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Halloween ideas and tips!
Hi everyone, :) As the new season is almost upon us we thought we'd ask you all to post ideas and requests for help here in this one thread to try and help people find what they need in one place. Over the next few days Pink, Gingham, and I will track back to find as many of last year's threads as we can and add links to…
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Toffee Apple recipe
Ingredients 7 apples plus lolliepop sticks 250g sugar 120ml water 2 tbsp golden syrup 30g butter red/green food colouring dissolve the sugar in the water in a sucepan on the hob. when dissolved stir in the rest of the ingredients bring to the boil for a further 5-8 minutes meanwhile, put the apples on sticks ready for…
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OMG Stainless Steel pan burned...
I have let my pasta burn in the SS pan it was cooking in. Yes I was chatting on MSE when I smelled something funny and remembered....:rolleyes: So I did put water in it and when everything was soft and loose I scraped it off, but there is still a layer of tough burned stuff that I can't shift. Should I use steelwool?…
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help me: food shopping too much - freezable meals
Please help me. I've moved out and I'm living with a flat mate for the first time. I'm spending up to £100 a week on food shopping for one person. What are simple recipes... that can be easily frozen. I'm throwing about 1/3 of my stuff out each week. I make a lot of fruit smoothies... but I need quick, long life/freezable…
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Cattern Cakes and Lace
I wonder if any of you OSers know of the above mentioned book? About 20 years ago I was given it and it was wonderful. It was a recipe book based upon traditions which go back hundreds of years. It was in calender order, so there were things like Stir up Sunday recipes, Easter, Harvest, Maytime, Whitsuntide, Christmas and…
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No greaseproof paper - will parkin be OK?
I was going to make the Parkin that Ruby Pudding kindly put up the recipe for... I want to make it now, now, now but I don't have any greaseproof paper :mad: In the recipe it says to grease the tin then line with greaseproof paper. Would it work if I just grease the tin with butter and leave out the GP? Thanks in advance.
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Dragonfruit
saw these in tesco last week.......... like a mini pineapple looking thing but red and soft when sqeezed.. has anyone ever tried or seen them ? I would have bought one but at £2.29 each i thought they were a tad expenisive for my purse.
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Diesel on leather boots
I was filling up at the petrol station and the nozzle was fauly - when i looked down my pink boots (leather) have been splashed with diesel Any tips on what to do? Does it evaporate off? should I try soap? Any inspiration would be great - I have tried google - but as Diesel is a brand of shoes/boots I am having no luck
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Indian cookbook recommendation
Anyone know a really good Indian/Pakistani cookbook ? Preferably along the lines of cheap and cheerful, quick and easy rather than elaborate and expensive. It seems to me that the basic Indian diet is both cheap and healthy what with all the pulses and veg. I'd like to branch out a bit from chickpea and veg curry, dhal and…
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50th Birthday Hamper
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what we could put into a fun hamper for my BIL who will be 50 next month. He is a real sport so won't take offence at "cheeky" items. Cheers:beer:
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Really Sticky Gingerbread?
I am after a recipe for a sticky gingerbread, does anyone have one? I have had a craving for one for weeks ( and no I'm not pregnant! ) and I have not been able to find one:confused: Got the treacle, syrup, and ginger and even bought a square cake tin to put it in. PLEASE HELP!!!!:sad:
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Halloween food ideas
HI Last year I made a halloween tea- spaghetti with red food colouring to look like worms ,sweetcorn with green food colouring and mince. I made up gruesome stories after with props like a peeled tomato as an eyeball ,jelly etc and kids were blind fold. It was fun and would like to do something similar this year but need…
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Need to have OS Xmas delivered but not to my home address
Weve just decided that we are all spending xmas at my boyfriends 140 miles away this year. He will be working until late on xmas eve so I am going to be doing most of the cooking and shopping. I will be travelling to his with the children on about the 22nd or 23rd december. The problem is I need to do an online shop before…
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Marguerite Patten Wartime Recipe Books
I was just watching QVC and Marguerite Pattern was on as they were selling all three of her Wartime recipe books for £12.45 for the set. They looked really good and that seemed to me to be a good price. I think they were called We'll Eat Again, The Victory Cookbook and the Wartime Kitchen. I am thinking of sending for…
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ds's colour party help???
Hi all, I have a dliema. ds has a colour party on wed, at pre-school, this basically involves dressing as colourfully as poss and i have done nothing! I am useless with a sewing machine any suggestions?/? Carli
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Nectarines
I picked up some nectarines yesterday and some low fat creme fraiche, with the vague idea in mind that it would be nice to poach the nectarines and serve with the creme fraice. Having got them home though, I'm not sure exactly how to go about this! :confused: Any ideas for poaching liquid, and how long should I simmer for?…
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Any sugarcrafters? Help me!
Hello, I made a 60th birthday cake for my FIL a couple of years ago, based on a cricket ball with Graham Gooch lying in front of it (I can see you slavering at the thought, lol). ANyway, I sort of taught myself how to do it by reading sugarcraft websites and using a book my MIL bought me. I then made my son's first…
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What size pudding basin??
Being inspired by a post on here last week about suet puddings and a like I want to make a steak pudding next week. I can do the pastry ok and the filling but what size pudding bowl do I need?? We are a family of 4 (2 x adults, 1 x 3year old and 1 x 2 year old. Do you think I should do 1 big one or little individual ones.…
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The WI Cookbook
I was at a food festival in Belfast a month or so ago and the Women's Institute had a stand. I've been looking for a decent book with recipies for jams and preserves so I had a quick look through it and found it had a whole section. It's one of those books that the WI have compiled after asking for recipies from their…
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Fan assisted oven and baking
I started off yesterday full of enthusiasm to make my christmas cake i followed the instructions to the letter and reduced the temp from 170 to 150 to compendsate for the fan assisted oven) and baked for 2 1/2 hrs as per instructions the top had cracked but it was still moist in the middle i then let it cook for another 30…
