tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post6552749229729769131..comments2023-10-30T09:26:32.732+00:00Comments on Now's the time: mock orange, thunder, yorkshire puddingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-29599207296802093992007-06-10T15:42:00.000+01:002007-06-10T15:42:00.000+01:00One of the TV chefs, I recall, gave a recipe for y...One of the TV chefs, I recall, gave a recipe for yorkshire pud with enormous quantities of egg in it, and I think he said it was one that was used in the restaurant and held up well. It might stop tasting like yorkshire and be more like a souffle or choux pastry, to my mind. I wonder what the mystery oriental ingredient actually does? I'm sure my mother wouldn't have approved but then again if Jane Grigson did...Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-41112520900257536372007-06-09T17:15:00.000+01:002007-06-09T17:15:00.000+01:00I think the extra egg does help. In her book, Engl...I think the extra egg does help. In her book, English Food, Jane Grigson quotes a Chinese cook who won a Yorkshire pudding competetition in Leeds using four eggs with the usual half pint of milk, but uses 1/2 lb, instead of a quarter of a pound of flour. He also adds half a teaspoon of something called tai luk (from oriental stores).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-51695509638367409732007-06-09T13:48:00.000+01:002007-06-09T13:48:00.000+01:00If I could choose just one flowering plant, i thin...If I could choose just one flowering plant, i think it might well be philadelphus; in the house where I grew up it grew alongside box hedges, the two perfumes are deeply evocative, though rarely combined!<BR/>My heartfelt admiration for anyone who can produced a risen yorkshire pudding for company; mine are perfect for just us but always flat and leaden for guests. I no longer attempt them, except for one elderly Scots friend who loves stodgy food! Perhaps the extra egg might help...Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.com