http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Does anyone like whisky? en Wed, 01 Jul 2026 05:34:07 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13557&page=2#post-168123 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 19:31:44 +0000 Cyclingmollie 168123@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks ARobComp, I will. Enjoy the whisky.</p> <p>Gembo bramble jam does have lots of pips and cores. I thought it would be horrible but we liked it better than b and a jelly and it produces more with a lot less messing about. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13557&page=2#post-168116 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 17:44:07 +0000 gembo 168116@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Curries tonight and can't find the mango chutney, disaster darling </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13557&page=2#post-168109 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 14:42:46 +0000 ARobComp 168109@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The Deal has been done. Thanks to Cyclingmollie - hope you enjoy your tyre! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13557&page=2#post-168064 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 11:48:24 +0000 Cyclingmollie 168064@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes, chutney is Indian, made daily and, in Midnight's Children, incorporates the cook's tears which infect the entire household with sadness. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13557&page=2#post-168062 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 11:45:51 +0000 crowriver 168062@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"What is the technical difference between sandwich pickle and chutney?"</p> <p>About four ounces of Context, plus several heaped tablespoons of Class Distinction. Mix in a few drops of Knowledge of Imperial Administration to taste. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13557&page=2#post-168061 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 11:43:21 +0000 Cyclingmollie 168061@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>What is the technical difference between sandwich pickle and chutney?</em></p> <p>I'm not sure but I use Schwartz pickling spice in a bag so there's no bits and the ingredients are chopped smaller. Here's the original recipe:</p> <p>285 g (10 oz) carrots<br /> 285 g (10 oz) swede or turnips – young turnips tend to soften faster<br /> 2 medium onions – approximately 225 g (8 oz)<br /> 2 medium cooking or dessert apples – approximately 225 g (8 oz)<br /> 15 small gherkins<br /> 150 g (5½ oz) dates<br /> 6 cloves of garlic<br /> 250 g (9 oz) dark brown sugar<br /> 500 ml (17 fl oz) malt vinegar<br /> 4 tablespoons lemon juice<br /> 1 tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce<br /> 2 teaspoons mustard seeds<br /> 2 teaspoons ground allspice<br /> 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper<br /> 1 teaspoon salt<br /> 4 crushed cloves<br /> Dice all the fruit and vegetables into small cubes (about 0.5cm/¼ inch is about right), crush or very finely chop the garlic. Place all the ingredients into a large pan and slowly bring to the boil. Simmer until the carrots and swede are soft, between ½–2 hours. If you simmer too vigorously and the pickle begins to dry before the vegetables have softened, add a little water as you go along. Pot into clean, sterilized jars, cover and seal. Label with contents and date when cool. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13557&page=2#post-168054 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 11:19:18 +0000 gembo 168054@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@cyclingmollie - bramble jam must have a lot of pips in it. Did you know during the war when raspberry jam was made out of turnips they would add fake pips made of tiny bits of wood (warning fact from QI)</p> <p>Quince paste or membrillo is great with manchego cheese so Spanish Apple jam might also work?</p> <p>What is the technical difference between sandwich pickle and chutney? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13557&page=2#post-168049 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 11:11:37 +0000 ARobComp 168049@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've been offered a pile of apples as well. THink I'm going to slow cook some pickle or chutney </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13557&page=2#post-168006 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 19:30:14 +0000 Cyclingmollie 168006@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Been promised apples but don't know whether to make Spanish apple jam or a sandwich pickle (like Branston and much better than chutney imo). We're on our last jar of bramble jam (of 12) though I gave six away to foodie clients. Jam gets eaten jelly gets left unopened, something about the texture apparently. And I dislike anything whisky flavoured especially cranachan though I don't mind whisky itself (though obv not enough to actually drink the stuff voluntarily). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13557&page=2#post-167905 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 10:54:44 +0000 kaputnik 167905@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>What a dreadful waste of a decenrt single malt, is all I can say. </em></p> <p>I follow Keith Floyd's advice when it comes to cooking alcohol - if you wouldn't drink it, don't put it in your food.</p> <p>There are plenty very nice blended whiskies out there that often lend themselves to purposes such as Whisky Macs and toddies better than a single malt, but you needn't reach for the paint stripper like White &amp; Mackay for cooking or other non-dram purposes. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13557&page=2#post-167904 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 10:53:51 +0000 gembo 167904@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah yes, calling the unset jelly compote - I have some plum and ginger that did not set. It is ideal on porridge and Greek yoghurt. Works well with mackie's Madagascan vanilla (honestly, it has to be Madagascan darling) ice cream on offer in Scotmid Now.</p> <p>You can get myrtilles in the UK, they are called bilberries and grow along the ground. Your artisan peasant has a tool in their home area but too big for Paris suburbs. Like a brush with a Nasty looking grate/comb made of metal that they scoop the berries up in to avoid bending over. Very crafty Manon des Sources type affair. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13557&page=2#post-167903 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 10:51:53 +0000 Darkerside 167903@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm salivating at my desk, and I understand at most half of what's being said. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13557&page=2#post-167902 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 10:50:31 +0000 PS 167902@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Pear and bramble is a good combination. Pear on its own is a bit dull, bramble on its own tends to have that slight bitterness in the aftertaste. Together, they are terrific.</p> <p>More of a compote than a jam though, as I hold no truck with "jam sugar". Ideal on top of porridge, with yoghurt or over ice cream. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13557&page=2#post-167899 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 10:42:02 +0000 gembo 167899@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah yes crowriver, I was drummed out the brownies (well SWSS) on suspicion of being a dilettante. Would have been the ice pick for me I am afraid. However, there are many traditional preserves that I favour from the mackays of Blairgowrie/Angus stable. Their bramble jelly is nearly as good as mine. Their rhubarb and ginger is top notch, though somewhat Trotskyite in comparison to their other more Stalinist preserves. Their Dundee marmalade is a belter though the tip tree Tawny marmalade, the one with the tiger on the label is the best of all marmalades. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13557&page=2#post-167898 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 10:40:50 +0000 Darkerside 167898@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@SRD: noted... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13557&page=2#post-167895 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 10:36:49 +0000 I were right about that saddle 167895@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@gembo</p> <p>Most likey, yes. The myrtilles came from her native Vosges, but she lives in the Paris suburbs now, where myrtilles (but not pears) are scarce.</p> <p>Her husband is a proper ex-peasant and insisted on telling me what a good lubricant for squeaky cart hubs crushed slugs are. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13557&page=2#post-167894 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 10:36:13 +0000 SRD 167894@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@darkerside i refer you to my other blog persona</p> <p><a href="http://polwarthpreserves.blogspot.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">http://polwarthpreserves.blogspot.co.uk/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13557&page=2#post-167891 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 10:31:29 +0000 crowriver 167891@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What a bunch of jam and preserve dilettante hipsters. ;-)</p> <p>I'm afraid this is one area where I'm distinctly traditionalist, perhaps even orthodox and conservative (with a small 'c'). The yin to balance out the various other yang qualities. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13557&page=2#post-167887 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 10:13:54 +0000 gembo 167887@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@iwrats, did the artisan have a long handled implement for combing les myrtilles from the ground where they dwell.? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13557&page=2#post-167886 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 10:11:34 +0000 gembo 167886@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@darkerside - has broadened out to jam, jelly and chutneys but all largely involve fruit and boiling reduction for which a thermometer is handy though I use the crinkle test myself. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13557&page=2#post-167884 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 10:10:12 +0000 I were right about that saddle 167884@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@gembo</p> <p>I recently breakfasted on a jar of pear and myrtille jam made by a proper French artisan lady and given in return for a photo of her and me together with me wearing a North British man-skirt. Infinitely better then either pear or myrtille jam, and I commend it to the house. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13557&page=2#post-167883 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 10:09:16 +0000 gembo 167883@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@darkerside - has broadened out to jam, jelly and chutneys but all largely involve fruit and boiling reduction for which a thermometer is handy though I use the crinkle test myself. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13557#post-167881 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 10:05:12 +0000 Darkerside 167881@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@gembo: we've got some glorified ice cube trays for storage; jars would more be for transport out and about. The plastic jobs we've got turn out not to be leak-proof...</p> <p>@everyone else. Are we still talking about jam? I had no idea there was such a condiment underworld. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13557#post-167880 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 10:03:35 +0000 gembo 167880@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@geordiefatbloke - I will look out for that. Their very lazy chillies and very lazy ginger also good and last a lot longer than their chutneys.</p> <p>Chilli jam is another condiment I like with cauldron tofu pieces, cranberry sauce and white bread on Boxing Day. You can of course swap the tofu pieces for Turkey. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13557#post-167876 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 09:54:45 +0000 geordiefatbloke 167876@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@gembo Seconded on the English Provender, their Moroccan Spiced Chutney is also spot on. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13557#post-167874 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 09:52:17 +0000 gembo 167874@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Bone maman jam also dope. In super-u you get the full range including myrtille which is super dope.</p> <p>Given l'homme du train extension I will bring labour partisan west rigg bramble jelly to PY at Halloween for IWRATS. However, if we open it furtively it can be spread around. Arf Arf.The early shift there would still allow you to be at work at usual time.</p> <p>I used to frequent the International Bar and there was an old guy in there would sell you sausage meat under the table. Ok for the vleeseter but not the veggie. Though I liked the blitz spirit of the exchanges even if the old guy was a bit crumpled. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13557#post-167872 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 09:44:34 +0000 I were right about that saddle 167872@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I now officially detest Heston Blumenthal's Earl Grey and Lemon Gin. I will never get Sunday back.</p> <p>Bonne Maman jars are the dope. I got no brambles this year. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13557#post-167871 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 09:42:10 +0000 gembo 167871@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes or English Provender caramelised onion which is basically very lovely chutney. Small jar two quid, my mum will eat it all in one sitting.</p> <p> Darkerside - frozen cubes of baby mush for first born for sure. Hours of peeling and cooking pears then freezing them then defrosting them to produce stuff Heinz used to do (Apple sauce). We persevered with baby no 2, mostly carrots then supplemented with organix jars which made all sorts of claims - butternut squash etc but turned out mostly carrots as friend pointed out they thought the boy was a bit orange and maybe had jaundice which the GP sent us to sick kids about (eyes were clear blue so in Sick kids for two mins after we waited to see medic). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13557#post-167869 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 09:34:43 +0000 Darkerside 167869@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Talking of jars, I'm looking forward to rinsing Wednesday night's hotel of its tiny jam jars, as I reckon they'll be ideal for DIY baby mush.</p> <p>The Whole Food's olive tapenade jars would also be the correct size, but I eat that stuff dangerously fast. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13557#post-167868 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 09:30:15 +0000 gembo 167868@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I had a jar crisis with my bramble jelly this year. I had just short of 4 kilos of fruit as had help picking from younger and older generations of Gembos. My mum had brought extra jars but they were mostly Nick nack jars that would have been fine for everyone getting a smallot if we were short of fruit. As SRD and PS point out the CCE jam jar of choice is wide mouthed. I froze some juice and two cartons of jelly. Anyway if we are going for a jamboree I can bring bramble jelly.</p> <p>Worryingly douglas carswell is allegedly a jam maker. Tory jam. Mine is formerly left wing now labour jelly </p>