tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7057671128426337484.post3719513595463563402..comments2024-03-13T08:56:24.771+00:00Comments on Sweetie Pie Bakes Stuff: Spotted Dick: a Traditional English Pudding (Wheat Free, Egg Free, with Dairy Free Option)Sweetie Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05353236516519434534noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7057671128426337484.post-24913606969975734212016-05-11T01:44:55.865+01:002016-05-11T01:44:55.865+01:00Never cereal with fruit juice.... but think I have...Never cereal with fruit juice.... but think I have tried fruit smoothie mixed into porridge before!! ... Not actually too terrible if you just put in a wee drop to flavour it, ('specially if its a blueberry smoothie yum!!) ;3<br /><br />The first time I Ever heard of blancmange was in a Roald Dahl book. I had to get a dictionary to find out what it was!!!^_^ ...And I had to get the dictionary out 'cos my parents weren't 100% confident in explaining what it was when I asked!!XD Ha! That prob tells how widespread blancmange appreciation is in Eirinn!;D XD <br /><br />First time I saw a visual representation of a blancmange was in Monty Python!!XD <br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIogyKZ0b6k<br />(cut to 5:00 mins in ;3<br />OR see -> http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view3/1759443/blancmange-o.gif ) XDNim Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17299492308978548240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7057671128426337484.post-18453198264665302842016-04-25T12:47:24.509+01:002016-04-25T12:47:24.509+01:00Ah yes, jelly and ice-cream, and apple pie! How co...Ah yes, jelly and ice-cream, and apple pie! How could I forget! I dunno if blancmange is a thing that's eaten in Ireland, to be honest: it's like a set cornflour custard (it's the bidniz, actually I might try it) :3<br /><br />Madeira cake with orange juice?! Good God no! That sounds disgusting! Have you ever tried eating breakfast cereal with fruit juice? I did it once and it was horrendous XDSweetie Piehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05353236516519434534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7057671128426337484.post-73811495209582326602016-04-24T01:04:49.155+01:002016-04-24T01:04:49.155+01:00Another Irish culinary desert masterpiece, accordi...Another Irish culinary desert masterpiece, according to my mother, passed down to her from her mother ..... <br />Was - <br />- - A plain sponge, or madeira cake, sliced, and placed in a bowl with a splash of orange squash, so that the squash could soak into the cake. ... ... ... .... Maybe served with custard.<br /><br />.... <br /> ..... <br /> ...... <br />..... <br />......<br /><br />Very Delicious right! O_o<br /><br />My maternal Grandmother was not the most culinary minded woman around by most accounts I have gathered-_-<br /><br />But! - - - my sources do say that the farm laborers she was dishing up such innovative après-tea delicacies to were appreciativeO_o<br /><br />The Irish palette is an easily pleased one!!!O_o XD Nim Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17299492308978548240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7057671128426337484.post-10976594187218390972016-04-24T00:48:33.215+01:002016-04-24T00:48:33.215+01:00Goody .... ... I personally can't speak for it...Goody .... ... I personally can't speak for its taste/texture - - - - But apparently its an oldy-timey staple for those who have no teeth!;D XD That's according to my culchie West Corkonian mother;3 My townie Dubliner father truly was baffled by the concept!!XD <br />We both heard about it for the first time just a few weeks ago when my mother happened to bring it up in the context of a conversation about sweets and deserts 'back in the day'. How coincidentical;3<br /><br />Don't be forgetting the key position of the good old humble apple and/or rhubarb crumbles in the tiny pantheon of Irish baking;3 ... And apple pies for the true culinary masters;3 Any Irish Granny worth her salt could pull together a daycent apple pie for after dinner on a Sunday.^_^ <br /><br />But cyha, according to both my parents, townie and culchie alike, -Jelly and Ice Cream - reigned supreme as the all time Irish desert of choice. ;3Nim Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17299492308978548240noreply@blogger.com