Breaking Through, Travelling On

beanielou

Thanks Karmcat

Karmacat

Beanie - I've just done a batch, the timings are rubbish! Ive edited the post to say so - won't repeat here.

Phew! In other news I was chugging along with my previous to do list, and did well. Prattled with brother, did some online work, did an hour in the garden :j:j:j once again pulling up half a dozen new bramble roots, and managed to wash my hair. Happy Days

beanielou

Thanks Karmcat.
Not sure when I will get round to it though

Betterthanever

Sounds like a productive day. I love making Yorkshire puddings..... thankfully I get good results. My mother on the other hand.....well hers could be used in a war situation somehow, I'm sure!

beanielou

Betterthanever wrote: »

Sounds like a productive day. I love making Yorkshire puddings..... thankfully I get good results. My mother on the other hand.....well hers could be used in a war situation somehow, I'm sure!

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

themadvix

Just catching up - had to search for the ferrets in the ballpit - brilliant! Ooh, and yorkie puds - we're having (veggie) toad in the hole tonight now!

Karmacat

Time is racing by!

Yorkshires: hmm, I made them too deep (so the middle was a bit raw) and too much veg oil in the ramekins (so bottom of the oven was swimming in oil ). Timings are **terrible** on that recipe, don't use it! And as for starting off at 250, my little halogen only goes up to 220 :rotfl:

- collected the Kilner jar for continuous Kombucha - bit of a struggle to lay my hands on it, as I thought they said that if I had the text I didn't need ID, but I had my credit card, so all was *kind* of well.

- we're playing tetris with 5 houses involved at the moment, and one white van, so its very exciting times my brother's bringing lots of stuff dahn sarf, while helping out Norfolk rellie. I have to tidy and throw like never before. Am having two of my mum's (four!) dressing gowns, for instance, which is a good thing, as my own is fit for ragging :o:o

- went to an NT place yesterday with my sister, with links to the Wedgwood family, saw a wonderful bronze statue that included a cat, and a volunteer offered to take a photo for me and email it, but it hasn't arrived She even let me take the photo myself, on her phone, so I'm hoping its a misreading of my email address

- today is about tidying and throwing. Argh!

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EatingTheElephant

Good luck with the house Tetris. I hope the cat picture arrives soon, maybe she's been busy and not got around to sending it yet. If not, maybe a good excuse for a repeat visit.

Suffolk_lass

My mixture for Yorkshires is much simpler. It makes plenty for four people.

Use a metal tin (I use a small rooting tin with the meat on top on a rack - so it cooks in the meat juices as well as fat). Get it as hot as you can then put the fat in. I also have a four-large patty tin, which is fine too (and you could freeze the rest). The reason for the metal tin is that it conducts heat and the air will expand in the batter better to make them rise.

The batter mix is 1 egg mixed with 3 tablespoons of plain flour and a pinch of salt, and just enough milk to make a thick paste. I use a whisk so it breaks up any lumps of flour. Once the paste is smooth, I add milk, a little at a time, until it is like custard, on the thin side of perfect. Then let that stand in the fridge for the 20/30 minutes the oven takes to be hot.

(When the aga is on I put the beef in for half an hour to get the meat juices running and put the fat under it straight away).

When the pan and fat are really hot, pour in some batter - they will take about 12-15 minutes in patty tins or 25-30 in a roasting tin.

I've been making them like this since I was twelve - I'm quite well known for them in the family - the trick is metal tin, hot oven and well-beaten batter so they rise and crisp

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Suffolk_lass wrote: »

- the trick is metal tin, hot oven and well-beaten batter so they rise and crisp

My Mum's Yorkshires were made that way except in a gas oven rather than an Aga. Never failed. They rose so much they were like top hats:rotfl: