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

mumoffour77

Morning all.......I need some advice......

Im preparing dinner for tomorrow and i would like to know if it would be ok for me to peel potatoes and turnip now, put in pots and fill them with cold water and leave them in the fridge overnight.......would this be ok?? or Do i lose nutrients?? I just want to get ahead, and after ironing for the best part of 5 hours i want a break!!!

Churchmouse

That will be fine mumoffour. Theory says some nutrients will be gone, but I really wouldn't worry. Theory says as soon as you cut a vegetable the nutrients start to go, so unless you can do the 100m dash from garden to pot something has gone missing :rotfl: I cook for an OAP lunchclub and sometimes prepare some of the veggies the day before, never had a problem ( from another mum of four )

mumoffour77

Thankyou Churchmouse......I cant sleep and "usually" when i plan ahead for the next day it almost always ends in diaster:D.....well im gonna cut the turnips and spuds now!! Bacon is out of the freezer so its gonna be mashed spuds, bacon and turnip and cabbage fried (after boiling) in the bacon juices for tomorrow evenings dinner Yum!!

Churchmouse

Sounds yum, what time do you want me? :rotfl:

mumoffour77

Lol your more than welcome.......and the 4 kids too:D

I need the practice I have 20 for xmas dinner this year!!!

I had to buy 2 large turnips as my kids always complain there isnt enough turnip...(they love it fried in the bacon juices) then if unusually there is any left over is bunged ontop of corned beef hash casserole the next day!!

Churchmouse

I'm a mum of four, but they've all left home. A bit of a mixed blessing :rolleyes: Life is easier, but boy do I miss the joy of family always around. Enjoy your children while you have them, all too soon you've achieved your objective ( they're happy, useful adults ) and the house stays awfully tidy, and awfully quiet and a bit boring, truth be told.

missychrissy

Churchmouse wrote: »

I'm a mum of four, but they've all left home. A bit of a mixed blessing :rolleyes: Life is easier, but boy do I miss the joy of family always around. Enjoy your children while you have them, all too soon you've achieved your objective ( they're happy, useful adults ) and the house stays awfully tidy, and awfully quiet and a bit boring, truth be told.

I know exactly what you mean. I miss my 4 sons and secretly hope one of them might come home for a while. I miss family life.

Thanks for the help with green tomatoes.

yummyhoney

i;m making pizza dough in my breadmeaker but cant understand the recipe,,can someone help please,, what exactly does 23/4 cups mean???also i want to make a chocolate cake and have no cocoa,,ccan i use hot chocolate instead??thanks everyone,,i might as well move in here i'm in so often needing help:)

Savvy_Sue

yummyhoney wrote: »

i;m making pizza dough in my breadmeaker but cant understand the recipe,,can someone help please,, what exactly does 23/4 cups mean???

Is it two and three quarter cups? ie a bit less than 3 ...

yummyhoney wrote: »

also i want to make a chocolate cake and have no cocoa,,ccan i use hot chocolate instead??

drinking chocolate is a mixture of cocoa and sugar, so personally I would replace some of the sugar with drinking chocolate to make sure it's chocolatey enough and not too sweet. Please don't ask me how much, if you post the quantities someone else might hazard a guess.

I don't think it will be a disaster even if you make a straight swap of drinking choc for cocoa, btw.

yummyhoney

thanks so much,,yes i think it is 2 and 3/4 cups,,wish they had wrote it that way,,:rolleyes:i'll leav out som of the sugar and see how the hot choc goes,,thanks so much savvy_sue:T