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Sah
Beginner July 2006

Are shop-bought desserts bad for dinner parties?

Sah, 23 April, 2008 at 16:23

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We have some friends coming for dinner tomorrow night. They cook v gourmet food and we've had some fab dinners at theirs. They've only been for dinner once at ours and I did fresh strawberries and blueberries with cream or ice-cream. I am not a dessert person - I can do starters and mains but really...

We have some friends coming for dinner tomorrow night.

They cook v gourmet food and we've had some fab dinners at theirs.

They've only been for dinner once at ours and I did fresh strawberries and blueberries with cream or ice-cream.

I am not a dessert person - I can do starters and mains but really lack inspiration and patience when it comes to desserts.

The only dessert I've ever made is cheesecake where you mix mascarpone and icing sugar (either ginger biscuit base with lime cheesecake or chocolate digestive bas with orange cheesecake)

Would it be terrible of me to buy dessert? If it would - can anyone suggest recipes which take 5 mins as I finish teaching at 6.45pm and they'll be round at 7....

Am teaching for a bit now but will check back later.

Thanks!

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    Oddbins ·
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    I'd never even considered putting banana in that would also be wrong [xx(]

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  • Taz
    Beginner December 2007
    Taz ·
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    I 'made' the passion fruit trifle from Nigella's express. Takes 10 minutes start to finish and was wolfed down even by my dessert-hating H.

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  • SophieM
    SophieM ·
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    Bananas are the bendy yellow cocks of the hounds of hell and should never be served, ever, in any shape or form.

    That is all.

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  • JK
    Beginner February 2007
    JK ·
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    Fruit salad is one of the few puddings MIL does make and I agree that it's an abomination and a total abuse of good fruit.

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  • Rache
    Beginner January 2004
    Rache ·
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    quote:Originally posted by JK
    Fruit salad is one of the few puddings MIL does make and I agree that it's an abomination and a total abuse of good fruit.
    id="quote">I'm allergic to most fruit but before I devloped allergies the only fruit salad I could eat was MIL's. That's because it was heavy on the Kirsch-laden sugar syrup. Mmmmm.
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  • JK
    Beginner February 2007
    JK ·
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    quote:Originally posted by Rache
    quote:Originally posted by JK
    Fruit salad is one of the few puddings MIL does make and I agree that it's an abomination and a total abuse of good fruit.
    id="quote">I'm allergic to most fruit but before I devloped allergies the only fruit salad I could eat was MIL's. That's because it was heavy on the Kirsch-laden sugar syrup. Mmmmm.
    id="quote">

    My MIL's is of the 'all the fruit in the bowl and some grape juice' type. She always apologies for the Maison Blanc stuff, but I'm more than happy to help her out with eating it ?, it's lovely.
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  • princess layabout
    Beginner October 2007
    princess layabout ·
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    Ever since my mum went to slimming world, the only pudding she makes is fruit salad, with diet ginger beer instead of juice. It's even worse than it sounds [V]

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  • vicbic
    Beginner September 2003
    vicbic ·
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    I love fruit salad. I had no idea it was hated by anyone. ?

    My MIL gave me a fabulous fruit salad recipe which is a tin of lychees with juice, a melon and two kiwis. Put them all together and chill for a bit in the fridge. It is lovely.

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  • Pink Han-bag
    Beginner March 2013
    Pink Han-bag ·
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    My mum makes fruit salad with grapefruit and uses the juice for the juice of the salad, I can't stand it

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  • Hyacinth
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    Hyacinth ·
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    Diet ginger beer instead of juice? ?

    I don't think I've had fruit salad. except the tinned stuff they give you at school.

    I think shop bought is fine as long as its a) fabulous and b) you don't pretend you made it.

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    Clairebecky ·
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    My Mum always squeezes fresh lemon juice on her fruit salad, as do I. I think it's rather tasty - adds a bit of zing - and stops the fruit going brown too!?

    I wouldn't serve it at a dinner party though, not unless it was just one of several options!

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  • muffins
    Beginner August 2003
    muffins ·
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    My dinner party staple is coffee chocolate chip cookie cake.(best made the day before or at least 4 hours before)

    1 packet of good chocolate chip cookies (M & s are the best)
    whipped cream
    cold strong black coffee


    Put a big piece of tin foil on the table to make the cake on.
    Dip one cookie in coffee quickly and put a spoonful of whipped cream on one side, then dip another cookie and sandwich next to creamed cookie, then spoonful of cream then coffee dipped cookie...repeat till all biscuits are gone??? I usually spread any leftover cream accross the cookie log and then wrap in tin foil and chill over night.
    Brilliant for portion control as everyone can have x amount of cookies each?
    It also freezes well?
    We have also added fresh cherries to serve and single cream?

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  • Zebra
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    Zebra ·
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    quote:Originally posted by Rache
    quote:Originally posted by JK
    Fruit salad is one of the few puddings MIL does make and I agree that it's an abomination and a total abuse of good fruit.
    id="quote">I'm allergic to most fruit but before I devloped allergies the only fruit salad I could eat was MIL's. That's because it was heavy on the Kirsch-laden sugar syrup. Mmmmm.
    id="quote">

    Blimey, I didn't know that. Poor you!

    ANY pudding is better than no pudding, Sah.? I don't think you can beat a really good vanilla ice cream with Guu brownies. I mean, you can but not for speed!?
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    Marmite ·
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    Muffins - I do the same dessert as you, except I use sherry instead of the black coffee and crumble a flake over it once the cream has covered the outside... and use 2 packets of cookies - Maryland I use !!

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  • Peaches
    Super January 2012
    Peaches ·
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    Well I've decided .. much thanks to this thread!

    I'm going to combine 2 of my dessert ideas into one and make a huge fuck-off sized pavlova with loads of cream and fruit.

    So no need for fruit salad. Or Eton Mess! And no chocolate mousse either!


    ?

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  • S
    Beginner December 2005
    slimdebs ·
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    Muffins we always had that as kids and you have just reminded me about it ? Now I want some!
    Although we call it cookie dunkers [:I] ?

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  • Peaches
    Super January 2012
    Peaches ·
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    Oh I'm glad this has come up again!

    Do you think this is ok for a dinner party?

    http://www.nigella.com/recipes/recipe.asp?article=211

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  • Serendipity
    Beginner August 2002
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    quote:Originally posted by Peaches
    Oh I'm glad this has come up again!

    Do you think this is ok for a dinner party?

    http://www.nigella.com/recipes/recipe.asp?article=211

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    Mmmmmh ?, I made this when the in-laws came for Sunday lunch a few weeks ago, it's gorgeous but very rich.
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