Reynard
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Crumbles
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biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
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Or someone else eating your portion
KnittyNorah
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- The Frozen North (of England)
It's better than finding half of one...
Surely it depends where, how and by whom the other half is found ... and whether you have already eaten any of the dish yourself LOL!
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biggs682
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Today's apple and berry crumble included some smashed up ginger nuts 
Poacher
Gravitationally challenged member
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- Nottingham
We start every weekday with porridge and fruit. During the summer this includes half a nectarine each. These have been out of stock for a few weeks, so I was delighted to find a couple of punnets about 12 days ago in a local Sainsbury, reduced in price to 74p. Mrs Poacher has often warned me that nectarines this late in the season will be as hard as Drago's biceps and go rotten from the inside.
Of course, she's right. We persevered for a while, until I realised that she was loading my bowl with all the nectarine I'd carefully prepared for us both. I'm loath to throw away even imperfectly good food, so yesterday I cut the remaining three into small pieces, complete with tough skin, and stewed them gently with some demerara sugar. Still rather bland, so I added some cubes of unsweetened apple sauce from the freezer (normally kept as a side for grilled mackerel, but that didn't happen), and some amaretto soaked sultanas. A master stroke, though I say so myself. Anyway, the resulting crumble was absolutely delicious, albeit on the sweet side.
Of course, she's right. We persevered for a while, until I realised that she was loading my bowl with all the nectarine I'd carefully prepared for us both. I'm loath to throw away even imperfectly good food, so yesterday I cut the remaining three into small pieces, complete with tough skin, and stewed them gently with some demerara sugar. Still rather bland, so I added some cubes of unsweetened apple sauce from the freezer (normally kept as a side for grilled mackerel, but that didn't happen), and some amaretto soaked sultanas. A master stroke, though I say so myself. Anyway, the resulting crumble was absolutely delicious, albeit on the sweet side.
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biggs682
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Would a prune crumble be right ?
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biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
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- Northamptonshire
Just enough rhubarb for a crumble today
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biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
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- Northamptonshire
First freshly picked blackberries of 2022 have been added to an apple crumble which has just been placed in the oven
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biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
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Blackberry and rhubarb crumble in the oven cooking
annedonnelly
Girl from the North Country
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- Canonbie
Blackberry and rhubarb crumble in the oven cooking
Your blackberries are early. We're starting to see a few ripening here but not enough to do anything other than eat them straight off the bush.
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biggs682
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- Northamptonshire
Been picking from hedgerows for last 3 weeks and like you say early.
Although some bushes are nowhere near ready
Hover Fly
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Completely wrong, personally I used to pick the bits of grit off. Not had a crumble forced on me for years.
GuyBoden
Guru
- Location
- Warrington
Thanks to this thread, I thinking of growing some rhubarb, so I can make crumbles.