Pride and Prejudice: The Dessert Trolly

Wickham: Bananas Foster

I think what Amy meant was Bananas Forster (drum roll, please).

tat-tat-tat-rat-rat-rat---tat-tat-tat- (drum roll) Maybe: Elizabeth: something caramelized and flambe'd with brandy Jane: Angel Food Cake Charlotte: country apple pie Mr. Collins: sponge custard

yes - there is a sponge custard - I did not make that up. it has a spongy bottom and a clear quivery top.

Anna, my mind has been otherwise engaged since I spoke to you, so I haven't any new suggestions, but yours are spot on! But what is Bananas Foster/forster - it leaves me with a rather ghastly image of a pie floater only bananas in beer! Please enlighten me!

Katy, Hilary; ROFL!!! as to bananas foster - I too am in ignorance. Mr Bennet; a rich fruit cake

I think it flames.

the bananas????

The liquor in which the bananas bathe.

I looked for a recipe, but the link does not work. I did find a slide show of the Bananas Foster Bed & Breakfast. Warning: I did not preview it. Something nasty might happen in the whirlpool for all I know. http://mastermall.com/KEYWEST/slide9.htm

Bananas Foster is a very rich and elegant ice cream desert. It is prepared at your table by the waiter. It has sliced bananas, several kinds of liqueur and carmel. The mixture is set ablaze to burn off the alcohol and then poured over French Vanilla ice cream. Yummers!

sounds more like one of the Bingley sisters... or maybe Mary Crawford?

Sorry to intrude ladies, but don't you all mean desserts? When I saw this thread I thought of Wickham as the Sahara - truth laid bare for all to see, but dash it "no"! However Darcy makes a yummy Swiss Roll. At first all rolled up hiding the goodness inside. Little by little if opened, jam and cream to savour. Now Lizzy would make a good Bomb Alaska, which is a derivation on the Bananas Foster by the sounds of it.

Lady Catherine: a napoleon

Mr. Hurst- Strawberry Fool (or just an entire decanter of madeira, along with foul cigar)

Bananas Foster is served in a base of liqueur, but out here in L.A. they don't set 'em on fire! (we just reserve that for the city as a whole).

Great suggestions. Bananas Foster sounds almost too good for Wickham. (What about Banans in Pyjamas, Anna & Ian? - a bit fluffy??!!) Maybe meringue or profritteroles? Mr. Hurst -Rubarb (as opposed to strawberry) fool Swiss Roll is too ordinary for Darcy, Ian, though the form is okay.

Ian ] Sorry to intrude ladies, but don't you all mean desserts? picky, picky, picky!!! Wickham - one of those cakes you find in Aus country towns; impresive to look at but made of dry sponge cake and mock cream...

Anna, how about those styrofoam forms that American housewives decorate like cakes and enter in the county fair? ;) I'd have to argue Mrs. Bennet for the fruitcake...

Anna: You get those dry cakes in Newcastle too! Hilary: Maybe Wickham is the Swiss Roll - ordinary as you say. Or perhaps a Sorbet - all froth... The Gardiners - Clafouti, not too hot or too cold - just perfect. Now Anna and Hilary: You two B1 and B2? Surely not!!!

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K ] I'd have to argue Mrs. Bennet for the fruitcake... maybe - one of the blond, crumbly, kind I ] You two B1 and B2? There's something about those striped pyjamas...

Anna: And I thought you only wore polka dot PJs! ;)

What the hell?! (titter, giggle)

Anna wrote at the start Darcy - something with a hard shell (?dark chocolate) and a gooey and alcoholic filling. This seemed so rigth and though I'm not familiar with gooey I can guess what it is hinting... DESSERT Darcy suggestion: A dark chocolate form (very formal) containing the smoothest chocolate mousse , flavoured with tiny straws of orange peeling and Cointreau (you know that strong and sweet liqueur with orange flavour). To be enjoyed slowly licking it from a small spoon and wishing it would last for ever. For Lizzy: Lots of those tiny strawberry-reminding little berries (fr�ise-de-bois as the French have it). Exceedingly fresh and sweet fragrance. Well, serve them poured over vanilla icecream containing a surprise: Almonds and sugar carefully melted together and after cooling crunched and mixed in the icecream. It�s cooling, it�s fresh from nature and it�s occasionally crunchy. This latter dish won�t count as a known dessert I�m afraid as I just invented it. And we are to follow The Marquise�s of Queensbury rules I suppose!? That Wickham bit is great: is mock cream(?)the kind that sticks in your mouth with a fat awful feeling and no flavour at all. And dry cake that gets to big for the mouth as you try to chew it..Very good. feeling

Good suggestions, Ann2

I think I had Ann2's Darcy dessert at my office party last nite, except it was delicately minted with swirls of shaved chocolate instead of the oranges. Boy was it smooth...and good, and I did take a long time to finish it (now I know why!) It topped off a very elegant meal, precisely the type of event of which his society would approve I'm sure.

Anna and Hilary: Were these desserts suggestions for our Aussie get together? Perhaps we should try Ann2's suggestions - they sound delicious!

Ian ] Perhaps we should try Ann2's suggestions seconded; Ann2 if you visiting Aus in the next couple of months I could probably arrange a spot as a visiting desert chef for the Aus group. you're right on tagert with the mock cream

God, this thread is making me hungry indeed!!

Is it a real reality meeting you are planning in Australia somewhere? If only I had money to grab a bag and visit for a week...Much honoured by your offer i'm sure, Anna (what does that chocoholic stand for? You are not by any chance addicted to chocolate as well(I happen to be). Then the Darcy dess is even more irresistable!

Anne de Bourgh: rice pudding (dotted with sultanas/raisins sticking out like ugly blemishes). Boy do I need some fresh air!

Saman - perfect Ann2 - yes, chocoholic = chocolate addict (from alcholic - addicted to alcohol)

Saman !I saw your Anne de Bourgh dish early in the morning. It is terrible and right. I felt a desperate wish to join you outdoors!

for Mary- Apple Pan Dowdy

Apple Pan Dowdy huh? more detail please

To the best of my recollection, Apple Pan Dowdy is a sort of apple cake (sliced apples in biscuit-type coffeecake)- excessively plain but good eaten with milk.

Ann2, as the planned meet of Australian members of this group gets closer Hilary and I were discussing desert recipes, and speculating about your suggestion for Darcy. How does this look to you; melt 300g couverture chocolate stir in 2 tablesoons of Contreau add the beaten yolks of 8 eggs and stir gently beat the whites of the 8 eggs and fold into the chocolate mixture with 2 tablspoons of finely sliced glace orange peel pile into chocolate shells made in the usual way (bought) stand in a cool place (the frig in Aus) for ~ 4 hours before serving decorate with a little whipped cream, chocolate curls and curls of ornage peel if desired Mind you, I'm not all that keen on orange with chocolate; how about substituting peppermint schnapps for the Cointreau and mint chips for the peel? Ann2? Hilary? Ian? Bells? Anyone else with an opinion? If there are any Australian lurkers who would like to delurk for a weekend (Feb 22/23, Canberra) you can email me via the tag above (or manually on aprice@mail.newcastle.edu) Hilary and Ian can also be reached via their tags in messages above.

Thanks, Anna you beat me to it! Doesn't that look yummy! I think the substitution would be fine.

G'day again! Well, Anna I'd second substituting peppermint schnapps for the Cointreau and mint chips for the peel. What I'd like to know is how on Earth are you getting that down to Canberra! Should I take the cake in my Esky for you? ;-)

] Should I take the cake in my Esky for you? ;-) Ian, my chocolate never leaves my sight. It's fairly easy (I've actually made the base recipe, brandy no chips, fairly often); to be assembled on site.

Anna dear, I started to read your ingredients, but as I fail to understand even the concept ofcoverture chocolate - has a hollow ring to me;-) I think I may be more helpful if I just give you mine and you can judge for yourself wether Chatsworth be the equal of Blenheim - or whatever the French have it as:=o The Darcy deligth: 3/4 dl strongly brewed coffea 120 g bitter chocolate (dark mind you not milk choc)(high percentage of real cocoa recommended at the expense of fat and sugar) 4 eggs tiny little wink of salt 1/2 dl sugar 1 1/2 dl whipped cream 2 tablespoonfuls of Cointreau 1 teasponful of grated orange-peel Pieces of chocolate are slowly melted in the warm coffea. Low heat. Stir yolkswith sugarand add the choc-coffea mixture. Then Cointreau and orange-peel. Cautiously mix the whipped cream and the stiffbeaten egg-whites down into the mixture. Pour into forms of chocolate. You can brush leaves with oil and then with melted chocolate. Let them cool in refrigerator or even freezer. Then remove the green leaves and place one chocolate leave on top of each portion. I think your peppermint variation has possibilities. Rather surprised that you do not like the mix orange flavour+chocolate though. I like several additions to dark chocolate, consider the milk chocolate often too sweet and best on its own. But almonds or strawberry marmalade (candy kind mind you, not the one used on toast)or marcipan or peppermint or coffea or punsch or fruit in sugarcandy form(know not what it's called) all give such pleasant sensations to your tastebuds. You will have a great time even if you just have bread and water, as you'll have each other's company. First meeting for all of you?! How exciting! I'll think of you when the day arrives (or nigth rather for me).

Ann2, you will be in our hearts. You're an honorary Aussie now as recognition for all your wonderful hard work in this thread. Anna, when are you going to fit in the time to make the Darcy Cake?

Ann2, thanks for the recipe, it sounds marvellous :-) In Aus couverture choc pretty much = (dark mind you not milk choc)(high percentage of real cocoa recommended at the expense of fat and sugar) . Used mainly in cooking or confectionary (the good stuff) rather than eating straight. I apologise for the jargon; I'm never sure what's oz local and what's universal english.

Did someone say "chocolate"? *wink, wink, nudge, nudge*

Cherzo, your Mum's welcome here, oh, and you are too if you come to a Cricket Match with me! ;-)

]Did someone say "chocolate"? *wink, wink, nudge, nudge* Sis, get the guys and meet me in pantry :-)

Heartfelt thanks to Ian and Anna! Honorary Australian, oh how well that sounds! And Cheryl dear, I love that one from (Pemberley) euhm Pearly, Know what I mean?, she asks her knowingly. Fond of sports, eyh? ;^}

Myretta: Sis, get the guys and meet me in pantry :-) On my way Sis! Now was that any particular variety of chocolate, or should I just bring an assortment? And Ann2--care to join us? ;-) Ian: Cherzo, your Mum's welcome here, oh, and you are too if you come to a Cricket Match with me! ;-) Ian, I promise...the very next time I am in Oz, I shall be very pleased to partake in a cricket match--if you can promise me a sticky wicket! ;-p

Cherzo, no sticky wickets in grade, shield or test matches here in Oz as the pitch is always covered in case of precipitation. To see a sticky wicket, one would have had to go to a match before the late 1960's! ;-)

whatever, Ian...;-)

Now was that any particular variety of chocolate, or should I just bring an assortment? Surprise me.

]should I just bring an assortment?

]should I just bring an assortment?

now why would it post a second time when I hit the 'reload' button, without re-entering the message?

The Mystery of the Ages, Anna...;)

"now why would it post a second time when I hit the 'reload' button, without re-entering the message?' Sheer perversity! It was lying the first time when it said that it did not post. If it really had not posted the first time, then it would have lost your text and would not have posted at all, even though it promised that it would.

Joan: Sheer perversity! Bad, bad Spring! :-(

Naughty, naughty Zoot!

Amy, I was just thinking about that scene...even before I got to this topic! This really must be Castle Anthrax...

] This really must be Castle Anthrax... __ Shall we rename the board?

Amy, that's it! Whenever postings go down, just turn on the Holy Grail beacon! ;-)

...And then demand punishment for doing so! ("Naughty, NAUGHTY Zoot!")... ;)