(do I *have* to go to work today?)

[deird1]

My thoughts exactly.


In other news, I've decided that the recipes I'm going to make this year have to include:
- trifle
- pie floaters
- custard
- self-saucing chocolate pudding
- apple pie

Pie floaters will be fun - if somewhat random. They're meat pies in bowls of mushy pea soup. Actually yummier than it sounds.

Comments

[fenchurch]

I do trifle every year for Christmas, but it's just a bit too much work for me to want to do it more often than that... no matter how much I love it.

But pie floaters... oh, man. I *love* those. And now I want one. Unfortunately, around here if we want a pie floater we *have* to make them ourselves. *grumble*grumble*

[(Anonymous)]

My dad calls 'em "frog in the pond" or something like that, I don't remember...

[vass]

I read this post a little too quickly, and for a horrible moment thought you were going to concoct a dish combining trifle and a pie floater.

[deird1]

O.O

Eeergh.

[urania_calliope]

Trifle is one of my recipe goals too! Good luck!

[immer_am_lesen]

And to add to the challenge:
-Custard must be made from scratch. No custard powder.
- Likewise, apple pie needs to be all handmade. No tinned cooked apples, no frozen sheets of pastry...
:-D
(I have a nice easy shortcrust recipe if you're looking for one! I used to make my pies with frozen stuff, but it always dries out in the freezer after a while, and handmade is so easy, much more malleable, and tastes so much nicer.)

Have fun! Post photos when you have succeeded in your goals!

[immer_am_lesen]

Oh, and in reply to the anonymous poster- 'frog in a pond' is a kiddies dessert of a Freddo in jelly, I thought.

[klme.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the linkage...and sorry it's so applicable right now

[(Anonymous)]

Truly awesome chocolate self saucing pudding recipe, my mum has been making this one since I was a kid,
http://www.innerpickle.com.au/2010/02/chocolate-selfsaucing-pudding.html
Kerith