Quick Questions on ANYTHING part 2. Please read first post for links to other threads

1jim

Hi
I am making a pumpkin soup from a recipe, and it calls for a cinnamon stick to be placed in with the pumkin in the initial cooking stage, it later tells me to blend the pumkin....silly question now do I blend the cinnamon stick in with this or should I remove it before blending (not used cinnamon sticks before so sorry for the silly question)
cheers
Jim

anniebooklover

I would remove the cinnamon stick, Jim. And there is no such thing as a silly question on the OS board.

1jim

thanks, I thought I should remove it but the recipe didnt say so ended up having second third and fourth thoughts

thanks again
Jim

biscotte

Hello!
i'm making toad in the hole tonight, with thick sausages. Should I cook the sausages first?
thanks

Savvy_Sue

It might look nicer if you brown them off first, plus you can get rid of any excess fat. If you start from raw, I'm not sure if they'll cook before the Hole does, plus all the fat will be there.

Reeni_2

Hi eveyone!

This is my very first post although I've been lurking for while! I've just logged in and found a PM from a "natural36dd". This is the first time I've ever logged in so I wanted to check - do we get spam in our inboxes?

Thank you all so much for sharing. I always considered myself as economical and sensible but the amount of useful information I've found on this board shows I'm just a novice!! Thanks again.

OrkneyStar

Hi there,
Anyone got a good pasta bake recipe ? With something other than tuna (I don't like it) ? So far I have come up with broad bean and roasted pepper but would love some (cheap) ideas.
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Pink.

Hi orkneystar,

Left over chicken and brocoli with mushrooms is good. Chop up the chicken and part cook the broccoli and pasta. Fry an onion, garlic and the mushrooms and put aside. Make a (sloppy/wettish) cheese sauce or a white sauce is fine too. Mix all the ingredients into the cheese sauce season with black pepper and put into an oven proof dish. Top with any combination of breadcrumbs, crushed plain crisps and grated cheese and cook in the oven until heated thoroughly.

I made this earlier this week and threw some leeks and red peppers as well...any combination of veg will do.

There are more ideas on these threads:

Pasta Bake Recipes

Pasta Bakes - recipe ideas?

Help! Chicken and Pasta bake

Cheese Sauce for Pasta Bake Help Please

Veggie Pasta bake help....

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Reeni wrote: »

Hi eveyone!

This is my very first post although I've been lurking for while! I've just logged in and found a PM from a "natural36dd". This is the first time I've ever logged in so I wanted to check - do we get spam in our inboxes?

Thank you all so much for sharing. I always considered myself as economical and sensible but the amount of useful information I've found on this board shows I'm just a novice!! Thanks again.

Hi Reeni,

Welcome to the Old Style board.

It's rare to get spam pms but it does happen from time to time I'm afraid. If you copy the whole pm including the username and send it in an email to [EMAIL="abuse@moneysavingexpert.com"]abuse@moneysavingexpert.com[/EMAIL] they will deal with it and stop the user bothering you again.

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biscotte

thanks Sue, the toad in the hole turned out superbly - clean plates all round.