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Southern Blue huh ?

Look, what I found while LOOKING.....

Blue whale - Wikipedia

joyshirley said:

Yes, it is, Sue. I remember looking it up when I first came across it in the supermarket and it's found in the southern oceans around NZ. Wikipedia tells me that "New Zealand southern blue whiting were the first blue whiting fisheries in the world to gain Marine Stewardship Council certification, the ‘gold standard’ for sustainable fisheries performance."

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That's a good accolade to have. I imagine fishing to be a major industry in NZ. Is that so js?

A fisherman's paradise I would think, with so much coast, and presumably a wide access to the seas around NZ. We're a bit limited due to neighbouring countries, however the industry is an important one here too. We have fresh-water fish also and Scotland is famous for its salmon. One of my favourite meals is a salmon steak with chilli flakes, ready bought from the supermarket, and I just add it to stir-fry veg. I like spicy food, but not too hot , so sometimes remove a few of the flakes.

I really like trout too! - Try it!

We have tinned salmon here too, and I've used it in salads or sandwiches. I like it, but the fresh salmon is better; pricier, so not an everyday meal, but one to enjoy now and then. I use tinned tuna quite frequently and mix it with low-fat mayonnaise and sweetcorn, or a little curry powder and sultanas, and usually serve it on toast with some salad leaves and tomatoes.

joyshirley said:

I have never tried salmon, but we can get it easily enough here in the supermarkets, so I must try some. My father said there are neat little tins of salmon available in the supermarket. Perhaps I'll start with that and try some on a sandwich. Trout fishing is big over here and we have various places where one can fish for trout. I've never tried trout, either.

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If you get the fresh salmon, smoke it. To me it is the best way to eat salmon. Although, salmon is good any way you fix it.

Sometimes salmon is cheaper than haddock. Rob sometimes makes kedgeree with salmon and it is delicious

Sounds lovely, Ley.

Moving on from fish, I made a lovely banana bread this week. It went down very well when I took some to knit and natter

leytonstones said:

Moving on from fish, I made a lovely banana bread this week. It went down very well when I took some to knit and natter

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That sounds delicious. Did you use yeast? I still haven't mastered the art of yeast baking yet, although I know I started a thread about baking our own bread years ago!

Does anyone bake cakes, and if so do you have a recipe for a fairly low fat fruit cake? An ex-colleague used to make a delicious pineapple cake, and I think pineapple would reduce the need for some of the fat. Banana might work too. I also want to make it low sugar, but I think I can do that by simply reducing the amount I put in, as well as the natural sweetness of the fruit helping to make the cake palatable. Just wondering if anyone had any ideas. I don't mind some fat and sugar, but not as much as most recipes recommend.

Try olive oil, (or, vegetable oil) instead of Fat for the cake

Use 'HALF-SPOON' sugar (if you don't mind the chemicals)
As a sweetener, that is LOW on sugar... as you mentioned: fruit will also, sweeten the cake
It supports my bread pudding very-well indeed



The problem, with white granulated sugar, is, that it has been 'over-processed'
It is the refining, that ramps up the 'bad-side' of sugar
ADD also, the anti-clagging chemicals that they add to the sugar
and we wonder, why our bodies are not thriving

I use UNREFINED CANE SUGAR _'Billingtons' available, at Asda and Tesco

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Retrieving the mention of Tuna... Tinned and Fresh


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It is now certain, that all Tuna being caught during this past year
are contaminated by radioactivity from the Fukishima nuclear power plant disaster

Tuna, is OFF of my shopping list........
Being wise, is, being capable, of assimilating new-information and updating the 'old knowledge'

davedajobauk said:

Try olive oil, (or, vegetable oil) instead of Fat for the cake

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Yes, I used oil in muffins once, and they were okay. I usually use vegetable oil, sometimes with a little butter to add flavour, but I wish I knew the recipe for the pineapple cake. I also think apples, carrots or bananas would help to keep it moist. I use apples and slightly reduce fat in my Christmas pudding and just cut down the sugar.

Recently I made bara brith, which is a bread, but I used it more like a cake. Fruit is soaked in tea, which adds moisture to it.

rebornfree said:

Yes, I used oil in muffins once, and they were okay. I usually use vegetable oil, sometimes with a little butter to add flavour, but I wish I knew the recipe for the pineapple cake. I also think apples, carrots or bananas would help to keep it moist. I use apples and slightly reduce fat in my Christmas pudding and just cut down the sugar.

Recently I made bara brith, which is a bread, but I used it more like a cake. Fruit is soaked in tea, which adds moisture to it.

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Sounds like 'somebody' liked SWEET TEA LOL

Sorry, ummm ? stating, the obvious are there no online-recipes that sound NICE to-you ?
German apfelkuchen, I would have no-problem with, nor a Date-cake

I do like those Danish Pastries with Pineapple chunks trapped in the syrup


awwwwww so-yummmmmy

I'll look up the apfelkuchen Dave, thanks for the suggestion, but dates are one of the few things I really can't eat!

awwwwwwwwwwwwww they, are LUSH

My next youngest brother, was unable to eat Plums
His nose would swell up and hide most of his face [really]


Here is one, ¬

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwinkryOrZrTAhWhCsAKHS0SBSAQFggiMAI&url=http://allrecipes.com/recipe/7915/german-apple-cake-i/&usg=AFQjCNFPjZ7qAU7EDZmB_-BqiWxpxmqJNA&sig2=M0b8hcnFB7iTyV_s622gJg&bvm=bv.152174688,d.bGs







How to Make Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Video