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Help with home made yogurt please.
Hi, Sorry if the answer to this question is posted elsewhere but I have done a search and couldn't find anything and I don't have time to trawl through everything. Basically i want to know why my homemade yogurt won't go thick? I use live yogurt (obviously!) and full cream milk. If I make yogurt using soya milk it goes so…
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prestige hi-dome pressure cooker novice question!!
evening all, i have just bought myself a hi-dome prestige pressure cooker. i have a mincey thing in there, but im not sure what its supposed to do when its working right??!! i put it on high, lid on.. the safety valve started hissing, but i cant SEE any steam... it said i would see steam. no steam is coming out of the…
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Help- Christmas pudding disaster - pressure cooker dried out!
Help - can I salvage this pudding? I obviously didn't put enough water in my pressure cooker (haven't used it for years) and after 1 and a half hours of steaming the hissing noise stopped so I ran it under the tap to cool quickly and I discovered that the plastic basin has melted at the bottom and welded itself to the…
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Does this sound edible?
I have a leftover roast chicken and I was thinking of doing a one pot meal tonight. So my idea is to srtip the meat off the carcass and chop into bite size pieces, mix it with some made up value stuffing. Add some par boiled chopped potatoes and roast/bake in the oven. Should I add some gravy when putting it in the oven or…
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Keeping milk cold overnight - any ideas?
This morning when OH and I were arguing over who had to get out of bed and make the tea I had a brainwave - we could get a little mini kettle and keep it in our bedroom, and make the tea there in the morning (B&B style!). We'd bring the cups up the night before etc. My only issue is how to keep the milk cold. I'm not too…
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Drying oranges for decorations
Morning everyone, I have searched the forum and can't find the answer so please forgive me if i'm repeating anything. I'm about to start the xmas decorations and want to try to do some homemade ones but not sure how I dry out orange slices. Also I know this is abit of a silly question but do I just use normal oranges....…
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breadcrumb topping for cauliflower/broccoli cheese.
morning folks,im planning on making macaroni cheese with broccoli and cauliflower today,but to add a bit of crunch i was thinking of topping the cheese n veg with breadcrumbs,ive collected a little bag of crumbs from slicing a crusty loaf i baked yesterday...Do i simply sprinkle these over the cheesy veg and pop under the…
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OS Daily Thread - Wednesday 9th December
Hi there! This is the Daily Thread for Wednesday 9th December.It is an 'Over the garden fence' type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved…
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Christmas Cracker 'snaps'
Hi I watched the www.bbc.co.uk/victorianchristmas site this morning and thought I'd like to try and make the Christmas crackers as they look quite simple to do.I havn't a clue where to by the 'snaps' that make the bang in the cracker though Has anyone any thoughts about where I could buy them
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Knitting a throw for my bed - advice needed
I haven't knitted for years and can only do the basic plain and purl stitch. I really want to knit a throw for the bottom of my bed. I would like it to be washable and for it to hold it's shape after washing. Can anyone advise me on what wool to use, was thinking double knit or chunky and also what size of needles? I have…
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Kirstie's HomeMade Christmas --- anyone else watching???
So let me get this straight. So far all she has done is show us round her house where there are "going to be" lots of garlands and evergreens, we have been told an amazing THREE times what is coming up and she has walked round an expensive Department store talking about which iconic decoration she is going to buy this year…
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Great 'Best Christmas Recipes' Hunt
It's always the same, we want to dish up a fab Christmas meal but end up having the same menu as the previous year for lack of ideas. So we're asking you MoneySavers what your best Christmas recipes are to make a dinner your family won't forget. You can also share ideas in the Christmas Dinner Menu discussion.…
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Menu Planning for 17 people for a weeked
Hi I'm relatively new to this site and would really appreciate advice/wisdom from people who know far more than I do! I've been given the job of catering for a weekend away my husband's running for his youth group. Which means: Fri dinner, all day Sat, Sun breakfast and packed lunch for 11 hungry teenagers and 5 adults.…
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Yeast
I'm sure this has been discussed before so sorry. If it says a sachet of fresh yeast, is that equiv to 20grams of fresh yeast?
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Egg cooking question
Hi all, Hoping you can advise as l have to be careful with eggs after a bout of food poisioning... A few weeks ago l cooked a lovely recipe which was smoked haddock cooked with pasta in a mustardy cream sauce. The sauce is made from creme fraiche and eggs mixed together over the hob. The recipe then said put all…
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Bread making advice required
HTML MessageI'm a beginner at bread making and although the bread I make tastes good I feel the texture could be a bit lighter. The recipe and method I use came from a magazine and is 500g white strong flour, 300ml (approx) warm water, 2oz butter, teaspoon of salt and sugar and quick acting yeast, after mixing I knead for…
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Christmas Cake stand / board for smaller cakes
Hello :o I have a question.... I have made Delias 7" square cake this Christmas and was thinking of cutting the cake in half to make 2 smaller cakes and maybe one of the halves in two, to make what would be 3 cakes to give as gifts. My question is what to put the small cakes on after I have marzipaned them as the cake…
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Does anyone here make their own bread starter?
We're a bunch of thrifty souls, and I was just wondering if anyone makes their own bread starter instead of buying commercial yeast? I've been curious about sourdough bread for a while, and last week finally took the plunge and "caught" some wild yeast at home. I'm now feeding it up and in a week or so I plan to make some…
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Uses for a bowl full of sprouty garlic?
I bought a couple of baskets of single bulb garlic when they were on offer in Lidl a couple of weeks ago, and stored them in my new kitchen cupboard. I never have a problem with garlic stored in my old cupboard, but I think this new one is darker and gets opened less... anyway I was horrified to see that in less than a…
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Plastic bags for freezing meat
We tend to get an awful lot of venison at one time (like a whole deers worth) and freeze alot of it, when the meat is defrosting, it always leaks alot of blood. Now as far as I know, we use proper freezing bags, but it still happens. I just wonder if either we are doing something wrong, using the wrong bags, or if this…
