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Debora Robertson

@lickedspoon.bsky.social

I write about food, mostly. Did I tell you I live in France now? deborarobertson.substack.com

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Absolutely awful man and his vacuum cleaners are dogshit.

27.12.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Isn't it! Happy Christmas, Muriel and Suzanne, and thank you for many hours of happy listening.

25.12.2025 13:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
A box of Fortnum & Mason marrons glacΓ©s.

A box of Fortnum & Mason marrons glacΓ©s.

Look what was in my Christmas stocking...It's almost like they know me...

25.12.2025 12:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

As many of us begin Christmas meal prep, allow me to share the advice that my ER nurse sister puts in the chat every year:

A dropped knife has no handle. Jump away. Let it fall. You can pick it up and wash it.

24.12.2025 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2075    πŸ” 684    πŸ’¬ 57    πŸ“Œ 73

It's enchanting. Happy Christmas. X

24.12.2025 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How delicious.

24.12.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mmmmmmm

24.12.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy Christmas, friend! What not both?😘

24.12.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It makes it really easy not to buy them. Quality Street is the same. I realise now I was only buying them for the spangly papers.

24.12.2025 13:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's a sorry, business, Suzanne. I did just have a mince pie though, so not all is lost.

22.12.2025 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I'm IN the UK, I meant.

22.12.2025 11:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm nine the UK, sending my condolences to the house sitter!

22.12.2025 11:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

🀣

17.12.2025 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Madly disappointing.

17.12.2025 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

An arm and a leg, but so good. www.fortnumandmason.com/marrons-glac...

17.12.2025 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A bit grim and unfestive.

17.12.2025 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

What a swizz.

17.12.2025 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸŽ„πŸŽ„πŸŽ„

17.12.2025 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh yes!

17.12.2025 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So good!

17.12.2025 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How divine

17.12.2025 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Correct answer.

17.12.2025 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Or pruneaux d'Agen.

17.12.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I know this means I may never be allowed back into the UK, but Quality Street lost its appeal when they replaced their pretty, spangly wrappers with the dull, slightly Soviet ones (I know,I know, for entirely reasonable planet-saving reasons). So it has to be Marrons glacΓ©s.

17.12.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 0
nina b O 2 days ago
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I substituted the eggs for duck eggs and milk with geese fat and it came out terrible!! Please write in the recipe when reasonable substitutions cannot be made.
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Stacy Popham Β© 5 hours ago
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Let me break this down for you.Duck eggs instead of chicken eggs? That's actually fine. Duck eggs work in eggnog. That's not your problem.
Goose fat instead of milk? Goose fat is a solid cooking fat for roasting potatoes. Milk is a liquid dairy product. They are not interchangeable You essentially made hot melted goose fat with duck eggs. Of course it was terrible.
Bottom line: If you fundamentally change the structure of a recipe by using completely different ingredients with entirely different properties, you're not making eggnog. You're conducting a failed science experiment. Make it again with actual dairy and report back.

nina b O 2 days ago ***&& I substituted the eggs for duck eggs and milk with geese fat and it came out terrible!! Please write in the recipe when reasonable substitutions cannot be made. +-2- β†’ Reply Admin Stacy Popham Β© 5 hours ago | @ Reply to nina b Let me break this down for you.Duck eggs instead of chicken eggs? That's actually fine. Duck eggs work in eggnog. That's not your problem. Goose fat instead of milk? Goose fat is a solid cooking fat for roasting potatoes. Milk is a liquid dairy product. They are not interchangeable You essentially made hot melted goose fat with duck eggs. Of course it was terrible. Bottom line: If you fundamentally change the structure of a recipe by using completely different ingredients with entirely different properties, you're not making eggnog. You're conducting a failed science experiment. Make it again with actual dairy and report back.

incredible stuff over at r/ididnthaveeggs

It’s a eggnog recipe

16.12.2025 22:53 β€” πŸ‘ 5438    πŸ” 979    πŸ’¬ 120    πŸ“Œ 157
A house illuminated with Christmas lights.

A house illuminated with Christmas lights.

Yes!

17.12.2025 09:38 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Essential for gathering lavender in the fields

11.12.2025 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely got a hankering for one of these, for summer.
empereur.fr/fr/chapeaux/...

11.12.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

No question.

11.12.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0