tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130537499074859934.post463957702267625528..comments2024-03-28T22:30:17.628+13:00Comments on How to be Chic: {Recipe} 30 Chic Days – The Fourth Series: Day 24Fiona Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01493105915055099408noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130537499074859934.post-39901631100599980332016-11-13T06:32:23.069+13:002016-11-13T06:32:23.069+13:00It sounds like your daughter is younger, Jenny. I...It sounds like your daughter is younger, Jenny. I think it would be a fun and easy recipe to make with her. The marbling part is fun too :)Fiona Ferrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01493105915055099408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130537499074859934.post-43838644627091200162016-11-08T03:32:13.064+13:002016-11-08T03:32:13.064+13:00Hi Fiona, this looks really yummy. I love chocolat...Hi Fiona, this looks really yummy. I love chocolate, and so my daughter does, who is my personal assistant in the kitchen, and who also will love to give this recipe a try :) Thanks for sharing!Jenny B.http://www.bestpressurecookershq.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130537499074859934.post-12887818105265724952016-07-03T08:02:17.522+12:002016-07-03T08:02:17.522+12:00Lara, well, obviously it was New Zealand who inven...Lara, well, obviously it was New Zealand who invented the pavlova!<br /><br />I was talking to Nigella the other day and she said she'd seen you ;)<br /><br />Nigella could talk about washing the floor and it would sound sexy. She certainly has that x-factor.<br /><br />Margaret already has a blog set up! We just need to encourage her to write on it now :) Come on Margaret, we need you!Fiona Ferrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01493105915055099408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130537499074859934.post-60022838020447348802016-07-02T08:26:24.729+12:002016-07-02T08:26:24.729+12:00I am chuckling to myself about the pavlova comment...I am chuckling to myself about the pavlova comment. Both Australia and New Zealand like to Aly claim to the invention of that dessert !<br /><br />I'm not a meringue person (nor chocolate) but must admit your dessert looked divine. If someone made that for me I would be truly flattered that they had gone to so much trouble.<br /><br />ps Nigella makes a beautiful pav. Listen to me, sounding as if she and I hang out together on weekends ! On one of her many tv series she went into detail as to how to achieve the crisp outside and chewy inside. Again, I'm not a pavlova girl, but boy oh boy I was salivating ha ha.<br /><br />pps Margaret P I love your comments. Again I second the motion that you start your own blog. Don't underestimate what curiosity we Southern Hemisphere dwellers have for your way of life :)Laranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130537499074859934.post-12507837234676184112016-07-02T07:01:39.196+12:002016-07-02T07:01:39.196+12:00Margaret, you are so funny, 'hogging' the ...Margaret, you are so funny, 'hogging' the comments. Don't worry, they can't be used up :) I didn't know that about pavlovas, I'll be sure to use a proper recipe when I do try one.<br /><br />And yes, desserts are full of sugar. I usually only make them when guests come for dinner, or maybe on a weekend, but lately I've made a few I admit...<br /><br />I would love to live as you've described. How nice would that be, having someone doing everything for you. Dreamy! I'm so glad my book arrived, hope you enjoy it!<br /><br />Thanks Stephanie!<br /><br />PP, 'off-piste', I love it! I'm going to remember that next time I do go off-piste when I make a recipe (which is always). Oh how I wish I could say 'I'm not a choccy person'. I don't even think my mouth would know how to form the words :)Fiona Ferrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01493105915055099408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130537499074859934.post-74591314129892352712016-07-02T03:05:57.376+12:002016-07-02T03:05:57.376+12:00Looks yummy, Fiona. I've never heard of that ...Looks yummy, Fiona. I've never heard of that chocolate and I'm British! Though I'm not a choccy person so what would I know?! Like you, I'll have to go off-piste if I make them (maybe this weekend, daughter in law is coming down from London).<br />Enjoy your yumminess and your weekend, Mary.thepoutingpensionerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13484934089759704702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130537499074859934.post-9193335667069100582016-07-02T02:22:12.930+12:002016-07-02T02:22:12.930+12:00Beautiful!Beautiful!Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09289348366926684135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130537499074859934.post-83810110722542167052016-07-01T23:34:00.120+12:002016-07-01T23:34:00.120+12:00PPS - Sorry, I just thought of something else, I ...PPS - Sorry, I just thought of something else, I really don't want to hog this and become a nuisance ... but meringues that have that lovely soft, chewy centre, Fiona, are actually Pavlovas, named after the Russian ballerina. For that you add (and I can't give quantities as much depends on how many egg whites you whisk) vinegar and cornflower to the mixture. That sounds odd, I know, but this makes the centre lovely and soft and marshmallowy, while the outer surface is crunchy. <br />Margaret P galanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190356279359463949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130537499074859934.post-58158649252666055132016-07-01T21:58:10.271+12:002016-07-01T21:58:10.271+12:00PS For those dinosaurs like myself who don't ...PS For those dinosaurs like myself who don't have a microwave (there must be someone else on the planet without a microwave?) I heat chocolate in a bowl over hot water, taking care not to allow the water to get too hot or to allow steam to mix with the chocolate as that makes it go cloudy. <br />Margaret Pgalanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190356279359463949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130537499074859934.post-37414924434561802702016-07-01T21:55:04.565+12:002016-07-01T21:55:04.565+12:00I adore meringues, so that is one I might try alth...I adore meringues, so that is one I might try although we try and steer clear of sugary desserts because, well, of the sugar content! But now and again is fine and these look wonderful!<br />I must add that your book arrived this morning, along with one of my favourite genres of book, social history: Adrian Tinniswood's The Long Weekend. This is about life in the English Country House between the wars, just my kind of reading - of course, I'd be living above stairs! I wouldn't be emptying the chamber pots or turning to face the wall to pretend I wasn't there when owner suddenly appeared! I'd be having my breakfast in bed, and then attended by my maid who would lay out my clothes for the morning, one of the many changes I would make during the day (my dear, how exhausting!)<br />So, with your book and Adrian's, I will be book heaven!<br />Margaret P galanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190356279359463949noreply@blogger.com