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Forum: Italy
Jul 10th 2012, 11:40 am
Replies: 1,429
Views: 260,980
Posted By Twinkle Canelli

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

Glad it's not just me. It's what makes us stand out as British isn't it? I just don't do black coffee at all..... Is there anything else I could order that would be acceptable?!
Forum: Italy
Jul 5th 2012, 9:47 am
Replies: 1,429
Views: 260,980
Posted By Twinkle Canelli

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

Found it in my usual Gigante supermarket. Thank you.... I would never have known what it was otherwise!
Forum: Italy
Jul 2nd 2012, 11:20 am
Replies: 1,429
Views: 260,980
Posted By Twinkle Canelli

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

Thanks girls! My UK shopping list is gradually getting smaller and smaller... just wish I could get Tetley tea bags at a reasonable price here!
Forum: Italy
Jul 2nd 2012, 11:06 am
Replies: 1,429
Views: 260,980
Posted By Twinkle Canelli

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

I've been looking for cornflour (to use as a thickener in gravy and also to dip tempura in) but have been unable to find it, and my english packet is getting low..... does anybody know if you can buy...
Forum: Italy
Jun 23rd 2012, 7:50 am
Replies: 1,429
Views: 260,980
Posted By Twinkle Canelli

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

One of my regular quick and easy dinners used to be smoked salmon and prawns stirred into creme fraiche and mixed through pasta.... have tried it with the panna here but it's a bit too rich and...
Forum: Italy
May 3rd 2012, 6:07 pm
Replies: 1,429
Views: 260,980
Posted By Twinkle Canelli

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

Yep. Will do that again..... we ate every bit with no parmesan needed. It was Marsala not brandy cos I didn't have my glasses on when I went to the drinks cupboard!!! Thank you! :cool:
Forum: Italy
May 3rd 2012, 3:46 pm
Replies: 1,429
Views: 260,980
Posted By Twinkle Canelli

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

Thanks all. I'll have a try and let you know.... I will fry some mushrooms with maybe some onion, garlic and thyme, add a splosh of brandy, then a few blobs of marscapone and seasoning. Not sure...
Forum: Italy
May 3rd 2012, 1:48 pm
Replies: 1,429
Views: 260,980
Posted By Twinkle Canelli

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

Does anyone know if I can use marscapone in a savoury dish? I've got a tub in the fridge with some wrinkly mushrooms and am thinking of putting them together with some pasta and parmesan for...
Forum: Italy
Apr 12th 2012, 5:45 pm
Replies: 1,429
Views: 260,980
Posted By Twinkle Canelli

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

Anyone know what it is the locals are looking for in the ditches by the side of the roads at the moment??? :unsure:
Forum: Italy
Mar 5th 2012, 3:37 pm
Replies: 1,429
Views: 260,980
Posted By Twinkle Canelli

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

It's funny.... I could eat absolutely anything from the sea.... cos nothing's warm and fluffy I suppose.....:nod:
Forum: Italy
Mar 5th 2012, 1:26 pm
Replies: 1,429
Views: 260,980
Posted By Twinkle Canelli

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

I think I must live in the back of beyond here. I've never seen leg of lamb here at all. They have bits all chopped up like you get for bollito - and even the beef is all cuts for long slow cooking -...
Forum: Italy
Mar 5th 2012, 12:29 pm
Replies: 1,429
Views: 260,980
Posted By Twinkle Canelli

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

If I was any better at speaking Italian, I'd ask my butcher for a nice leg of lamb..... why can you buy hearts, brains, tripe, lungs, trotters etc etc in the supermarket but you can't find a decent...
Forum: Italy
Mar 5th 2012, 8:52 am
Replies: 1,429
Views: 260,980
Posted By Twinkle Canelli

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

I did bring the currants and the suet back from the UK (cos we like dumplings as well), but I believe you can use grated frozen lard or margarine in place of the suet - it's only fat after all!
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Forum: Italy
Mar 2nd 2012, 5:08 pm
Replies: 1,429
Views: 260,980
Posted By Twinkle Canelli

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

We missed our mincemeat for mincepies, but made our own!!
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