Eating for England
Nov 1st 2011, 9:43 am
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Sounds fab.
Nov 1st 2011, 9:55 am
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Re: Eating for England
I got mine in the whitcoulls bargain bin for$12 a few years ago
But failing that there is always book depository.
I have had years of pleasure and annoyingly pull it out to read bits to people.
Last time that I made a victoria sandwich for morning tea I made my guests endure that passage
Nov 1st 2011, 10:08 am
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Re: Eating for England
You absolutely have to have a christmas list even if you buy it yourself.
I got mine in the whitcoulls bargain bin for$12 a few years ago
But failing that there is always book depository.
I have had years of pleasure and annoyingly pull it out to read bits to people.
Last time that I made a victoria sandwich for morning tea I made my guests endure that passage
I got mine in the whitcoulls bargain bin for$12 a few years ago
But failing that there is always book depository.
I have had years of pleasure and annoyingly pull it out to read bits to people.
Last time that I made a victoria sandwich for morning tea I made my guests endure that passage
Nov 2nd 2011, 5:34 am
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Re: Eating for England
Can't stop laughing! I had to google some of those words (Slater, leopard skin, orgy, knickerless and tart) very carefully to see if I could find an extract online for all to see:
Unfortunately cut short before we got to discuss the lack of knickers bit. 
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1cWSvIEFB
Trifle
Layer after layer of frivolity. Is there anything so heavenly as the deep, cool luxury of a home-made trifle? It is what I imagine angels eat when they are not practising the harp.
The thick layers of wine-sodden sponge cake, soft ripe fruit, thick custard and whipped cream, and the crunch of toasted almonds, are as near as one can get to paradise.
Yet few recipes in recent years have been so cheapened. What can be a glorious orgy of voluptuousness is often not worthy of the name. The Sixties were especially harsh, when layers of jelly, tinned apricots, "hundreds and thousands" and, most humiliating of all, teeth-shattering silver balls, made an appearance.
Once gracing our tables like a favourite old aunt, our party dessert now resembled an old tart in a leopard skin coat.
Layer after layer of frivolity. Is there anything so heavenly as the deep, cool luxury of a home-made trifle? It is what I imagine angels eat when they are not practising the harp.
The thick layers of wine-sodden sponge cake, soft ripe fruit, thick custard and whipped cream, and the crunch of toasted almonds, are as near as one can get to paradise.
Yet few recipes in recent years have been so cheapened. What can be a glorious orgy of voluptuousness is often not worthy of the name. The Sixties were especially harsh, when layers of jelly, tinned apricots, "hundreds and thousands" and, most humiliating of all, teeth-shattering silver balls, made an appearance.
Once gracing our tables like a favourite old aunt, our party dessert now resembled an old tart in a leopard skin coat.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1cWSvIEFB
Nov 3rd 2011, 9:02 am
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Haha, brilliant! I've ordered a copy from Tauranga that's in so hopefully pick it up tomorrow. Thanks for the heads up.
Nov 8th 2011, 9:16 am
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Re: Eating for England
The asparagus/avocado thread reminded me of this one.
Got book from library yesterday.
Read about a quarter of it in one sitting. Great fun and prompted some old memories.
Got book from library yesterday.
Read about a quarter of it in one sitting. Great fun and prompted some old memories.
Nov 8th 2011, 9:28 am
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Went to click like then realised I wasn't on facebook and needed to construct an entire response
Gave up and went with
Gave up and went with
Nov 8th 2011, 9:40 am
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Re: Eating for England
British lunch outdoors then
Boiled ham
Iceberg lettuce
Salad Cream
Mateus Rose
Cress
Beetroot
Bread & Butter
Neapolitan Icecream
British lunch outdoors now
Chargrilled squid
Rocket
Buffalo mozzarella
Thin crust pizza
Goats cheese
Focaccia
Pinot Grigio
Nov 8th 2011, 10:05 am
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Cress!!! I remember as a child having my mum take me to John Lewis shopping and getting an egg and cress sandwich - the height of sophistication back then (late 70's I'd guess?)
My favourite nostalgic moment thus far is the part about Jacob's Club biscuits.
My favourite nostalgic moment thus far is the part about Jacob's Club biscuits.
Nov 8th 2011, 6:19 pm
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Re: Eating for England
When you finish get 'Toast' it also connects emotions to taste buds...it's about Nigel Slater as a boy growing up with his mums cooking...it's so funny I read it twice
y I read it twice
Nov 8th 2011, 9:02 pm
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Re: Eating for England
British lunch outdoors then
Boiled ham
Iceberg lettuce
Salad Cream
Mateus Rose
Cress
Beetroot
Bread & Butter
Neapolitan Icecream
Boiled ham
Iceberg lettuce
Salad Cream
Mateus Rose
Cress
Beetroot
Bread & Butter
Neapolitan Icecream
and angel bread instead of plain white.
Nov 9th 2011, 8:10 am
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Re: Eating for England
Yes, did cross my mind too as I wrote it. I thought those 2 litre cheapy Kiwi / Tip Top ice-creams were a food group of their own here, they seem to be a staple in most shopping trolleys.