In article zeldabee said ...
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> Looks tasty. The faffing factor would be balanced out by the fact that you
> can prep it all ahead of time. Plus, just looking at it, I bet it could be
> simplified a bit. You could just make it into a simpler pie.
The pastry bit isn't too faffy, IYSWIM.
> I am occasionally tossed bits of salmon by my father, who fishes, so it's
> conceivable that I could actually try it.
It's well worth it ... it's also superb the day after, chilled.
>> Did it this evening. It's simply sublime, except I use "normal" or
>> "classic" hollandaise, rather than the foaming one ... I was celebrating
>> the purchase of a new food processor, after the last one did its quids
>> during a batch of fish cakes [1]
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> I myself personally would not want to ruin it with hollandaise, but then,
> I'm pretty anti-hollandaise. (IIRC we've had that conversation.)
Did we? I adore the stuff, so it's a match made in heaven for me :)
>> [1] it (the Kenwood) had done 15 years sterling service, but lemon grass
>> and high-speed chopping of the fish cakes proved A Slice Too Far
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> R.I.P. Kenwood.
Considering it was a middle-range unit, nothing special, I think 15 or
so years is going pretty well.
Looking for a replacement, prices have dropped hugely, but so has build
quality; there are a lot of units around for about 30-40 quid, but the
build quality looked abysmal. I *wanted* a Krups or Magimix to replace
it, but despite Comet's website claiming their Catford branch carried a
"full range" (as opposed to the "partial range" the more local stores
were supposed to have), it turned out to carry anything but; more
accurate would have been "some cheap tat and about 2 mid-priced units
worth a light". Curry's were even worse, and both company's displays
were dreadfully shoddy, as if no-one gave a crap about selling one [1],
and would rather concentrate on wide-screen TVs instead.
So I found another Kenwood, reduced from £100 to £50, and bought that.
Doesn't seem as well made as my old one, but then that one cost £75 (on
special offer at the Ideal Home Exhibition), 15 years ago, so that would
equate to a spend of what, £150 today? So this one has to last 5 years
to be the same VFM.
It is a more upright unit though, meaning it has a smaller footprint,
which is good, as work-surface space in my flat is limited.
[1] bearing in mind that some of the food-processor and mixer units
listed on their web-site went up to £400, this struck me as a bit short-
sighted
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