Quick Questions on ANYTHING part 2. Please read first post for links to other threads

quintwins

Hippeechiq wrote: »

Aw quintwins you're having a bit of a rubbish week, what with your bread dropping, your washing machine breaking and the children not being well either. Let's hope next week is better for you hun :grouphug:
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thanks for your reply i'll add it to my list todays been brilliant i made a sucessful loaf and my new washer arrived and i had a lovely family day nothing exciting but just lots of nice wee things and happy kids the boys seem to be alot better now i really hope they stay that way it's been constant from oct

mrbadexample

Would I be right in thinking a Creme Catalan is a Creme Brulee but with cinnamon and lemon zest instead of vanilla?

Penelope_Penguin

mrbadexample wrote: »

Would I be right in thinking a Creme Catalan is a Creme Brulee but with cinnamon and lemon zest instead of vanilla?

According to the University of Wikipedia Creme brulee and Creme Catalana are the same thing

mrbadexample

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

According to the University of Wikipedia Creme brulee and Creme Catalana are the same thing

Trust me, they ain't!

I have had the pleasure of eating Creme Catalan in the Catalan region of Spain, and it is noticeably different. There's definitely some cinnamon going on.

Oh well, I guess I'll invent something and see what I get.

Do cinnamon sticks go off? Mine are BBE 2009, and don't smell of much. Still, they're all I've got...

Penelope_Penguin

mrbadexample wrote: »

Do cinnamon sticks go off? Mine are BBE 2009, and don't smell of much. Still, they're all I've got...

It's a few years sice I was in Catalonia, so I'll bow to your greater experience :T

Do your cinnamon sticks still smell good? If so they'll be fine

mrbadexample

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

It's a few years sice I was in Catalonia, so I'll bow to your greater experience :T

It's unlikely to be greater, but might be more recent!

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

Do your cinnamon sticks still smell good? If so they'll be fine

Well, they don't smell bad, just not very cinnamonny. I think I'll use two instead of one.

Penelope_Penguin

mrbadexample wrote: »

Well, they don't smell bad, just not very cinnamonny. I think I'll use two instead of one.

Sticks often don;t smell as strongly, even when they're fresh, as ground

what's your recipe - might be one for me to try :T

mrbadexample

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/cremebrulee_90204

But instead of vanilla I'm using two cinnamon sticks and the zest of a lemon.

I might be inventing something new.

zippychick

mrbadexample wrote: »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/cremebrulee_90204

But instead of vanilla I'm using two cinnamon sticks and the zest of a lemon.

I might be inventing something new.

if you crack a cinnamon stick in half you will get a better sense of the aroma possibly? I remember someone saying that helps release the flavours. How true it is , I'm not sure but I do it anyway!

nodwah

valentina wrote: »

This one?
http://www.cheap-family-recipes.org.uk/

Not exactly the same, thanks.

I found out it lasted about 4 days before going a bit funny!