Comments on: Anyone for dessert http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/03/31/anyone-for-dessert/ I am not a has-been. I am a will be. Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance Tue, 22 May 2012 07:14:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/03/31/anyone-for-dessert/#comment-22038 Grannymar Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:09:56 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=2871#comment-22038 Brighid, With those tasty sounding desserts I think I miss your granny too! Brighid,

With those tasty sounding desserts I think I miss your granny too!

]]> By: Brighid http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/03/31/anyone-for-dessert/#comment-22033 Brighid Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:29:31 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=2871#comment-22033 My favorite was my granny's steamed carrot cake with whiskey sauce, no, it was her real mince meat pie, no it was her homemade ice cream, not it was her... Oh jeez, I can't decide. I miss you Granny! My favorite was my granny’s steamed carrot cake with whiskey sauce, no, it was her real mince meat pie, no it was her homemade ice cream, not it was her… Oh jeez, I can’t decide. I miss you Granny!

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/03/31/anyone-for-dessert/#comment-22032 Grannymar Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:17:59 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=2871#comment-22032 Oops! I left some people out there in error. @WWW - I remember making marmalade pudding in school, can't say I like it. Our school taught us every steamed pudding under the sun and very little else. I wonder if they were a staple food for the nuns? @Steph - We had 10 apple trees in the bottom half of the garden. One had apples that tasted like pears, then there were eight other eating varieties and one with cooking apples (tart). @Annb - Mammy made the bread & butter pudding, and queen of pudding but I had to pass on them because of the milk. :sad: Oops! I left some people out there in error.

@WWW - I remember making marmalade pudding in school, can’t say I like it. Our school taught us every steamed pudding under the sun and very little else. I wonder if they were a staple food for the nuns?

@Steph - We had 10 apple trees in the bottom half of the garden. One had apples that tasted like pears, then there were eight other eating varieties and one with cooking apples (tart).

@Annb - Mammy made the bread & butter pudding, and queen of pudding but I had to pass on them because of the milk. :sad:

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/03/31/anyone-for-dessert/#comment-22031 Grannymar Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:59:06 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=2871#comment-22031 Baino, I like the idea of the fruit & chocolate dips. Dark chocolate I can haz! :D Baino, I like the idea of the fruit & chocolate dips. Dark chocolate I can haz! :D

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/03/31/anyone-for-dessert/#comment-22030 Grannymar Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:55:19 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=2871#comment-22030 @Judy - That Angel food cake makes me drool! @Ramana - I would have to skip those milk puddings even though they sound good. Ice cream, now that is a different matter. @Alice - Baked egg custard wad my fathers favourite. In the days before Microwave ovens mammy heated the plates on a plate rack above the cooker or she put them in the oven with the dinner for a few minutes. They were really hot! @Nancy - That “Washington Cake” is a new one on me and has my teeth watering! @Lily - I had forgotten about Bruce Bogtrotter's chocolate cake. Your Apple cake recipe yesterday set me off on a nostalgia trip. @Judy - That Angel food cake makes me drool!

@Ramana - I would have to skip those milk puddings even though they sound good. Ice cream, now that is a different matter.

@Alice - Baked egg custard wad my fathers favourite. In the days before Microwave ovens mammy heated the plates on a plate rack above the cooker or she put them in the oven with the dinner for a few minutes. They were really hot!

@Nancy - That “Washington Cake” is a new one on me and has my teeth watering!

@Lily - I had forgotten about Bruce Bogtrotter’s chocolate cake. Your Apple cake recipe yesterday set me off on a nostalgia trip.

]]> By: Baino http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/03/31/anyone-for-dessert/#comment-22029 Baino Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:52:44 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=2871#comment-22029 I've never been one for desserts but my mother was English so there was always lemon meringue pie or steamed puddings or 'fluff' a combination of jelly and whipped Carnation milk (I guess a legacy of the war years). We're more 'fruity' here I guess thanks to the plethora of fresh produce. One of my faves is a fruit platter of mangoes, strawberries, rockmelon, kiwi dipped in melted dark chocolate sauce . . .great way to get fussy eaters to gobble fruit! Oh and we're pretty damn good at cheesecake! I’ve never been one for desserts but my mother was English so there was always lemon meringue pie or steamed puddings or ‘fluff’ a combination of jelly and whipped Carnation milk (I guess a legacy of the war years). We’re more ‘fruity’ here I guess thanks to the plethora of fresh produce. One of my faves is a fruit platter of mangoes, strawberries, rockmelon, kiwi dipped in melted dark chocolate sauce . . .great way to get fussy eaters to gobble fruit! Oh and we’re pretty damn good at cheesecake!

]]> By: Annb http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/03/31/anyone-for-dessert/#comment-22027 Annb Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:26:56 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=2871#comment-22027 On a cold winter's day, steaming hot bread and butter pudding lost under layers of thick golden custard; it always made me feel like a princess. On a cold winter’s day, steaming hot bread and butter pudding lost under layers of thick golden custard; it always made me feel like a princess.

]]> By: steph http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/03/31/anyone-for-dessert/#comment-22026 steph Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:24:00 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=2871#comment-22026 We had... stewed apple, baked apple, apple crumble, apple & raspberry splodge (cake mix on top), apple & blackberry tart, and apple & rhubarb pie, all served with custard (cream/ice cream when we had visitors). Bet you can't you guess what fruit grew in our garden? :neutral: We had…

stewed apple, baked apple, apple crumble, apple & raspberry splodge (cake mix on top), apple & blackberry tart, and apple & rhubarb pie, all served with custard (cream/ice cream when we had visitors).

Bet you can’t you guess what fruit grew in our garden? :neutral:

]]> By: wisewebwoman http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/03/31/anyone-for-dessert/#comment-22025 wisewebwoman Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:10:34 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=2871#comment-22025 I have a list, GM, we always had our pudding too!! Marmalade pudding - steamed, remember that? Trifle of course, sherry, whipped cream, real custard. Rhubarb stew with icecream melting all over it. Blackberry tarts with fresh cream And one everyone hated but I loved - macaroni pudding with raisins. XO WWW I have a list, GM, we always had our pudding too!!
Marmalade pudding - steamed, remember that?
Trifle of course, sherry, whipped cream, real custard.
Rhubarb stew with icecream melting all over it.
Blackberry tarts with fresh cream
And one everyone hated but I loved - macaroni pudding with raisins.
XO
WWW

]]> By: lilinator http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/03/31/anyone-for-dessert/#comment-22024 lilinator Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:45:41 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=2871#comment-22024 Here are the votes from members of the Collison household present: Tommy: 1) Apple cake 2) anything without chocolate John: 1) Apple crumble 2) Chocolate biscuit cake Lily: 1) Hot apple cake with natural yogurt, seeds and honey 2) Bruce Bogtrotter cake from Matilda. This is a rich chocolate cake. Got the recipe from a Roald Dahl 'cookery book' from library years ago. All this talk of dessert is making 3 people want some! Here are the votes from members of the Collison household present:
Tommy: 1) Apple cake 2) anything without chocolate
John: 1) Apple crumble 2) Chocolate biscuit cake
Lily: 1) Hot apple cake with natural yogurt, seeds and honey 2) Bruce Bogtrotter cake from Matilda. This is a rich chocolate cake. Got the recipe from a Roald Dahl ‘cookery book’ from library years ago.

All this talk of dessert is making 3 people want some!

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