*Daily Chat Thread 21st April 2009 - Good to be home!!

jinky67

Burlesque_Babe wrote: »

and is it the same as ready to roll icing?????? The Smartprice stuff is only 47p a box.

yeah, although I did find the Smartprice stuff a bit dry:cool:

jinky67

LouiseJ wrote: »

Well I did say that it was a Chucklit cake............boom boom:D

I know:p:p:p:p:p

bookseller1980

Burlesque_Babe wrote: »

and is it the same as ready to roll icing?????? The Smartprice stuff is only 47p a box.

Yep. It's all much the same. You can colour the white stuff.

bookseller1980

Although the cheap stuff tends to crack.

becky_rtw

(Land_of)_Maz wrote: »

recipe please!!!! sounds lush!!

I'm not the best at soup, but i do try

Okay phew need book to remember fully - but its porkmeat (chopped or minced roughly), soy sauce, sesame oil, oyster sauce, spring onions finely chopped and some cornflower to hold it together (I think you can put a bit of sugar in there as well and sherry but I dont) - mix it all in a bowl and roll into small balls on hands then place in the centre of won ton layer and wrap up, use water to wet the edges and press them firmly together then steam for a few minutes in a bamboo steamer over boiling water :D, or if you want to eat them on their own you can fry them as well - but less healthy

For the soup:
basic chicken stock, chinese greens (like pak choi or similar) wilted in a frying pan, more spring onion if you like and some sesame oil - literally make the stock then chuck in the steamed wontons wilted greens and onions and serve (in fact you can keep all the ingredients seperate after preparing and serve ages after making) :D

(Land_of)_Maz

sammy115 wrote: »

like seth out of emmerdale...:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

errrm, well no, not really!!! (showing your age dear!!!)

but thenew gamekeeper in emmerdale is quite dishy!

Bunnyinthelights

Beckalaaaa,
That sounds GORGEOUS!

I will try that...now, squash and chili recipe please.

becky_rtw

OKay squash and chilli I just made up so...

Roughly chop 1 butter nut squash and a pumpkin of you can get one if not butternut is fine
Melt butter into big pan and cook squash for about five minutes on warm with salt and pepper until softened then add an inch of water and cook on hot till water is going - should be now soft and nice (dont let it stick though) then top up pan with enough water to make as much soup as you want turn it down to cool and go away and come back in an hour or two

The chop fresh chillis (red usually best) and add to taste (remove seeds if you like it milder) and cook for another half an hour on warm - checking the water doesnt go completely, a bit more salt/pepper if needed and then blitz with a handblender to make smooth - and you're ready to eat - soooo cheap and sooo tasty

Also if you want to be less lazy you can brown/soften the squash in the oven on a very low heat with oil for 30 minutes and you get a nice 'cooked' flavour in the resulting soup!

Burlesque_Babe

cool for the icing thoughts Just need to find a cheap way of getting the colour paste now, we've been told to buy the paste rather than the liquid in the bottles.

Bunnyinthelights

Sounds lush Becky, I love butternut squash soup.

Carrot/curry is one of my favs as well.