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| Posted: Wed Jun 10th, 2009 11:02 pm |
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fat spaniel
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Or other cooking related items 
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| Posted: Wed Jun 10th, 2009 11:29 pm |
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Adam Male 
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:rofl: Thanks Fats. 
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| Posted: Thu Jun 11th, 2009 12:08 am |
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I forgot to mention Adam, the vast quantity of liquid needed is milk with the final 2oz being water pmsl
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| Posted: Fri Jun 19th, 2009 10:25 pm |
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Adam Male
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Sorry if this is a little big, it'll help my future exploits if no-one else's. So today I made my first ever loaf of bread, using our newly purchased River Cottage Bread Handbook. The book was very informative, especially for those who like to know *why* they are doing the different processes rather that just doing them. It goes into great detail on each process, and makes clear that you should master the basic bread recipe before you try anything else. That's where the hard bit comes It was never going to be perfect - it says in the book that the first loaf is a bit of a hit or miss thing. Luckily enough, the bread was ACTUALLY EDIBLE:  The only problem was that it was a bit too dense. I think I really panicked when I started to knead it - it was extremely sticky and most of it seemed to be in between my fingers, hardly any was on the actual surface at the start. I added more flour which did the trick, but I think I over-compensated which made it too thick and it may not have risen enough, which made a denser dough. Also, next time I'll have to get digital weighing scales as the ammounts of salt and yeast were far too small to measure on our mechanical ones. Sorry for the slightly yellow tint in the following photos. I forgot to turn the white-balance on! Here's a picture of it next to our usual Friday night tapas. It's great 'cos we all eat it over a few hours and there's not much washing up to do:  (Bread, Mortadella, smoked pork loin, milano salami, parma ham salami, prosciutto, mozzarella, butter.) Here it is sliced. As you can see, it was a bit dense - but it still tasted lovely   How will the bread turn out next week? Watch this space for further developments!
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| Posted: Fri Jun 19th, 2009 10:40 pm |
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 looks good to me adamcan you come and cook for me
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| Posted: Fri Jun 19th, 2009 10:48 pm |
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That looks delicious Adam - i'm so hungry right now but it's too late to eat 
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| Posted: Fri Jun 19th, 2009 10:52 pm |
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fat spaniel
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At least expected you to be serving a spitroast pig on the side 
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| Posted: Fri Jun 19th, 2009 11:33 pm |
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Adam Male
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fat spaniel wrote:At least expected you to be serving a spitroast pig on the side I wish I had the means to do it - in which case, we probably would have.
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| Posted: Sun Jun 21st, 2009 12:21 pm |
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Adam Male
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How to make a Long Island Iced Tea: 1 part vodka 1 part 1800® Tequila 1 part rum 1 part gin 1 part triple sec 1 1/2 parts sweet and sour mix 1 splash Coca-Cola® Mix ingredients together over ice in a glass. Pour into a shaker and give one brisk shake. Pour back into the glass and make sure there is a touch of fizz at the top. Garnish with lemon. Collapse.
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| Posted: Sun Jun 21st, 2009 09:37 pm |
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fat spaniel
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So actually not much 'tea' involved then
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| Posted: Sun Jun 21st, 2009 09:46 pm |
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chrisdebag
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 i will have to try thateverytime i ask for tea in a cafe they give me this foul brown liquid with no alcohol in
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| Posted: Sun Jun 21st, 2009 10:11 pm |
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Adam Male
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fat spaniel wrote:So actually not much 'tea' involved then That's the point really - it was created so it looked like the ladies of Long Island who drunk it were merely drinking iced tea - whereas in fact they were secretly getting plastered
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| Posted: Sun Jun 21st, 2009 10:27 pm |
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fat spaniel
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Will have to remember that for the works canteen 
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| Posted: Wed Jul 1st, 2009 02:55 pm |
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Adam Male
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Making my first pizza today I'll put up a picture later. I think my first should be an authentic margarita - tomato sauce, buffalo mozerella and basil.
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| Posted: Wed Jul 1st, 2009 03:27 pm |
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chrisdebag
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 adam come and live with me hehe
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| Posted: Wed Jul 1st, 2009 09:42 pm |
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How did it turn out then Adam?
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| Posted: Wed Jul 1st, 2009 10:18 pm |
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Adam Male
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So today I made pizza, using the River Cottage Bread Book, which I'd thoroughly recommend. I won't spare you the details (although If you want the recipe I can post it). But this time I used the bread maker to knead the dough rather than me doing it by hand - every other stage was done by hand, it just took the effort out of it. And I do think it was better for it. So here was my first pizza - a margarita (tomato sauce, mozzarella and basil, although I forgot the basil ): Here is an attempt to make it look more interesting:  And here was my second go - my favourite topping from our Oxford Italian restaurant - pepperoni and onion:  Overall it was definitely the best exploit I've had with bread-making so far. This might be because the dough didn't have to rise so much, but it tasted really authentic and I'd have been more than happy to have been served it in a restaurant. A pizza stone for the oven is essential and helps keep the heat. I'll do that again!
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| Posted: Wed Jul 1st, 2009 10:20 pm |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 1st, 2009 10:33 pm |
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That looks really yummy Adam, did you make it for your parents too?
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| Posted: Wed Jul 1st, 2009 10:41 pm |
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Adam Male
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I did! The both seemed to enjoy it, one I'll make again, I think 
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| Posted: Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 12:57 am |
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Adam Male
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Fire up the ovens, it's my first go at White Bread tomorrow (today now I suppose)
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| Posted: Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 07:25 am |
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I forbid you, it's a nice cool day - don't go heating it up again, just one days respite is all i ask 
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| Posted: Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 11:22 am |
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Adam Male
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Yesterday was the days respite
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| Posted: Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 03:33 pm |
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ok, well i'd have liked two days respite Adam You turned that oven on when i was in Sainsburys, didn't you? 
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| Posted: Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 03:37 pm |
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Adam Male
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Don't go blaming your problems on me now  It's actually cooler in the kitchen with the oven on and windows open than it is up here in my room. My computer chucks out so much heat. I'll do a picture later
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| Posted: Sat Jul 4th, 2009 10:02 am |
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I'm here because i've noticed lack of bread pictures - is that cos it was a flop Adam?
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| Posted: Sat Jul 4th, 2009 01:45 pm |
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Adam Male
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Nope, it was great! I'll try and get it up later on.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 4th, 2009 02:03 pm |
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ok Adam, i'll look forward to seeing that
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| Posted: Sun Jul 5th, 2009 10:41 am |
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I see you didn't manage to get it up last night Adam Hopefully, today?
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| Posted: Sun Jul 5th, 2009 11:08 am |
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Adam Male
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Here's the bread! White this time and I left it to rise a lot longer just before it went in the oven so it was much more fluffy: And here's a special fried rice I made last night - brown rice with egg, sausage, bacon, onion, prawn and peas 
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