Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Mar 20, 2010, 12:48 pm
The worst part about holidays is when you have to come back. After several flights, 47 hours without sleep, and a rather large duty free bag full of TimTams, we arrived back to a rather cold and gray ...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Mar 10, 2010, 9:19 am
Up to the age of about 15, I was a bit of a fussy eater. I would often decide what to eat in restaurant by ruling out all the dishes that contained things I didn't like, leaving a choice of only o...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Feb 27, 2010, 4:24 am
Another month, another challenge! The February 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Aparna of My Diverse Kitchen and Deeba of Passionate About Baking. They chose Tiramisu as the challenge fo...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Feb 22, 2010, 6:42 am
My first three attempts at macarons were pretty disastrous. Even looking back at the photos is making me cringe at how bad they were! My first go at a recipe from the Ottolenghi cookbook also entered ...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Feb 17, 2010, 5:17 am
I am possibly the least sporty person ever, and I can name the sporting events I follow on one hand: The Boat Race and the Winter Olympics. (I don't think Dancing on Ice counts as a sporting event...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Feb 13, 2010, 5:42 am
I've been doing a cake stall in the evenings at a late night shopping event, and have found the savoury items go down just as well as the sweet. Although I love the bacon scones, I wanted somethin...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Feb 2, 2010, 6:31 am
Like a lot of food bloggers (and certainly a lot of Scots) I like to start my day with a pint. Luckily for my liver, it's usually a pint of banana and peanut smoothie. Bananas are probably one of...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Jan 28, 2010, 6:05 pm
The only cookbook I got for Christmas was Ottolenghi. This was good, as my cookbook shelf is full, and I didn't want the usual semi-novelty cookbooks I usually seem to receive ('101 Biscuit Re...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Jan 27, 2010, 5:28 am
The January 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Lauren of Celiac Teen. Lauren chose Gluten-Free Graham Wafers and Nanaimo Bars as the challenge for the month. The sources she based her recip...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Jan 25, 2010, 3:15 pm
Although the German market in Edinburgh disappeared long ago, the Highland market was around until New Year. When we visited on New Year's Day, we all had sore throats from the partying the night ...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Jan 23, 2010, 8:37 am
I have been fighting the urge for the last month to make endless puns about Cold Confit Farm, and seeing something nasty in the fridge. While T is a knowledgeable type, unfortunately this knowledge do...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Jan 18, 2010, 10:46 am
If I were the Pioneer Woman, I'd tell you this recipe makes my skirt fly up. If I was Deb of Smitten Kitchen, I'd tell you you'll regret every minute you wait to make this recipe, and then...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Jan 15, 2010, 11:51 am
I can't say I'm a major porridge fan. I didn't eat it as a child, and have been put off as an adult by poor catering porridge as suffered in various youth hostels and halls of residence. H...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Jan 6, 2010, 3:26 pm
For New Year, we had T's brother, and 2 of their cousins staying in the flat. We had tickets for the outdoor concert in Princes Street Gardens, and the temperature was forecast to be -5C that nigh...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Dec 28, 2009, 10:32 am
Despite my best intentions, I haven't been blogging nearly as frequently as I'd like in the past couple of months. Part of this is due to poor light for photos and lack of interesting dinners,...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Dec 14, 2009, 7:22 am
How did that happen? It's been 11 days since my last post! I have had a busy couple of weeks. T was ill, I got up at 5am to fly to Birmingham for a job interview, my mum came up to visit, and I w...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Dec 3, 2009, 10:45 am
This post marks the first birthday of this blog! It's been a bit of an up and down year for me, and I guess this is reflected in the blog a bit. There was the bit in early 2009 where I barely post...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Nov 27, 2009, 3:13 pm
The borscht I made a few weeks ago needed a bit of pork hock in it. I wasn't going to bother, but it was surprisingly cheap for such a massive hunk of meat. After putting a little of it in the sou...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Nov 21, 2009, 2:24 pm
It's taken me ages to write this post, just because there has been absolutely zero daylight in Edinburgh to take pictures with. It's so depressing that there is still a month left where it wil...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Nov 14, 2009, 10:21 am
Last Christmas, I got a madeleine tin. I was excited to have such a one-purpose piece of kitchenalia, but there was a problem. The problem was, I had never really "got" madeleines. Everyone else seem...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Nov 11, 2009, 12:00 pm
After my recent trip to Russia, I have been craving borscht. I've made it once before a few years ago (and stained practically everything I owned red in the process) but it wasn't as good as t...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Nov 9, 2009, 12:27 pm
After taking T's brother and his girlfriend to a couple of restaurants over the long weekend, we decided that Saturday night should be a bit quieter (and cheaper!). We decided on a games night, wi...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Nov 5, 2009, 11:04 am
This is a bit of a landmark here - my 100th post! Although really two of them don't count as the introduction and links should be on pages rather than posts... but anyway. I have filled this blogg...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Nov 1, 2009, 10:35 am
I decided that making the millionaire shortbread from "Red Velvet & Chocolate Heartache" ... in place of butter. The anthropomorphic descriptions in the book are not particularly useful, so it took ...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Oct 27, 2009, 11:10 am
I first discovered the macaron in March 2008, when I went to to visit H, who was doing her year abroad in Paris. We went to all the usual places, and eventually ended up in Fauchon. H told me I should...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Oct 24, 2009, 11:30 am
Generally I am fairly organised in the kitchen, and like to have all my ingredients and equipment out before I begin. I found some lemons in the cupboard that were on their last legs, so I decided to ...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Oct 20, 2009, 2:34 pm
It's been quiet around here as I had a fun weekend in St Petersburg. The city was founded in 1703, but already it's racked up quite a bit of history. We saw the palace where Rasputin was murde...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Oct 13, 2009, 11:14 am
A while back, my dad spent quite a while telling me that the perfect boiled egg was all about heating the white to a certain temperature, and that if you kept it at that temperature, it would never ov...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Oct 11, 2009, 9:43 am
When I was at primary school, my class was selected for an academic survey. We had to fill out a questionnaire detailing our parents' level of education and various other lifestyle questions. I gu...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Oct 9, 2009, 10:28 am
I've been following Miss Marmite Lover's blog on hosting an illegal restaurant in her living room for some while, and had wanted to pay a visit for some time. Fate seemed to conspire against m...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Oct 1, 2009, 5:54 am
In a fortuitous and unlikely chain of events, I found myself at Hawksmoor with a group of Qypers. I've only been on Qype a while, and hadn't even heard this event was happening, but Jess manag...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Sep 29, 2009, 3:12 pm
Although it was fun making the vol-au-vents for the Daring Bakers, using circular cutters meant I had loads of puff pastry scraps. Unlike shortcrust pastry, these can't just be scrunched up and re...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Sep 27, 2009, 6:41 am
After many months of umming and ahhing, I finally plucked up the commitment to join the Daring Kitchen, specifically the Daring Bakers. When I saw the challenge, I was nervous but relieved. The first ...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Sep 27, 2009, 4:30 am
After many months of umming and ahhing, I finally plucked up the commitment to join the Daring Kitchen, specifically the Daring Bakers. When I saw the challenge, I was nervous but relieved. The first ...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Sep 20, 2009, 9:04 am
I knew this day would come. "Bake" has finally let me down. While moving in to the new flat, we somehow acquired a pack of coconut biscuits. As neither T nor I are particular fans, I decided to use t...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Sep 6, 2009, 2:24 pm
I'm still in limbo between flats, and I'd sworn off baking until we reached the new flat. However, with T passed out on the sofa watching Jonathan Ross, and this month's issue of Delicious...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Sep 2, 2009, 12:16 pm
Although I've moved out of my student flat, I don't get the keys to my new flat for another week. My worldly possessions (including my beloved Le Creuset casserole dish and all my baking equip...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Aug 28, 2009, 9:20 am
This weekend we hand the keys to our flat back to the landlord. This marks the end of my time as a student, and the end of my time living in flats where you get to argue about who left the bathroom in...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Aug 26, 2009, 11:25 am
The other day, I realised I hadn't baked anything for at least a week. Plus my flatmate L was coming back to Edinburgh to move out of the flat, so baked goods were absolutely required. Snickerdoo...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Aug 23, 2009, 8:52 am
One thing I am genuinely good at in the kitchen is dealing with left-overs. Although I ignore the golden rule of planning a weekly menu, I always check out the fridge before deciding what is for dinne...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Aug 21, 2009, 2:36 pm
... , and a nightly RAF flyover at 9pm on the dot. The biggest of all the festivals is the Fringe, which tends to be mostly comedy with the odd hint of amateur theatricals. Much of the Fringe ... t...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Aug 18, 2009, 4:49 pm
My obsession with the latest Valentine Warner book continues. The Orangey Honey Buns had caught my eye straight away, and the quest to use up as much stuff in the cupboards before moving meant I had a...
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Jenny Red Mangetout posted an article on The Red Mangetout - Aug 5, 2009, 12:07 pm
Although the Edinburgh fringe doesn't start officially until the 7th August, the city is already in full festival mode. Many shows are doing previews, and I'm off to a couple tonight. I've...
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