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Reasons to be cheerful - 2020

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    @Liriodendron 😊  I remember the Be-Ro recipe book 👩‍🍳   ... I think Ma must’ve thrown it out cos it wasn’t in the house when we cleared it  :/

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    Woke up this morning thinking "I'll split the big rhubarb crown today, I'll probably have enough to give some away."  Opened my email and there's a Freecycler asking if anyone has rhubarb crowns to spare!
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    Actually, @Dovefromabove, it was @Yviestevie who mentioned the Be-Ro cookery book - but my mum had one too, and it's now in my collection...   :)
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Whoops!  Obviously brain overload 🤯 sorry @Liriodendron and @Yviestevie 😞 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    Not to worry, @Dovefromabove.   :)

    It's nice to remember recipes my mum used to make - I think her "cut and come again" cake might have been from the Be-Ro book.  Must look it up.

    My hubby keeps reminding me that his mum used to make delicious parkin... I have her hand-written recipe book so I've not really got an excuse not to give it a go.  She was a great cake maker though so it's a hard act to follow!  
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    edited November 2020
    The trick with Parkin, @Liriodendron , is to make it several days ahead of when you plan to serve it so it can go sticky and all unnecessary.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    Yes, so I believe @Obelixx.  Strange, when most cake goes dry with keeping, that parkin goes more moist...
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Obelixx said:
    The trick with Parkin, @Liriodendron , is to make it several days ahead of when you plan to serve it so it can go sticky and all unnecessary.
    If it lasts that long 🙄🤐

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    I hide it for 3 or 4 days before it's unwrapped.  Doesn't last long after that, especially when there has been gardening to work up an appetite.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360
    You can still get the Be-ro cookbook for £2.99 incl.p&p :smile:
    https://www.be-ro.co.uk/
    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
    - Cicero
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