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Post by Aunt Alison on Dec 23, 2021 16:44:39 GMT
So many things in the world come from necessity, that doesn't make them unworthy
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Post by clemfandango on Dec 23, 2021 16:45:38 GMT
That reminds me I must make some turnip and salt broth...
and jelly some eels
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Post by clemfandango on Dec 23, 2021 16:48:02 GMT
So many things in the world come from necessity, that doesn't make them unworthy Yes I agree, but I honestly hate the taste and I like most things. |
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Post by robthehermit on Dec 23, 2021 17:58:46 GMT
Well, I've never tried that, but cheddar on Xmas cake is a delicacy, so it sounds feasible. Isn't Mrs Hermit from Yorkshire where cheese with fruit cake is a thing and that is basically just an extension of that, and a very tasty extension at that. Yep she is and fruit cake is horrible. |
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Post by barchetta on Dec 23, 2021 18:19:31 GMT
I've just enjoyed a rather large slab of fruitcake with a side order of Wensleydale.
Might have to cut another. Lovely.
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Post by askew on Dec 23, 2021 18:20:39 GMT
Loads of food that we eat now was invented hundreds of years ago, don't talk bollocks Like meat and bread and beer |
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Post by Aunt Alison on Dec 23, 2021 19:18:56 GMT
Cheese and cake, urr
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Post by Bill in the rain on Dec 23, 2021 22:54:04 GMT
I thought this thing about not liking fruit cake was an American thing. Rather shocked to see it has infected the UK too! I guess it's just one of those things I'll never be able to comprehend.. it's like when I meet someone who says they don't like chocolate.  Since we seem to have a few Americans, I have a question that's always confused me. What do they eat for the main meal on Xmas day in the US? I only ask because in the UK we eat Turkey, but the US has Thanksgiving just before, which is when they eat Turkey. So do they just have it twice, or do they eat something else? (Though of course, Xmas Turkey was imported from the New World by Henry 8th, so I guess you could say it's an american thing originally) |
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Post by Nitrous on Dec 23, 2021 23:01:11 GMT
Loads of food that we eat now was invented hundreds of years ago, don't talk bollocks Like meat and bread and beer If Wrinkly was still about he'd probably tell us... "After the war you'd be much better of if you could grow fruit and veg in the back garden. Make sheep's head soup and use liquid paraffin as an alternative to butter for baking cakes using powdered egg from a can" Sounds delicious! |
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Post by Danno on Dec 23, 2021 23:07:31 GMT
You've been defending mince pies, you have no standing |
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Post by Danno on Dec 23, 2021 23:08:06 GMT
I miss Wrinkly
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Post by Aunt Alison on Dec 23, 2021 23:57:28 GMT
I rather think mince pies do a smashing job of defending themselves by being utterly delicious
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Post by Derblington on Dec 24, 2021 0:02:58 GMT
I bought mince pies today. I shall have 2 with a coffee for breakfast. It will be glorious.
To bring some balance, iced topped mince pies are shit.
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Post by EMarkM on Dec 24, 2021 0:06:49 GMT
To bring some balance, iced topped mince pies are shit. Herein lies the truth; heed no other. |
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Post by Dougs on Dec 24, 2021 8:40:46 GMT
Puff pastry mince pies make a nice change. I probably prefer traditional short crust but pretty good. Heston wotsit sold some in Waitrose a few years ago.
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Post by drhickman1983 on Dec 25, 2021 14:52:42 GMT
I don't mind mince pies, never iced though.
If we're talking about disappointing festive food, trifle is shit.
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Post by Danno on Dec 25, 2021 14:54:14 GMT
I don't mind mince pies, never iced though. If we're talking about disappointing festive food, trifle is shit. God yeah. How anyone can enjoy soggy, grainy sponge and that nasty congealed custard is a mystery. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2021 14:56:32 GMT
I don't mind mince pies, never iced though. If we're talking about disappointing festive food, trifle is shit. God yeah. How anyone can enjoy soggy, grainy sponge and that nasty congealed custard is a mystery. Tell that to my M&S Colin the Caterpillar chocolate trifle. It's just begging to be eaten. Which it will be later today. |
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Post by Danno on Dec 25, 2021 15:03:56 GMT
God yeah. How anyone can enjoy soggy, grainy sponge and that nasty congealed custard is a mystery. Tell that to my M&S Colin the Caterpillar chocolate trifle. It's just begging to be eaten. Which it will be later today. I hope it's not expired, Wunty can hunt them down from another continent |
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Post by gammonbanter on Dec 25, 2021 16:39:08 GMT
It's definitely a case of diminishing returns after the first 2 mince pies of the year!
Do we wack them in the microwave, Partridge style, to mix things up a bit!?
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Post by Danno on Dec 25, 2021 19:19:09 GMT
It's definitely a case of diminishing returns after the first 2 mince pies of the year! Do we wack them in the microwave, Partridge style, to mix things up a bit!? I've seen a recipe where you bash them up and make ice cream with them. Mine just go in the bin where they should have been in the first place |
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Post by jellyhead on Dec 25, 2021 21:09:55 GMT
Yeah, warmed Mince Pies mashed slightly with a ton of ice ream are great.
I've only eaten about 5 today and two of those were mini so they don't count. Only 7 more mini ones to go and i can start on the Heston ones from 'trose.
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Post by Danno on Dec 25, 2021 22:09:04 GMT
It's definitely a case of diminishing returns after the first 2 mince pies of the year! Do we wack them in the microwave, Partridge style, to mix things up a bit!? I've seen a recipe where you bash them up and make ice cream with them. Mine just go in the bin where they should have been in the first place could you clarify which part you're liking, please and thank you. |
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Post by retro74 on Dec 25, 2021 22:19:18 GMT
Danno the part about the bin. I’d like it twice if I could
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Post by Danno on Dec 25, 2021 22:21:48 GMT
Danno the part about the bin. I’d like it twice if I could Thank fuck |
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Post by Aunt Alison on Dec 25, 2021 22:23:03 GMT
I see visions of starving children in Africa eating mince pies with big smiles on their faces. Then it fades away like a bin van round a corner
They don't even know it's Christmas time. At all
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