10 years and Happy Xmas

[Colin G. 147]

Merry Christmas everyone!!

[RLC35 288]

Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!

[Coinery 926]

Anyone beat 03:50 for a Christmas Day start?

Oh, man, kids!

Presumably Santa has difficulty getting down the chimney on a barge? And certainly struggled to find a place to hide things.

We have TWO chimneys, but I'll grant you they're a bit of a squeeze for the big fella!

[Chris Perkins 223]

Merry Christmas everyone.

I'm doing roast potatoes today (for the first time!) and Yorkshire puddings, for the German side. They've never had roast potatoes before.

[azda 973]

Merry Christmas everyone.

I'm doing roast potatoes today (for the first time!) and Yorkshire puddings, for the German side. They've never had roast potatoes before.

Lol, i get those requested every year. Cook them in goose fat

[Peter 615]

Par boil the potatoes and rough them up before you put them into hot fat.

You will get crispy outsides and a fluffy center.

[Coinery 926]

Couple of whole cloves of garlic, a sprig of rosemary, and a good grate of salt and pepper!

[Chris Perkins 223]

They turned out ok. Only had sunflower oil. The Yorkshires weren't so good, they looked great but sunk and were still a bit doughy at the bottom.

[Peckris 579]

They turned out ok. Only had sunflower oil. The Yorkshires weren't so good, they looked great but sunk and were still a bit doughy at the bottom.

That's ok. They won't notice. It's a well known fact that the Germans don't have a sense of gourmet...

[Coinery 926]

We use olive oil...sunflower is perfectly good! No point in giving yourself a coronary for the sake of a humble spud?

Save a goose, why not?

[HistoricCoinage 115]

A very Merry Christmas to one and all on this great forum.

[azda 973]

Chris the goose fat makes them nice and crispy, you also may have used the wrong flour for the yorkshires, my brother sent me a packet yorkshire pud mix, have'nt tried it yet though but that was probably why the did'nt rise and were doughy.

Can we start a cookery forum?

[Peter 615]

I follow Delia Smiths recipe and use fresh free range eggs and quality plain flower.

The Yorkshire pud tin with the fat in should be smoking when you put the mixture in.

There are also Aunt Bessies which are fine for a quick fix.

[Chris Perkins 223]

I used chipshop batter (from the UK) which is wheat flour with a raising agent. The only 'tin' we had was a silicon one and the fat was hot but the silicon obviously doesn't have the same properties as metal - in saying that we have managed to make good Yorkshire's in it before, from ready-mix Aunt Bessies so perhaps they just needed longer.

[Coinery 926]

Tch!

[azda 973]

Opening soon, the predecimal cookery forum

[Coinery 926]

King Edwards are the best potatoes!

[Peckris 579]

King Edwards are the best potatoes!

That's because the hair is quite shallow