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Laura Chase · Apr 17, 2009

I made great chicken dish yesterday, chicken breast fried with lemon juice, onions, garlic, white wine, almonds. With that I served broccoli and san marzanos (!). Intended to photograph it but I accidentally ate it all before I got to photograph it. lol

Everything is looking great, guys.

i_am_the_scruff · Apr 17, 2009

Fleur De Guerre said:
Thanks Laura and thanks Skeet for the info!

Laura, the recipe is on my blog, but here it is for reference!

Chocolate & peanut butter swirl

360g (13oz) white eating chocolate, chopped coarsely
1/2 cup (140g) smooth peanut butter
400g (14oz) dark chocolate, chopped coarsely

♥ Line a 20cm (8") square cake tin with baking parchment.
♦ Melt white chocolate in a heatproof bowl over simmering water until smooth.
♣ Remove from heat and cool slightly. Add peanut butter and stir until smooth.
♠ Melt dark chocolate in the same way, cool slightly.
♥ Starting with the dark chocolate, pour about a quarter of each mixture into the pan at a time, alternating between dark and white.
♦ Pull a skewer through the mixture, first horizontally, then vertically for a marbled effect. Your tin of mixture should now look like [the above pic]!

Then, just leave it to cool. I tend to pop it in the fridge but if you have the time, you can leave it to set at room temperature - it'll take 2-3 hours. If you do put it in the fridge, make sure it has warmed up to room temp before you cut it or it tends to splinter. Unless you don't care about presentation and just want to scoff it as it is (and who would blame you?)! But it looks so effective in little squares and makes a great gift.

Skeet, our flapjacks are basically oats, butter, sugar and lots of golden syrup! Simple, cheap and tasty (and fattening!) lol

That looks yummy! I have saved the recipe, I hpe you don't mind!
I always make flapjacks too, they're lovely.

These are some little cakes I made over christmas. The ones on the top aren't really cakes though, they're little coconut things with chocolate on top, and the bottom ones are just simple fairy cakes with icing. They were lovely!

I also made a chocolate log, although when it came to rolling it it broke! Haha so instead of a swirl of chocolate through the middle I just have lines of chocolate. The chocolate was so creamy though it tasted amazing. Just equal amounts of melted chocolate and double cream brought to the boil and then left to cool in the fridge.

Laura Chase · Apr 17, 2009

i_am_the_scruff said:

My goodness! I want your log! lol

Darhling · Apr 17, 2009

Fleur & Scruff ... I am drooling here! looks so yummy! Fleur you could be a food photographer!

i_am_the_scruff · Apr 17, 2009

Thank you both

THe Conductor · Apr 19, 2009

For supper tonight, Small Beef Tenderloin, Canadian Pacific Style. A recipie from the days when rail travel service was on par with the finest of hotels. Consists of a tenderloin steak topped with bacon and parsley sitting on two slices of french bread which itself is covered in a demi-glace/mushroom sauce. The whipped potatoes have been processed through a pastry bag (mashed with garlic and chives, extruded, then baked at 375F for 20 mins). They probably have some sort of name, but I'm calling them Potatoes Champoeg. And its all organic

Thank god for the French paradox.

SamMarlowPI · Apr 19, 2009

conductor, that looks incredibly delicious...

i made about 70 beef & chicken tamales today...planted them on a bed of rice and topped them with a green chile sauce, a little of the beef/chicken stuffing and cheddar...

Trickeration · Apr 19, 2009

Mmm, tamales. Though with your avatar, I have this kind of funny vision of Bogie making them.

Some of the recent dishes I've made are salmon pan fried with light olive oil, garlic, lemon and pepper, grilled asparagas, an buttered egg noodles.

Creme brulee for dessert. I'm afraid no one wanted to wait for me to display it nicely for pictures.

SamMarlowPI · Apr 20, 2009

lollollol bogie in the kitchen...

that salmon looks great...mmmm :essen:

BeBopBaby · Apr 20, 2009

I made a cheshire pork pie and a chocolate cream over an open cook fire this weekend. I didn't get any pictures before they were eaten though. The pie turned out lovely, I'm finally starting to get the hang of baking over a fire, it involves lots of trial and error.

rumblefish · Apr 20, 2009

Fresh caught flounder with garlic and Chinese black bean (douchi) sauce.

Each fillet laid out with just enough sake to come up half way and covered with garlic, black beans, ginger, then topped with scallion, red and green bell pepper slices. Then it is steamed until done
This is a shot of the smoking hot peanut oil being poured over (I tried to catch the sizzle)- then the thickened sauce put around before serving.

HadleyH · Apr 21, 2009

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That dish is perfection rumblefish.
I want some please!

AnnaMaria · Apr 21, 2009

I made these....and it made me so angry my fiancee had to go out for a while.

"Skeet" McD · Apr 21, 2009

AnnaMaria said:
I made these....and it made me so angry my fiancee had to go out for a while.

Ummmmm....not the expected reaction: They look lovely. Care to...elaborate? [huh] Assuming the issues are food-related, of course...

"Skeet"

THe Conductor · Apr 21, 2009

SamMarlowPI said:
conductor, that looks incredibly delicious...

Thanks Marlow, it was my last decent meal before getting my wisdom teeth pulled.

Laura Chase · Apr 21, 2009

AnnaMaria said:

Simply mouth-watering!

chanteuseCarey · Apr 21, 2009

Depression glass tea party...

This is typical for us here. We are a tea party family! We love break out the fancy depression glass and cook up scones and make tea sandwiches- especially with using herbs and edible flowers from the garden. This pic was from my birthday. The cake has unsprayed "Lovely Fairy " roses from our yard put on it.

"Skeet" McD · Apr 21, 2009

chanteuseCarey said:
This is typical for us here. We are a tea party family! We love break out the fancy depression glass and cook up scones and make tea sandwiches- especially with using herbs and edible flowers from the garden.

Looks lovely, CC! Lucky you to live in a place where you CAN raid the garden so much...here in the still cold and wet Northeast, it will be a while until I can nip out and cull a few herbs for dinner...although the chives are up....

"Skeet"

Darhling · Apr 21, 2009

AnnaMaria said:
I made these....and it made me so angry my fiancee had to go out for a while.

Those are incredible, how did you do the bows so perfectly?!

chanteuseCarey · Apr 21, 2009

thanks Skeet...

Yes, we are spoiled here in No. Cal. yesterday it was over 90. Our 100+ antique and modern roses love it, they are busting out all over the front yard! One of our favorite tea sandwiches is made butter and Nasturium leaves and petals. We also like to make lavender petal scones.

[QUOTE="Skeet" McD]Looks lovely, CC! Lucky you to live in a place where you CAN raid the garden so much...here in the still cold and wet Northeast, it will be a while until I can nip out and cull a few herbs for dinner...although the chives are up....

"Skeet"[/QUOTE]

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