -(taste and add dark rum if wanted)

Mix to a soft consistency, adding a little milk if required.

Pour into a greased flat tin (lined with grease proof paper)

so that the mixture is 1 inch in depth.

Bake for 1 hour in a cool oven on bottom shelf  (300 degrees,or mark 1) - check during cooking and if necessary add 5-10 minutes (if browning too quickly add foil and then take off during last 10 minutes).


partly cool it in the tin, then turn out to finish cooling.

Serve the parkin cut into squares.


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Re: Clarion, guess what I made this weekend
« Reply #7 on: 03 November, 2008, 01:44:20 pm »
Thanks Kirst

Re: Clarion, guess what I made this weekend
« Reply #8 on: 03 November, 2008, 03:58:53 pm »
What's 300 degrees in new money?

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Re: Clarion, guess what I made this weekend
« Reply #9 on: 03 November, 2008, 04:02:27 pm »
What's 300 degrees in new money?

148.888888888889
call it 150.

Re: Clarion, guess what I made this weekend
« Reply #10 on: 03 November, 2008, 04:06:07 pm »
Thanks, HM! :)

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Re: Clarion, guess what I made this weekend
« Reply #11 on: 03 November, 2008, 04:17:58 pm »
Lard in cake is so wrong.
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Re: Clarion, guess what I made this weekend
« Reply #12 on: 03 November, 2008, 04:20:53 pm »
That's why I use butter.
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Re: Clarion, guess what I made this weekend
« Reply #13 on: 03 November, 2008, 04:28:52 pm »
Lard in cake is so wrong.
Mr Kipling doesn't think so...  ;) :( :sick:

Re: Clarion, guess what I made this weekend
« Reply #14 on: 03 November, 2008, 04:33:24 pm »
What's 300 degrees in new money?

148.888888888889
call it 150.

Phew that makes a lot more sense.  I was trying to work out how 300°C was cool, I don't think my oven goes that high!
Actually, it is rocket science.
 

Re: Clarion, guess what I made this weekend
« Reply #15 on: 03 November, 2008, 04:35:45 pm »
They're lagging behind a bit in Auld Reekie! ;D

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Re: Clarion, guess what I made this weekend
« Reply #16 on: 03 November, 2008, 04:42:15 pm »
They're lagging behind a bit in Auld Reekie! ;D

Nah, Kirst didn't say Gas Mark 2 or Regulo 2 ...

I did a Sainsbury's search for 'parkin' at the weekend and got a blank.  :( :(

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Re: Clarion, guess what I made this weekend
« Reply #17 on: 03 November, 2008, 05:01:12 pm »
Lard in cake is so wrong.


Lardy cake?  ???
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Re: Clarion, guess what I made this weekend
« Reply #18 on: 03 November, 2008, 08:21:04 pm »
What I really miss is her butter and potato pies.

OMG they sound gorgeous! I want!
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Re: Clarion, guess what I made this weekend
« Reply #19 on: 04 November, 2008, 11:12:25 am »
Oh no!  I missed this thread, what with being offline and all. :(

Wow!  Parkin!  The business. :)  Superb.  I'm on me way.  Hope there's some left ;D

And I'm definitely in agreement - butter is so much better than lard in parkin (well, anything, really, but especially parkin).  Mr Kipling only uses the latter because it's cheaper. :-\
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Re: Clarion, guess what I made this weekend
« Reply #20 on: 01 November, 2009, 04:16:00 pm »
Here is some advice. Parkin cooks better if you don't accidentally turn the oven off. Just so you know.  :rollingeyes:

What does your parkin look like? When I was a kid in Yorkshire, shop parkin looked like this

and had quite a spongey texture.

but mine is more like this



and is dark and squidgy, more like a ginger brownie.
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Re: Clarion, guess what I made this weekend
« Reply #21 on: 01 November, 2009, 04:18:32 pm »
Looks fine to me :)
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Re: Clarion, guess what I made this weekend
« Reply #22 on: 01 November, 2009, 04:33:58 pm »
What I really miss is her butter and potato pies. They sound really boring but everybody that ever tried them came back for seconds. Mmmmm.
Where was she from?  We've met 'Preston Friday Pies' which are butter and potato and totally wonderful.  My OH makes new potato and clotted cream pasties which are also much better than you could possible expect.

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Re: Clarion, guess what I made this weekend
« Reply #23 on: 01 November, 2009, 04:37:28 pm »
What I really miss is her butter and potato pies. They sound really boring but everybody that ever tried them came back for seconds. Mmmmm.
Where was she from?  We've met 'Preston Friday Pies' which are butter and potato and totally wonderful.  My OH makes new potato and clotted cream pasties which are also much better than you could possible expect.

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She was from Lytham which kind of ties in with your experience.

Re: Clarion, guess what I made this weekend
« Reply #24 on: 01 November, 2009, 07:12:57 pm »
Dark parkin like yours is proper Kirst. I cant tell the difference between most shop bought parkin and ginger cake.
I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.