Cooks' Corner

[Arykana]

birthday cake to my girlfriend's daughter

[Maggi Young]

Erika, you are an artist 

[Arykana]

Thank you :-)
should I open a bakery in Aberdeen?

[Maggi Young]

Erika, I think I speak for all of us in Aberdeen and the surrounding area.... Yes, please!

[Arykana]

  OK  I need a room for the first several weeks 

[Maggi Young]

Not a problem... I have plenty room for you .....though Angie may prefer you to stay with her... we can fight about it !  

For two cakes a week you can live here forever. 

[mark smyth]

I hate eating out because I'm a bit critical but today I brought US cousins to the same restaurant Fermi, Will and I went to Bushmills Inn in Bushmills

I had hot Focaccia bread with hot bacon and fig chutney with a wee bowl of warm rocket salad. The salad had rocket, dressing of some sort, red onions and roast red peppers. The best meal I have had in years!! I could got for it again tomorrow. Well done Bushmills Inn.

The down side I asked if the fig chutney was commercially available. He said he made it. I suppose either way the chef would have said no.

Anyone in the UK ever seen ?black fig chutney for sale?

[Anthony Darby]

Must be available somewhere Mark, unless it was a figment of the chef's imagination?

[johnw]

I hate eating out because I'm a bit critical but today I brought US cousins to the same restaurant Fermi, Will and I went to Bushmills Inn in Bushmills

I had hot Focaccia bread with hot bacon and fig chutney with a wee bowl of warm rocket salad. The salad had rocket, dressing of some sort, red onions and roast red peppers. The best meal I have had in years!! I could got for it again tomorrow. Well done Bushmills Inn.

The down side I asked if the fig chutney was commercially available. He said he made it. I suppose either way the chef would have said no.

Anyone in the UK ever seen ?black fig chutney for sale?

Mark - Now I'm getting hungry.  I have a great recipe for fig and rhubarb jam but your chutney sound divine.

Do they do takeaways? Just saw the price list which resembles Da Maurizio, the very best restaurant in this city, at peak hours!  

Here are two tempting recipes from a quick google:



[url=http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Balsamic-Fig-Chutney-with-Roasted-Grapes-240757]http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Balsamic-Fig-Chutney-with-Roasted-Grapes-240757]][http://www.waitrose.com/home/recipes/recipe_directory/f/fig_chutney.html/url]

[url=http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Balsamic-Fig-Chutney-with-Roasted-Grapes-240757]http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Balsamic-Fig-Chutney-with-Roasted-Grapes-240757]

johnw

[David Nicholson]

.....The down side I asked if the fig chutney was commercially available. He said he made it. I suppose either way the chef would have said no.

Anyone in the UK ever seen ?black fig chutney for sale?

Not seen "black" but fig chutney "brownish!" is available here.

[mark smyth]

I said ?black because the the figs, halved and very sweet, were very dark red. I should have taken photos or go back and ask for it as a takeaway.

[mark smyth]

John my figs were the same colour as your epicurious recipe link

[mark smyth]

David who sells it?

[Arykana]

My neighbour has a wedding today, they are asked me to make the wedding cakes

coffee cake

chocolate

and the special punch

[Arykana]

Not a problem... I have plenty room for you .....though Angie may prefer you to stay with her... we can fight about it !  

For two cakes a week you can live here forever. 

Ok, it is a deal  just let me know, if there is a wedding or other party - I will fly and make it