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xenon21

26-02-2012, 22:36

I think we used to have a recipe thread but either am blind or we don't have one here lol! If you guys can find it please let me know?

Thought this may be a cool thread to talk about all things food. From Judy's amazing foods she eats, to ones we eat and things we cook :)

Yesterday was my brother's 16th birthday so I made this iphone cake (http://t.co/NWaWi9im) for him. Took a while to make but he liked it :)

cazza99

27-02-2012, 00:23

Wow Xe, looks like a lot of work went into that :)

Sallydaisy

18-09-2012, 17:28

A friend of a friend is moving, with hubby and 2 children, to a new life in Australia.
They're originally from Malaysia and mostly vegetarian.

Prior to departure there's been the inevitable packing/chucking out of unwanted stuff.

And that brings me to my tale - and request for recipe ideas.

The friend who IS staying locally has been given a goody box of vegetables (they had an extensive garden) and groceries - and not being much of a cook has passed them on to me to use. She's kept the stuff her family can eat over the next week or so and I'll be giving back some of whatever I make from a number of items that are (a) perishable and (b) just out of date.

2 large marrows ... 2 kg of carrots ... onions ... garlic ... spuds ... celery ...
Polenta meal ... gram flour ... loads of spices (asafoetida grass anyone?) ...
1kg of walnuts (I kid you not - and 200gms out of date Aug 2012) ... 500gms ground almonds ...
500gms hazelnuts ... oats ... and 2 catering packs of black peppercorns.

Thankfully the small freezer bit of one of my fridges is empty.
So, today I made a start with:-

a) making a batch of Masala sauce base (now in the freezer)
b) making a huge pot of Carrot and Coriander Soup which'll be handy when the weather cools
c) Stuffed Marrow - I keep stock of Bolognese sauce in the freezer so that was easy!
(but I had it on Saturday and Monday!)
d) Marrow Masala - not bad! Found a Simon Hopkinson recipe and adapted it to use some of the other bits of veg. Made a vat of that and have delivered to my friend for tea!

Still to do is Celery soup which I like. There's 4 heads of that to use.

Which really leaves the nuts - and especially the walnuts. They're good for you and I don't mind them raw as a snack but there's an awful lot of them!!!

Anyone have any ideas?

I was trying to avoid the ubiquitous Coffee and Walnut Cake.
So, I'm about to try Oatcakes with Walnuts and maybe some Walnut Flapjack.

I'm supposed to be losing weight ..... or I'd make the gluten free Chocolate Almond Torte.
:doh:

Linda

18-09-2012, 18:01

You could try making a walnut sauce which might be nice with turkey, or maybe chicken or pork?

Sallydaisy

18-09-2012, 18:46

You could try making a walnut sauce which might be nice with turkey, or maybe chicken or pork?
That's a good idea! I think walnuts are used a lot in the cooking of Georgia so I'll have a search.
Just making walnut oatcakes so I'll be gone for an hour or so.

RoastLamb

18-09-2012, 19:35

Didn't Susan Hill have a yummy recipe for walnut apple bread in her Magic Apple Tree book? I love walnuts.

Sallydaisy

18-09-2012, 19:38

Didn't Susan Hill have a yummy recipe for walnut apple bread in her Magic Apple Tree book? I love walnuts.
Yes, I think so but I'm trying to use up store cupboard stuff rather than buy even more ingredients 'cos I'm way out of space at the mo' (and out of apples!).

I'm trying a Canadian Living recipe for the Walnut Oatcakes.
You wanna know how they turn out???

Can I just say how much I hate using cup measures ..... got oat flakes all over the shop.
:grrr:

RoastLamb

18-09-2012, 19:43

I feel your pain - I hate using cup measurements too. I only use recipes that use grammes, mls or ounces.

Linda

18-09-2012, 19:43

Sally, you are an Englishwoman; just say NO to American measures!

RoastLamb

18-09-2012, 19:47

Sally, you are an Englishwoman; just say NO to American measures!

CANADIAN not American. :lol:

RoastLamb

18-09-2012, 20:27

Sallydaisy

18-09-2012, 20:36

Weird, we have a surplus of apples in Niagara so my friends and I got together and had a day of apple strudel making last Friday. And guess what I put in mine? WALNUTS. I also made coffee walnut cupcakes for hubby's b-day yesterday. Carrot cake is good with walnuts too.
Yes, I put walnuts in carrot cake usually (and raisins). Carrots are all used up now though and it'll be good to try out a few new ideas. I found an upside down Cranberry/Walnut Cake which sounded pretty good.

Apple strudel is lovely - it freezes well too so have you got a stock for later in the year?

I've got a set of cup measures BTW but am still bemused when the recipes asks for a cup of butter - which needs to be hard from the fridge so you can cut it up and rub into the mix. How are you supposed to measure it? If it's cold, it's going to be tough to cut so trying to fill a cup exactly is a nightmare!
:doh:

RoastLamb

18-09-2012, 21:11

Here we have STICKS of butter. For the longest time I avoided them but now they have measurements on the side of the butter wrapper. So one stick = four ounces, 125 mls. I don't understand why Americans/Canadians don't like measurements.

I made LOTS of strudel. I cut it onto five sections, four of which reside in the freezer. My friend made five strudels and I only made one (albeit massive) so she must have a huge freezer.

Here's a piccy of my friend Karen along with Katie rolling one. 803

I also put walnuts into my stuffing which is handy seeing as Thanksgiving is coming up very soon.

Sallydaisy

18-09-2012, 21:22

That strudel is HUGE!!!!

Did you make the dough for it too? That's one of the trickiest I reckon.
Worth it though. So what goes with it in Canada? Cream? Ice-cream? Custard?

Here we have STICKS of butter. For the longest time I avoided them but now they have measurements on the side of the butter wrapper. So one stick = four ounces, 125 mls. I don't understand why Americans/Canadians don't like measurements.
Ahh, well that has deffo cleared up a mystery. I left off trying one recipe 'cos it was in American measures and referred to sticks of butter but offered no alternative measurement.
Ages ago I bought a slim volume of Muffin recipes written by an American woman now living in the UK. She'd painstakingly taken all her 'cup' and 'stick' measures and translated them faithfully into ozs, fluid ozs and so on. It's a great book and explained quite a lot - but not the butter sticks!
:lol:

I now have 84 Walnut Oatcakes ....... too hot to try them for taste but they look OK.
(as in I didn't burn them!)

RoastLamb

19-09-2012, 02:26

84!!! Blimey! I wish I could be your taste tester. :lol:

That strudel in the photo was not mine. Mine covered the ENTIRE table. Because I was the only one to make the dough by hand and not with a mixer. I think it helped work the gluten better so the dough stretched. The dough was tough to make, then all the apples we had to peel, core and cut, and hand stretching and rolling the pastry. Took the whole day. I put choc chips and walnuts in mine. The others just put the traditional cinnamon ( I hate cinnamon). I like to serve it warm alone or with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

pabbers

19-09-2012, 07:57

I've only ever made strudel once and that was in the days of enthousiastically attending cookery classes. Stretching the pastry was very therapeutic. The other thing I've only done once is a raised pork pie with water pastry - the latter being another tricky thing to do.

Can't think of anything for walnuts I'm afraid - I'm not a great fan of them. The only thing that springs to mind is walnut whips!

RoastLamb

19-09-2012, 13:27

Sally could make a fortune (with me for starters) if she could make walnut whips. :rolling:

ljs

19-09-2012, 16:00

wow , that is one humungous strudel :shocked:

Just saw this thread when I sat down for lunch break , and remembered someone asked me to post my " cabbage rolls " recipe ... totally forgot till now :facepalm:

Will try and do it later 2day !!

Linda

19-09-2012, 17:30

Fiona, I should have known that you would hate cinnamon as I love it! :rolling:

ljs

19-09-2012, 19:53

" Cabbage Rolls "

1 large cabbage cooked ( I boil the water , then simmer the cabbage for about 45 min ) take out & core & cool

" Filling "

1 lb ground beef
1 lg can stewed or regular canned tomatoes ( i used tomatoes from my garden )
1 lg onion diced
1 green pepper diced
1 cup instant rice
clove of garlic diced is optional
salt & pepper
mix all together

Peel your cabbage leaves from the cooled cored cabbage , and put a small handfull of the filling into the leaf , then roll them up , tucking them in at the sides

Have a large oven roasting pan ready , and coat the bottom with either tomatoe sauce or prepared tomatoe soup ( I use soup )

When you get them rolled just place them in the pan , and when its full , pour either tomatoe sauce or prepared soup all over the top .

I usually use 3 cans of prepared tomatoe soup , so that as they cook I can add more over the top .

350 deg oven for about 3 - 4 hrs

My kind of dinner , all in one pan :) and so delish !!!!!

RoastLamb

19-09-2012, 19:53

:lol: Linda!

ljs, I LOVE cabbage rolls. I am so making that!!!

ljs

20-09-2012, 15:20

good RL , let me know how they turn out , meant to mention that if you want to make extra for the freezer , you can double the recipe.

RoastLamb

07-10-2012, 16:56

Making an apple raspberry crumble today using a recipe from The Guardian. Hope it works. I like it coz it has ground almonds in it.

Sallydaisy

07-10-2012, 19:25

That sounds good - raspberries and almonds are so good together!
I've got Carrot, Orange and Coriander soup for supper.

cazza99

07-10-2012, 19:28

You can send some over this way Fiona if you have any to spare :)

RoastLamb

07-10-2012, 20:21

Love carrot and coriander combo. YUM! Altho' I add parsnips as well (Martha Stewart recipe).

We just add some fresh out of the oven. With whipped cream. SO YUMMY! Luckily I had enough apples for two so the other one is for Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow.

RoastLamb

19-10-2012, 17:59

Yesterday I saw an episode of Jamie Oliver's tv show where he travels around GB cooking up local recipes. Anyway, he made this cranberry Bakewell tart and because we had about 500g extra cranberries from Thanksgiving a couple of weeks ago I decided to make it. It's taking me all day!!! What a palaver. He made it look sooooo easy. First the pastry, then the cranberry jam then the frangipane. I've never been good at making pastry tbh so I'm really hoping it works out OK.

RoastLamb

23-10-2012, 13:13

The kids and I didn't enjoy the cranberry tart but the hubby LOVED it so he gets to eat all the rest. I found the cranberries and orange flavour totally dominated and took over. Too much. So yesterday I made a simple apple almond crumble and that was much better for me.

RoastLamb

12-12-2012, 21:09

OK, I need help. I'd like to make something special for Christmas Eve night for dinner for people who don't eat a lot of meat. Something that's not chicken, seafood, pork or beef. Maybe some kind of vegetarian pasta. Anyone have any ideas?

Linda

12-12-2012, 22:18

Roasted Mediterranean Vegetable Lasagne (http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/cuisine/european/italian/roasted-mediterranean-vegetable-lasagne.html)

RoastLamb

12-12-2012, 23:45

Thanks Linda. That looks so yummy.

Does anyone have nice pasta sauce recipe without tomatoes?

Sallydaisy

13-12-2012, 00:11

Thanks Linda. That looks so yummy.

Does anyone have nice pasta sauce recipe without tomatoes?
Why not tomatoes? Does someone have an allergy or is it just a 'dislike'???
It it's either of those you could just make a basic Bechamel and after it is thickened add Ricotta to give it a lighter creaminess? Or Mushrooms. Or Cheese. Or herbs.

I've got a recipe for Carrot and Feta Cheese Lasagne which would be different.
Also, would a Mushroom Stroganoff fit the bill? Various mushroom varieties in a a creamy sauce with herbs (tarragon? basil?) served with rice. Or a Pea Risotto with Roasted Sweet Potato chunks?
Or Celeriac and Spinach Gratin which doesn't have Pasta in the dish but you could serve a side of a flavoured 'mash' e.g. with leeks or cheese or with a Macaroni Cheese Bake.

If you can get your mitts on a copy it's worth buying Australian Women's Weekly "Almost Vegetarian". It's stacked with ideas for vegetarian food to which you can add meat/fish as required for those who eat them.

Here's some other ideas .........
Stuffed Peppers - filling is rice based with anything you'd like to add to it OR vegetable couscous filling + a sauce either with tomatoes or creamy/ricotta based.
Mushroom and Barley Cabbage Rolls
Aubergine (Eggplant) and Mushroom Pastitso (Greek version of Lasagne)
Aubergine Timbales with a Rice and veggie filling, any sauce will go with.

You can make a roulade using Aubergines and there are lots of options if you were to make a Vegetarian Strudel with Sauce.

pabbers

13-12-2012, 10:49

I'm starving now! Those Australian Women's Weekly recipe books are fab - I've got a whole range of them but not that one, must add it. Mind you I usually read all my cook books before a special meal and then revert to what I know works! But I do enjoy the read and the fantasising :lol:

RoastLamb

13-12-2012, 12:40

Thanks Sally! I love mushroom stroganoff but my kids won't touch mushrooms. And they won't touch eggplant (aubergine). Sigh. It's very hard catering to people who don't want to eat meat but don't like veggie options either. They don't want me to make lasagna either. I was going to make veggie moussaka but they've vetoed that as well. I did find a recipe in one of Jamie Oliver's books - farfalle with artichoke in a parmesan garlic cream sauce. I would substitute the artichoke with broccoli.

pabbers

14-12-2012, 10:20

I just hate fussy eaters full stop, RL. I'm a great food fan myself - hence the constant weight battle.

RoastLamb

14-12-2012, 14:06

Me too Pabbers. They don't mind my baking, only my cooking.

I have to cater for my hubby's family over Christmas and they're Indian so mostly vegetarian. My sis-in-law is esp. difficult as she won't touch meat and I cook a lot of the roast veggies in the chicken fat and make chicken gravy. Last year I made her lentil loaf and for Thanksgiving lentil shepherd's pie.

RoastLamb

22-12-2012, 00:59

Today I attempted to make Battenburg cake. FAIL! I made the cakes OK (BBC recipe) and the marzipan (Delia Smith) but it was assembling the whole thing where it got tricky. The marzipan dried up quite a bit and fell apart. I just didn't know how to fix it. Luckily we managed to save some of the cake and turn it into something else but I was so disappointed.

pabbers

22-12-2012, 08:15

What a shame, RL. At least you managed to salvage something out of it.

Sallydaisy

24-12-2012, 14:08

Banana custard for breakfast. Made a trifle too much .....

Christmas cooking still in operation; finishing food for friends and family this afternoon.

RoastLamb

24-12-2012, 14:30

I'm doing a lot of prep work today so I don't have everything to do tomorrow. I'm doing four veggie dishes today inc. sweet and sour red cabbage, corn, mash tatties, green beans with almonds. All I have to do it heat them up tomorrow. Then it's the meal for tonite.

cazza99

24-12-2012, 18:26

Nina

24-12-2012, 18:31

Most delicious thread
not for me. I'm gone :)

RoastLamb

24-12-2012, 20:43

:eek: We are responsible for putting the turkey in the oven early tomorrow morning and getting it ready before someone comes down to do the cooking.

When cooking a turkey in an aga, should we use foil??? We have some bacon to put on the top to keep it moist.

Don't know about aga cooking but I saw Jamie Oliver stick foil on the thighs of his turkey in his Christmas tv special.

Sallydaisy

12-02-2013, 09:58

Shrove Tuesday aka Pancake Day today 12/2/13.
So what's everyone putting on theirs???

Plain lemon?
Maple syrup?

http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/eating/pancake.gif

Oh, and this means tomorrow is Ash Wednesday (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_Wednesday) and the start of Lent.
What to give up ... decisions, decisions ...

http://i717.photobucket.com/albums/ww173/prestonjjrtr/Smileys/Smileyeating.gif http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/smileys/chocolate-smiley.gifhttp://www.andymurrayfanforum.com/images/smileys/wino.gif

Thank heavens the Davis Cup weekend is AFTER Easter ...
:phew:

pabbers

12-02-2013, 11:23

Nearly always forget pancake day so thanks for the reminder - lemon for us.

What to give up for Lent........simple, I'm giving up giving up things........:getcoat:

Hawkeye

12-02-2013, 11:23

One of the ladies at work made me an amazing Mint Aero cheesecake for my birthday, using chocolate Philadelphia cheese. It was amazing!

This is all the sharing I did of it!

pabbers

12-02-2013, 11:25

One of the ladies at work made me an amazing Mint Aero cheesecake for my birthday, using chocolate Philadelphia cheese. It was amazing!

This is all the sharing I did of it!

MMmmmmmmmmmmmm sounds delish and I don't blame you! Didn't know you could get chocolate Philly.

At the Xmas Exhibition in Earls Court they were selling chocolate liqueur - tasted it and it was surprisingly palatable. Had thought it would be very sickly but it wasn't.

Sallydaisy

12-02-2013, 11:43

One of the ladies at work made me an amazing Mint Aero cheesecake for my birthday, using chocolate Philadelphia cheese. It was amazing!

This is all the sharing I did of it!
That sounds amazing!
Although I can't help thinking that an Orange cheesecake would have been more appropriate.
:whistle:

pabbers

12-02-2013, 12:57

That sounds amazing!
Although I can't help thinking that an Orange cheesecake would have been more appropriate.
:whistle:

Oooo that 's cowardly - just cos you know he can't get you back at DC :lol:

Hawkeye

12-02-2013, 17:51

Feel free to make me an orange Aero cheesecake for the moderators Christmas party!

cazza99

13-02-2013, 20:17

I was on my diet day of the 5:2 diet yesterday, but am going to have buckwheat pancakes with lemon today. :)

Linda

13-02-2013, 20:49

Hmmm there certainly seem to be advantages to your diet!

Sallydaisy

19-02-2013, 09:57

Magazine item on the BBC website about 'ready meals' (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21443166) and an iconic piccy of a 60's kitchen!

pabbers

19-02-2013, 12:39

Interesting - I love the kitchen!

Linda

19-02-2013, 22:42

"We all aspired to a Vesta curry" :rolling: I must say I never thought that Vesta meals were aspirational! And the amazing thing is that they still make them - I saw them in the Co-Op the other day! How can they possibly compete with all the chilled 'Finest' meals today? :rolling:

Elizabeth

20-02-2013, 21:27

I ate two pieces of chocolate cake for my birthday yesterday - not good for the diet.

Caro

25-02-2013, 15:31

I ate two pieces of chocolate cake for my birthday yesterday - not good for the diet.

Maybe not, but good for your soul! It was your birthday.

I have never believed in diets, they just make you put on more weight when you stop. Eating habits have to be for life is what I think. And chocolate cake like anything else, in moderation, is fine by me.

RoastLamb

25-02-2013, 16:12

I eat two pieces of chocolate cake every day. ;)

Caro

07-03-2013, 14:27

I eat two pieces of chocolate cake every day. ;)

I'm not sure that counts as moderation ;)

Sallydaisy

18-03-2013, 18:48

Chocolate ... aaaahhh!

For a favourite 14year old I made a birthday torte with an Oreo biscuit crumb base, salted caramel layer and topped with dark chocolate mousse and then piped with more caramel. I left it with them to eat after supper tonight - but there's mousse and caramel sauce left.

I can't possibly throw it away can I ???
http://www.smiley-lol.com/smiley/paques/vil_paqchoc.gif

:whistle: :shamed:

RoastLamb

18-03-2013, 19:49

Yummy!!!! I would so eat that. Or rather, stuff that in my face.

Sallydaisy

18-03-2013, 19:51

Yummy!!!! I would so eat that. Or rather, stuff that in my face.
It was ...
:p

But I've not had any puds since Christmas so it was a bit rich even though I didn't have too much - saving the rest for tomorrow!

Caro

21-03-2013, 13:40

Chocolate ... aaaahhh!

there's mousse and caramel sauce left.

I can't possibly throw it away can I ??? http://www.smiley-lol.com/smiley/paques/vil_paqchoc.gif

:whistle: :shamed:

You most certainly should not!! That would be dreadfully wasteful of you .....

RoastLamb

21-03-2013, 22:31

My daughter made chocolate cake balls today - first time ever. Can't wait to taste them.

pabbers

25-03-2013, 13:42

Was away for a golf weekend that featured more snow and :wino: than golf :lol: but we did manage 11 holes on the Friday and on the way round I tasted my friend's damson gin............it was DELISH!! Just waiting for the recipe *hic*.

Sallydaisy

25-03-2013, 18:46

I tasted my friend's damson gin............it was DELISH!!
Oooh, lovely and so warming on a chilly day!
:brr:

I like sloe gin having discovered it one New Year's Eve about 15yrs ago. It was so drinkable that a friend and I drank a whole bottle between us (you can imagine the hangover!).
:shamed:

I'm having venison sausages for supper (from the local butcher who makes them).
They're YUMMY!
Have earned my protein after swimming 50 lengths of the pool today - 1 kilometre!!!
(erm, not very fast though ...)
:surfing:

RoastLamb

25-03-2013, 19:26

Yesterday I bought 2 red velvet cupcakes to (finally) celebrate Rafa's win last week and I dropped one of them on the floor. Not a happy bunny. But at least I had one more.

cazza99

13-05-2013, 19:52

How about this food if you are on a budget.:)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-22508439

pabbers

14-05-2013, 08:28

:faint:

Linda

14-05-2013, 13:19

I've heard that deep-fried locusts are delicious but that caterpillars are disgusting.

People are put off by the look, but when you come to think of it aren't prawns similar to look at and most people like them.

cazza99

14-05-2013, 19:57

I've also heard that they kill them with insecticides so you'd get a dose of those too.

banskogirl

23-05-2013, 20:50

Yesterday I bought 2 red velvet cupcakes to (finally) celebrate Rafa's win last week and I dropped one of them on the floor. Not a happy bunny. But at least I had one more.

5 second rule?

RoastLamb

14-06-2013, 19:59

Hawkeye

14-06-2013, 20:24

Strawbs. And the Pimm's website says orange rather than apple.

Sallydaisy

14-06-2013, 20:36

Question: I am hosting an afternoon tea for some of my tennis friends in July and want to make a giant jug of Pimm's and lemonade. What do I stick in it - bits of cucumber, apple and mint? Is that right? Anything else?
As little as possible 'cos it takes up alcohol space!
:big grin:

Seriously, the classic 'bits' are a slice of cucumber, lemon and/or orange (some put both or just 1 citrus slice) slotted over the side of the glass and a sprig of mint dropped into the glass of Pimms. That is all.
It isn't meant to be a fruit salad but I've seen people put half a green grocers in it.
:doh:

But it's really down to personal preference. Apples discolour easily so they're best avoided.
erm, I like strawberries or maraschino cherries in mine ....... which soak up the Pimms flavour.
:eek:

RoastLamb

14-06-2013, 20:49

Strawberries and orange? Oh wow I got it all wrong. Thanks so much!!!

KnightOwl

15-06-2013, 00:26

When I make it at home, I usually go for cucumber, orange and mint - and plenty of ice - but I do find big jugs of the stuff a pain though. They look great, but when you pour it out, you can ever get a good combination in each glass.

I generally just make individual glasses of it, or do a big jug with just Pimms, lemonade & mint, and have the 'bits' waiting in the glasses. Either that or you need a big spoon to fairly distribute the 'bits' out of the jug :)

RoastLamb

15-06-2013, 20:26

Blimey! What to do with the bits? it does look nice in the giant jug tho'. :thanks:

RoastLamb

13-07-2013, 22:48

traveller7

14-07-2013, 09:48

Good luck with the tea party sounds fab.

cazza99

14-07-2013, 20:36

Good luck with the tea party Roastlamb. :)

cloudygirl

14-07-2013, 22:33

Cream of Tartar works and you can get a dr oetker product called whip it but I think that's mainly made of cornstarch

Sallydaisy

15-07-2013, 10:07

My summer garden tea party is this Tuesday. Am a bit nervous coz I'm trying to start my own part-time business catering afternoon teas and the graphic design person doing my website/branding is taking photos so I want everything to look really nice as well as taste nice. I think I will go with KO's idea of putting the bits in the individual glasses and having the big jugs of just lemonade, mint and Pimm's. I just hope I have enough to go around. Sometimes it's hard to know how much people will drink even in the early afternoon.

I'm doing a bridal shower afternoon tea in August and that will be a big test for me too. No Pimm's there tho'.

Anyway, I have another question. What is the best method to stabilise whipping cream? I've heard gelatin, cornstarch, icing sugar, marshmallow or piping gel.
Hope all goes well RL!!!

All the things you've mentioned to stabilise the whipping cream will work.
See this wikipedia link (http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:U5UIM2SMcQ8J:www.wikihow.com/Stabilize-Whipped-Cream+stabilising+whipped+cream&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk) which lists 6:-
dry milk powder
gelatin
marshmallows
dry pudding mix
mascarpone
icing sugar (powdered sugar)
... and (from me) at a push you can also use caster sugar

This link is also helpful and lists Whip It (as mentioned by Cloudygirl).
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:6KBwqDgnvrwJ:germanfood.about.com/od/Baking-Terms/tp/What-Is-Whipped-Cream-Stabilizer.htm+stabilising+whipped+cream&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk

RoastLamb

15-07-2013, 12:59

:thanks: everyone! I'll see if I can find the whip it product today.

cloudygirl

15-07-2013, 20:08

Also if you want different non alcoholic drinks. I'd much rather have a cocktail but recently had to have 9 weeks of antibiotics and found this is an amazing summery drink http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/174606/virgin-mojito

RoastLamb

15-07-2013, 21:50

Sadly, my bunch of tennis ladies are also a bunch of alkies. I have a great fear I haven't bought enough Pimm's tbh.

RoastLamb

16-07-2013, 21:04

OK so just finished the afternoon tea. It went well. We all raised a glass of Pimm's as a toast to Andy winning Wimbly. Received some great tips and constructive criticism. The scones went down a treat - I made three: plain, sultanas and choc chips. I served them with three kinds of fruit preserves (seedless raspberry, strawberry and peach) and clotted cream. I bought the cream (imported from Devon) coz I read online it's a palaver to make it yourself. I haven't found the whip-it product as yet but I then I've only been to one supermarket so far.

pabbers

17-07-2013, 08:26

Glad it went well, RL.

banskogirl

17-07-2013, 21:51

Sounds great RL :) glad it went well!

traveller7

17-07-2013, 21:53

Sounds great wish I could of been there!

RoastLamb

17-07-2013, 22:08

Woo hoo! Today I got asked to do my first PAID afternoon tea job! For a tennis club (not mine) in a town nearby. In August. It's a few days before the bridal shower so it'll be a busy week.

traveller7

17-07-2013, 22:34

Well done!

banskogirl

18-07-2013, 09:41

Well done RL :) you'll be turning them away soon! Just in case they don't all drink alcohol I will share my daughter, and her friends, favourite summer drink......

It's a bit like your Pimms but we use elderflower cordial and mix with lemonade instead of water, soak the cordial for a while with lemon and lime slices before adding the cold lemonade and lots of fresh mint, gorgeous!

Hope your bookings in August go really well!

RoastLamb

18-07-2013, 12:13

Sounds delish, Bankosgirl. For the bridal shower they just want a lemonade and fruit punch to drink.

RoastLamb

25-08-2013, 15:43

So my busy week has come and finally gone. I did my first paid afternoon tea job on Wednesday which went very well. I was really nervous tho' and had only about 1 hour of sleep the night before. And the bridal shower was yesterday and that was also great. I did learn a few important things along the way. Things that I had not expected/considered. For example, on Wednesday there were flies buzzing around the food despite it being indoors. Linda suggested using those net umbrellas which is something I will bring next time, indoors or outdoors - and a fly swatter as well. The last thing you want is flies on the food.

Good news is: I've had people asking me for future teas just from these two events. And I'm booked to do a Christening next month. But I still have to work out the business side of things - licence, insurance, food handling certification, etc., before I can publish my website or give out business cards.

Anyway, all good practice runs. I would put some photos on here but the file upload manager is not working for me at all.