strawberry jam

always shaken · March 2013

as i was just feeling peckish, decided to have Tiptree (little scarlet) strawberry jam
on toast ,do any of you fellow Bondites keep Bond food at home ?

Barbel · March 2013

Eggs for scrambling.

Charmed & Dangerous · March 2013

But are they from French Marans hens? Whatever they are?

Last year had some friends over for dinner and had a Bond evening: martinis and champagne (Bollinger naturally), smoked salmon, followed by lamb cutlets ( I think these were in the novel Moonraker from memory), caviar ( the inexpensive kind) with the salmon, new potatoes and peas with the lamb.

Not that keep that lot at home on the off chance though... 8-)

Barbel · March 2013

Charmed & Dangerous wrote:

But are they from French Marans hens? Whatever they are?

No, from Asda.... how un-Bondlike

Charmed & Dangerous · March 2013

Haha yeah I'm with you there too Barbel, mine come from Tesco

I'm not sure Fleming would have been at home citing that Bond had his Value eggs fresh from The supermarket served in a chipped child's eggcup and dippy soldiers...

)

Barbel · March 2013

) Tesco, eh? You sure they're hen's eggs?

In a more Bondian fashion, I am currently engaged in the "consumption of... half a bottle of spirits" albeit not on a daily basis. (Basically cos I was the designated driver when out earlier and had to drink cola while my pals happily ordered drinks).

LastRatStanding · March 2013

Royal beluga.. north of the Caspian! -{

Silhouette Man · March 2013

Yes, I'm also rather partial to Tiptree's various preserves also.

Higgins · March 2013

I've once especially ordered 6 bottles of Kefalonia Robolo and must agree with 007 - too sweet {[]

PMN · March 2013

Tried caviare once. Yuk. Like eating ball bearings dipped in axle grease.
I think it was in the novel Moonraker that Bond dropped black peppercorns
into cheap vodka to remove the oil deposits from it. I tried to do that to the
wife's Smirnoff once and she thought I'd gone loopy !

CmdrAtticus · March 2013

Always keep Little Scarlett and the Coopers Marm in my pantry, though I've had a lot of trouble locating Norwegian heather honey. There's German and Scandinavian versions around, but none are heather versions. Of course, some of the things Bond consumed just don't exist anymore, which is a shame. The Marans is a breed of chicken originating in France but exist in England so even though Bond is saying his eggs are from French Marans, he still getting them from someplace in England. Also if no one posting here has seen them, they have a really dark brown color. I don't keep any Jersey butter on hand but I do keep butter from an Amish farm on hand and it's decadent to say the least. Once in a while I splurge and get Jamaican Blue Mountain. I do use a Chemex to make my coffee. If Fleming actually did consume these things regularly he certainly did love the highest priced products! The price of the jam by itself would make anyone who isn't in the upper income bracket flinch whey they see it! It's probably why Bond rotated those three condiments at breakfast..to make them last longer!

always shaken · March 2013

CmdrAtticus wrote:

Always keep Little Scarlett and the Coopers Marm in my pantry, though I've had a lot of trouble locating Norwegian heather honey. There's German and Scandinavian versions around, but none are heather versions. Of course, some of the things Bond consumed just don't exist anymore, which is a shame. The Marans is a breed of chicken originating in France but exist in England so even though Bond is saying his eggs are from French Marans, he still getting them from someplace in England. Also if no one posting here has seen them, they have a really dark brown color. I don't keep any Jersey butter on hand but I do keep butter from an Amish farm on hand and it's decadent to say the least. Once in a while I splurge and get Jamaican Blue Mountain. I do use a Chemex to make my coffee. If Fleming actually did consume these things regularly he certainly did love the highest priced products! The price of the jam by itself would make anyone who isn't in the upper income bracket flinch whey they see it! It's probably why Bond rotated those three condiments at breakfast..to make them last longer!

just read your reply ,and ran to kitchen to see if my blue mountain coffee was safe ,no its gone,
asked wife where has she put it,reply oh i made a tiramisu out of it for the girls DOH!!

Charmed & Dangerous · March 2013

CmdrAtticus wrote:

Always keep Little Scarlett and the Coopers Marm in my pantry, though I've had a lot of trouble locating Norwegian heather ..

The price of the jam by itself would make anyone who isn't in the upper income bracket flinch whey they see it! It's probably why Bond rotated those three condiments at breakfast..to make them last longer!

I guess you're not in the UK (the Amish butter is a bit of a give away) but the jam is about £2 (USD3) a jar here... Possibly the only Bond-related item which is actually cheaper in the UK than in the US? 8-)

Strangeways · March 2013

Barbel wrote:

Eggs for scrambling.

Was starving when I came home from work yesterday. Cba to gym so just scrambled three eggs and had them wit the last of the smoked salmon from the weekend.

Unlike our hero I don't drink alcohol in the week, but other than that I think this was a very Bondian snack!

)

Thunderpussy · March 2013

I remember in Moonraker ( I Think) Bond hitched a ride with the R.A.F
and had some ham sandwiches and tea. So I've had that many times.
( Not from the R.A.F though,

)

0073 · March 2013

always shaken wrote:

just read your reply ,and ran to kitchen to see if my blue mountain coffee was safe ,no its gone,
asked wife where has she put it,reply oh i made a tiramisu out of it for the girls DOH!!

Is she still alive?

CmdrAtticus · March 2013

always shaken wrote:

CmdrAtticus wrote:

Always keep Little Scarlett and the Coopers Marm in my pantry, though I've had a lot of trouble locating Norwegian heather honey. There's German and Scandinavian versions around, but none are heather versions. Of course, some of the things Bond consumed just don't exist anymore, which is a shame. The Marans is a breed of chicken originating in France but exist in England so even though Bond is saying his eggs are from French Marans, he still getting them from someplace in England. Also if no one posting here has seen them, they have a really dark brown color. I don't keep any Jersey butter on hand but I do keep butter from an Amish farm on hand and it's decadent to say the least. Once in a while I splurge and get Jamaican Blue Mountain. I do use a Chemex to make my coffee. If Fleming actually did consume these things regularly he certainly did love the highest priced products! The price of the jam by itself would make anyone who isn't in the upper income bracket flinch whey they see it! It's probably why Bond rotated those three condiments at breakfast..to make them last longer!

just read your reply ,and ran to kitchen to see if my blue mountain coffee was safe ,no its gone,
asked wife where has she put it,reply oh i made a tiramisu out of it for the girls DOH!!

OMG - one sympathizes!

CmdrAtticus · March 2013

Charmed & Dangerous wrote:

CmdrAtticus wrote:

Always keep Little Scarlett and the Coopers Marm in my pantry, though I've had a lot of trouble locating Norwegian heather ..

The price of the jam by itself would make anyone who isn't in the upper income bracket flinch whey they see it! It's probably why Bond rotated those three condiments at breakfast..to make them last longer!

I guess you're not in the UK (the Amish butter is a bit of a give away) but the jam is about £2 (USD3) a jar here... Possibly the only Bond-related item which is actually cheaper in the UK than in the US? 8-)

That sounds so much better....Little Scarlett is about $24 on Amazon and in the few
places that carry it hear they charge about $18!

thesecretagent · March 2013

Charmed & Dangerous wrote:

But are they from French Marans hens? Whatever they are?

Last year had some friends over for dinner and had a Bond evening: martinis and champagne (Bollinger naturally), smoked salmon, followed by lamb cutlets ( I think these were in the novel Moonraker from memory), caviar ( the inexpensive kind) with the salmon, new potatoes and peas with the lamb.

Not that keep that lot at home on the off chance though... 8-)

I bought some Morans. I have five other hens as well - all sorts. I couldn't tell the difference for a billion pounds. Just Fleming being pompous again...

Other than that, I cook steak with Bernaise sauce, scrambled egg and bacon, lamb chops with peas and new potatoes - but that's just good food I suppose. I also eat a lot of cold roast beef and potato salad. Fleming in particular had a few weird ideas of food, like his avocado pear for dessert - he simply read about this and thought it a sweet fruit. I used to buy Bollinger to toast special occasions, and Dom Perignon a few times. Then I realised that £10 prosseco from Sainsburys tasted so much better...

strawberry jam

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