to think this is an OK pudding to take to friends this evening?

[emeraldgirl1]

I would normally make something proper puddingy but I am pregnant and drowning in work and could happily live without hours slaving over a stove.

So how would you react, if I came to your house this evening and you had cooked a starter and main, if I brought the following:

Strawberries
Luxury vanilla ice-cream from the posh ice-cream shop down the road
Homemade (this afternoon) chocolate chip cookies.

Does that sound OK? Would you think I had made no effort?

(will take wine too...)

[Uppermid]

We'll be home about 6.30. Not sure what I can put together for starter and main but I look forward to your pud!

[BunnyLeBOOwski]

Homemade cookies?? Yum! Perfect.

Lazy would be turning up with an Iceland Arctic Roll

[EnglishGirlApproximately]

I would do shortbread rather than cookies but either way I'd be happy to eat it :)

[HSMM]

Sounds fab. I ended up taking a multi pack of cornettos to a dinner once, because I was totally disorganised snowed under.

[BonVoyageCharlieBrown]

Sounds yummy. I'm jealous!

[emeraldgirl1]

Oh, yes, shortbread would be a better idea... I am rubbish at shortbread though!! So, poor shortbread or excellent (though I say so myself) cookies - what's the verdict?

[emeraldgirl1]

uppermid - see you at 6.30!

[Mintyy]

I wouldn't take strawberries as they are not in season.

Could you quickly poach some pears in wine? They are delicious and really easy and you can use hard pears such as conference.

[Blu]

That sounds great!
If it were me I might well source the cookies from a posh shop up the road, too!

[civilfawlty]

Could you bake the cookies there so they'll be warm?

Am drooling now...

[Alligatorpie]

put a scoop of ice cream between the cookies - easy peasy ice cream sandwiches! Who doesn't like those? Strawberries on the side. Perfect - I'm in!

[emeraldgirl1]

Mintyy - God, I hadn't thought about the seasonality thing...

I love a poached pear myself but not sure i have time...

[cheekydevil]

God, sounds delicious, can I come?

[Blu]

Damn - I will be off Mintyy's dinner party list now - before I was even on it

COOK at W Dulwich has fantastic home-madey looking desserts

[emeraldgirl1]

Oh, my GOD, Blu and civilfawlty you are culinary geniuses! Yes, I can absolutely bake the cookies there... and the ice-cream sandwich idea is brill, I can make extra-big cookies so it works better.

Sorted!

[DamnBamboo]

She's pregnant, she's drowning in work and she already has the strawberries and somebody is suggesting she poaches pears in wine instead...

[DamnBamboo]

Sounds fine to me emerald BTW

[EnglishGirlApproximately]

Shortbread is the easiest thing in the world to make! I can't link from my phone but if you look up the be ro recipe its foolproof.

Then you can make through cookies anyway and send them here.

Or don't bother with strawberries and cookie ice cream sandwiches. Yum, might have to make a pudding for tonight now!

[EnglishGirlApproximately]

X post!

[Softlysoftly]

Bollocks to seasonality sounds lovely, if you come to mine I'll do us breadsticks with Philly then fish fingers k?

[emeraldgirl1]

softly - it actually sounds perfect, I love a fishfinger and never have them in freezer when I want one.

EnglishGirl ta v much!!

[Mintyy]

Damnbamboo - that "someone" was me. Poaching pears in wine takes considerably less time and effort than making cookies.

[ProbablyDoingTheWrongThing]

yum.

I'd go with raspberries and asdas own homemade meringues tho to make Eton mess !

[DamnBamboo]

Yes but that wasn't what she asked was it.
She asked if it would seen as having made no effort (clearly not the case) and then you bang on about seasonality...

[Mintyy]

Blu - ah ha ha! I went to Cook in W Dulwich quite a lot when we were having our kitchen done last year. Some fine things in there.

Infact I might go there today as am stupidly busy labelling 100 items for a blooming NCT sale (why did I ever think was a good idea?) and getting ready for a child's birthday party the day after. And dh blithely told me he won't be home from work until about 11 tonight and is working all day tomorrow. I need ready meals, pudding and wine!