Re: Junior-mid level Perl (Victoria Conlan)

2011-05-02 Thread Victoria Conlan
Specifically, it must be butter. No butter, no shortbread. I've found that vegan buttery-style margarine is acceptable. Especially if you replace half of the flour with ground almonds. Pop over, I'll make you it some time. Some kind of amaretto? (the macaroon, not the spirit: http://en.wiki

Re: Junior-mid level Perl (Victoria Conlan)

2011-05-01 Thread nids
On 04/28/2011 12:19 AM, Victoria Conlan wrote: Vegan shortbread? WTH. The short(ening) agent in Short Bread = fat. Specifically, it must be butter. No butter, no shortbread. I've found that vegan buttery-style margarine is acceptable. Especially if you replace half of the flour with ground

Re: Junior-mid level Perl (Victoria Conlan)

2011-04-28 Thread Philip Newton
On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 00:30, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote: > On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Victoria Conlan wrote: >>> Specifically, it must be butter.  No butter, no shortbread. >> >> I've found that vegan buttery-style margarine is acceptable.  Especially if >> you replace half of the flou

Re: Junior-mid level Perl (Victoria Conlan)

2011-04-28 Thread Sue Spence
On 27 April 2011 23:19, Victoria Conlan wrote: > Vegan shortbread?  WTH. >>> >>> The short(ening) agent in Short Bread = fat. >> >> Specifically, it must be butter.  No butter, no shortbread. > > I've found that vegan buttery-style margarine is acceptable.  Especially if > you replace half of

Re: Junior-mid level Perl (Victoria Conlan)

2011-04-27 Thread Uri Guttman
> "YS" == Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes writes: YS> On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Victoria Conlan wrote: >>> Specifically, it must be butter.  No butter, no shortbread. >> >> I've found that vegan buttery-style margarine is >> acceptable.  Especially if you replace half of the flour

Re: Junior-mid level Perl (Victoria Conlan)

2011-04-27 Thread Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Victoria Conlan wrote: >> Specifically, it must be butter.  No butter, no shortbread. > > I've found that vegan buttery-style margarine is acceptable.  Especially if > you replace half of the flour with ground almonds.  Pop over, I'll make you > it some time. Here

Re: Junior-mid level Perl (Victoria Conlan)

2011-04-27 Thread Victoria Conlan
Vegan shortbread? WTH. The short(ening) agent in Short Bread = fat. Specifically, it must be butter. No butter, no shortbread. I've found that vegan buttery-style margarine is acceptable. Especially if you replace half of the flour with ground almonds. Pop over, I'll make you it some tim

Re: Junior-mid level Perl (Victoria Conlan)

2011-04-27 Thread Dirk Koopman
On 27/04/11 21:58, Sue Spence wrote: On 27 April 2011 19:54, Dirk Koopman wrote: On 27/04/11 13:00, Sue Spence wrote: On 27 April 2011 12:49, Victoria Conlanwrote: I still favour getting the hell out of IT and setting up a tea shop, though. (tea and cakes at my place when I do so!) V

Re: Junior-mid level Perl (Victoria Conlan)

2011-04-27 Thread Sue Spence
On 27 April 2011 19:54, Dirk Koopman wrote: > On 27/04/11 13:00, Sue Spence wrote: >> >> On 27 April 2011 12:49, Victoria Conlan  wrote: >>> > I still favour getting the hell out of IT and setting up a tea shop, > though. > (tea and cakes at my place when I do so!) Victoria(n

Re: Junior-mid level Perl (Victoria Conlan)

2011-04-27 Thread Dirk Koopman
On 27/04/11 13:00, Sue Spence wrote: On 27 April 2011 12:49, Victoria Conlan wrote: I still favour getting the hell out of IT and setting up a tea shop, though. (tea and cakes at my place when I do so!) Victoria(n) sponge cakes? But of course! I also do a pretty nifty chocolate fudge cak

Re: Junior-mid level Perl (Victoria Conlan)

2011-04-27 Thread Nigel Metheringham
On 27 Apr 2011, at 13:00, Sue Spence wrote: > Vegan shortbread? WTH. Short vegans and a touch of Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum? Nigel. -- [ Nigel Metheringham -- ni...@dotdot.it ] [ Ellipsis Intangible Technologies ]

Re: Junior-mid level Perl (Victoria Conlan)

2011-04-27 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
On 27 Apr 2011, at 12:49, Victoria Conlan wrote: > >>> I still favour getting the hell out of IT and setting up a tea shop, though. >>> (tea and cakes at my place when I do so!) >> Victoria(n) sponge cakes? > > But of course! I also do a pretty nifty chocolate fudge cake, and a hugely > calori

Re: Junior-mid level Perl (Victoria Conlan)

2011-04-27 Thread Sue Spence
On 27 April 2011 12:49, Victoria Conlan wrote: > >>> I still favour getting the hell out of IT and setting up a tea shop, >>> though. >>> (tea and cakes at my place when I do so!) >> >> Victoria(n) sponge cakes? > > But of course!  I also do a pretty nifty chocolate fudge cake, and a hugely > calo

Re: Junior-mid level Perl (Victoria Conlan)

2011-04-27 Thread Victoria Conlan
I still favour getting the hell out of IT and setting up a tea shop, though. (tea and cakes at my place when I do so!) Victoria(n) sponge cakes? But of course! I also do a pretty nifty chocolate fudge cake, and a hugely calorific sachertorte, plus very nice vegan shortbread. I am going to g

Re: Junior-mid level Perl (Victoria Conlan)

2011-04-27 Thread Chris Jack
On 27 April 2011 11:15, Victoria Conlan wrote: > I still favour getting the hell out of IT and setting up a tea shop, though. > (tea and cakes at my place when I do so!) Victoria(n) sponge cakes?