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So Nil.... you weight like 120kgs right? :)

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JLF, on behalf of a friend, could you please post the Cookies recipe?

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Thanks
Harry

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:eek: Nope, I swear! It is all the baby weight! :D

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I make only small changes to the standard Nestle Tollhouse Cookie recipe found here... I never add nuts, usually increase the (homemade) vanilla amount, and only use real butter (the whole 250g bar) and brown sugar from the US/UK. Also, I use about half a package of the "baking chips" that you find in a standard Migros or Coop and then finely chop dark and white chocolate bars until I achieve the right chocolate to batter ratio (about a half a bar each)...

I have been making these since I could hold a spoon (with my Grandma), so the most important thing is the texture and taste of the batter before adding the chocolate. Depending on the size of eggs you use, the flour proportion changes (usually requiring more flour). You have to taste taste taste. And if the texture is right, the dough should be buttery but not sticky. You should be able to stir it but not that easily (if it is very difficult to stir, you have added too much flour). And if it is right, you will get beautifully crispy edges with soft chewiness on the inside that will remain soft even after days.

HTH and good luck. :)

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When you have a spare moment -Please could you share how to make the cake?
I was watching a programme the other day and the chef made a cake (Welsh) that was similar with a meringue top..

Little Polka - your cooking is amazing - I wish I could bake like that...

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Sure, you can find it here. The topping is not a meringue though. Maybe if you would bake it longer it would remind it more, but the way I made it, it's like a sweet foam balancing the sourness of the rhubarb :)

Thanks for the compliment, I appreciate it a lot! :)

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Black forest cake I made for my birthday.

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Black forest cake

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I think you should start some baking classes, if not already!
or atleast an EF event .. I would love to learn from you :)

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Thanks a lot! It's really nice to read stuff like this. Especially today :)

Sadly no time for baking classes or EF event, also I do not have a big enough place to actually host one (my table has space for 2 people) :).

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:) ok, Just tell me when to join you when you bake anything next time! Sorry just can't help asking it, after seeing those pictures from you! don't worry if you can't :)

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Chocolate fondant

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Asparagus and leek quiche

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Looks really tasty :). Would you mind sharing the recipe? Thanks :)

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I took the recipe here and I used parmesan instead gruyère. :)

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This looks so yummy. I'd make it but I'm worried if I wouldn't eat it all!!!

I wanted to ask, you cook so much yummy food. How do you manage to keep weight under control:msnblush:

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I am doing some sports and sharing the food with the people in my lab (usually on Monday they "help" with cakes etc. ;)).

On a serious note: it's hard (!) to keep the weight on a proper level so I limited my cooking adventure to the weekend :)

Homemade Fish'n'chips
 

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Fish & Chips with Green Peas by Mario Andrés Solis, on Flickr

This was our lunch today, a delicious homemade fish'n'chips, oven chips, cod fried in a corona & flour batter and stew green peas in butter instead of mushy peas. It was really easy to do, probably we will do it more times.

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Vegeterian calzoncini (mini calzone), crunchies, apple slices in a batter (for a breakfast) and Bakewell tart :)

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Tonight's Yumminess:
Sheep's milk blue cheese (courtesy of grumpy's British Cheese Center of Switzerland), white wine, garlic, and mushroom pasta topped with spicy steak. The steak had a dry rub of cayenne, nutmeg, fresh ground cinnamon, salt, pepper, and garlic and was just lightly cooked. Topped with more sheep's milk blue. The mushrooms brought out the flavor of the blue cheese and it was FANTASTIC! :)

I should have been a cowboy
 

I am a huge fan of "down home" cooking, so here we go...

Homemade biscuits: we all have our struggles and miserable failures in life...mine was called homemade biscuits. They NEVER came out right, and I was blaming the flour, the baking powder, the shortening, the moon, whatever...until the past weekend. They came out fluffy, tasty, and they still maintain soft and delish even after a few days. Yay to biscuits! :)

Potato skins. These don't need no words...

Chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes and gravy: steak and mashed potatoes (the old-fashioned, hand-mashing way...) came out well, but I was not too excited about the gravy which I thought was only ok. It was my first attempt though, so I guess I'll have to refine my gravy-making skills...

Apple cobbler: hint - add a splash of bourbon to your apples. It really makes them stick out and brings this very simple dessert to a whole new level. I am not a big ice cream eater, so I just sprinkled cinnamon on top and ate it warm like that.