British Desserts

I'm with you peedal.  Nothin' wrong with a bit of aged dairy product!  

Marzipan isn't too fantastic on it's own I guess but somehow with that rich fruit cake, it just works.  I'm telling you, I was a sure sceptic, and now converted.  It's a real treat.

'Course, I wasn't a huge fan of mince pies until I'd tried it a couple of times.  Couldn't live without 'em now.

Wishstar, I think you and me and LisaE are the only ones on here who may simply have moved/will move to the UK for the food!!

Eee gad!  You may be right!!!

LOL....

Immigration officer:  "And what is the nature of your visit?"

Me:  "Medical.  I can't live without sausage rolls."

"You don't understand, sir.  I MUST have my spotted dick!!"

Oh, I'm bad...

Immigration officer:  "And what is the nature of your visit?"
Me:  "Medical.  I can't live without sausage rolls."

LOL!

It isn't mandatory to eat the marzipan, you know. There are people I know who use it, instead of Pollyfilla, to fill cracks in the walls when they are decorating the house. It's also a bit like putty & quite waterproof.

john

lol!    I think that was what my husband used to fill the cracks in his mother's floor today.

I love clotted cream!  Yummy!

Am I safe in assuming that this marzipan frosting is a bit harder than the marzipan candies I'm used to?  It's simply almond paste, and the candies I've had (in various adorable shapes like fruits and such) are rather soft.  Never cared for it as a child, but have grown to like it as an adult.

the hard icing they're talking about is not likely to be marzipan, as marzipan is soft... it's probably Royal Icing.

Yes, i know this is an ancient thread, but i am bored rigid today.

Yes, i know this is an ancient thread, but i am bored rigid today.

I'm enjoying all these old threads! Keep digging, Q-G! 

i found another one where the OP spelled cinnamon as 'ciniomin' not once, but several times throughout the thread.

But i will leave that one alone...

i found another one where the OP spelled cinnamon as 'ciniomin' not once, but several times throughout the thread.

But i will leave that one alone...

 

Yeah, It's fun reading old threads - especially ones I missed the first time round .

the hard icing they're talking about is not likely to be marzipan, as marzipan is soft... it's probably Royal Icing.

Yeah, that makes sense. I don't think I've ever seen marzipan as icing on cakes here - I've always known it to be used as a kind of 'underlay' beneath the icing. e.g. Traditional Christmas and Wedding Cakes have 3 layers: fruitcake, then soft yellow marzipan, then white (possibly hard) icing on top.

DH is a marzipan fanatic. He buys these huge marzipan logs covered in chocolate and eats them in one go. I like marzipan, but that's a bit much for me.

Yeah, It's fun reading old threads - especially ones I missed the first time round .

it's a little boredom-killer of mine... especially in the food forum. 

I noticed you seemed to be reviving a few today. 

I'm having my first British Christmas this year (bought the tickets today). I guess I'll get to try this lovely Christmas Pudding everyone is talking about. 

My first trip put there, DB's mother made a wonderful chocolate cake/pudding. It was cake-like on the top and what I consider pudding on the bottom. She also made a not-so-lovely lemon desert...She does fruit crumbles a lot. I like them, but prefer crisps.