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It's not often I do a shout out for help!
But - HELP!!
The problem:
In return for me and my daughter staying at my brothers house for a couple of nights, I promised I'd make an Egyptian meal. The...
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Goddess, my only contribution to this thread will be to say that Tesco's sell perfect sized Butternut Squash, Mrs H will dice them up, drizzle with toasted Sesame oil, add cracked black pepper and...
Hi,
I've searched the archives but couldn't find a recipe for that lovely dish you get with Egyptian meals sometimes, it's sliced potatoes with a tomato sauce and I think onions. Does anyone know how...
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You just can't beat the taste of home grown organic tomatoes we had a load this year......I should have turned red by now!! Also did some cherry ones which were really lush :P :P :P
This is one of my favourite quick snacks ,I don't have a name for it, concocted it by accident when my vegan brother popped by unexpectedly.
chop 1 onion ,2 cloves of garlic, fry lightly, add 1 tin...
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A quickish dish I do is fry onions garlic celery carrots, potatoes, broccoli or courgettes in oil, add a tin of tomatoes, red lentils a tin of kidney beans, and veg stock a dash of paprika or chilli...
Hi,
With Halloween round the corner I'm feeling a bit domesticated and wondered if anyone has any good pumpkin soup recipes or butternut squash soup.
Many thanks
Jo x
P.S must be relatively simple!
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I would have put the 19 month old in it to give it some body :be:
Hahahaaa, after spending 4 very long days and nights with her I was ready to I tell you BB. :)
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I've trawled the internet looking for recipes for a light moist fruit cake not as rich and dark as Christmas cake but could be used at Christmas too but without feed back how do I know it's a...
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I make one with dates soaked in tea which is good but this one is great and no eggs! Store in foil once made to keep longer.
What you need
1 cup self-raising flour
1 cup plain flour
1 tsp mixed spice...
I had nothing in the house, and by nothing, I mean: NOTHING! Not even what you keep in an empty kitchen. I cleared it before I left in July, don’t want to use spices that have been left in a closed...
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If he lives so close to you, I would just have gone across to Stan's place and asked him to make me a couple of sandwiches ;)
I love chutney and have just finished making enough green bean chutney to last a year!!!
as we are moving back to Luxor next year is there any where you can buy the stuff or does any one know how...
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The only vinegar I have every had in Egypt is the white nasty tasting stuff that they always pickle there veg in it taste really bitter I think they may have used it in the mummification process!!...
Three years ago I ordered a fresh turkey from Metro on Xmas Eve I collected a frozen turkey, 'egyptian thang..
This year I had a clever plan, I bought 2 turkeys:
oops sorry wrong picture:
This year...
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Jeez, turkeys are ugly birds, but a darn fine meal 8)
I was wondering if you can eat the eggs from a turkey ? have you tried one George ?
Bet those hens eggs taste great, free range and all that,...
since the Eid holiday is around the corner.....I would like some help finding some baking ingredients. My family always bakes sweets for the holiday....since this is our first year in...
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Ahhh! That's what I suspected! We have been using pure ghee since we got here for sauteeing - it doesn't scorch.
If you think back to good ol' USA - did you ever use Crisco?? Makes perfect pie...
When I first came to Luxor it was necessary to find someone with a sack of wholemeal flour and put it through several sievings to remove both the bran and the weevils. :)
I always made jam in uk with the traditional fruits and would love to do the same here. Has anyone got tried and tested suggestions? i know in uk strawberry jam is almost impossible to get to set,...
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Ooh, just beat me to it, Tony! And make sure your fruit is as fresh as possible, especially strawberries. :P Pectin is the magic ingredient.
Right, I've collected Glyphdoctor's tasty Ramadan quick meals from the Clocks thread (I'll be using them all year!), so are there any other ideas for single meals that can be prepared just as easily...
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Would slow them down enough for you to catch them for the Panne recipe :lol:
I'm sure that many of you are aware of this tip to spice up your coffee but I had forgotten it until the other day.
I drink de-caffienated coffee and it was getting pretty boring so on a whim I put...
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As an ex coffee addict I have to be careful with the real stuff. :cry:
However, I've tried the new (to me at any rate) Lipton Green Tea and it's fairly drinkable if not steeped for too long.
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