satguru 
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The best custard was the pink or white we had about once a term at school. I did a request and someone found the pink for me at a supermarket but the white is possibly something they made from scratch for us, vanilla probably while the other is strawberry.
Reply #4462. Jan 22 12, 5:01 PM
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| lesley153
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| It was custard, not Dream Topping, or Angel Delight? |
Reply #4463. Jan 22 12, 6:47 PM
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| lesley153
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| Concert this evening. Two hours of baroque music. I hadn't heard of half the composers, and realise there's a good reason why some composers become famous and a lot don't. *yawn* |
Reply #4464. Jan 26 12, 7:26 PM
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satguru
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All real custard, we had white, pink and chocolate, you can get chocolate from Waitrose and did find the strawberry in a couple of supermarkets but not so easy. The white one was not a regular one but was basically something like the vanilla flavour without the egg yolk and was very nice. I think a lot of schools made their own in those days so didn't just buy it in in bulk and serve it as it came like they probably do now. I wouldn't be at all surprised if there are some decent recipes around if I have a look.
Reply #4465. Jan 26 12, 7:40 PM
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| lesley153
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I wonder if they bothered. The powder's been around longer than we have. Mr Bird invented "custard powder" in 1837, for Mrs Bird, who was allergic to eggs. It would be a lot cheaper for school cooks to thicken milk with coloured cornflour than with eggs, unless you had to pay a premium for a branded product. Stumped.
There are as many custard recipes as people. Basic recipes are eggs or just yolks, milk or cream or a mixture, sugar, vanilla flavouring - extract, essence, seeds, pods, or vanilla sugar. Some recipes call for cornflour. Google and you will find a plethora of recipes, and videos showing you how to do it!
Unless your friends happen to include any professional cooks who could demonstrate for you? |
Reply #4466. Jan 26 12, 8:17 PM
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| lesley153
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Years ago, I had a neighbour who was an exceptionally successful salesman, and was always winning prizes for being the company's top salesman. He probably couldn't remember the last time he paid for a family holiday, because the prizes included holidays, always in the newest fashionable locations. One year, his wife complained because the holiday was in a European centre of culture. She said it was too downmarket.
When you met him for the first time, he would make sure you knew within ten minutes that he was a higher-rate taxpayer.
Years ago, he paid for the newest sporty Jaguar, and joined the waiting list.
Years later, he sold it. He said the Jag made people jealous.
Logic? |
Reply #4467. Jan 27 12, 10:37 AM
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| C30
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Well if they were due a holiday in "Liverpool, City of Culture" I can't say I blame her for complaining! I have to admit saying (about Liverpool), "If this place is cultured, it sure isn't saying much for the rest" !
I have parked up in London, Portsmouth, Birmingham, Leeds, Leicester, Newcastle, Glasgow...........even Bedford.......and the only place I have anyone break into it was.......Liverpool. Cultured? Yeah, right!!
Reply #4468. Jan 27 12, 11:10 AM
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| lesley153
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No.it wasn't home. She wouldn't have got out of bed for a holiday that wasn't abroad. I'd forgotten that we are regarded as part of Europe (a small island off the coast of mainland Britain). If I remember correctly, the dusty little disappointment was Barcelona. Poor woman, heart bleeds.
Years ago, some Tesco people were talking about installing CCTVs round their shops and car parks. They had proven useful, except in Liverpool, where they got nicked. |
Reply #4469. Jan 27 12, 1:03 PM
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| lesley153
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Orchestral concert this evening. A piece by Mozart, mercifully short, followed by Beethoven's violin concerto. The soloist, a young Polish man playing a Guarneri, went off and on to applause a few times, and then did an encore - Paganini's 1st Caprice.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoQcbNIArD0
I've never known a soloist do an encore!
After the interval, the orchestra played the 1st Serenade by Brahms. It's not a serenade at all - I think he called it that because he didn't have the courage to call it a symphony, even though that's what it is.
Just discovered that I share a birthday with Kristian Bush, guitarist of Sugarland. |
Reply #4470. Jan 28 12, 6:26 PM
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redwaldo
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The concert sounds great-Paganini is extremely difficult to play well, so the young soloist deserves all the encores he gets!
Reply #4471. Jan 28 12, 7:48 PM
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| lesley153
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| It was! He was a child prodigy, apparently - he's only 26 or 27 now. I don't know what gives people that extra spark but he didn't half make a nice noise! |
Reply #4472. Jan 28 12, 8:37 PM
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satguru
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Lesley just let me know her internet's down (gateway problems, probably a router issue, error 800-72-ee7 in case anyone knows a solution) so has not forgotten us all!
Reply #4473. Jan 30 12, 10:28 PM
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Professer
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Poor Lesley Gateway probs are a pain i had that and my pal sorted me out, he is currently working for the Finance minister of Dubai all ex's paid plus his salary, nice work if you can get it
:).
Hope you return soon to us
Reply #4474. Jan 31 12, 2:44 AM
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| lesley153
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Back now, thank you!
David suggested a solution, and it worked. That's because he's a genius. |
Reply #4475. Jan 31 12, 12:05 PM
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Professer
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Good to have you back Lesley :)
Reply #4476. Jan 31 12, 1:08 PM
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| lesley153
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| Thanks, Gary. It's a bit scary when you realise how little you can do without it. :( |
Reply #4477. Jan 31 12, 3:50 PM
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satguru
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Luckily I was armed with the complete information and just one expert had talked someone else through it from start to finish. The main thing is it actually worked, and of course saved ages on the phone or worse still money spent.
Reply #4478. Jan 31 12, 4:42 PM
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| lesley153
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| Very lucky and beautifully timed. Just imagine, I could have been forced to get my computer consultant to travel here from London to see what was wrong. That's a fairly expensive exercise! |
Reply #4479. Jan 31 12, 5:54 PM
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| veronikkamarrz
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Did I miss something? I looked through the posts, and didn't see a 'Gateway' post...Oh well, I'm glad David is such a genius, but we knew that! What happened?
Reply #4480. Jan 31 12, 6:09 PM
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