What are you a true connoisseur of?

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Tea, properly made tea. It is essential that it is perfect, every time.

Possibly also 1 piece swimsuits, I cannot abide a narrow gusset or strap that slips.

What about you?

In everything according to my DH but he likes to call it "fucking picky". I prefer "discerning".

Not a connoisseur as such, but I can spot fake sweeteners at one sip or taste.

Just read the whole thread hoping for the lasagne tips!

I make an amazing spaghetti Bolognese, it's taken me years to perfect the recipe. I also get requests every Christmas for my Christmas pudding brandy, it takes 9 months at least to be a good one. Christmas pudding flavoured brandy, to be clear. Not brandy flavoured Christmas pudding.

boiled egg
the timing has to be perfect,
the toast and lurpak
and the marmite

i am also a discerning tea drinker

i make excellent scrambled eggs

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@vipersnest1 that is a great skill to have. Have you ever been wrong?

Please recommend some brands! I am forever on the hunt for said items

Seafood. I cook scallops, lobster, monkfish and can fillet most fish

I like Nyetimber, Ridge View and Chapel Down. All lovely on a sunny evening in the garden. Rathfinny is also good and worth a visit - fab way to spend an afternoon!

Bacon sandwich - personally I like smoked back bacon crispy but not burnt, fresh white bread, lots of butter and BROWN sauce. Always up for trying variations and have recently discovered the delight of a little guacamole on one side of the bread. Can’t beat the classic though.

Parking - small car plus I’m ancient so decades of practice!! 😃

I am a great fan of Jane's Patisserie recipes, particularly triple choc brownies and millionaire's shortbread. She gives loads of tips and tricks too.

https://www.janespatisserie.com/2020/04/22/millionaires-shortbread-2/

https://www.janespatisserie.com/2018/08/06/triple-chocolate-brownies/

The key to brownies is that you are bold and take them out whilst they are still pretty wobbly in the middle, with a shiny cooked 'frame' about an 3-4cm around the edge. Leave them to cool and put them in the FRIDGE overnight- that's what makes them fudgy. Mine need about 25 minutes. Once they cook more, you will get a dry dense cake. A bit under is always better than a bit over!

Enjoy!

These are mine!

@DaphneDahlia only with people who I thought I'd get along with. And that's only happened rarely.