Comments on: Be a rube http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/23/be-a-rube/ Dada, bring my beer in the living room Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:45:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Sandy Caley http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/23/be-a-rube/#comment-9014 Sandy Caley Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:06:46 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/23/be-a-rube/#comment-9014 <p>Hi Everyone</p> <p>Well, I'm a Kiwi from li'l ole New Zealand and I regularly get Delia Smith's newsletter. I read it tonite (28/2/07) and saw a mention of NL's rhubarb crumble recipe which I'd never heard of. I googled it and hey presto, your website was first cab off the rank and here I am! Very interesting reading everyone's comments. Of course it's summer here in NZ and I have a big crop of rhubarb ready for the picking and guess what I'm going to make 2moro!!! Yum!</p> <p>Sandy, Whangarei</p> <p>PS: I lived in the UK for 3 years in the 1980's and just loved it.</p> Hi Everyone

Well, I’m a Kiwi from li’l ole New Zealand and I regularly get Delia Smith’s newsletter. I read it tonite (28/2/07) and saw a mention of NL’s rhubarb crumble recipe which I’d never heard of. I googled it and hey presto, your website was first cab off the rank and here I am! Very interesting reading everyone’s comments. Of course it’s summer here in NZ and I have a big crop of rhubarb ready for the picking and guess what I’m going to make 2moro!!! Yum!

Sandy, Whangarei

PS: I lived in the UK for 3 years in the 1980’s and just loved it.

]]> By: neil d http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/23/be-a-rube/#comment-499 neil d Mon, 01 May 2006 19:49:43 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/23/be-a-rube/#comment-499 <p>Now I'm picturing Nigella Lawson singing this:</p> <p>http://wfmu.org/listen.ram?show=17792&starttime=00:08:38</p> Now I’m picturing Nigella Lawson singing this:

http://wfmu.org/listen.ram?show=17792&starttime=00:08:38

]]> By: mamster http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/23/be-a-rube/#comment-489 mamster Fri, 28 Apr 2006 00:36:46 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/23/be-a-rube/#comment-489 <p>Oh, I get it. I figured Mrs. Lancaster was some archetypal English cookbook author.</p> <p>I've never seen Nigella's show, but I'm familiar with her various laudable qualities.</p> Oh, I get it. I figured Mrs. Lancaster was some archetypal English cookbook author.

I’ve never seen Nigella’s show, but I’m familiar with her various laudable qualities.

]]> By: Fiona http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/23/be-a-rube/#comment-487 Fiona Thu, 27 Apr 2006 18:02:37 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/23/be-a-rube/#comment-487 <p>Mrs Lancaster was my very strict but squeaky H.E teacher....</p> <p>Not sure if you are aware, but crumble is v. popular for dessert, probably as it's so easy to make. Apple crumble and custard is a thing of beauty.... </p> <p>Bit of trivia about Nigella Lawson; She is the daughter of Nigel Lawson Thatcher's Chancellor of the Exchequer. Nigella is considered a bit of a posh babe and reached considerable popularity very quickly in the mid 90s. VERY buxom, she tends to do a lot of her TV show in a revealingly cut blouse with the prep table set way too low if you catch my drift. I know a lot of men in the UK who REALLY seemed to enjoy her show!!</p> Mrs Lancaster was my very strict but squeaky H.E teacher….

Not sure if you are aware, but crumble is v. popular for dessert, probably as it’s so easy to make. Apple crumble and custard is a thing of beauty….

Bit of trivia about Nigella Lawson; She is the daughter of Nigel Lawson Thatcher’s Chancellor of the Exchequer. Nigella is considered a bit of a posh babe and reached considerable popularity very quickly in the mid 90s. VERY buxom, she tends to do a lot of her TV show in a revealingly cut blouse with the prep table set way too low if you catch my drift. I know a lot of men in the UK who REALLY seemed to enjoy her show!!

]]> By: mamster http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/23/be-a-rube/#comment-486 mamster Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:10:05 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/23/be-a-rube/#comment-486 <p>Thanks for all the comments, folks. Fiona, I'm glad to hear that rhubarb crumble is an actual English dessert, since you never know with Nigella. Ginger sounds like a great addition. If we had made rhubarb crumble in high school, it would have sucked a lot less.</p> <p>I made this again yesterday for tea and it's still great. As for the thickener issue, I've made rhubarb crisp without thickener before, and I just like rhubarb desserts better with a little starch.</p> <p>Oh, and I have no idea who Mrs. Lancaster is.</p> Thanks for all the comments, folks. Fiona, I’m glad to hear that rhubarb crumble is an actual English dessert, since you never know with Nigella. Ginger sounds like a great addition. If we had made rhubarb crumble in high school, it would have sucked a lot less.

I made this again yesterday for tea and it’s still great. As for the thickener issue, I’ve made rhubarb crisp without thickener before, and I just like rhubarb desserts better with a little starch.

Oh, and I have no idea who Mrs. Lancaster is.

]]> By: Fiona http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/23/be-a-rube/#comment-485 Fiona Thu, 27 Apr 2006 05:06:14 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/23/be-a-rube/#comment-485 <p>Hi Matt,</p> <p>Your crumble looks spectacular! As a Brit, I have some very warm memories of cooking rhubarb crumble in H.E (or home ec) and eating 3/4 on the bus home scooping with my fingers....mmmmmm!</p> <p>When I have cooked it in the past i have never used a thickener such as arrowroot or corn starch. I have covered chopped, uncooked rhubarb in small blobs of butter, sugar and ginger and blanketed that with the crumble mixture. Of course, thanks to Mrs Lancaster, I ALWAYS use my fingers and never my hands to make the crumble.</p> <p>Hope to see you soon! Fiona</p> Hi Matt,

Your crumble looks spectacular! As a Brit, I have some very warm memories of cooking rhubarb crumble in H.E (or home ec) and eating 3/4 on the bus home scooping with my fingers….mmmmmm!

When I have cooked it in the past i have never used a thickener such as arrowroot or corn starch. I have covered chopped, uncooked rhubarb in small blobs of butter, sugar and ginger and blanketed that with the crumble mixture. Of course, thanks to Mrs Lancaster, I ALWAYS use my fingers and never my hands to make the crumble.

Hope to see you soon! Fiona

]]> By: Ivonne http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/23/be-a-rube/#comment-484 Ivonne Thu, 27 Apr 2006 02:22:56 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/23/be-a-rube/#comment-484 <p>That is a lovely crumble. Well done!</p> That is a lovely crumble. Well done!

]]> By: Kimberly http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/23/be-a-rube/#comment-481 Kimberly Wed, 26 Apr 2006 07:05:51 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/23/be-a-rube/#comment-481 <p>I, too, got some rhubarb from Frank's last Friday. I stewed it with a little honey, and have been eating it mixed into greek yogurt for breakfast. Yum. Will be back for more in a couple of days... and may have to make crumble with some of it.</p> I, too, got some rhubarb from Frank’s last Friday. I stewed it with a little honey, and have been eating it mixed into greek yogurt for breakfast. Yum. Will be back for more in a couple of days… and may have to make crumble with some of it.

]]> By: Bea at La Tartine Gourmande http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/23/be-a-rube/#comment-472 Bea at La Tartine Gourmande Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:45:16 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/23/be-a-rube/#comment-472 <p>Yummie, for the same event, I made a strawberry crumble. Rhubarb is one of my favorite as well! Lovely yum again!</p> Yummie, for the same event, I made a strawberry crumble. Rhubarb is one of my favorite as well! Lovely yum again!

]]> By: mamster http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/23/be-a-rube/#comment-471 mamster Tue, 25 Apr 2006 00:15:18 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2006/04/23/be-a-rube/#comment-471 <p>Oh, and Neil, that probably explains why the cornstarch crumble was runnier, too.</p> Oh, and Neil, that probably explains why the cornstarch crumble was runnier, too.

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