To Thread - Forum Home

The Mudcat Café TM
https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=96252
32 messages

BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television

08 Nov 06 - 04:39 AM (#1878887)
Subject: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Televisio
From: Zany Mouse

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


08 Nov 06 - 04:49 AM (#1878894)
Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Televisio
From: SylviaN

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


08 Nov 06 - 06:03 AM (#1878931)
Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: Scooby Doo

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


08 Nov 06 - 07:01 AM (#1878950)
Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: GUEST,Partridge

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

Pat x


08 Nov 06 - 07:05 AM (#1878951)
Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: Bunnahabhain

I've got volume three. Any good?


08 Nov 06 - 07:13 AM (#1878960)
Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: Zany Mouse

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


08 Nov 06 - 08:09 AM (#1878995)
Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: GUEST,Mingulay at work

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


08 Nov 06 - 08:21 AM (#1879000)
Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: GUEST, Topsie

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


08 Nov 06 - 09:35 AM (#1879069)
Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: GUEST,maire-aine

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

M


08 Nov 06 - 10:29 AM (#1879107)
Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: GUEST,Mingulay at work

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.


08 Nov 06 - 10:58 AM (#1879129)
Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: number 6

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


08 Nov 06 - 11:07 AM (#1879139)
Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: Emma B

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


08 Nov 06 - 11:12 AM (#1879147)
Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: number 6

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

biLL


08 Nov 06 - 11:23 AM (#1879157)
Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: GUEST,Mingulay at work

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

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


08 Nov 06 - 11:32 AM (#1879164)
Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: Emma B

try B-B-Q ing!


08 Nov 06 - 01:15 PM (#1879262)
Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: Zany Mouse

Ooooohhhh - yes please, Peter.

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

Rhiannon


08 Nov 06 - 02:14 PM (#1879340)
Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: Mingulay

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.


08 Nov 06 - 02:33 PM (#1879365)
Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: Zany Mouse

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


08 Nov 06 - 02:35 PM (#1879368)
Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: GUEST, Topsie

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.)


08 Nov 06 - 04:25 PM (#1879479)
Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: Mingulay

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 ???


08 Nov 06 - 04:59 PM (#1879511)
Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: GUEST, Topsie

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.


08 Nov 06 - 05:03 PM (#1879517)
Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: GUEST, Topsie

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!)


08 Nov 06 - 05:21 PM (#1879529)
Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: Zany Mouse

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


08 Nov 06 - 05:48 PM (#1879556)
Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: Mingulay

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.


08 Nov 06 - 08:42 PM (#1879708)
Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: Bonecruncher

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.


09 Nov 06 - 04:13 AM (#1879972)
Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: gnomad

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.


09 Nov 06 - 08:28 AM (#1880069)
Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: GUEST,Mingulay at work

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

Goes off to start a Golden Syrup thread.


09 Nov 06 - 08:57 AM (#1880104)
Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: GUEST, Topsie

Sorree - all my fault.


09 Nov 06 - 01:20 PM (#1880361)
Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: eddie1

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


09 Nov 06 - 03:28 PM (#1880492)
Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: Zany Mouse

Goodness - I would never DARE judge a baking competition!

Rhiannon


10 Nov 06 - 09:49 AM (#1881948)
Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: Bunnahabhain

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....


10 Nov 06 - 10:37 AM (#1882205)
Subject: RE: BS: Farmhouse Cookery by Yorkshire Television
From: GUEST,...

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