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What has this bad weather taught you?
After having been snowed in for 10 days in north northumberland, I thought I would share what this weather had taught me. I had read and contributed to the preparing for winter thread 1 and 2. I had stocked up but I dont think much could have fully prepared me for being snowed in for that long I now know my shortcomings…
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Is Powdered sugar caster or icing sugar?
I'm about to make this cake for my friends birthday as she loves baileys and i thought it would be a O/S moneysaving thing to do (as we really need to save money at the moment): http://www.toomanychefs.net/archives/001377.php It says powdered sugar for the filling and frosting...does this mean caster sugar or icing sugar?…
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OS Daily Sunday 5 December 2010
:xmastree: :santa2: :rudolf: Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Sunday 5th December 2010. This 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…
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Defrosted gammon - is it still safe to use?
I took a gammon joint out of the freezer on Wednesday night to slow cook for dinner the following day. Ended up not using it & haven;t had a chance to since. Will it still be OK tomorrow to use do you think? It is vacuum sealed and is in the fridge. Thanks.
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Apple crumble - freeze it cooked or frozen?
Hi all Have made two crumbles tonight. Cooked (and eaten although not on my own :D ) one and want to freeze the other but should I freeze it as is (cooked apples raw crumble) or cook it and freeze it for the best result ?
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How to remove spice aromas from glass jars?
Please could I have some ideas on how to remove the aroma of spices from glass jars? I want to reuse them as sweet jars for a few friend's children (wrapped sweets, mini choc bars etc). They're Douwe Egberts coffee jars and it was probably cumin or coriander in them (don't ask - MIL seemed to think we *needed* them in such…
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Diabetic Cook Book: Recommendations??
Hi My FIL has recently been diagnosed with diabetes & I was wondering whether anyone could recommend a good cook book especially for diabetics. My OH would like this to be part of his dad's xmassy pressie. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. As a side note Im at a loss as to what to get my MIL & FIL this…
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Saturday 4th December 2010
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Saturday 4th December 2010. This 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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Ideas for using up preserves
Hello Everyone, As it now that special time of year to start munching through my small mountain of preserves I have been wondering if there is anything new and exciting I can try with any of them? I have; Pickled onions Pickled gerkins Bread and Butter Pickles (cucumber and onion) Apple Chutney Sweet pickle (sort of…
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bacon substitute
I use alot of smoked bacon rashers in pasta dishes and chicken dishes for the flavour it gives. Not necessarily alot, maybe 1 or 2 rashers. But recently have started cooking for friends who dont eat pork. I just dont seem to be able to get the same flavour from anything else and am finding that im really missing something…
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Frozen raw potatoes
Hi, I searched and searched, but I couldn't find the answer I was looking for, so apologies if I'm just dim :p I have some potaotes which have been outside in this weather and have partially frozen. I want to make a stewy/soup thing with some potatoes in, can I use them? Thanks! T xx
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Biscuit type recipes that dont need rolling out
Does anyone have any simple recipes for biscuits (flour, sugar, eggs, raisins, milk, chocolate, oats, I have all these things, plus other things probably), that I dont need to roll out as have no rolling pin thanks
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Chocolate pudding
Hi Im sure ive seen a really quick choc pudding on here before where the ingredients separate into a sauce and pudding. I seem to remember you make it in 2 parts and pour the liquid over just before cooking and it magically end up on the bottom. I could find one pudding on the index collection which sounded similar but it…
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Watery Soup
I froze some homemade soup, defrosted it and took some to work with me. I'm not sat at my desk on my break with a rather watery version of what I'd made. Please can anyone tell me if it's possible to defrost soup and still keep it nice and thick? I'm left with what seems more like a cheapy supermarket version of my own…
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polenta/cornmeal as breakfast type porridge?
I bougth an instant bowl of breakfast cornmeal from tesco from the ethnic type aisle and loved it. As it was about 70p for one serving thought I would have a bash myself but have been very unsuccesful! I had some polenta in cupboard which i thought was the same as cornmeal but it turned out hideous. It may be thouigh that…
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Anyone tried making something sweet with couscous?
I was just thinking about baking and the thought occured to me that as couscous has no flavour, it could be used to make sweet food as well as savoury. Has anyone tried it?
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HELP no cooker
My gas cooker has been condemned as being unsafe for use i have just ordrered a new one.Delivery date to be expected to be before 22nd December. I am looking for some advice on what i can cook i have a slow cooker and a steamer, OH has reserved me a a new microwave from argos 60% of for £29.99 and hoping to get a cheap…
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Old Style Daily Thread; Friday 3 December
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for 3rd December. This 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 already.…
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More people are OS than you think!
I have been reading a few threads recently about being OS and feeling lonely, people thinking you're weird, stingy etc etc.Now I would not class myself as 100% OS (sorry!). For example I cannot knit, crochet etc. However I do grow my own, always cook from scratch (with occasionally cheeky take-away!) and try to…
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Good butter for baking?
Hullo! I have recently become addicted to baking and i've been using our lurpak spreadable, but obviously this is pretty expensive. Are all butters the same? If i bought the cheapest butter out there would my baking still be as nice? Ta! :D
