BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television

Subject: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Televisio
From: Zany Mouse
Date: 08 Nov 06 - 04:39 AM

Does anyone have these cookbooks? I used to have them and used them regularly but they fell apart and I threw them out, thinking I would be able to get another copy. Boy, do I regret that now.

Anyway, this is an appeal: if anyone has the books I'm after one particular recipe, so if you have them and have the time to look out the recipe and send me a copy I would be REALLY grateful.

Thanks

Rhiannon

Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Televisio
From: SylviaN
Date: 08 Nov 06 - 04:49 AM

Rhiannon

I know I have one of the books at least - what recipe is it you need? If I have it, I'll certainly send it to you.

Cheers

Sylvia

Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: Scooby Doo
Date: 08 Nov 06 - 06:03 AM

Rhiannon,
When i split from Miskin Man he had the Farmhouse cookery book,contact him.
Yas

Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: GUEST,Partridge
Date: 08 Nov 06 - 07:01 AM

I think I have them somewhere, what recipe do you want

Pat x

Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: Bunnahabhain
Date: 08 Nov 06 - 07:05 AM

I've got volume three. Any good?

Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: Zany Mouse
Date: 08 Nov 06 - 07:13 AM

Brillant! Catters strike again.

The recipe I'm after I think was called something like Sultana cake. It had ground almonds in too. I remember you soaked the sultanas overnight. If you have the recipe I would heartily recommend you try the cake - I think it has to be one of the best I've ever tasted. Sadly I can't remember which volume it's in.

I'm thinking of making a couple instead of Christmas cake - a lot more moist.

Many thanks.

Rhiannon

Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: GUEST,Mingulay at work
Date: 08 Nov 06 - 08:09 AM

I still have that recipe at home, I'll PM it to you if you want. As I can attest thay are very good cales.

P

Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: GUEST, Topsie
Date: 08 Nov 06 - 08:21 AM

Mingulay, Couldn't you post it? We're all agog out here.

Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: GUEST,maire-aine
Date: 08 Nov 06 - 09:35 AM

Yes, please post it Mingulay. Lots of us would like to see it.

M

Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: GUEST,Mingulay at work
Date: 08 Nov 06 - 10:29 AM

OK you cake-aholics, I'll post it sometime tonight when I get home. However, I will expect donations written on £20 notes to be sent to my favourite charity "Money for Beer for Poor Children's Fathers". These can be left at any convenient hostelry.

Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: number 6
Date: 08 Nov 06 - 10:58 AM

Thread drift here ... but I'll post anyway (since we are on the topic of cookbooks).

Anywone have any of the Moosewood cookbooks .... if not check them out.

biLL

Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: Emma B
Date: 08 Nov 06 - 11:07 AM

A Moosewood cookbook found it's way into a local charity shop here (N.W. England)
I just can't resist cookbooks.............

Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: number 6
Date: 08 Nov 06 - 11:12 AM

They are excellent ... if you are into vegetarian cooking. We even visited the restaurant some years back in Ithaca New York.

biLL

Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: GUEST,Mingulay at work
Date: 08 Nov 06 - 11:23 AM

You need a very large oven to cook a moose, even if you do take the antlers off!!!!!

I'll get me coat......

Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: Emma B
Date: 08 Nov 06 - 11:32 AM

try B-B-Q ing!

Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: Zany Mouse
Date: 08 Nov 06 - 01:15 PM

Ooooohhhh - yes please, Peter.

It's such an easy cake to make. I prefer it to Christmas cake!

Rhiannon

Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: Mingulay
Date: 08 Nov 06 - 02:14 PM

As promised, the recipe

SULTANA CAKE (A moist cake - keeps well)

225g sultanas
199g butter or firm margarine cut into small pieces
175g sugar
2 small beaten eggs
a little almond essence
175g self raising flour
pinch of salt
50g chopped nuts (optional - if using reduce sultanas to 175g)

Cover sultanas with water and soak overnight. Next day bring to the boil.
Strain sultanas and mix while hot with butter/marge. Add sugar eggs and almond essence.
Sift in flour and salt.
Lastly add nuts if required and mix well.
Take a 20cm (8 inch)round cake tin and line with greased paper or baking parchment. Tip in the mixture and smooth the top.
Bake in a moderate oven Gas Mk4 - 350F - 180C for 30 minutes.
Lower heat to gas Mk2 - 300F - 150C until firm to the touch in the centre.

Leave to cool if you can resist warm cake. Slice, eat and enjoy.

This recipe was passed on by Geoff & Babs Boughton and originated from a Mrs C M Armstrong of Canonbie, Dumfriesshire.

The author of this post accepts no responsibility for any ensuing cake overdoses, waistline expansions or other side effects. This cake contains NO CALORIES until consumed.

Enjoy. Happy Yule.

Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: Zany Mouse
Date: 08 Nov 06 - 02:33 PM

Thanks, Peter.

I seem to remember I left out the nuts but put rather a lot of almond essence in. The nuts made it a little dry. Experiment!

I think this might well be Christmas cake this year.

It's excellent with a glass of sherry.

Rhiannon

Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: GUEST, Topsie
Date: 08 Nov 06 - 02:35 PM

Thanks Mingulay.

I think I might lash out and increase the butter to 200g rather than 199g though. I'm not that worried about my waistline.

(Reminds me of a Fanny Craddock recipe, I think it was for gingerbread, that required 19 3/4 ounces of black treacle - that's taking accuracy a bit far.)

Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: Mingulay
Date: 08 Nov 06 - 04:25 PM

Sorry about the butter quantity, those with eyesight much better than mine will realise that should have been 100g. Just realised that's the longest thing I've typed since I had my eye op in September. I now have to learn how to proof read again.

As ZM says, forget the nuts and increase the almond essence or even add a drop of Amaretto.

How DO you measure treacle ???

Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: GUEST, Topsie
Date: 08 Nov 06 - 04:59 PM

If you have one of those weighing scales that can be set to zero, you put the bowl/saucepan on the scales, set to zero, and add treacle until it shows the weight you want.
Otherwise you could weigh the bowl or saucepan and do a bit of calculation.

Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: GUEST, Topsie
Date: 08 Nov 06 - 05:03 PM

I think I'll stick with the 199g of butter, and double all the other ingredients (but now I'll have to work out the volume of the 8 inch cake tin, double it, and then work out what diameter tin I'll need - Oh, I've just had a good idea: two 8 inch tins!)

Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: Zany Mouse
Date: 08 Nov 06 - 05:21 PM

Better make 4 cakes, Topsie. I speak from experience. They don't last long and if Mingulay, Frog and myself are around we'll help you eat them. lol

Rhiannon

Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: Mingulay
Date: 08 Nov 06 - 05:48 PM

Topsie, stick with 199g per cake and sod the arteries.

Still puzzled about the treacle though, do you have to allow for stickage? After all, it doesn't flow very well and leaves quite a thick film, a bit like crude oil.

Doh!!!!! I'll get me coat........ again.

Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: Bonecruncher
Date: 08 Nov 06 - 08:42 PM

Add dry ingredients to mixing bowl, place said bowl on scales, note weight, add treacle to desired weight. At this point some calculation is required. No mess, simple mixing anbd a lovely treacly spoon to lick!

Colyn.

Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: gnomad
Date: 09 Nov 06 - 04:13 AM

Even better if you have electronic scale:

Place treacle tin on scale, switch on [scale will show zero weight], use spoon or spatula [down boy] to remove some treacle. Scale shows as a minus figure the amount taken, if less than required dump some treacle off the spoon into other ingredients then repeat until your latest spoonfull takes the amount taken over the target. Hold spoon above the tin until the trickle-back shows that you have removed the right amount, clean spoon by stiring treacle into other ingredients.

No mess, no calculation, no possibility of having to try and take treacle back out of the dry ingredients.

On a spring scale you can use the same movements, but you will have to do the subtraction calculation yourself.

Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: GUEST,Mingulay at work
Date: 09 Nov 06 - 08:28 AM

I wish no one had ever mentioned treacle!!!! There IS NO TREACLE in this recipe.

Goes off to start a Golden Syrup thread.

Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: GUEST, Topsie
Date: 09 Nov 06 - 08:57 AM

Sorree - all my fault.

Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: eddie1
Date: 09 Nov 06 - 01:20 PM

The proposed variations on the original recipe are interesting. Never having been the kind of person to shirk from hard work or danger, I am prepared to act as Independent Quality Controller!
If each baker sends me a thick slice, weighing 237.5 grammes, I will give my unbiased opinion and declare a winner.
I am not without experience of taking my life in my hands having once judged the shortbread baking competition at a WRI meeting and escaped with only a few scars!

Eddie

Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: Zany Mouse
Date: 09 Nov 06 - 03:28 PM

Goodness - I would never DARE judge a baking competition!

Rhiannon

Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: Bunnahabhain
Date: 10 Nov 06 - 09:49 AM

Re treacle, or golden syrup. Something I though everybody knew was..

To get the stuff to behave, take a bowl of hot or boiling water, remove lid from jar/tin, and stand it in the bowl for a few minutes. The syrup sofetns up, so flows more easily, and can be poured straight from the tin accurately.

Do not use boiling water with glass jars, only with tins. Jars can crack, and cakes with broken glass are not wanted....

Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: GUEST,...
Date: 10 Nov 06 - 10:37 AM

But some of us WANT to have a sticky spoon to lick.