Tag: uk
member name: Ishbel R.
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December 18, 2007 08:53 AM EST --
Known in France as bouche de noel. I am making one tonight to serve tomorrow when I have a group of friends coming for afternoon tea.
Chocolate yule log
30g/1oz plain flour
30g /1oz . . .
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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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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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September 11, 2007 08:52 AM EDT --
Anita Roddick, the founder of the Body Shop chain of companies. died last night near her home in Chichester, West Sussex. She was 64.
She trained as a teacher but, in order to make enough . . .
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March 31, 2008 10:12 AM EDT --
This pudding was invented at the famous English public School - it is a taste of summer in a bowl!
l lb fresh strawberries (or sometimes I use half/half strawberries and raspberries)
20 flu oz pot . . .
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December 21, 2007 08:49 AM EST --
This is the Scottish version of the Irish potato dish, Colcannon. The pronounciation is: rumble dee thumps (short dee!)
1 lb boiled and then mashed potatoes - floury, white fleshed ones . . .
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January 03, 2008 06:34 AM EST --
This is a traditional British pudding, with a wonderful whole lemon in the centre of the suet pastry and a lovely, lemony sauce that oozes all over the plate - hence the name Pond Pudding! . . .
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January 04, 2008 05:29 AM EST --
This recipe is courtesy of a recipe card from a supermarket. I've been making this dish for three or four years and it's popular with friends and family.
2 tbsp sunflower oil . . .
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January 09, 2008 09:12 AM EST --
WELSH RAREBIT
8 oz grated strong cheddar cheese
4 tablespns stout (eg Guinness) or beer (I use whatever is in the house!) The amount may need to be increased slightly, if the resulting rarebit . . .
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March 18, 2008 12:08 PM EDT --
3 - 4 lb lean, boned and rolled beef rib joint
2 large red onions, peeled, halved and sliced thinly
1 pint of an English beer (not a Guiness-type stout) or something like MacEwans Export . . .
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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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October 31, 2007 08:21 AM EDT --
Bonfire Night/Guy Fawkes' Night is fast approaching, so I decided to republish this article.
The title of this post uses the opening words of a rhyme known to all British children . . .
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December 21, 2007 08:15 AM EST --
SCOTCH WOODCOCK
I have no idea why this is called Scotch woodcock , as it doesn't have a bird in it. It's quick to make and very tasty.
Toast thick slice of white bread, spread . . .
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January 02, 2008 06:14 AM EST --
Great on a wet, cold winter's afternoon, freshly toasted and dripping with butter (no substitute will do!) and a pot of Earl Grey tea. I made a batch first thing this morning.
The . . .
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June 13, 2007 04:45 AM EDT --
There has been another case in the UK of a young woman being murdered by her own family members (in this instance, father, brother and uncle) - a so-called 'honour' killing. The family are . . .
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June 19, 2007 09:21 AM EDT --
Salman Rushdie, the novelist was awarded a knighthood in the recent Queen's Birthday Honour's list. The award was for his 'services to literature'.
I am someone . . .
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June 20, 2007 07:02 AM EDT --
Today is the one hundredth day of captivity for Alan Johnston, the BBC's Gaza correspondent. He was kidnapped by militants in Gaza. A few days ago, Hezbollah said he would be . . .
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November 08, 2007 09:29 AM EST --
I posted this last year - but feel it has relevance to us all in light of our troops still being deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq.
'Lest we forget'.
Every year, . . .
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December 21, 2007 06:31 AM EST --
This old English dish is so called because the mixture often emits squeaking noises when cooked. It is popular throughout the UK. It's an ideal way to use up left over mashed potatoes . . .
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March 11, 2008 09:53 AM EDT --
Lainie - Here is another pudding recipe, especially for you! It uses apples instead of only lemons as in traditional syllabub recipes and is light and delicious.
150ml . . .
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