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Hello everyone, I will be back in Spain soon and have some recipies to add. Including one from my sister.

Hope that you are all well

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I am ready to add more recipes, is anyone else ready to do the same.
I cannot find my Guiness Cake recipe. Can some one please find it for me or if it has gone please send said recipe to here. I need to cook it today or tomorrow.

Also would someone tell me how I can print all these recipies as I want to put them in a folder.

will add new recipies in the next few days.

Hope you are all welll :-D

13.12 hrs Spain

Nudge, I am wondering if this thred has come to it's end? Please let me know what you think. As no one seems to be adding new recipies.

It has been great fun and I have learnt so many new dishes.

Hoping to hear from someone soon.

Have a good day

Bridget :-S :-)

I think that what with holidays, breaks and weddings no one has had the time or inclination to think up or type recipes. I remember you asking for BBQ recipes a few weeks ago.....I posted some salads, but would love some new meat ideas, especially those you can cook indoors as well...given that it has now decided to rain here at last.............what do you think ? After all its good to get new ideas, and feed back, cos not everything works. I hav e learnt such a lot from this thread and glad to have to been assistance to others

Regards Jan

4.15pm Norfolk

I too have enjoyed this thread and tried some very nice recipes.
Must get into gear and find something to put on here.


Val.

7.11p,m

JanandVal,thank you for your comments as they mean that at least three of us woul like to continue we shall do so.
I just wanted people to know how much I enjoy this thread and have learnt a lot from it.
I cannot promise that I will send recipies as requested today as it is my granddaughters second birthday today, so our attention will be making sure that she has a fantastic day, as her dad wants to do some of the cooking I expect that by the end of today I will have some new recipies that I can post on here. Sadly the weathers is rather gloomy and damp at the moment. Thunderstorms last night but I am keeping my fingers and toes crossed hoping for the weather to improve.

Message for all on here.
Please can we have some more ideas about the request made for meat dishes for BBQs that can also be cooked indoors.!

Some ofmy favourites have been, how to use up leftovers....so any more would be helpful.
What about foods from other countries. For example, we can usually manage Italian spaghetti, etc but there must be other recipies from Italy, similarly other countries.
Those that spring to my mind are Morocan, Thai, northern European, Australian,after all it is a huge continent and it must have an enormous amount of different foods. Bread making, I have not done that for ages, and this could even include ideas about bread making items and which brand is the best.
Another suggestion has just popped into my head.....we could vote for the best recipe of the month, rather like the Greaders thread does for books.

Well that is all from me for the moment, I will rack my brains about some more fish recipes.

Enjoy your day everyone

08.02 Spain :-)

I have made a guineas cake, we shall be eating it today,if it is good I shall add it on here.

Will put my thinking cap on too

Jan

Mangoes were cheap in Lidl so I bought eight and made some mango chutney (Delia Smith recipe). I cheated a bit and used a jar of Very Lazy Garlic and some of the vinegar came from a jar of pickled onions I had finished Waste not want not eh ) and it looks better than the batch I made last year which went down very well.

NUdge

Whenever we have had a barbie here in West Aust. it is invariably steak,chops and sausages accompanied by lettuce leaves,sliced tomato and cucumber and a buttered barbecue bun,not forgetting the tomato sauce. As a gourmet touch fried onions are now added and mostly the salad is ignored.

If wishing to impress the steak can be marinated in olive oil,Indonesian Soy Sauce,garlic,onions,ginger,pepper and a touch of thyme for as long as you like without spoiling and things like potato salad or any other sort of salad can be substituted for the traditional barbie bread bun and the whole lot eaten on a plate with knives and forks sitting around the barbie of course.
Not too much trouble taken here. Men always cook the barbie which is the best part.

Thank you Fairways 3. All types of BBQs spring to mind, from simple to the complicated. Your message sounds very laid back which is exactly makes Australians so easy to cook for.

Recently we went to a 50th wedding anniversary and the food was stunning including a roasted pig being cooked on a rotiserre burner. It was delicious but not sure that we will do anything along those lines.

However, I do have my son's friends coming to stay for a week so tomorrow we will be having another BBQ. We will be cooking for 8 adults and one 2 year old and I am trying to think of something slightly different to Cook, make etc.

Today we are having roast lamb with locally grown vegetables, all organic,, as the area we live in has 90 % organic food. We are not allowed to use many chemicals.
We used to BBQ quite a lot of fish, but it has become rather expensive and the fishermen only go out 3 or 4 days a week now due to decreasing stocks.
I would also like to have more finger foods for tomorrow, any ideas most welcome.

I have been racking what is left of my brain for some new ideas for this thread so if anyone would like to add please do so...

Perhaps we could start with " the worst meal I have ever had & why" .
I look forward to the replies,

Of to rack my brains, no pun intended, honest.
;-)

chicken wings are nice finger food. Need to chop off the wing tips at the last joint. Marinade them in sunflower oil,Indonesian soy sauce,juice of half a lemon,lemon rind of a whole lemon, a teaspoon each of ginger and lemon pepper then cook either in the oven or barbie.
I've just found my marinade recipe for steak that our Austrian Chef friend used to use.
Olive oil,bay leaves,touch of thyme,dry sherry, Indonesian soy sauce,lemon pepper,black pepper,sliced onions and garlic.
I got most of it right off the top of my head the other night. Indonesian soy sauce is quite thick and syrupy and has a sweet taste. It is nicer than the Asian kind.
We get all sorts of food here due to our multi cultural new Australians.
North African food seems to be the new thing. I am only a plain cook myself, not into little bits of whatever. Some different sorts of cheese, biscuits, olives,bits of Italian sausage,sun dried tomatoes would be my limit of finger food.
I can look through my recipe books to see what else there is.

the worst meal I have ever had was a "Christmas" meal at a local pub (now not a pub but an Indian Restaurant ) and not only had they not got the table laid when all 20 of us arrived (this was near to Christmas not actually Christmas), but they brought so much veg served like we were in a transport cafe, but my meat was tough, my friend who had opted for a pasta dish, found it was literally just pasta cold,,with a non descript sauce which tasted of nothing.There was not one lady who enjoyed her meal, they were for the most part tastless and on a blind tasting you would not have known what you were eating !! They left us far too long between these culinary delights and we all went home to have a meal. Needless to say they did not get a tip,and we never went back...not a good advert for new owners as they were at the time

I am trying a couple of new recipes next week so will post them, when I am sure they are OK

Jan Norfolk UK

My daughter made this soup for us yesterday and it was delicious.


BUTTERNUT SQUASH SOUP WITH BACON.

Ingredients:
1 large butternut squash, peeled and cut into large chunks.
3 Carrotts, peeled and cut into large chunks
1 and a half Tablespoons Olive Oil
1/2 pound bacon, chopped
1/2 cup onion, chopped
3 cups chicken stock
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste.

- Oven at 180 degrees Celsius.

- Toss the squash and carotts in olive oil, then arrange in a baking dish and roast uncovered for about 40 minutes or until tender.

- Cook the bacon in a large soup pot, until crisp. Remove the bacon with a slotted spoon and reserve for the garnish.

- Add the onions to the pot and saute in the bacon drippings over a medium heat until tender.

- Add the roasted vegetables and the chicken stock to the pot and bring to the boil. Remove from the heat.

- Blend the soup in a blender or food processor until smooth. It is best to do this in small batches.

- Return the soup to the pot, bring to a simmer and season.

- Serve, garnish with the crisp bacon .

MY QUICK LUNCH
NOW I COOKED THIS IN A CASTLE CAR PARK
FOR SEVEN
THIS WILL FEED 7-8..(OF JUST ME)
CHOP 2-3 ONIONS
SIMMER IN WOK WITH 4 OXO'S WATER TO COVER
FOR ABOUT 10 MINS..ADD
2 TINS BAKE BEANS OT 1 BEAN 1 TOMATO
HEAT TILL HOT
CHOP UP TIN OF CORN BEEF
STIR IN GENTLY
SPRINKLE ON CRUSHED CHILLI PEPPERS
TO TASTE...(LOTS)
STIR FOR FEW MINS
SERVE WITH CRUSTY BREAD

Sorry I have not been posting but all the computers have been down for several days, I was amazed at how much I missed it.
Fortunately when son and his friend came back from the motor rally in Valencia, they said they would sort it out, and they have done so....therefore I am back.

So now here is the Guiness Cake Recipie

6oz Butter
1 pound of mixed fruits, Ouse the best I cam afford for special occassionsbut the normal kind otherwise.
Zest andJuice of one Large orange.
6oz of muscovado sugar.
7 fluid oz of Guiness
1 tsp of bicarb
3eggs well beaten
10 oz of plain flour
2tsp of mixed spices.

Topping 2 tbl spoons of flakes of Almonds
2 t/l Demerara Sugat

Method.

Take the first 5 ingredientsandput them in a large saucepan, bring slowly to the boil stirring until the butter has completely melted and the simmer for 15 minutes.

Cool for 10 minutes.

Stir in the Bicarbonate of Sofa,this will fizz veryquicklu,then add the eggs an spices, flour and mix well.
The oven should be heating to 150c .

Grease and flour, the Cameron,I always line mine but my sister does not,so that isup to you.

Once poured into the Cameron smooth the top andsprincle the Almonds and sugar overthetop.

Bake in the oven for 1hr and 15 minutes to 1hr and 30minutes . Remove from oven and leave to cool for at least15 minutes.

I hope that you enjoy it.

Bridget
Spain 12.24hrs

Nudge.will add again tomorrow. I seem to have developed a very sore throat...now where does that come from in such wonderful weather???

18.dismissive S
Spain

Waky, Walky, everyone.

Beautiful day here,looks as if we are in for another very hot day.

Oh my goodness,I have just re read my entry for the Guiness Cake,must have eaten to much of it...of course the word Cameron should be Cake Tin ?.!,
Apologies for the error.

No one around for a coup,e of days ,I expect prop,e are either very busy,away on holiday,or out if ideas for the moment.
Our main meal today is fajitas, we do not have these very often, so hopefully I will enjoy them and maybe learn more about them. It iasi warm here no one really wants to spend to much time cooking.

If anyone is going abroad for their holidays or to an area they have not been to before,maybe you will find some new recipes or tips for cooking.

Well that is all for now,I hope you all have a great day

Bridget

08.21hr

Just had a thought for the thread..."my worst disaster when cooking" what are your views???

Made this yesterday and it is gorgeous.

Moist Courgette and Carrot Teabread

Grease and line a 1lb loaf tin, set oven at 180oC

Stir together 6 oz plain flour and 4 oz caster sugar (sugar was originally 6 oz but I thought cake was too sweet so cut it down), 2 tsp baking powder, ALSO EITHER 3 oz Raisins (I prefer this) or 3 oz chopped walnuts. Then add 2 beaten eggs, 2 1/2 fluid oz veg or sunflower oil. Grate into this 4 oz courgettes and 2 oz grated carrots. Stir all until well mixed (I used gluten free flour and found it needed just a little more oil) Put mixture into loaf tin and cook for 45 mins to 1 hour. I found mine cooked quicker than that. Leave to cool. Had some for breakfast this morning Yum

Another way of using courgettes