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

blueberrypie

jackieglasgow wrote: »

What I do is open Wordpad or notepad, depending on which computer I'm using, and simply copy and paste all the recipes that interest me. The plan is that eventually I will file and sort them all into a virtual recipe folder of some sort, but for now I just have two huge documents.

Why not use something like Evernote? It will save you the bother of copy-and-pasting, and you can easily tag individual recipes (even give them multiple tags). It lives in your system tray all the time, so no need to open up any new programs.

Alternatively you could use an on-line service like soup.io or tumblr.

Io07

zippychick wrote: »

Sorry CTC, I can't think of what you are looking for?

Io07 - have you had a go at another loaf yet?:eek:

Yay!! it was a real success! :TI didn't add in vit C tabs after all - realised my white flour already had ascorbic acid in it (another name for vit c)

thank you!

zippychick

Io07 wrote: »

Yay!! it was a real success! :TI didn't add in vit C tabs after all - realised my white flour already had ascorbic acid in it (another name for vit c)

thank you!

Absolutely great! woo hoo! well spotted on the ascorbic acid. Well impressed!:T

Savvy_Sue

Olliebeak wrote: »

Mind you, I did a 'Filing Course' many years ago (oh dear - actually 42yrs ago! :eek::eek:) and lots of it stuck with me.

I did something similar, not as long ago as that, and the only thing which really stuck with me was not to think of filing systems but of FINDING systems.

This is good advice, because it never matters where you put something, until you want it again.

And since we found 45 Euros we didn't know we had and all the credit / debit cards we wanted just before our holiday, the system works, sort of! :rotfl:

queen_of_string

My OH sat in some pine tree sap when we were away, I cant get the two blobs out of the jogging pants he was wearing. Found some stuff on here about carpets and sap, but am worried the treatments might be too harsh for clothes.

any ideas? Thanks

flutterbyuk25

I've been given pint of milk from work in a glass pint bottle (no-one else was going to take it home and we closed weekends).

But I want to freeze it as I won't use it up quickly, however have no old plastic pint bottle to put in.

Any other suggestions?

I may have a shop bought water bottle, and have plenty of plastic tubs (deep ones)

TIA

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zippychick

Tupperware, old ice cream tub, Tupperware lined with a plastic bag - put milk in , once frozen, remove tub . Job done

CCP

Leave a bit of space at the top, though, as milk expands a bit when it freezes. You tend to end up with a rather mis-shapen or even a split container if you don't, which makes defrosting it a bit messy. (Yes - been there, done that! )

zippychick

CCP wrote: »

Leave a bit of space at the top, though, as milk expands a bit when it freezes. You tend to end up with a rather mis-shapen or even a split container if you don't, which makes defrosting it a bit messy. (Yes - been there, done that! )

Right enough, it does increase in size. Good tip.

flutterbyuk25

Thanks for the answers to yesterday's query! I used freezer bags, put half pint in each as that's the right amount for me to use at a time, then put in tupperware whilst freezing.

today's query....I am making cupcakes and want to pipe buttercream icing for the top. But don't have anything to do piping. Could I use a freezer bag with corner cut off? Or can you suggest anything else? It doesn't have to look great!

TIA

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