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• 1. tulibri  |  November 30, 2007 at 11:22 am

  Daniel Craig? Is that the latest James Bond?

• 2. tulibri  |  November 30, 2007 at 11:36 am

  Diane, talking of tableware: I would love to spoil my guests (and myself, ha!) tomorrow with a decent trifle for dessert. You wouldn’t have by any chance a recipe for me? :-)

• 3. Diane  |  November 30, 2007 at 12:08 pm

  Yes, it is! I have added a photo of him - just for reference purposes, you understand….

• 4. Diane  |  November 30, 2007 at 12:09 pm

  Astrid, I have e-mailed you lots of links to recipes for yummy trifle. I wish I was eating with you this weekend…. :)

• 5. denilal  |  November 30, 2007 at 12:18 pm

  nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• 6. tulibri  |  November 30, 2007 at 12:41 pm

  oh Diane, thank you so much for all this recipes. Now I have to decide, oh my dear, one seem’s yummier than the other! Without wanting to torture you, I guess you’d be wishing even more if you knew the main dish is a goose … can’t wait for tomorrow!

• 7. strugglingwriter  |  November 30, 2007 at 1:50 pm

  Nice! If you ever sell these ones, they have to stay together. You could never split them up. They look too nice together :)

  Congrats on the FuelMyBlog minutes of fame, too!

• 8. peteej  |  November 30, 2007 at 2:20 pm

  Love the ensemble and the contrasting dots and lines. Totally awesome. Congrats on the Fuel My Blog recognition as well. I was pleasantly surprised to see your smiling face on their homepage!

  Forgive my Yank-ness, but what is a trifle dessert? I thought I had it all worked out when I discovered pudding isn’t really flavored goop like it is over here in the states. Now this trifle is confusing me…

• 9. Diane  |  November 30, 2007 at 2:35 pm

  Astrid - My pleasure - and goose! Where do you live and what time shall I arrive? :-)

  SW - It would be like separating twins, they need to be together! Congrats on the NaNoWriMo progress, by the way - so impressive!

  Peteej - Thank you! It did seem weird to be on the home page - I expect they give every noob a turn as Blog of the Day!

  Now, trifle…. well, it is a layered dessert which usually consists of a layer of sponge cake pieces (usually soaked in a fruit juice and sherry or some form of alcohol) sandwiched together with jam (jelly). This then has a layer of fruit, then a layer of custard and then a layer of whipped cream topped off with chopped almonds or grated chocolate or more fruit. As you can see, it’s very flexible and there are infinite variations including substituting mascarpone for the custard or syllabub for the cream.

  These are the links I sent to Astrid!

  http://www.deliaonline.com/search/recipes/?qr=trifle
  http://www.nigella.com/recipes/recipe.asp?article=158
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/sherrytrifle_76387.shtml

  Bet you are sorry you asked now! Oh and it has to be served in a glass bowl so the layers can be seen!

• 10. Lori  |  November 30, 2007 at 2:36 pm

  ohmygosh, I LOVE lidded jars AND polka dots. You are an evil enabler, do you know that? And to have matching books to go with it? Genius!

• 11. strugglingwriter  |  November 30, 2007 at 2:55 pm

  Thanks Diane. NaNoWriMo has been an experience, something I never thought I would accomplish.

  I was going to make an analogy to separating twins too, but decided against it.

• 12. jon  |  November 30, 2007 at 3:59 pm

  I agree with Struggling Writer, they are most definitely a set. :)

• 13. Diane  |  November 30, 2007 at 4:00 pm

  Lori - Emma Bridgewater does sell some sweet things. If you are into polka dots check out the website. Evil enabler? Me? :-)

  SW - here I go personalizing the books again….
  I hope you are cracking open the champagne when you get to 50,000 words!

• 14. tulibri  |  November 30, 2007 at 7:50 pm

  Ha! I bought a glass bowl. Now let the games begin! I’m going for the one with the syllabub. I will try to take a mouthwatering picture before eating it :)

• 15. Diane  |  November 30, 2007 at 8:07 pm

  Jon - I shall have to find a way of packaging them together!

  Astrid - My mouth is watering just at the thought of your trifle! We need to see photographs!

• 16. laketrees  |  December 1, 2007 at 8:11 am

  all this talk of trifle is making my mouth water…..have you ever made the trifles in individual “parfait ” glasses?
  I adore the books and the tea set …right up my alley….
  fancy…. an ex who’s a rock star….will have to check out the music..
  grats on the fuel my blog award…. *clappies*
  as for Ken and George….you can have both of them Diane :)
  I’ll have Daniel :D

• 17. Diane  |  December 1, 2007 at 2:15 pm

  I’m still waiting for the trifle pictures - may have to make one myself instead! Yes, I have seen individual trifles - I just always thought it is such a fiddly thing to make anyway, making individual ones was just a step too far - but then I am very lazy….

  *Bows politely* thank you for the applause :)

  Oh goodie! Ken and George. Maybe we can swap sometime?

• 18. Ed  |  December 2, 2007 at 11:57 pm

  Those spotty tea pots look fun but I think I would go cross eyed concentrating on the cup and spill the tea

  Ed

• 19. Diane  |  December 3, 2007 at 12:04 am

  Ed - no problem, that’s why we have saucers…so don’t just buy the mugs

• 20. Richard Womack  |  December 6, 2007 at 2:37 am

  I shop Therefore I’am……………..Tea pots are lovely,Americans Love Dots!

  Best Wishes,Richard

• 21. Diane  |  December 6, 2007 at 7:49 am

  That’s written on my mouse mat! It’s a Barbara Kruger image.

  American’s must love your Damien Hirst -esque blog too then!

  Thanks for the wishes :-)

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