Author Topic: A random thread for food things that don't really warrant a thread of their own (Read 518294 times)

L CC · « **Reply #125 on:** 19 October, 2012, 03:30:28 pm »

Phew.

LindaG · « **Reply #126 on:** 24 October, 2012, 03:57:40 pm »

Damn, now I need some Heinz sandwich spread

I have a swede languishing, alone and unloved, in my veg drawer. My friend just gave me a little pumpkin and I can't decide whether to use the swede in pumpkin soup, or to dice it and freeze it.

Decisions, decisions.

See, the thing is, Swede can taste a bit sharp and I wouldn't want to ruin the soup.

Basil · « **Reply #127 on:** 24 October, 2012, 04:23:02 pm »

Basil's recipie for swede.

Chop swede into chunkie pieces.
Scrape it all into the compost bin.
Job done.

mcshroom · « **Reply #128 on:** 24 October, 2012, 04:35:58 pm »

Swede is the perfect base for a stew - don't know if you can put pumpkin in stews though.

tiermat · « **Reply #129 on:** 24 October, 2012, 04:38:15 pm »

Quote from: mcshroom on 24 October, 2012, 04:35:58 pm

Swede is the perfect base for a stew - don't know if you can put pumpkin in stews though.

Yes you can, and I did at the weekend!

$lots of stewing steak
1 bottle of Valpollicella
Beef stock
carrots
squash/pumpkin
jar passatta
good slug of mixed herbs
<optional, especially if making it for a IBS sufferer>
Onion
garlic

Chuck it all together in a pan, cook for 3 hours until nice and thick and yummy.

Eat

Arch · « **Reply #130 on:** 24 October, 2012, 07:38:53 pm »

Quote from: hellymedic on 19 October, 2012, 02:45:22 pm

Salad cream with multicoloured piemento. I loved it; Mum despised it.

I didn't like it as a child, and haven't tried it since. It occurs to me that I might quite like it now. Am I intrigued enough to invest in a pot?

(Yeah, I'm sure it's dead cheap, but remember, my idea of luxury is a pot of Sainsburys Basic pickle at 24p...)

RJ · « **Reply #131 on:** 24 October, 2012, 08:13:46 pm »

Quote from: Julian on 19 October, 2012, 02:52:39 pm

It's still in the shops. Mmm, cheese and sandwich spread sandwich. Yum.

With Marmite

hellymedic · « **Reply #132 on:** 24 October, 2012, 08:19:48 pm »

£1.15 for an 8oz (227g) jar from Sainsbury's.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #133 on:** 24 October, 2012, 08:29:40 pm »

Sandwich spread and salad cream - much of a muchness both and both equally nasty. IMO - but I don't mind if you eat it!

hellymedic · « **Reply #134 on:** 24 October, 2012, 08:49:17 pm »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 24 October, 2012, 08:29:40 pm

Sandwich spread and salad cream - much of a muchness both and both equally nasty. IMO - but I don't mind if you eat it!

You are my mother!
Hello Mum!

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #135 on:** 24 October, 2012, 08:54:14 pm »

Hello dear! I do hope you've got your winter woollies on, it was so cold last time I visited. And when are you going to do something about that awful patch of mould in the bathroom? I was just saying to Doris down the road the other day...

clarion · « **Reply #136 on:** 24 October, 2012, 09:22:01 pm »

Quote from: mcshroom on 24 October, 2012, 04:35:58 pm

Swede is the perfect base for a stew - don't know if you can put pumpkin in stews though.

I love swede! It was the first thing my mother ever cooked for me that actually tasted of something!

Arch · « **Reply #137 on:** 24 October, 2012, 09:26:57 pm »

Quote from: hellymedic on 24 October, 2012, 08:19:48 pm

£1.15 for an 8oz (227g) jar from Sainsbury's.

£1.15!

That's over 8 packets of lunchtime noodles!

Maybe I'll get some. But then, if I still don't like it? I suppose I could take it into work, between them, they'll eat anything.

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #138 on:** 24 October, 2012, 09:30:20 pm »

My mum is outraged that she's had to send away to Dorset for angelica for her Christmas cakes because no shops are selling it.

Arch · « **Reply #139 on:** 24 October, 2012, 09:35:38 pm »

Quote from: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 24 October, 2012, 09:30:20 pm

My mum is outraged that she's had to send away to Dorset for angelica for her Christmas cakes because no shops are selling it.

I've seen it growing in Orkney, if that helps...

Gosh, angelica. I remember Mum had a little tub of it (probably just one, through my whole childhood), and the only thing I ever remember it being used for was to decorate trifles.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #140 on:** 24 October, 2012, 10:40:51 pm »

Mmmmmmmmmmm, trifle with angelica on top! Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! I'll say it again, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

I like it, you know.

hellymedic · « **Reply #141 on:** 27 October, 2012, 11:37:06 am »

Won't be made in Scotland from girrrrrderrrrs if it's made in Milton Keynes...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-20106417

Biggsy · « **Reply #142 on:** 27 October, 2012, 11:41:01 am »

I love Sandwich Spread! It's good with cheese spread and Flora Buttery spread, but maybe not chocolate spread.

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #143 on:** 27 October, 2012, 01:24:52 pm »

Quote from: hellymedic on 27 October, 2012, 11:37:06 am

Won't be made in Scotland from girrrrrderrrrs if it's made in Milton Keynes...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-20106417

Ha. Barrs are canny; they're obviously getting ready for independence.

hellymedic · « **Reply #144 on:** 27 October, 2012, 01:28:12 pm »

Quote from: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 27 October, 2012, 01:24:52 pm

Quote from: hellymedic on 27 October, 2012, 11:37:06 am
Won't be made in Scotland from girrrrrderrrrs if it's made in Milton Keynes...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-20106417
Ha. Barrs are canny; they're obviously getting ready for independence.

Oh they're canny; don't suppose there'll be glass bottles in MK...

IGMC

Jaded · « **Reply #145 on:** 27 October, 2012, 01:38:47 pm »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 24 October, 2012, 08:29:40 pm

Sandwich spread and salad cream - much of a muchness both and both equally nasty. IMO - but I don't mind if you eat it!

Once got given an Egg Salad Cream Salad instead of Egg Mayonnaise. It went straight back.

It was in Cheltenham, which is surprising. You'd expect it in Comrie.

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #146 on:** 27 October, 2012, 01:40:58 pm »

You wouldn't expect eggs, or salad, in Comrie.

L CC · « **Reply #147 on:** 27 October, 2012, 02:21:25 pm »

I made gingerbread last night and it's yummy.

Only 142 calories per slice.

Sandwich spread is also £1.15 from Tesco. On offer at Asda for a mere £1, but if you really want to go retro, you can have Shippams meat spreads 2 for £1. You'd have to want to, though.

LindaG · « **Reply #148 on:** 06 November, 2012, 10:46:49 pm »

Ooooh, Shippams anchovy paste with butter on cream crackers! Mmmmmm.

Those new Walkers deep ridge crisps are yummy. Too yummy.

rafletcher · « **Reply #149 on:** 07 November, 2012, 11:47:51 am »

Quote from: mcshroom on 24 October, 2012, 04:35:58 pm

Swede is the perfect base for a stew - don't know if you can put pumpkin in stews though.

Or mashed either on it's own, or together with carrot and potato, with butter of course, and nicely seasoned with black pepper. Serve as staright mash, or top sheperds pie with it. Yum.

Author Topic: A random thread for food things that don't really warrant a thread of their own (Read 518294 times)

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