General help & advice on Wall of Mouths

General help & advice

Started by Citizen Erased (confused again) in Chit-Chat

As the taste in musuic thread has shown, we’re a pretty diverse bunch, and no doubt all have very different skills sets, based on our varied experiences etc etc.

With that in mind, does anyone have a killer recipe for cookies?

Posted on Wed, 14 April 2010 at 10:12

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Fiona (Fiona Lamont) wrote:

What type of cookies? Or just a basic cookie recipe you can adapt to suit?

Posted on Wed, 14 April 2010 at 11:04

chr1s (I can't remember my own name) wrote:

And i hope you’re not going to be using any illegal “special” ingredients ;)

Posted on Wed, 14 April 2010 at 11:57

Fiona (Fiona Lamont) wrote:

Yum - special cookies :-)~ lol

Posted on Wed, 14 April 2010 at 12:18

Citizen Erased (confused again) wrote:

A basic or chocolate recipe - some people at work are moving to a different building and I thought I might do them some cookies for when they go.

I would be utterly hopeless at sourcing ‘special’ ingredients :-(

Posted on Wed, 14 April 2010 at 12:42

Fiona (Fiona Lamont) wrote:

I made these a couple to times - they are really nice but so bad lol
http://www.nigella.com/recipe/recipe_detail.aspx?rid=100

Posted on Wed, 14 April 2010 at 13:22

MisterHoppy (Jamie) wrote:

Melting Moments:
Basic receipe: 5oz flour (self raising)
4oz butter (marg if you want shit biscuits)
3oz sugar
Optional: ginger powder / chocolate bits / dried fruit (can use fresh blueberries but then have to reduce butter & sugar so getting complicated)
oats \ desc coconut to roll in (optional)

1) Cream butter and sugar (put in mixing bowl together and beat with wooden spoon until pale and fluffy)
2) Sieve in flour (add optional ginger/choc/fruit at this point)
3)MIx (with spoon or hands) till forms ball, if too dry add tiny bit of milk.
4)Preheat oven to gas mark4 / 150Degrees? (only had gas oven for past 15 years) and grease a couple of baking trays.
5) Break dough into pieces (depending on how big you want biscuits but roughly size of egg. Roll pieces into balls (wash hands in cold water 1st)
6) Roll balls in oats/ desc coconut.
7)Place on tray and flatten slightly with ur hand (they spread so leave room).
8)Place in middle of oven for 12 - 15 mins.
9)Remove, cool and try not to eat them all then and there.

Have a few more receipies (well a lot actually) will post later.

Posted on Wed, 14 April 2010 at 16:51

MisterHoppy (Jamie) wrote:

Lebkuchen:
375g / 12oz self raising flour
2 teaspoons mixed spice
pinch o salt
90g / 3oz honey (cear / runny best)
185g / 6oz soft brown sugar (dark best)
45g / 1.5oz butter
1 beaten egg
finely grated lemon peel (1 lemon)
1Tbs lemon juice

1: Sieve flour, salt & mixed spice into mixing bowl. Make well in middle.
2: Put honey, sugar & butter into saucepan and melt over low heat, then cool slightly.
3: Pour contents of pan into flour, add egg, lemon peel & juice.
4: Mix to form soft dough.
5: Knead untill smooth (floured surface)
6: Preheat oven to gas mk 4 / 180 degrees (found conv.) and grease couple of baking sheets.
7: Roll out (floured surface) untill 1cm(ish) thick.
8: Cut out biscuits (use glass / mug if no cutters) and place on baking tray.
9: Bake for 20 to 25 mins.

Just out of interest Truffles are really easy to make in big quantities (but more expensive), as are marzipan shapes.

Posted on Wed, 14 April 2010 at 17:13

Fiona (Fiona Lamont) wrote:

I’m going to try both of these - sound yummy!

Posted on Wed, 14 April 2010 at 19:11

mrs h wrote:

I’m going to do it the easy way and marry MisterHoppy ;)

Posted on Wed, 14 April 2010 at 22:23

#10

smeghead (Anna) wrote:

Advanced recipe for biscuits.

Ingredients:
1 packet hobnobs

Instructions:
Carefully open the packet of hobnobs.
Optional-serve on a plate.

Serve with a nice Earl Grey vintage 1978.

Posted on Sun, 18 April 2010 at 22:16

#11

MisterHoppy (Jamie) wrote:

mrs h wrote:
I’m going to do it the easy way and marry MisterHoppy ;)

Too late i’m afraid Mrs H but flattery will get you the receipe for truffles:

1 Pot (aprox 300ml) double cream.
275-300g dark (at least 70%) chocolate, broken into pieces. (basically you need 1g chocolate per 1ml of cream)
25-40g UNSALTED butter cut up. (depends how buttery you want them)
Cocoa / Flaked almonds / finely grated white choc / crushed pistachio etc for coating.
Flavourings (optional) i find good brandy or fresh mint finely choped or finely grated lemon / orange / lime peel work well.

1: Put cream in heavy based saucepan and heat till just boiling (not too fierce heat).
2: Remove from heat and add all chocolate at once. Stir until melted and smooth.
3: Should now be reasonably cool (if it’s too hot adding the butter splits it), add butter a little at a time stiring in as you go.
4: If using 1 flavouring then add now. If using 2 or more divide mixture into bowls then add flavourings. If none goto 5.
5: Put into bowl , cover with clingfilm and refrigerate overnight (about 5/6 hours will do it).
6: Remove bowl from fridge, uncover and place coating(s) in bowl(s).
7: Wash hands in COLD water. Dust hands in coca powder. Use a spoon to get out a lump of mixture, use hands to roll into a ball (or desired shape), roll in coating and place on plate/ baking tray (dusted with coca/icing sugar to stop sticking). You will need to rewash & redust your hands several times.
8: When all done place truffles into fridge for several hours / overnight.
9: Give to loved one of your choice or eat them all and deny they ever existed.

If i could work out how to upload a photo there would be one of a tray of truffles where this sentance is.

Posted on Tue, 20 April 2010 at 20:11 in reply to an earlier post

#12

mrs h wrote:

I feel a heart attack coming on - I luuuuuuurve truffles. Can’t wait to test it out on pay day, thanks!! :)

Posted on Thu, 22 April 2010 at 21:55

#13

Misanthropologist (d) wrote:

mrs h wrote:
I’m going to do it the easy way and marry MisterHoppy ;)

So that’s what the ‘H’ stands for! :o

Posted on Wed, 5 May 2010 at 21:20 in reply to an earlier post

#14

mrs h wrote:

Sadly no, it stands for horridena-hamilton-blythe-smythe-pickwick-paper-hat :(

Posted on Wed, 5 May 2010 at 22:22

#15

Misanthropologist (d) wrote:

*subdued hustings commentator* Communist party.

Posted on Wed, 5 May 2010 at 22:53

#16

mrs h wrote:

I went to a communist party once. It was crap, I prefer birthday parties.

Posted on Thu, 6 May 2010 at 19:08

#17

Citizen Erased (confused again) wrote:

Next question… next month my mobile phone contract is up for renewal and I’d like to screw O2 for eveything I can get. What handset should I go for (don’t want an iPhone, currently have an SE C905, thinking about a Vivaz as really like SE camera phones) and what else can I get out of them?

Posted on Thu, 13 May 2010 at 13:20

#18

CS (Colin S) wrote:

Go though retentions and threaten to leave. Ask for you’re PAC if they don’t budge. Orange royally screwed me over a little (New Vivaz, 800 mins, unlimited texts, unlimited web, unlimited facebook) as well as some nifty little speakers* for £27.50 per month…

Best thing to do is shop around outside o2 mate. My friend got a Blackberry with 600 mins, unlimited texts & web for £25 per month with Orange. There is also much talk of T-Mobile merging with Orange, although I don’t know how true this rumour is.

Quick review on the Vivaz:

Pros:
- Excellent camera
- QUERTY keyboard which makes texting a dream
- Friendly user interface
- Apps… woo!
- Good video quality too
- Very, very stylish
- Good battery life
- You can charge your phone through your computer (I previously had a Tocco.. no USB charger)
- Good audio quality in calls & decent radio / mp3 / video playback
- 8GB micro-SD card and adapter included.. woo

Cons:
- Can be fiddly if you have chunky fingers (although you do get a stylus included, which I lost…)
- It has a tendancy to turn itself off every now & again. However, this has only happened to me on occassions such as after pressing loads of buttons or having loads of apps open. Don’t let this put you off. From what I’ve heard, Sony Erricson are releasing a patch to fix this problem.

I really fancied the BB Bold 9700, but Orange were not playing ball at all. The X10 is a nice phone too, but maybe a bit too chunky and does a job similar to the Vivaz, which is a lot more stylish IMO.

With Orange, I did quite a lot of bargaining with the line “I’m sure you can appreciate we’re in a recession, I want a good phone with a good tarriff at a good price”, Orange initially said they’d charge me £80 to upgrade to the Vivaz. After hanging up twice and leaving it for a couple of days they eventually budged down to 50, then 30, then 5 at one point, I am not joking.

Good luck, phone companies can be right twats :)

Posted on Sun, 16 May 2010 at 14:03

#19

mrs h wrote:

Bloody hell Colin - I expected you to say “throw it in the bin” ;)

Sorry. As of now you have officially lived that down … X

Posted on Sun, 16 May 2010 at 21:17

#20

CS (Colin S) wrote:

I forgot to add the note about my speakers…

They still haven’t arrived. 3 weeks later.

hiya mrs h :)

Posted on Mon, 17 May 2010 at 23:00

#21

g (My Shade Will Comfort you) wrote:

mrs h wrote:
Bloody hell Colin - I expected you to say “throw it in the bin” ;)

Sorry. As of now you have officially lived that down … X

thank you for jogging my hazy memory. thank you, thank you, thank you.

and i’ve just remembered TPgate as well

Posted on Mon, 17 May 2010 at 23:57 in reply to an earlier post

#22

mrs h wrote:

Hello boys :)

Glad your memory is coming back Gimme - probably best not start teasing as I’m sure Colin can remember a few things about you too!

Posted on Thu, 20 May 2010 at 22:53

#23

Gav wrote:

Like the Pottygate incident!

Posted on Fri, 21 May 2010 at 06:55

#24

Citizen Erased (confused again) wrote:

Hmmm… I think it’s probably definitely going to be the Vivaz then… will possibly phone them tomorrow and see what they can say (I find I give less ground in negotiations if I have a raging hangover, which saved us £5k on our house). I think I want 200+ mins/texts, unlimited internet & if they can throw in a notebook too, that would be nice, even if its a crappy one. And £25 a month I think would be reasonable. :-)

Posted on Fri, 21 May 2010 at 11:11