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Author: Harry KeaneHarry Keane Date: Jul 16, 2008 06:14
"Halla" drunkenbastards.spam.com> wrote in message
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> I have also grabbed
> the most egg-intensive sponge recipes I can find online to go and make
> cakes, but does anyone in caffland have any bright ideas what to do
> with a dozen or so eggs? :-)
Proper Spanish tortilla
9 eggs (but you could use 12 and increase the potato content as well)
1 very large onion, finely chopped
Garlic to your desired quantity, finely chopped
Potatoes (about a half-pound)
Oil
Salt, Pepper
Peel and dice potatoes, boil them until tender but not mushy (about 7-8
minutes on the hob, or 4-5 minutes in the microwave), let them cool for a
couple of minutes.
Meanwhile, heat a couple of tablespoons...
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Author: Ben newsamBen newsam Date: Jul 16, 2008 22:24
On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:14:27 +0100, Halla
drunkenbastards.spam.com> wrote:
> I discover that I have no idea what a half pound of
>potatoes looks like. <:-/
Umm... take a five pound bag, and, er... divide it
into ten.
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Author: Ben newsamBen newsam Date: Jul 16, 2008 22:25
On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:14:27 +0100, Halla
drunkenbastards.spam.com> wrote:
>Sounds nice. It'd be me who got to eat it cold though, One Thign and
>Another would be enthusiastic about trying it (which is good of them,
>I admit) but would then go off the idea. So I'd still turn into an
>egg, based of course on the principle that you are what you eat and we
>started off with thirty eggs here today... :-)
I have no sympathy at all, it was your idea to keep hens! Haven't you
got any neighbours you could actually sell them to? People love the
thick orange yolks you get in home-kept hens' eggs.
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Author: Charles WCharles W Date: Jul 18, 2008 13:58
"Halla" drunkenbastards.spam.com> wrote> Ben newsam gmail.com> blethered:
>>>Halla drunkenbastards.spam.com> wrote:
>>>>> I discover that I have no idea what a half pound of
>>>potatoes looks like. <:-/
>>
>>Umm... take a five pound bag,
>
> Herein lies the first of the problems...
Make it two and a half kilos...two and a quarter really, but you're gonnna
be peeling them, aren't you?
>>and, er... divide it
>>into ten.
>
> Right. That makes it all so much clearer, thanks. :-)
Quite.
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Author: Ben newsamBen newsam Date: Jul 18, 2008 20:32
On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:58:56 +0100, "Charles W"
btinternotwithoutunmunging.com> wrote:
>Of course you could just buy a small bag of spuds and a cheap scale that
>reads in both Old and Newe World/e weights/Masses. Get a potato, dump it in
>the tray, and see whether you need more or fewer potato...
>
>Oh wait...how many ozzes are there in a pound again? ;-)
Well, quite. I was going to suggest getting two potatoes each about
the size of an average apple, and calling that half a pound. Or one
big one. Potato or apple, of course.
Better still, weigh the buggers.
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Author: Peter WardPeter Ward Date: Jul 19, 2008 02:11
On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:32:34 +0100, Ben newsam wrote:
>On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:58:56 +0100, "Charles W"
> btinternotwithoutunmunging.com> wrote:
>>>Of course you could just buy a small bag of spuds and a cheap scale that
>>reads in both Old and Newe World/e weights/Masses. Get a potato, dump it in
>>the tray, and see whether you need more or fewer potato...
>>
>>Oh wait...how many ozzes are there in a pound again? ;-)
>
>Well, quite. I was going to suggest getting two potatoes each about
>the size of an average apple, and calling that half a pound. Or one
>big one. Potato or apple, of course.
>
>Better still, weigh the buggers.
Better still, just wing it. "Is that enough potato?" "Add another
one, for luck."
--
Peter
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Author: HumbugHumbug Date: Jul 19, 2008 19:53
On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:57:46 +0100, Halla
drunkenbastards.spam.com> wrote:
>On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:25:57 +0100, Ben newsam
> gmail.com> blethered:
>>>On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:14:27 +0100, Halla
>> drunkenbastards.spam.com> wrote:
>>>>>Sounds nice...
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