Have a waffle with Carol

[David Watkins]

Here goes then. Banana stuffed pancakes with a chocolate and rum sauce.
Make or buy enough pancakes(allow 2-3 per person )
The stuffing;
1 1/2 bananas per person
1 tbs double(whipping)cream per person.
Butter
roughly chop the bananas
melt the butter,add the bananas and cream,bring to the boil to thicken
roll the mixture up in the pancakes.
The sauce
1/2 to 1 pint of Double (whipping) cream(depending on numbers)
!/2 lb dark unsweetened chocolate
2/3 oz white rum
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
4 oz castor sugar
1 tbs of butter
pinch of salt
pinch of ground cinnamon
over a medium heat reduce cream by 1/2.Use a stainless steel mixing bowl to melt the chocolate over a pan of boiling
water
Combine all the ingredients and mix vigorously with a hand whisk
If the sauce is to thick whisk in a little more cream it should be of a gentle pouring thickness.
To be honest I think that Puncheon is to bitter and "alcoholy" to be used in cooking.White Oak or any normal level white rum would do,but not Bacardi.
You could use dark rum to give an earthier flavour ,whisky for Cristmasy or an orange liqueur to give a a chocolate and orange sauce(grate a little orange zest in)
There you go then
David
David Watkins 2009

[Julia C.]

Sorry to interupt the recipe sharing - David that sounds delicious! Also sorry for a link to the Daily Fail, but having been to Tobago and experiencing that awful national bird who would imagine the Queen would have one as decoration on her dress!
Made me laugh and smile.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldne ... visit.html

[GillMathews]

David.
Mmmm,That sounds like a 'tryer' over the festive season.My mouth was watering as I read the recipe and as I am on nights at the mo a microwaved spud with tinned tuna and salad for supper later is not quite doing it for me.
Sandra,
Had the vaccine with no ill effects apart from an achey arm for a couple of days, We have cupboards stuffed with assorted masks to wear according to which one we each passed the rigorous 'fit' test on.One in particular has a particularly Darthvaderish look about it garanteed to scare grown men let alone children .Oh yes, and mooooooore paperwork,lots of it. the show goes on.
See u folks
xxx

[Andy K]

David,

that sound like a Paula Dean receipe with all that butter, double cream, chocolate etc, but i can see
myself trying it out anyway and maintain my overweight

[David Watkins]

Who's Paula Dean?

[Andy K]

David,

sorry i forgot you are outside of the range of american TV.
Paula Deen is one of the TV chefs on foodnetwork. She is famous for using plenty butter, cream and other fattening
ingredients, and she obviously eats her own food

Check this:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/paula-deen/r ... index.html

Cheers,

Andy

[Bill B]

Greetings to all from over here,

Actually didn't suffer a hangover from the holiday, but my ears were ringing for a day or two from all the noise generated by a dozen young folk. I guess I'm just getting old and curmudgeonly

Two items I prepare every year are Lamb Cakes at Easter and stollen for Christmas. I think a couple of years ago I posted the stollen recipe on a Xmas thread we had going here. The stollen recipe was handed down unwritten from my mother, who said, that as a child she could remember her grandmother making. I was the first to actually put it in writing. My youngest son has helped me make it so it appears that at some time it will be passed on to yet another generation.

Bill

[Gisela Grell]

Hi there,

Bill, I guess Stollen is a German receipt but I don't like it. And I would never have the idea to bake one. You can buy them here around Christmas everywhere. Maybe not at your place? Thats bad. If you want me I can send you one

Hope you are all OK and enjoy the time bevore Christmas.

David, I did not understand everything but your receipt sounds very delicious and very weight rising But if it is good who cares about calories?

Carol, you went to New Zeeland? I had no idea but thats because I don't have enough time to read all the interesting posts. Please go on with your travel diary soon. I'm noisy

I have a new cat - in fact I have two cats. A white lady and a black Tomcat baby. The white one I got in September the black one last month. I had a lot of work to do to bring them together without too much bood. Now the love each other and its really a big joy.

I just got the contract for a new appartement. Now I have to organize everthing for the movement in February. Time is running fast and along Christmas time is running even faster..
Best whishes to all of you
Cheers
Gisela

[Andy K]

Bill,

just the other day i saw a sticker on the wall in an electronics shop saying "If it's too loud, you are too old"

A good Stollen receipe is a treasure very well worth to pass on to the next generation. (I got one from my grandmother, too. Heavy t'ing and not good for your cholesterol level )
If you happen to come to Tobago anytime soon, i will volunteer to test any Stollen samples offered


Gisela,

good to see you back on the forum. But i gather you will be too busy to come to Tobago anytime soon, with all your activities and new family members.

We have a cat here in the Marina. She appeared on the scene about a year ago as a small kitten. Everybody liked her and the manager of the restaurant started to feed her.
Well now she is the boss lady of the restaurant, gets on like a drill sergeant when dogs are around and sees about the rats at the dock at night. But the manager of the restaurant is still looking for a good place for the cat. It is not easy, because almost everybody has big dogs at home, which would eat the cat, or a husband, or a wife who doesn't like cats.
For the time being she is ok here but it is not a permanent solution.
Any ideas ?

[Lisa Keith]

Good luck Andy!

I've been looking for a home for 2 cats for a while, but it's proving almost impossible - Tobagonians (and I guess Trinis too probably) would rather have dogs and don't seem to understand how much benefit they gain from having a cat (ie no lizards, snakes, mice, rats....!!)

Lisa.

[Andy K]

Yes Lisa, quite true...
... and then there are people like my wife, who does not tolerate any animal on the premises whatsoever,
unless it is already dead and she can eat it

[Bill B]

Andy,

Actually the cholesterol isn't that bad - off the top of my head I think the recipe calls for 1/2 lb butter, 1 cup of milk and 6 eggs. This makes 6 loaves so 1 or 2 slices doesn't have that much saturated fat. Now calories are a different story (Of course Gisela has that pegged right - who cares about a few calories? )

We'll be in Tobago for the first eleven days of March, so who knows, maybe we can meet up.

Bill

[Gisela Grell]

Hi all,

well, busy as can be and now I got the confirmation for a treatment at a health resort for 4 weeks. They wanted me to go on December 22nd but I could move it to the 29th. But then I will be in trouble when I come back to organize the movement to the new appartement.

Lucky Bill, I will not have the chance to go to Tobago this year. Well, you (me) can't have it all.
Andy, I always have somebody to take care for the cats when I'm away but I guess with the 4 weeks treatment they will have done enough for this year and I cannot ask them again.
In Germany people have cats or dogs in equal numbers but als Lisa wrote on Tobago people prefer dogs. Big dogs. Mostly foreigners have cats.

Take care and happy weekend
Gisela

[SandraK]

Bill
I LOATHE stollen !!
Sorry, having married into a German , well half German family, had to eat the stuff while still being polite ! Luckily now many years have past no need to pretend - wouldn't give it house room. The Germans do many things well but cooking aint one of 'em !

Gisela
Our old cat has now decided to use total blackmail to get his own way. Will no longer eat cat food - placed in clean bowl he circles - tail swishes - mewing starts, takes a bite of his dry food - looks up trying to look thin - circles the meat cat food, same thing. He then goes to the door, out. A minute later back in and the same performance !! I eventually cut up prime steak/chicken whatever - cats maybe many things but stupid is not one of them !!


Lisa
We always find it strange when we visit that cats are not appreciated in Tobago. Let's face it they are natural predators whereas dogs are not ! Maybe they do not take to an animal that cannot be trained - no idea.

[Gisela Grell]

Hey Sandra,

I don't like Stollen eather... The only thing I love from Christmas is Spekulatius and Germans CAN cook! Don't judge the Germans only by Stollen!
And how about the British? (of cause except of David!) England is not famous for its cooking, isn't it?

Cats know exactly how to get their will...

Iguess you are right with your statement about Tobagonians and dogs. Cats can not be trained and I'm sure the Tobagonians - especially the men - love animals who obey...

Cheers
Gisela

[SandraK]

Gisela
My apologies but was not basing my theory on one recipe ! Spent quite a lot of time in Freiburg and the Black Forest, having said that , many years ago, assume things have changed. Just to pull you into the 21st century also the UK is ranked way up there these days in terms of cuisine - patriotic or what
Whatever, if we don't meet before on the forum I wish you a very Happy Christmas and a great New Year - hope the move goes well. xx

[David Watkins]

Hello all.Well at last it has arrived .I will be in Paradise on Wednesday and ,boys and girls,am I looking forward to it!?
So I hope to meet up with some old faces a few new faces .I'll put my local number here (can't remember it) when I get there,Regards
David

[Gisela Grell]

Hi David,

good to see you will be back again. You can be sure it is only goog for your health! Enjoy and have a wonderful time!

Best whishes
Gisela

[GillMathews]

Happy travelling David .
Have a wonderfull time in 'Bago and let the island magic work by chillin and letting the days go by on local time keeping. Seasons greetings to you.
Love Gill xx

[Andy K]

David,

have a pleasant trip. Call me (689-3611) when you settle in. I am in Tobago until Dec 15th, after that back in Trinidad.

Bill,
your receipe sounds a bit "dry-ish" for a Stollen. I will try to dig out my grandma's receipe, but i clearly remember it has
a lot of butter and other fat.
Anyhow, Stollen is not for everybody as we could read here but i think that is just because many people only know poor
quality products and stay away from it after a first experience.

Sandra,

i had cats like that. I did not allow that to happen. They got their Whiskas and FULL STOP. Except on Sundays. Sunday morning (or better all days i didn't get up by a certain hour) was fresh meat. Cat's know when it is 8 am. After that was serenade.
When they didn't like Whiskas they caught mice and birds and had those. The veterinary liked my attitude. And most of my cats got very old.


By the way ... did i tell you all that i am in Tobago since yesterday ?
Had some drinks by Bago's bar this afternoon, thinking of you all