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Old Style vs the USDA head-to-head challenge...
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something to drink?
smoothie(v)
thirzah's lemon cordial(v)
Elderflower Champagne(v)
BBC food - elderflower cordial recipe(v)
Dandy wine -shaz(v)
shaz's elderflower cordial
Ginger Sekanjabin
Mint cordial
:hello:Jonathan 'Fergie' Fergus William, born 05/03/09, 7lb 4.4oz:hello:
Benjamin 'Kezzie' Kester Jacob, born 18/03/10, 7lb 5oz:)
cash neutral gifts 2011, value of purchased gifts/actual paid/amount earnt to cover it £67/£3.60/£0
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a healthy snack?
Cereal bars – readers digest (v)
spiced nuts
Roasted whole spicy chick peas
Peanut Butter Bars
plumpie's veg canapes
mrsmacawber's breadsticks
lemonade money's muffins with pineapple
shaz's seeded hobnobby squares
:hello:Jonathan 'Fergie' Fergus William, born 05/03/09, 7lb 4.4oz:hello:
Benjamin 'Kezzie' Kester Jacob, born 18/03/10, 7lb 5oz:)
cash neutral gifts 2011, value of purchased gifts/actual paid/amount earnt to cover it £67/£3.60/£0
january grocery challenge, feed 4 of us for £400 -
sorry about all that interruption with indexes, now we can all get on with chatting! But I think it makes the main index much easier to trawl through? No?
Whadddyamean 'get a life!'? MSE is my life
:hello:Jonathan 'Fergie' Fergus William, born 05/03/09, 7lb 4.4oz:hello:
Benjamin 'Kezzie' Kester Jacob, born 18/03/10, 7lb 5oz:)
cash neutral gifts 2011, value of purchased gifts/actual paid/amount earnt to cover it £67/£3.60/£0
january grocery challenge, feed 4 of us for £400 -
ooooh shaz, forgot to say, :heart2:happy anniversary:heart2: for yesterday, I really hope you and DH enjoyed your chinese feast.
Love to you both,
Weezl x
:hello:Jonathan 'Fergie' Fergus William, born 05/03/09, 7lb 4.4oz:hello:
Benjamin 'Kezzie' Kester Jacob, born 18/03/10, 7lb 5oz:)
cash neutral gifts 2011, value of purchased gifts/actual paid/amount earnt to cover it £67/£3.60/£0
january grocery challenge, feed 4 of us for £400 -
:rotfl:Lol Guapa, a tattoo eh?!
When me and Mr Weezl first kissed, I, knowing he spoke Spanish (I don't) whispered 'guapo' to him (spanish for handsome) he whispered back 'Linda' (spanish for lovely or pretty) Only I didn't know this, so our first embraced by my shrewish screech 'Linda!! Who the Flump is Linda?!' Only, I didn't I'm afraid, say flump!!!
Weezl x
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That's hilarious! Sounds like something I'd do.Getting there... A deal at a time. :T0 -
Wow, honestly weezl, if I was half as organised as you I'd be doing ok, I keep writing lists of things to do and then go off and do something else
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The new index looks great and makes sense, well done you:T
So I gather I will still be able to follow the great adventures of your life in a continued challenge,is that right? :j This has now become like reading a good book with the added bonus of legally(!) peeping on someone elses life (too creepy??):D
:beer:
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:rotfl:Lol Guapa, a tattoo eh?!
When me and Mr Weezl first kissed, I, knowing he spoke Spanish (I don't) whispered 'guapo' to him (spanish for handsome) he whispered back 'Linda' (spanish for lovely or pretty) Only I didn't know this, so our first embrace was ended by my shrewish screech 'Linda!! Who the Flump is Linda?!' Only, I didn't I'm afraid, say flump!!!
Ahem, back on topic:o gonna do some more indexing now I've made room for more recipes....
Love to all,
Weezl x
:rotfl: :rotfl: Brilliant!
Like the new index, great idea to put it into sections.
Started making the pickled cabbage last night but didn't think it had had enough time in the salt by the time I wanted to go to bed so stuck it in the fridge and will do the pickling bit tonight, be interesting to see what it's like after 24 hours...
Was having a little look round re portion sizes earlier - I don't have any scales at home and was wondering what 40g of cereal looked like, as that's apparently how much a portion should be - came across this http://www.wcrf-uk.org/fruity_friday/downloads/health%20professionals/4_Healthy_portions.pdf which is quite handy but everything looks like tiny amounts.. is it just me? Could explain why I have a little podgy stomach :rotfl: Debt@16.12.09 £10,362.38, now debt free as of 29.02.2012."I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better."0 -
shaz_mum_of__2 wrote: »
Recipe
25 elderflower heads (flowers open no brown bits)
1.8kg sugar(i used granulated)
1.2litres water
2 lemons
50g citric acid(homebrew shops or chemists)
Method
i shook all the flowers to remove bugs,then removed as much of the stalk as possible from the flowers and discarded them
I then washed them(the recipe didnt call for this but i want to be sure i had got all the bugs!)
Whilst doing this put water and sugar into a pan and heat until all the sugar is dissolved(keep stirring)
Using a peeler remove all the zest from the lemons then slice the lemons thinly
when the syrup is boiling pour it over the lemon slices,zest and flowers in a large bowl (i used a small bucket used for homebrew) then stir in the citric acid
Cover with a cloth and leave for 24 hours, then strain into platic screw top bottles i used the 500ml fizzy drinks ones its says it keeps indefinitely but i have frozen it
to serve add fizzy water and ice,very tasty a bit like old fashioned lemonade with a hint of something herbally ,very refreshing on a hot day too ,very nice added to fizzy wine too (hic hic....)
The final yield was 2.5 litres and i think a dilution of 1:5 is about right
so over to you weezl for geeky maths:T
Diluted at a 1:5 ratio, and served as 250ml servings (3/4 of a large ikea tumbler;):D:o) I make it 3.5p a glass:money::T. And another idea I had, is that I've got some plastic ice lolly moulds, which each take 50ml of liquid plus space for expansion. Elderflower ice lollies would come in at less than a penny each! Worth considering for the summer eh?
I'm up to date with the index now, so all your lovely recipes have been categorised!:cool:
Love Weezl x
:hello:Jonathan 'Fergie' Fergus William, born 05/03/09, 7lb 4.4oz:hello:
Benjamin 'Kezzie' Kester Jacob, born 18/03/10, 7lb 5oz:)
cash neutral gifts 2011, value of purchased gifts/actual paid/amount earnt to cover it £67/£3.60/£0
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Just a thought as I peruse these pages of magic - creep creep!
- and I remembered a tip fro the Tightwad Gazettewhen cooking sour/acidic fruit. Add a pinch of bicarb, it cuts the acid and the fruit needs less sugar.
I've tried it and it works.0 -
Congratulations on this thread Weezel and for all those others who have pitched in with such good ideas. I think that this thread will, in time, become another of the Old Style classics.
Nowt much to add except I notice talk of the dried onions on an earlier posting- I noticed in a Canadian recipe [whilst I was over there:D ] that they suggest blitzing them up with bread crumbs and adding an egg to make a coating for burgers.
ArilAiming for a life of elegant frugality wearing a new-to-me silk shirt rather than one of hair!0
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