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Can ground almonds be used in lieu of chopped almonds

 
 
lmur
 
Reply Sun 15 Nov, 2015 04:49 am
....in a Christmas cake.
Yea or nay.
 
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izzythepush
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Reply Sun 15 Nov, 2015 05:49 am
@lmur,
Not if you want the texture or taste of a nut. Ground nuts act like flour.
lmur
 
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Reply Sun 15 Nov, 2015 05:59 am
@izzythepush,
Many thanks. A trip to the shop then.
First world problems, eh?
izzythepush
 
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Reply Sun 15 Nov, 2015 06:05 am
@lmur,
I never take a recipe as set in stone. Normally I look up about four or five recipes and make an amalgam of those.

If you don't like the sound of anything replace it with something you do like the sound of. It's your cake.
lmur
 
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Reply Sun 15 Nov, 2015 06:38 am
@izzythepush,
My wife's actually - if I had my way I'd lace it with some of Morocco's finest.
Tes yeux noirs
 
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Reply Sun 15 Nov, 2015 06:46 am
@lmur,
Quote:
some of Morocco's finest

Ahhh... memories... Christmas 1974 (I think)...
farmerman
 
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Reply Sun 15 Nov, 2015 07:07 am
@lmur,
I make christmas "nut rolls" that use a mixture of coarse ground pecans and shaved pecans . The goal is to make anutty "paste" with which make a rollup filling for thw rolls.

The recipe calls for shaved and my mom, on a blast of insight about fillings, started making the mixture with the dual textures.
izzythepush
 
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Reply Sun 15 Nov, 2015 07:11 am
@lmur,
Who's to know? Any sleepiness, or merriment, can always be put down to alcohol.
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lmur
 
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Reply Sun 15 Nov, 2015 07:20 am
@Tes yeux noirs,
41 years - that's one hell of a memory! Which is ironic, considering...
lmur
 
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Reply Sun 15 Nov, 2015 07:23 am
@farmerman,
Haven't had shaved nuts since 1974 myself.
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Tes yeux noirs
 
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Reply Sun 15 Nov, 2015 09:07 am
@lmur,
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41 years - that's one hell of a memory! Which is ironic, considering...

To be honest, Christmases 1969 through 2006...
izzythepush
 
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Reply Sun 15 Nov, 2015 09:51 am
@Tes yeux noirs,
I envy you, I spent most of those Christmases in Yorkshire with my teetotal grandmother who had a remarkable knack of sucking the joy out of everything.
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