Tag: food
member name: Ishbel R.
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November 29, 2007 04:35 AM EST --
I thought it would be worth spotlighting this in time for Christmas/Hogmanay 20008.
With the Christmas/Hogmanay season coming up, here's a recipe for something to nibble on with a pre-dinner drink! . . .
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December 18, 2007 06:46 AM EST --
Sticky Toffee Pudding
This pudding originated in the Lake District of England - and just about every pub in the Lake District claims the recipe originated there! However, it can now be found . . .
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December 17, 2008 06:36 AM EST --
I posted this last year, and as I'm making a couple of them tonight, I though it was worth reposting.
This yule log is very popular in the UK, and is known in France as bouche Noel.
1 oz plain . . .
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December 02, 2008 10:51 AM EST --
Christmas mincepies are traditionally eaten at Christmas, but I make my own mincemeat and serve it in different ways, throughout the year. I use it with shortbread, to make mincemeat flans and to . . .
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February 19, 2009 05:37 AM EST --
This is a updated version of an article I wrote last year all about the British custom of Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday. Next Tuesday will be Shrove Tuesday.
Traditionally in the UK, the . . .
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December 09, 2008 07:19 AM EST --
I first ate these in Spain, more years ago than I care to mention, but have eaten similar sweetmeats in Portugal and in Greece - so I'm not sure of their ethnic origins. I make them every . . .
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January 16, 2008 09:46 AM EST --
When I lived in Hampshire, Rasher pudding was the name used for bacon roly-poly pudding, made with a suet pastry which is then steamed. It is usually served with a parsley sauce. . . .
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October 09, 2009 08:35 AM EDT --
I've got a bumper harvest from our plum trees this year. We've eaten so many, and I've baked pies, made crumbles added them to other fruit dishes - and I'm running out of ideas. Then I was . . .
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November 17, 2008 09:49 AM EST --
I published this article last year, and thought it would be timely to republish it.
STIR UP SUNDAY
Is the name given to the last Sunday before advent, and is so-called because it was (and . . .
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January 03, 2008 06:52 AM EST --
No toads were harmed in the preparation of this dish!
It's just another way of using a Yorkshire pudding batter to make a tasty main course with British sausages.
I cannot remember . . .
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February 29, 2008 03:46 AM EST --
Hot cross buns have been an Easter tradition in the UK for hundreds of years. The origins are lost in the mists of time, but the version that I was taught was that the Anglo Saxons baked buns . . .
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August 02, 2007 08:54 AM EDT --
This is a STV's internet offering. If you want to see small video snippets about Scottish history, culture, food, dance etc - then there are articles here worth a look....
http://www.scotlandontv.tv/ . . .
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November 22, 2007 07:01 AM EST --
I first posted this article back in 2007 - but thought it might be of topical interest to some members!
This will be the first of a couple of articles about our Christmas/New Year/Hogmanay . . .
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January 02, 2008 09:52 AM EST --
I posted this in 2007, but thought it worth reviving it, in light of the fact that it will soon be Burns' Night again!
Every year, on the anniversary of his birth, Scots the world . . .
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September 11, 2007 05:06 AM EDT --
In Scotland we have a kitchen implement specifically for stirring porridge whilst cooking. This is called a spurtle and has been written about since the early 1500s. It is said to come from . . .
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February 29, 2008 09:08 AM EST --
A different 'take' on the old-fashioned British jam roly-poly pudding! This recipe was from a give-away card at a local supermarket a few years ago.
250g self raising flour
Pinch salt . . .
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