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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 17, 2021 16:37:06 GMT
I always have a packet of Idahoan in for this sort of emergency Dawnstar
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jun 17, 2021 16:48:26 GMT
I've had to make a last minute change to today's dinner plans. Need a ton of trapped potatoes as your plan B And nice poppies
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Post by alece10 on Jun 17, 2021 17:07:31 GMT
I always have a packet of Idahoan in for this sort of emergency Dawnstar I want this. Never seen it before. Where can You get it?
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Post by alece10 on Jun 17, 2021 17:07:55 GMT
So jam or cream first?
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Post by The Matthew on Jun 17, 2021 17:13:06 GMT
I used to buy a small number of potatoes twice a week but a combination of only shopping once a week because of lockdown and Sainsbury's attempts to force people to weigh their own loose food (which is a nope for me) mean I've switched to buying a 750g bag of potatoes on Saturdays. By Wednesday, without fail, they're all tentacley and unappealing. So most weeks I'm now opting for oven chips or hash browns instead.
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Post by alece10 on Jun 17, 2021 17:17:28 GMT
Apart from when Jersey Royals first come out each year I never buy potato's. When cooking for 1 and not wanting potato's every day I end up with too much wastage. So I also buy frozen croquettes, rosti's, hash browns etc. I even buy ready made mash which I know is lazy but no wastage.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jun 17, 2021 17:20:48 GMT
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 17, 2021 17:36:13 GMT
I always have a packet of Idahoan in for this sort of emergency Dawnstar I want this. Never seen it before. Where can You get it? I think the major supermarkets have it.
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Post by The Matthew on Jun 17, 2021 17:58:14 GMT
Reminds me of the unofficial state slogan:
Idaho — More Than Just Potatoes... Well Okay, We're Not, But The Potatoes Sure Are Real Good
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Post by Dawnstar on Jun 17, 2021 19:10:14 GMT
I always have a packet of Idahoan in for this sort of emergency Dawnstar Packet mash potato gives me flashbacks to the ghastly 2 years when I was at a school where school dinners were compulsory. The mashed potato was one of many, many items that I detested. I even buy ready made mash which I know is lazy but no wastage. I didn't know ready made mashed potato existed until this evening when I was looking up potato options on Waitrose's website & saw it. I don't like peeling potatoes, and cook pasta as much as possible to avoid doing so, but I would rather suffer doing it than buy ready-made mashed potato! Nothing that a good knife won't put right, Dawnstar . I gave mine a good trim just yesterday. Maris Pipers have recently dropped in price, but they're still £1.19 a bag! 🙂 I wouldn't mind trimming them if it was just sprouting bits but many of them are mouldy, so they got dumped in the green bin & I raided the freezer for previously-made chicken pie instead.
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Post by The Matthew on Jun 17, 2021 19:30:46 GMT
Packet mash potato gives me flashbacks to the ghastly 2 years when I was at a school where school dinners were compulsory. The mashed potato was one of many, many items that I detested. At my school the mash seemed to be (and probably was) made with extra water to make it go further; a sullen, soggy lump squatting miserably at the side of the plate. It probably wasn't as bad as I remember, but the fact that all I do remember of it is the wetness suggests that my memory can't be too wide of the mark.
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Post by poster J on Jun 17, 2021 21:28:05 GMT
Jam. That is the only correct way.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jun 18, 2021 8:03:42 GMT
Jam. That is the only correct way. Weird person. Does need a poll though
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Post by poster J on Jun 18, 2021 9:29:46 GMT
Jam. That is the only correct way. Weird person. Does need a poll though I don't see how a method that ensures you get more cream than jam is weird - spread the layer of jam then pile the cream as high as you like. Can't do that the other way around!
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Post by dontdreamit on Jun 18, 2021 9:30:43 GMT
Apart from when Jersey Royals first come out each year I never buy potato's. When cooking for 1 and not wanting potato's every day I end up with too much wastage. So I also buy frozen croquettes, rosti's, hash browns etc. I even buy ready made mash which I know is lazy but no wastage. My mother was a chef and swore by frozen mash!
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Post by alece10 on Jun 18, 2021 9:55:10 GMT
Weird person. Does need a poll though I don't see how a method that ensures you get more cream than jam is weird - spread the layer of jam then pile the cream as high as you like. Can't do that the other way around! Being Cornish and the people who invented the cream tea 😀 I concur its jam first. The jam soaks into the scone so you can pile the cream on. If you do cream first the jam slides off.
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Post by sophie92 on Jun 18, 2021 10:58:42 GMT
Weird person. Does need a poll though I don't see how a method that ensures you get more cream than jam is weird - spread the layer of jam then pile the cream as high as you like. Can't do that the other way around! You can pile the cream as high as you like if you don’t have any jam - can’t stand the stuff!
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Post by vickyg on Jun 18, 2021 11:04:28 GMT
I don't see how a method that ensures you get more cream than jam is weird - spread the layer of jam then pile the cream as high as you like. Can't do that the other way around! Being Cornish and the people who invented the cream tea 😀 I concur its jam first. The jam soaks into the scone so you can pile the cream on. If you do cream first the jam slides off. Being from Devon, the *true* inventors of the cream tea 😉 I believe in the cream first option. Spread the cream like butter then jam on top. I don’t have the greatest expertise in this area though as I usually just stick to good old salty butter!
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Post by alece10 on Jun 18, 2021 11:10:18 GMT
Being Cornish and the people who invented the cream tea 😀 I concur its jam first. The jam soaks into the scone so you can pile the cream on. If you do cream first the jam slides off. Being from Devon, the *true* inventors of the cream tea 😉 I believe in the cream first option. Spread the cream like butter then jam on top. I don’t have the greatest expertise in this area though as I usually just stick to good old salty butter! Next you will be saying you also invented the pasty 😀
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jun 18, 2021 11:41:17 GMT
Being from Devon, the *true* inventors of the cream tea 😉 I believe in the cream first option. Spread the cream like butter then jam on top. I don’t have the greatest expertise in this area though as I usually just stick to good old salty butter! Next you will be saying you also invented the pasty 😀 It’s true. Devon cream tea first. I saw it on QI
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jun 18, 2021 11:44:01 GMT
Weird person. Does need a poll though I don't see how a method that ensures you get more cream than jam is weird - spread the layer of jam then pile the cream as high as you like. Can't do that the other way around! You surely have already done the calculation of total cream divided by scones. Simple maths answers question because total cream on hand is always used in it’s entirety
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Post by Dawnstar on Jun 18, 2021 11:47:58 GMT
I avoid the issue altogether by only ever putting jam on scones. I dislike cream, whether in clotted or poured form.
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Post by alece10 on Jun 18, 2021 12:07:54 GMT
Until I moved to London when I was 18 I thought the only cream was clotted as that's all we had and also my grandmother used to make it herself. So I was at a restaurant in London and ordered a fruit salad with cream. They brought the fruit salad and started to pour the "cream" over it and I said "why are you pouring milk over my fruit". I swear I had no idea. Also my gran used to give us a slice of bread with clotted cream spread on it and sugar sprinkled over the top. There's a heart attack waiting to happen!
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Post by poster J on Jun 18, 2021 12:17:02 GMT
I don't see how a method that ensures you get more cream than jam is weird - spread the layer of jam then pile the cream as high as you like. Can't do that the other way around! You surely have already done the calculation of total cream divided by scones. Simple maths answers question because total cream on hand is always used in it’s entirety Exactly, which is why cream on top is the only way that works! If you use cream like butter there will inevitably be some left over. There needs to be space to pile it on, so use the jam like butter then heap the cream on top, simple!
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jun 18, 2021 12:28:15 GMT
You surely have already done the calculation of total cream divided by scones. Simple maths answers question because total cream on hand is always used in it’s entirety Exactly, which is why cream on top is the only way that works! If you use cream like butter there will inevitably be some left over. There needs to be space to pile it on, so use the jam like butter then heap the cream on top, simple! He he No that's where you are going wrong. Please use butter like butter and cream like cream
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Post by sfsusan on Jun 18, 2021 13:30:04 GMT
Being Cornish and the people who invented the cream tea 😀 I concur its jam first. The jam soaks into the scone so you can pile the cream on. If you do cream first the jam slides off. I don't know what went wrong with my Cornish grandmother, but we always did cream first. Even if you spread it thick (like creamed cheese on a bagel), you can always pile jam on top. My husband and I came to Cornwall on our honeymoon in 1980 and met my great-aunts (in their 80s at the time). They laid out a proper Cornish tea with commentary like "Auntie Marion got up this morning to clot the cream" and "Auntie Bessie made the jam last summer". I think there's something in the air in Cornwall, as the baked goods I've had there (then and since) are some of the best. Lardy cake, saffron buns, pasties...
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 18, 2021 14:37:37 GMT
Being Cornish and the people who invented the cream tea 😀 I concur its jam first. The jam soaks into the scone so you can pile the cream on. If you do cream first the jam slides off. I don't know what went wrong with my Cornish grandmother, but we always did cream first. Even if you spread it thick (like creamed cheese on a bagel), you can always pile jam on top. My husband and I came to Cornwall on our honeymoon in 1980 and met my great-aunts (in their 80s at the time). They laid out a proper Cornish tea with commentary like "Auntie Marion got up this morning to clot the cream" and "Auntie Bessie made the jam last summer". I think there's something in the air in Cornwall, as the baked goods I've had there (then and since) are some of the best. Lardy cake, saffron buns, pasties... When your in Yorkshire seek out Parkin, Curd Tart and Fat Rascals!
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Post by Phantom of London on Jun 18, 2021 14:49:41 GMT
When I’m going down to Morrisons for a mini shop, in a while, I am so buying Rodda’s Clotted Cream and Scones, I already have some Hartley Strawberry Jam and I don’t care what goes on first.
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Post by firefingers on Jun 18, 2021 14:55:31 GMT
Protip: Clotted cream freezes really well, as I often find I only need a half tub for tea and scones for two.
The order for me is fluid. If the scone is warm, you gotta jam first as the cream would melt. But really, just put layers of one, then the other, then the first one, then the other, and just keep going.
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Post by alece10 on Jun 18, 2021 14:56:34 GMT
Being Cornish and the people who invented the cream tea 😀 I concur its jam first. The jam soaks into the scone so you can pile the cream on. If you do cream first the jam slides off. I don't know what went wrong with my Cornish grandmother, but we always did cream first. Even if you spread it thick (like creamed cheese on a bagel), you can always pile jam on top. My husband and I came to Cornwall on our honeymoon in 1980 and met my great-aunts (in their 80s at the time). They laid out a proper Cornish tea with commentary like "Auntie Marion got up this morning to clot the cream" and "Auntie Bessie made the jam last summer". I think there's something in the air in Cornwall, as the baked goods I've had there (then and since) are some of the best. Lardy cake, saffron buns, pasties... Lardy cake is great, some of the traditional bakers still sell it. There is also another type called heavy cake. But you just can't beat saffron cake and buns. Whenever family come to visit they know to always bring a saffron cake with them. I also remember that it's only been in recent years you could get Rhoddas cream outside of Cornwall. My mum always sent me a Christmas treat as our local creamery did "cream by post" and it came in a polystyrene container. Likewise Kelly's ice cream could only.be bought in Cornwall, now its allover the place.
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