Food Files; Lord Poppington

20th January 2012

If by now you don’t know how obsessed I am with popcorn then I despair! I was delighted when the wonderful Kurt at Savoury & Sweet got in touch some weeks ago now telling me about his company and offering me samples of some of Lord Poppington’s finest.

Lord Peter Poppington is the proud purveyor of perfectly popped popcorn – self-styled as not quite
Lord Sugar, not quite Lord Strathclyde (no, we didn’t know who he is either, you’ll have to look him up!
), he is however undoubtedly a Lord to the core, wearing his top-hat at all times – even in the bath, or
so it’s rumoured, but we won’t be checking that out in a hurry!

A huge fan of alliteration as you’ll see on his packaging, Facebook pages, Twitter feed and website,
Lord P, as we’re sometimes permitted to call him, currently has four great flavours in his great quality
popcorn range –

Sweet and Salty Golden Barbados sugar from The West Indies Sugar & Trading Company blended with Cornish Sea Salt Co salt to deliver a unique interpretation of this all-time favourite. 128 calories per pack.

Lightly Salted
Cornish Sea Salt Co salt simply folded into crunchy mushroom popcorn for a fresh and light flavour. 96
calories per pack.

Chilli and Lime
All-natural lime and red chilli seasoning creates a flavour combination that’s both zesty and warming.
94 calories per pack.

Four Cheeses
A natural seasoning blend of Cheddar, Red Leicester, Camembert and Mozzarella cheeses combine to
replicate one of the UK’s favourite pizzas. 94 calories per pack.

All four flavours were truly delicious but the real winner for us (my family got involved in the tasting) was the Four Cheeses. We’ve tried several cheese popcorns now and this one was the clear winner…the perfect blend, without being over-powering.

Sweet and Salt was always going to be a winner; it’s one of my all time favourite combinations, and you’d be hard pushed to go wrong with plain sea salted.
The Chilli and Lime flavour was a revelation. It was the flavour I hesitated most over, but really suprised me in the best possible way.

If you have any great ideas for new flavours or would like to become a Poppington’s Tasting Partner,
you can pass your details on to Lord P in the following ways:

Website: lordpoppington.co.uk
Twitter: @lordpoppington
Facebook: facebook.com/lordpoppington

In the words of a wise young chap…

“Love popcorn. Winners eat popcorn”
Archie Stonehouse, aged 13

What would your dream popcorn flavour be?

xxx

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metcalfe’s popcorn…v.3

17th January 2012

I’ve posted numerous reviews of Metcalfe’s Skinny Topcorn over the last year, and now I am excited to share that the products are available in Caffe Nero coffeeshops nationwide! If you find yourself near a Caffe Nero I recommend grabbing a bag…this stuff is addictive (grab me a Wasabi, please!)

Not near a Caffe Nero? You can buy online, too!

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In Theory

12th November 2011

In theory these stem ginger truffles sent to me by Booja-Booja would make the perfect gift. In reality, the only person I would want to gift these too is myself. Because I am selfish. And these are too good to share.

Booja-Booja are the makers of dairy free, organic truffles (as well as other delectable goodies such as ice-cream!) in a range of flavours including three brand new ones; stem ginger, rum sozzled sultana and banoffee toffee. I’m a HUGE fan of ginger so I did a little happy dance when the postman delivered these. The “re-seal” me sticker on the inner packaging was a bit of a joke…who owns that much willpower?

These are dense, rich, spicy chocolate perfection. Worth it for the scent when you open the box alone. They come packaged in a sleek black box, making them a ready prepared gift or addition to a dinner party table (if you are more generous than I) and available in a 104g box.

You’ll find a full range of stockist on the website, they aren’t the cheapest of treats; but then, they aren’t your standard box of milk tray either!

Have you tried anything by Booja-Booja? Will you be gifting it this year?

WHAT FLAVOUR SHOULD I TRY NEXT?

xxx

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Pink Lady

29th October 2011

Yesterday was Wear it Pink day, which proved to be the perfect opportunity to finally wear this Dorothy Perkins fit and flare dress which I purchased some time ago and left lurking in my wardrobe.

It was also the perfect excuse to snack on pink smarties…not that one needs an excuse to eat pink food!

Did you wear pink yesterday?

Happy Weekend!

xxx

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Have you had your Weetabix

19th July 2011

This isn’t a breakfast post. This is a revelation in Brownie baking! My lazy Monday turned out to be not so lazy (I finally tackled the beast that is the top of my wardrobe) and I finally got round to experimenting in the kitchen.
Some random browsing online led to a recipe called Weetabix Brownies. It sounded…bizarre…I wasn’t sure how it would work. But it did. Oh trust me it did.

You’ll need:

4 Crushed Weetabix
4oz/100g caster sugar
4oz/100g self raising flour
4oz/100g butter or margarine
2tbsp cocoa powder
Bar of chocolate. I used a 125g bar of 77% dark chocolate from lidl!
1 egg.

To Make:

Smash up the Weetabix in a bowl and add the sugar, flour, cocoa powder and chocolate (broken in to chunks, or use chocolate chips). Melt the margarine and add that and the egg and mix everything together. The mix is quite dry but holds it’s shape.

Grease a cake tin (around 8 inches by 8 inches), or line a muffin tray with 12 cases. Spread mixture in to the tin or divide in to 12 rounds and flatten.
Bake at 180c for 15 minutes (do check often though, my oven cooks randomly, they make take more or less).
Leave to cool for five minutes if baked in a cake tin then turn out and slice.