Domestic goddess? Pah!

[lnr]

*sigh*. Parkin not very well cooked underneath, and too crispy on top. Disintegrated all over the place when removing from tin, but was sticky enough to reassemble somewhat. Have cut into squarishes and put away in an airtight box. Perhaps it'll taste OK in a week's time. The bits of crumbs I ate were a bit on the bland side. And hitting the toffee was the wrong way to do it. I now own one square le creuset potterie dish and not two. Sometimes I wonder why I bother.

Doesn't really make me feel very much like a) cooking dinner or b) going out later.

Comments

[ceb.livejournal.com]

Not much use this time, but I usually do bonfire toffee in an old baking tray, which can be flexed/bent to get the toffee out and bent back into shape afterwards.

[ceb.livejournal.com]

(Also, being metal and thin, they can be sat in cold water to cool the toffee faster and prevent it crystallising.)

[ex-lark-asc.livejournal.com]

Yeah, baking tray for toffee every time. Line it with greased foil too.

[tea-cantata.livejournal.com]

Was going to ask you how hot a slow oven is, actually. Is that something like 150 degrees, or significantly cooler than that, more like 100?

[lnr]

I went for gas mark 1, but it sounds like even that was probably too hot given the symptoms. Then again it may have been using the pottery that did it, rather than a tin. Your guess is probably as good as mine.

[besskeloid.livejournal.com]

Poor parkin. Sorry about your cakey calamity.

[kaberett.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

My cooking this evening didn't turn out particularly well either- I think just general bad luck.

[imc.livejournal.com]

I now own one square le creuset potterie dish and not two.

Oh no! Commiserations.

I have already related (http://www.livejournal.com/users/imc/50489.html?thread=76857#t76857) the tale of the Toffee and the Plate. I daresay the Le Creuset dish was rather more expensive than the plate. :-(

[lnr]

Amazon have a cerise one for 11.97, though I really want it in volcanic instead, to match the rest.