Brew 5,408 Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 Not yo anall! sheesh it's getting so you don't know who you can rely on these days.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 Bet some of you don't even eat cake with a fork! (Preferably a proper little cake fork) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,134 Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 Cake don't stay on the plate long enough to warrant a fork. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 We do Margie. Very ettikety in our house. In fact Granddaughter made us a 'Coffee Cake' today, to welcome us back from our hols and we had to use our little cake forks with one fat prong and one two fin uns, because the cake was so moist it just fell apart. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,134 Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 We've got some of those forks Carni, often wondered what they were for. I thought they were for winkels, ordigging out pickled onions. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 Sounds a lovely squishy cake Carni. Hope you enjoyed your holiday. We've only had 7 nights away from home this year and we REALLY need another break. That's why we're coming to Nottingham on 5 October and staying until 9 October.... l Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,134 Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 Can you still get potted meat and Sandersons pies in Nottingham? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 Twas Delicious, she got the recipe off the internet, I think it could be used for a 'Coffee/Walnut recipe as well, she hadn't got any walnuts so she put Chocolate Rolos on top instead. Beekay, I'm sure you could use them for stabbin' your pickled onions, but the fat prong might just get stuck in yer 'Winkles' . I haven't had any decent 'Potted Meat' for years, I could just eat a nice crusty cob thick with 'Lurpack and Potted Meat' Cor, You set me longing now! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 642 Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 Getting back to biscuits, I really miss Lincoln biscuits. They haven't been made since Crawford's factory, in Carlisle, was flooded in November 2009. Anybody want to join me in starting a campaign to brink back the Lincoln biscuit? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted September 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 They were the nobbly ones, yes? p.s. wouldn't say no to a piece of Carni's cake. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 Soz Katyjay, just a teeny piece left for tomorrow. I promise to think about you when I eat it. Mmm so tasty! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted September 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 Cruel, that's what you are! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 Cruel AND greedy ! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,408 Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 Gotta say I'm with BK and cake is long gone before you can even get close to the cutlery drawer.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted September 29, 2019 Report Share Posted September 29, 2019 But how can you eat a squishy cake / gateau with your fingers? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,134 Posted September 29, 2019 Report Share Posted September 29, 2019 It's the only way to eat Squishy cake or gateau. Another competition is to eat a jammy doughnut without licking your lips ! (using your fingers, of course). Just think of the lovely squidge when eating a chocolate éclair. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted September 29, 2019 Report Share Posted September 29, 2019 Don't think even I would use a fork to eat an eclair (a roll shaped one) although the little round ones served as a dessert are another matter because they are drizzled with chocolate and are in a bowl anyway! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,894 Posted September 29, 2019 Report Share Posted September 29, 2019 I'm giving a like to everyone who posted. Me , I don't like the biscuits here in Italy they all seem to have a slight variation on the same taste. I make my own , prepare the dough, roll it into balls and freeze. When needed in the case of unexpected visitors when of course you have nothing to offer them, I whip a tray full out and bake them. By the time the tea is made they are ready and are delicious slightly warm. I make lots of different ones but my favourite is the white chocolate and mango biscuit one very similar to Border biscuits. Katy I found a recipe for hobnobs , they are as near to the real thing as you can get. Try to cut down when I have a coffee but sorry home made is always best. I end up eating far too many !!!! 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,408 Posted September 29, 2019 Report Share Posted September 29, 2019 2 hours ago, MargieH said: But how can you eat a squishy cake / gateau with your fingers? Sloooowly Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,134 Posted September 29, 2019 Report Share Posted September 29, 2019 2 hours ago, MargieH said: Don't think even I would use a fork to eat an eclair (a roll shaped one) although the little round ones served as a dessert are another matter because they are drizzled with chocolate and are in a bowl anyway! The round ones are profiteroles Margie. Eclairs are like scrummy ceegars ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 642 Posted September 29, 2019 Report Share Posted September 29, 2019 KatyJ, yes Lincolns were the round shortcake like biscuits, with lots of pimples on them. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 When it was your Birthday you brought biscuits at Imperial for the tea bar, that's when the snob factor kicked in, that's also when I found out M&S sold food, I thought it was just sold under crackers, on my Birthday I always went out & brought the cheapest, nastiest biscuits I could find, Malted Milk, Ginger Nuts & Custard Creams & left a note on them Radford Biscuits. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 All this talk of Biscuits.......got me thinking,,where did Marsdens get their Biscuits from,,,,and it came to me,,,all the loose biscuits we sold from big tins with glass lid,,were from a company called Middlemass,,it was on all the tins,,, Just looked em up,,,they were a Scottish company and went out of business in 1956,,,,i started with Marsdens in 1960,and we still used the tins with Middlemass name on,,,...........thought you would all want to know that........lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,134 Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 Used to get our biscuits as a nipper, from Home and Colonial, top of Boden st., on Alfreton road. Used to serve em in a brown paper bag. That was when Dad could afford them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,304 Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 Biscuits on the Woolworth biscuit counter were in similar metal tins with glass lids, Ben. There was a name embossed into the side of the metal tin but it wasn't Middlemass. It was shorter, F W W I think. Biscuits themselves were in cardboard boxes under the counter, ready for filling the metal tins! I always took a special interest in that biscuit counter. Wanted to work there when I grew up! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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