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

pixie1

Im using pre rolled pastry to make pies tonight, i know thats not bery OS but just making pies is a huge thing for me, i will make my own pastry at some point - baby steps and all that.

My question is, when I lie it out to cut it up what kind of flour do i need to use to stop it from sticking?

Many thanks

Pix

Savvy_Sue

Either plain or SR would do fine, but if I had the choice I'd use plain.

Not one with bits in, that's for sure! So not wholemeal bread flour or anything like that.

blahn

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I'm not sure there is a very easy way but I think it is the fat content that makes it really difficult. I think I would make sure I had removed as much as possible from the tubs with kitchen roll and then chuck them into a large bowl with lots of hot water and washing up liquid. The washing up liquid emulsifies the fat if I remember rightly but with 30 tubs you might need a lot water on it's own won't cut it. Once the bubbles are gone you need new water and new washing up liquid in it
I would normally put a tub like that in the beginning of the washing up and leave it to soak, one in each washing up session would be less of a big deal than 30 at once

1. Defrost a few and thread some onto string to hang outdoors for birds and other assorted beasties?
2. If you have a juicer you should be able to get at least something out of them
3. Defrost, chop them up and put them in a pan with only a tiny bit of water. When thoroughly soft press the solids through a sieve with the back of a ladle to get a puree?
4. As above but with lots of water and get "apple juice with bits"?

Thanks both! I'll chuck all the tubs in the wash today (...if there's room) and I think I'll try the puree. I would put them out for the birds but we're trying to get rid of them right now - cats, birds, slugs, our dog are all joining forces to kill each and every plant we put out.

mardatha

I want to make smoothies - jsut had my first one and loved it. How do you all make them and what do you use for it? Should I look under "blenders" or what ?

Pink.

Hi mardatha,

I use a stick blender to make them (you can get these for as little as £5 in most supermarkets. You can buy special smoothie makers but they're expensive and a pain to wash up afterwards.

This thread should help with different smoothie recipes:

smoothie recipes

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Janae

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Originally Posted by blahn
I've also got about, er, a hundred apple cores in the freezer. This is because I was going to make pectin but I don't think I'll ever get round to making jam. Is there anything else I can do with all the cores now that I've got them all?

Blahn - apple pips actually contain a small amount of cyanide in them, although in very minute quantities. I would be a bit reluctant though to process a hundred of them. Don't want to worry you but a hundred + sounds like a lot of pips:o

polkadotsandflowers

Hello, I'm new, I'm pretty sure this is the right place to be posting this, sorry if it's not! I wanted to try making this 'recipe' for homemade washing powder that I found: 4 cups of soapflakes, 2 cups of borax and 2 cups of soda crystals (2tablespoons of this mix for each washload), does anybody know whether this would be ok for sensitive skin or not?? I have a lil' nipper and use cloth nappies, so am keen to make sure that this mixture won't be too caustic (which is what my mum said...) I have only just ventured into the world of borax and soda crystals etc, so am still a bit clueless! many thanks!

zippychick

polkadotsandflowers wrote: »

Hello, I'm new, I'm pretty sure this is the right place to be posting this, sorry if it's not! I wanted to try making this 'recipe' for homemade washing powder that I found: 4 cups of soapflakes, 2 cups of borax and 2 cups of soda crystals (2tablespoons of this mix for each washload), does anybody know whether this would be ok for sensitive skin or not?? I have a lil' nipper and use cloth nappies, so am keen to make sure that this mixture won't be too caustic (which is what my mum said...) I have only just ventured into the world of borax and soda crystals etc, so am still a bit clueless! many thanks!

Hi there. I have never made it myself, but found a thread for you about Home made washing powder .

I hope that's a little help to you - there are a couple of recipe links in that thread

squeaky

polkadotsandflowers wrote: »

Hello, I'm new, I'm pretty sure this is the right place to be posting this, sorry if it's not! I wanted to try making this 'recipe' for homemade washing powder that I found: 4 cups of soapflakes, 2 cups of borax and 2 cups of soda crystals (2tablespoons of this mix for each washload), does anybody know whether this would be ok for sensitive skin or not?? I have a lil' nipper and use cloth nappies, so am keen to make sure that this mixture won't be too caustic (which is what my mum said...) I have only just ventured into the world of borax and soda crystals etc, so am still a bit clueless! many thanks!

Hmm... I'm not sure about the borax but I pretty sure my soda crystals pack says to wash any skin after contact - NOPE I'm wrong. I've just checked my pack and it says:-

Users with sensitive skin should avoid prolonged contact with highly concentrated solutions of the crystals

So at the levels you would be using it, and given that your washing machine has a good set of rinse cycles - I'd say that you'd be OK with the soda crystals - but I haven't got a clue about the borax.

Oh, and they also say on the pack:-

1 tablespoon (20g) to 1 pint of water is a mild solution.

And in your home mix you'd essentially be using 1 tablespoon to a whole wash which is going to be a few gallons (at eight pints each).

polkadotsandflowers

Thanks to you both zippychick and squeaky, very helpful, I think I'm gonna give it a go! :T