Nice people thread part 8 - worth the wait

bugslet

Hope a few hours sleep puts you back on your feet CK.

Nikkster

PasturesNew wrote: »

Yes it's a pudding.... not a cake. Lashings of custard required because [1] custard is awesome [2] it'd be a bit much on its own without something wet.

I think it is both. I decided to make it as it has 'cake' in the name, but the recipe did suggest serving whilst hot, with ice cream on the side. I can confirm that it also works fine as cold cake I found it waaaay too sweet, but haven't had any complaints yet

Nikkster

PasturesNew wrote: »

Ah, I thought you were making little 'uns

Seems odd "for work" as PUP needs lashings of hot custard

I don't make cake unless it is to take somewhere Tis a lot of cake for one otherwise!

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

We used to have it at school dinners. It wasn't ever made at home.

I have only ever eaten PUP at school dinners and a couple of works' canteens.

Well, I am going to assume school and works canteen pineapple upside down cake from a canteen is chalk and cheese to what comes out of a home oven!

It should be perfect as it is!

PasturesNew

I've never heard of it being served as a cake. I can see how that'd work .... could make one and serve it hot with lashings of custard; nuke a bit the next day with some custard...... then the rest would be cake to be scoffed over the next 2-3 days....

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

Well, I am going to assume school and works canteen pineapple upside down cake from a canteen is chalk and cheese to what comes out of a home oven!

It should be perfect as it is!

I've got limited exposure to food. Mum tried, but wasn't a good cook - she covered the basics and we ate lots of potatoes to fill us up. Had school dinners (LOVED those and would often have seconds). In work I've had a couple of jobs that've had canteens (of a similar quality to school dinners).

I've not eaten at the houses of other people, nor tried to cook things for myself that were unusual*. I've rarely eaten out - eating out, at best, has been a cheap indian restaurant or a cheap pub meal/carvery.

*I'd not go out of my way to source ingredients, then spend ages making something, that I might not like.... whereupon I'd be starving and have an empty purse. it's better to just cook what you know you like. Also, if you haven't eaten something before, then you don't even know if you cook it right/wrong. So, overall, stick with what you know and have access to - and at least know you'll get a plate of something edible. It's difficult enough being motivated to cook for one... without the added hassle of things potentially going wrong and ending up with nothing.

lostinrates

[ . Also, if you haven't eaten something before, then you don't even know if you cook it right/wrong. So, overall, stick with what you know and have access to - and at least know you'll get a plate of something edible. It's difficult enough being motivated to cook for one... without the added hassle of things potentially going wrong and ending up with nothing.

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As you know I feel differently about cooking for one but just want to say I cook stuff I have never eaten relatively frequently and its hugely fun. I read about how it should taste/ be in texture and ultimately if its delicious its right enough!

If its not...there is porridge:rotfl:

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

As you know I feel differently about cooking for one but just want to say I cook stuff I have never eaten relatively frequently and its hugely fun. I read about how it should taste/ be in texture and ultimately if its delicious its right enough!

If its not...there is porridge:rotfl:

The first problem is having to buy a raft of new packets/ingredients. Then you use a tiny bit of each (1 teaspoon, a squeeze, a pinch) - so then your cupboards full of stuff you've never bought/used before (at great expense).... and having done that if you cook something for yourself and hate it in the first mouthfull.... you're stuck with a whole bunch of stuff in the cupboards you're likely to never use.

You cook for one - but have the option of foisting those ingredients onto others at some future point, or not feeling guilty at binning them. For me it's just me. I have to eat/use everything I bring into the house, alone. It's hard enough getting through the basics I do buy, never mind a bunch of stuff sitting in the cupboard (taking up space and mocking me) that I might never use again.

GDB2222

lostinrates wrote: »

As you know I feel differently about cooking for one but just want to say I cook stuff I have never eaten relatively frequently and its hugely fun. I read about how it should taste/ be in texture and ultimately if its delicious its right enough!

If its not...there is porridge:rotfl:

Porridge is one of the things I can cook.

Have you tried oatbran? It's even yummier, and it contains twice as much soluble fibre.

lostinrates

GDB2222 wrote: »

Porridge is one of the things I can cook.

Have you tried oatbran? It's even yummier, and it contains twice as much soluble fibre.

I like oat bran too. But I like porridge more.