I worked for Léonidas for 13 years here and we had those orangettes and lemon ones every xmas to pack and were irresistable. Weighing them was a pain as none were exact as each other in size and length so used to keep the tiny ones for the odd gramme or two. I do miss those days and all the chocolates but my jeans don’t!
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OMG! I just saw an After Eight advent calendar in Auchan. I luuuuuv After Eights but my husband delights in saying “I moment in the lips….” 
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for my infamous (whole oranges) orange cake, I have to boil the whole oranges for hours to remove the bitterness, before using every last morsel of the fruit.
I’m wondering if similar preparation of an amount of orange peel will make it taste nice when covered in really dark chocolate…???
got to be worth a try 
I can always use the rejected inner fruit in another recipe… not much gets wasted in this house 
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Why do you want to remove the bitterness? It’s part of the fun, especially in Marmelade!
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My little orange tree produced 42 oranges last year so I gave the dipped peel choccies a go. Peel was crystallised. One tip, Stella. Half dip them! As I found out with the initial few that were fully dipped, you can’t get the chocolate coating as thin and elegant as the commercial product and end up with something looking like a cross between a large, brown slug and something even less savoury that the cat deposited 
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I presumed it was the bitterness but perhaps it’s just to make the whole fruit soft.
The cake is so light, soft and moist, like a puff of wind and absolutely delicious.
Marmalade is completely different
when I’m making any of my fruity chocolates I don’t dip. that is too fiddly for my fingers.
I drop the prepared fruit into the melted chocolate, (with special spoons/forks) carefully turn it over to ensure good coverage, then lift out (allowing excess to drip back into the bowl). the chocolate covered whatever is then placed onto nonstick paper to cool and set.
sometimes sprinkled with spiced cocoa powder mostly left plain.
Marmalade is made with Seville oranges, which are a totally different variety.
I know, but couldn’t you make a nice bitter orange cake with them? (Says he, who never baked a cake in his life)
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bitter cake… mmm… not sure my fans would like that and for the effort involved, it’s a no-no.
Incidentally, I can confirm that mincemeat slice, frozen after baking (once it’s cooled of course) tastes better when defrosted than it does when “fresh”.
Hope you don’t mind me playing detective, but out of curiosity I impetuously emailed the Australian Railway History Society about ‘Crossley Railcars in 1960s Queensland’, and received a reply. Of course, you may already have done so…
Reply…I would talk to Greg Hallam about the potential of this Class at: “Hallam Greg” Greg.Hallam@qr.com.au
However, he is away on long service leave until late Jan. So, you may need to wait or google some more groups or social media?
Had any luck yet chasing down a modified Crossley railcar?
I wasn’t sure what category thread this thought should go in, so am posting it here in the general brainfart section. (Although, some KIA might glance at the article, yell “Politics!” and move it. )
My dilemma lies in what should we believe and where is ‘truth’ to be found. Seems we are all fast reaching an info vacuum, where we don’t know what news we can believe
Aside from the obvious danger of large amounts of people being fed false information in order to manipulate mass behaviour, when/if there are no longer enough reliable sources of information and current news that we can cross reference, how shall people independently form opinions?
Was not this the real danger in what is gaily termed ‘misinformation’ that ‘misled’ enough of the general public ti vote for Brexit? (I know, politics again! But really, almost everything leads to politics in some way.)
I am not a great supporter of the ‘ignorance is bliss’ alternative. Opinions often lead to actions and I worry about the unseen hand reaching into our minds through technology. I feel I should actively resist but am not sure how.
Nothing new there. The Catholic Church has been dong that for centuries.
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You’d think that humanity would, after thousands of years, have become more discerning but we’re still looking to pyromancy of turtle plastron shell cracks to interpret the truth we seek.
What worries about the influence of tech is just who, and why, are the persons behind trying to influence our thoughts. I understand that once upon a time it was those who declared they spoke for God. Now it can be a self declared ‘god’ with an unholy agenda. Problem for us is interpreting what we are being told, without becoming cynical or paranoid.
Was that a Freudian slip? 
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Iron Maiden has announced Nicko is retiring and will no longer tour after the current one has finished. 42 years of one of the best heavy metal drummers ever, gonna miss you but none of us getting any younger. Got to go and have something strong now, my son in law is so upset they only saw the concert a few weeks ago in Charlotte.
Just seen this for sale on Amazon… Amazon.fr
And then watched this video on YouTube:
I wonder if I can get away with buying one for the missus as a Xmas present 
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I think my old one is in the loft somewhere. I really enjoyed the old platform-type games and have never been attracted to the more recent gaming world at all. Manic Miner was one of my favourites… 
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Yes, Manic Miner and JSW were awesome. There were so many good games on this little ol’ computer… I spent many, many hours playing these back in the day.
I could go on and on and on…