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Post by Plocket on Oct 2, 2007 10:15:01 GMT
Did anyone make a note of the ingredients (I think it was sugar, syrup and bicarb of soda) and quantities of Nigella Lawson's Hokey Pokey/Honeycomb last night? I've completely forgotten  |
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Post by skarloey on Oct 2, 2007 14:59:10 GMT
No I didn't Plocket but I did have a fantastic half hour of anger therapy....... I just can't help it...... what is wrong with the woman? That inane grinning at each ingredient as it goes into the bowl  I just sat and swore at the telly for the whole show!!!! OH was crying with laughter!!!! |
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Post by skarloey on Oct 2, 2007 15:04:48 GMT
I just did a google for you......
150g butter
1/2 Cup sugar
1 tablespoon golden syrup
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon milk
1 3/4 Cups flour
Place butter, sugar and golden syrup in a saucepan large enough to mix all the ingredients. Heat, stiring constantly until butter melts and mixture is close to boiling. Allow to cool slightly. Dissolve baking soda in milk and add to cooled mixture with sifted flour. Mix well. Roll into balls and place on greased oven tray . Flatten with fork. Bake at 180C for 15 min or until golden. Makes 24 or thereabouts!
Just promise me you wont smile at the baking soda!!!! Oooh that reminds me.... we went rocket launching at the weekend with a plastic rocket, baking soda and vinegar. Amazingly, the rocket averaged 40 feet!!!! Very funny, especially when OH gave it an extra long shake and it exploded in his hands!!!! ;D
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Post by Plocket on Oct 2, 2007 15:21:16 GMT
She infuriates me too - OH and I spend the whole programme bitching about her head nodding and flirting with the camera. Her recipies seem tasty though.
Thanks too for the recipe but that wasn't hers. I think hers just had sugar, golden syrup and baking soda. And then she had the GALL to eat the whole dammed lot and give her hostess an empty box, which lets face it looked lovely.
The rockets sound BRILLIANT! Will you start a new thread to explain how to do it properly? It's something that we might have a go at sometime soon - in M&Ds big garden ;D
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Post by 4pygmies on Oct 2, 2007 15:21:17 GMT
Oooh Skarloey, I'm so glad you said that! I just cannot watch the woman - she makes me cringe......and makes me swear too! I just cannot don't care about her food, her lifestyle or her chest - which she thrusts at the telly constantly. It is soooooooo aggravating!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2007 8:03:18 GMT
Did anyone make a note of the ingredients (I think it was sugar, syrup and bicarb of soda) and quantities of Nigella Lawson's Hokey Pokey/Honeycomb last night? I've completely forgotten Yes P I did ;D 100g caster sugar, 4 tabs golden syrup and 1½ teaspoons bi-carb.  Might make some this morning. ;D |
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Post by Plocket on Oct 3, 2007 8:24:19 GMT
Rita you are a  - thank you very much Don't eat it all at once  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2007 8:27:16 GMT
Can you remind me how to make it please P, I didn't write down that bit  Was it - heat syrup and sugar until sugar has melted, take off the heat then add the bicarb? Or did the sugar and syrup have to boil? |
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Post by Plocket on Oct 3, 2007 10:13:08 GMT
She gently heated the sugar and syrup without stirring (stir first) then brought it to the boil. She didn't say how long she boiled it for and I think she added the bi-carb straight away, into the bubbling mixture. It looked inredibly quick and easy |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2007 10:19:14 GMT
The bicarb was whisked in off the heat I'm sure P - right going to make some now. ;D
I'll let you know what happens.
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Post by Plocket on Oct 3, 2007 10:22:54 GMT
Ok! How exciting!!! I hope it tastes nice |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2007 10:35:16 GMT
Tehe me too ;D
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Post by Plocket on Oct 3, 2007 13:27:57 GMT
The anticipation is KILLING me!!! ;D
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2007 18:02:08 GMT
what happened .what happened.
was it any good.
please tell me.
xxxxx
as for nigella i quite like her but dont like her recipes .i guess i m a switch round from the rest of you.
xxxx
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Post by Plocket on Oct 3, 2007 18:16:46 GMT
I'm still waiting to hear from Rita RBJ - I haven't dared make it myself!!! ;D
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2007 11:31:01 GMT
Well this was the result - most of it eaten ;D  I let the sugar and syrup melt and boil for a minute or two, then took it off the heat to whisk in the bicarb, but the mixture continued to get browner and browner. It ended up much darker than I expected and it didn't foam up as much as I thought it would. It felt quite sticky too, but we all liked it anyway. ;D |
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Post by Plocket on Oct 4, 2007 16:09:38 GMT
Hurrah! I might give it a go now!!! ;D
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2007 16:10:39 GMT
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Post by Plocket on Oct 4, 2007 16:11:26 GMT
You mean there's enough left??? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2007 16:12:26 GMT
I meant to say P that I noticed that Nigella used golden syrup from a bottle not from a tin, I wonder if that could make any difference.  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2007 16:13:04 GMT
You mean there's enough left??? Nope none left - tehe. ;D |
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Post by Plocket on Oct 4, 2007 16:13:05 GMT
Nah! I've used both and it's just different packaging.
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Post by Plocket on Oct 4, 2007 16:13:51 GMT
You mean there's enough left??? Nope none left - tehe. ;D It must have been pretty good then! |
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Post by Plocket on Oct 4, 2007 16:21:32 GMT
I've just done a bit more research and discovered alternative recipies for Hokey Pokey. I'm wondering whether Nigellas quantity of bi-carb was enough, because these are other quantities I've found:
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons syrup
1 teaspoon baking soda (is that the same as bi-carb?)
And those instructions said to remove from the heat when the sugar and syrup are bubbling, and add the soda straight away, rather than bubbling the mixture for a while.
Perhaps we need to experiment a bit?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2007 16:31:12 GMT
I've just done a bit more research and discovered alternative recipies for Hokey Pokey. I'm wondering whether Nigellas quantity of bi-carb was enough, because these are other quantities I've found: 4 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoons syrup 1 teaspoon baking soda (is that the same as bi-carb?) And those instructions said to remove from the heat when the sugar and syrup are bubbling, and add the soda straight away, rather than bubbling the mixture for a while. Perhaps we need to experiment a bit? Oooo - yes Plocket we should experiment - what a good excuse to make some more tehe tehe. ;D and yes, I think baking soda and bicarb are the same. |
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Post by Plocket on Oct 4, 2007 16:33:18 GMT
I don't think I'm going to have time tomorrow - I've got a Harvest Festival to go to ;D
Perhaps next week hey?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2007 16:48:00 GMT
OK P |
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Post by MamIDdau on Oct 5, 2007 12:14:22 GMT
One of the guys at work told me he made this the other day but he was only watching to perv her LOL bless him.
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Post by Plocket on Oct 5, 2007 12:55:51 GMT
OH enjoys watching the first 15 or so seconds but soon the head flicking and flirting soon puts him off |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2007 19:01:30 GMT
i still like her.
is it not a BBC programme. if you go on bbc food and look for the recipe it should be there.
i will have a look.
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