Family of 5 'shop from home'food storage challenge...

Justamum

ravylesley wrote: »

ewwww Eccles Cakes are rank_pale_.I so prefer Chorley Cakes or at a push a Sad Cake.You know what all this talk of Chorley cakes means dont you?I'm gonna have to bake some now!!

Lesleyxx

There doesn't seem to be much difference to me - I always get the two mixed up. What IS the difference? Also what is Sad Cake?

purpleivy

Eccles cakes are made with puff pastry and Chorley cakes aren't .

boredofbeingathome

http://www.cookitsimply.com/recipe-0010-03v559.html-
Chorley cake recipes-sorry posted against forum rules before so have inserted link instead. Hope it helps

There are a lot of links for other cakes including the dratted eccles.
BOBXX

boredofbeingathome

especially for burnley folk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorley_cake
Equally as yummy is the sad cake, slightly larger than chorley cake but it means you can stuff more in.

boredofbeingathome

D&DD wrote: »

Hope you're all keeping well and cooking up a storm! Got a huge meeting Monday re schools for DS3 so am buried up to my neck in paperwork at present :eek:
Had a good old sort out of my freezer space so its all prepped and ready for bringing in a load of garden produce...I just have to find the time to get out there and dig it all up!!

I have a ton of leeks still,turnips,parsnips,carrots,beetroots(destined for brownies!),and a load of spinach and chard.
Plan to make most of it into dinners rather than just blanching it all but need a 48 hour clock at the moment!!
Morwenna thats one big ole braid there :drool: looks gorgeous!
PurpleIvy I will try and get on here to do those recipes for you I haven't forgotten
Haven't had a chance to read back yet so if there's any questions etc will catch up as soon as life allows
Right gotta run the cabs coming in a mo for CAMHS and I need to try and look vaguely human :eek:

Hope all goes well with that. I am so jealous of your veg patch and I have just started on mine am now off to greenfingered site to find tips on using my home made compost-Just re read that , i have saved all left over veg etc to make compost, don't have one of those composting toilets:o

mookybargirl

No, no, no to the compost bin. They have spiders :eek: :eek: :eek:

Our garden had one when we moved in. Poor OH and MIL had to empty it and we gave it to a friend who has since made good use of it. OH said the spiders were they biggest he's ever seen. I was no where in sight obviously :rotfl:

ravylesley

boredofbeingathome wrote: »

especially for burnley folk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorley_cake
Equally as yummy is the sad cake, slightly larger than chorley cake but it means you can stuff more in.

and just what are you insinuating eh eh?????:D

sad cake is just shortcrust pastry with currants/raisins rolled in.Whereas Chorley cakes have a filling of currants,sugar and mixed peel.Its made exactly the same was as a sad cake but the end result is a bit sweeter

As for eccles cakes yuck the puff pastry goes solid on the bottom and is so crumbly on the top you end up wearing more than you eat and for a messy eater like me thats not hard:rotfl:

Dee hope everything went well at the school and that you've still got some hair on your head rather than on the office floor;)

I've got some Enriched Dough in the BM to make some iced long fingers.Hubby likes them with currants in.Hopefully it will put him in a sufficiently good mood for him not to moan when I tell him I've just spent £50+ at Lakeland.In my defence though it is an electric mincer and burger press and I got £10 off as I used the offer code.

Can't see him congratulating me on getting a bargain though can you:rotfl:

I'm using minced belly pork for my sausage filling along with breadcrumbs and a bit of sage

Lesleyxx

boredofbeingathome

ravylesley wrote: »

and just what are you insinuating eh eh?????:D

sad cake is just shortcrust pastry with currants/raisins rolled in.Whereas Chorley cakes have a filling of currants,sugar and mixed peel.Its made exactly the same was as a sad cake but the end result is a bit sweeter

As for Eccles cakes yuck the puff pastry goes solid on the bottom and is so crumbly on the top you end up wearing more than you eat and for a messy eater like me thats not hard:rotfl:

Dee hope everything went well at the school and that you've still got some hair on your head rather than on the office floor;)

I've got some Enriched Dough in the BM to make some iced long fingers.Hubby likes them with currants in.Hopefully it will put him in a sufficiently good mood for him not to moan when I tell him I've just spent £50+ at Lakeland.In my defence though it is an electric mincer and burger press and I got £10 off as I used the offer code.

Can't see him congratulating me on getting a bargain though can you:rotfl:

I'm using minced belly pork for my sausage filling along with breadcrumbs and a bit of sage

Lesleyxx

I've tried making my own sausages as well, and just use bread crumbs and eggs, but they turn out a bit weird in shape although taste nice. I did once add some of a stuffing mix to the pork ones- oh my definitely worth trying i have a cranberry one left over from Christmas but no pork in:o
Yes the Chorley cake is infinitely superior and i will be making a batch when i have lost another Pound in weight, i actually lost two this week have no idea how as really wasn't sticking to the diet and eating loads of recipes off here:D Must be the reduced sugar.
Ah well, bargain baking day today must get on-Bobx

boredofbeingathome

mookybargirl wrote: »

No, no, no to the compost bin. They have spiders :eek: :eek: :eek:

Our garden had one when we moved in. Poor OH and MIL had to empty it and we gave it to a friend who has since made good use of it. OH said the spiders were they biggest he's ever seen. I was no where in sight obviously :rotfl:

Mines full of worms, and i love watching everything mulch down- sad arent i? :rotfl: Wouldnt swap it for the world as it is amazing how much waste we get rid of and how much can be recycled. I really want a bigger garden so i can grow more, i have alarge front garden and relatively reasonable back garden, but my front one is more ornamental and low fences, so i relly dont want to ruin my plant display layout, as i enjoy it so much.

marrbett

D&DD wrote: »

I have a ton of leeks still,turnips,parsnips,carrots,beetroots(destined for brownies!),and a load of spinach and chard.
Plan to make most of it into dinners rather than just blanching it all but need a 48 hour clock at the moment!!
Morwenna thats one big ole braid there :drool: looks gorgeous!
PurpleIvy I will try and get on here to do those recipes for you I haven't forgotten
:eek:

Ok, if there's a brownies recipe that uses up beetroot I WANT IT!!!(pleeeease) When you've time D&DD.
Also , I've a pack of dried prunes staring at me from my cupboard and I need a way of using them up ,very disguised,preferably in a cake or something. Does anyone have any suggestions?:A