£35 for a box of brownies

[Twilight]

Please could you share the recipe Twilight. Thanks DG

Have just done that lovely, hope they live up to my praise of them. I found the recipe in a 14 year old booklet from Olive magazine, all the recipes are triple tested & they've always turned out well. Tapping the tray halfway through baking is something Ina Garten does & if it's good enough for her, it's defo good enough for me.

 

[Dream Girl]

Have just done that lovely, hope they live up to my praise of them. I found the recipe in a 14 year old booklet from Olive magazine, all the recipes are triple tested & they've always turned out well. Tapping the tray halfway through baking is something Ina Garten does & if it's good enough for her, it's defo good enough for me.

Thank you Twilight will definitely give it a go, need sort out home shopping the ingredients.

 

[JeepSwensonfan]

Qvc have the ingredients in stock. £5.95 p&p on each item though.

 

[Dream Girl]

Qvc have the ingredients in stock. £5.95 p&p on each item though.

Thanks for that I better snap them up before the lurkers beat me to it.

 

[Brissles]

Copied and printed off - thanks Twilight

 

[candycane]

Bry's asking if anyone's got a recipe for doggie liver cake? I got one off the net but I must have cocked up because he wouldn't eat it lol.

CC

 

[Grizelda]

That very much depends on whether the baker can make pastry...

That's true. My pies always have soggy bottoms.

 

[User 23988]

Have QVC dumped the Real Pie Company for Wilfred?

 

[Twilight]

Have QVC dumped the Real Pie Company for Wilfred?

So less than truthful Brett is no longer flavour of the month, no pun intended. I had a look at the FAQs on their website & found this:

Do you still sell your pies on QVC UK?
Currently we do not sell our pies on QVC UK.

I assume this is current & he's been ditched.

 

[Dream Girl]

So less than truthful Brett is no longer flavour of the month, no pun intended. I had a look at the FAQs on their website & found this:

Do you still sell your pies on QVC UK?
Currently we do not sell our pies on QVC UK.

I assume this is current & he's been ditched.

Wow
I’m so shocked Brett and his pies were apparently the big thing in pies at Q.

 

[stratobuddy]

Pru Leith (sp) is on the radio at the moment making a banana smoothie, and she said she always uses the skin.

So I am vindicated, as I do too (it can be half the weight of the banana), but everyone I've mentioned this to shakes their head in horror !

 

[lynnonthelake]

Wow
I’m so shocked Brett and his pies were apparently the big thing in pies at Q.

I did order the Wilfreds pies last year,first time I’ve ever ordered food, anyhow I wasn’t impressed so I posted on another thread the foxes enjoyed them.

 

[Twilight]

Pru Leith (sp) is on the radio at the moment making a banana smoothie, and she said she always uses the skin.

So I am vindicated, as I do too (it can be half the weight of the banana), but everyone I've mentioned this to shakes their head in horror !

Banana skins are full of all sorts of good things that up the antioxidant levels, fight free radicals & reduce the risk of getting cancer. The green ones are the most potent.

 

[ERICS MUM]

If I fancy a pie (not often), I buy from M&S.

 

[loveallthingsitalian]

I’m not really a pie person either. I like really good pastry but not always what goes in it daft I know!

 

[Totally Loopy Lou]

Pru Leith (sp) is on the radio at the moment making a banana smoothie, and she said she always uses the skin.

So I am vindicated, as I do too (it can be half the weight of the banana), but everyone I've mentioned this to shakes their head in horror !

I heard that too (the food programme interview with Prue - what a life she’s led...) but she got the idea for using the skin from Dr Rupy (a GP who has pioneered integration of nutrition in medicine) as part of programme they did together on reducing waste...

And of course as so often it’s where half the goodness is and most of the fibre!

But I think I’d need a better blender than I’ve got to deal with banana skin?!

I love mango skin tho, and eat mango with the skin on like an apple! Just need to be careful if you’re allergic to poison ivy bc it has the same chemical in it, apparently!

 

[stratobuddy]

I heard that too (the food programme interview with Prue - what a life she’s led...) but she got the idea for using the skin from Dr Rupy (a GP who has pioneered integration of nutrition in medicine) as part of programme they did together on reducing waste...

And of course as so often it’s where half the goodness is and most of the fibre!

But I think I’d need a better blender than I’ve got to deal with banana skin?!

I love mango skin tho, and eat mango with the skin on like an apple! Just need to be careful if you’re allergic to poison ivy bc it has the same chemical in it, apparently!

I hadn't heard of anyone eating or using banana skins, I just decided it was such a waste throwing them away. I usually buy very large ones, and they tend to have thick skins, so I was throwing away half the weight.

I experimented by washing one very carefully, slicing it up, adding milk and making a smoothie with it. It tasted fine, there were no ill effects, so I've been doing this ever since for at least 10 years. Now it seems such a waste to peel a banana and just eat the fruit.

 

[User 23988]

So less than truthful Brett is no longer flavour of the month, no pun intended. I had a look at the FAQs on their website & found this:

Do you still sell your pies on QVC UK?
Currently we do not sell our pies on QVC UK.

I assume this is current & he's been ditched.

Can you give a hint why he was less than truthful, without getting yourself into trouble

 

[Lilo Lil]

Charlie Brigham’s pies are nice - only buy when they are on offer …

 

[Twilight]

Can you give a hint why he was less than truthful, without getting yourself into trouble

Made at the kitchen table by Brett & one or two others, locally sourced ingredients, as good as the ones you remember granny making, stuffed to the crust... Then three years ago it all started to go wrong; different reasons given to explain why they had stopped trading & then the company was liquidated. This had a real impact on the businesses that actually made the products, including one in Cornwall that was their biggest supplier.