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

Danni-R

Thanks, I made 2 trays of cakes last night (somehow I lost 4 in the night )

Will pop them in the freezer.

Thanks for the link I'll go have a looksie now.

quintwins

i'm pretty sure i read somewhere u can't refreeze something thats been defrosted in the microwave not sure how true it is tho (think it was on here) i don't defrost stuff in the mircowave anyway, most stuff defrosts if set out over night maybe abit longer for a roast ect

i would just freeze a whole cake i've never tried cake mix but i'd imagine it would seperate when defrosting or just be too watery

and yes you can defrost meat in the mircowave

zippychick

freezing q cakes and biscuits

You can defrost chicken and mince in the microwave. Personally i don't as it's a fine line between defrosting and cooking in a microwave but everyone will have their own view on this

My rule on refreezing meat is as follows

Once it has been defrosted it's only ok to refreeze once it's been cooked ie changed state. So i would say it's ok . I personally aim for cooking meat once and reheating once

eggs eggs and more eggs should help, as should freezing eggs

i hope this all helps and ill merge this with quick questions later
thanks
Zip

Frugal_Dreamer

I was wondering if their was a thread that dealt with Old Style money saving alternatives..it would be good to have these collected in one place?


For example, Old Style alternatives for:

• cleaning products
• baby products
• hair products
• entertainment
• etc etc etc

and old style/thifty uses for

• old baking pans
• old chocolate tins
• old coat hanger
• etc etc etc

the list is endless...

Actually could split this into 2 threads

1 people requesting an alternative to something e.g. washing powder
2 people requesting a use for an old item e.g. old coat hangers


suspect this has been covered in many threads already though...just a thought

wssla00

Hi all I want to make a pecan pie but it calls for corn syrup. Can I use golden syrup instead or will I have to get some from Amazon?

TIA

somethingsgottogive

wssla00 wrote: »

Hi all I want to make a pecan pie but it calls for corn syrup. Can I use golden syrup instead or will I have to get some from Amazon?

TIA

The recipe on good food dot com for pecan pie uses golden syrup

wssla00

Thank You

Savvy_Sue

I can't see that there's much to be gained by defrosting mince in the microwave: it doesn't save much time on cooking from frozen. Usually I buy it free flow, but if there are trays reduced I just divide into useable sized portions and scrape the layers off as they cook IYSWIM.

chicken: you can roast small portions from frozen, and you can boil them for 20 mins from frozen too. they are tricky to defrost in the microwave without part cooking, and again I don't think it saves any time!

but I'm usually slow cooking that kind of thing, so I prepare veg the night before, lob it all into pot with frozen meat on top, give it all a good stir in the morning and switch on.

zippychick

Frugal_Dreamer wrote: »

I was wondering if their was a thread that dealt with Old Style money saving alternatives..it would be good to have these collected in one place?


For example, Old Style alternatives for:

• cleaning products
• baby products
• hair products
• entertainment
• etc etc etc

and old style/thifty uses for

• old baking pans
• old chocolate tins
• old coat hanger
• etc etc etc

the list is endless...

Actually could split this into 2 threads

1 people requesting an alternative to something e.g. washing powder
2 people requesting a use for an old item e.g. old coat hangers


suspect this has been covered in many threads already though...just a thought

ive merged this with quick questions for you

if you visit this thread on the indexed collections, you will see heaps of information waiting to be read

really on old style the search function is your best friend - this thread will teach you how to use the search function - it taught me all i know

Most of the time it's a matter of typing in different key words to search for

Some links to help you start off

save zillions on cleaning products

having a baby old style

cutting your own hair, tips please

hair conditioner

hobbies/crafts moneysaving

uses for empty sweet tins ( i couldnt remember the title of the thread so looked up various before trying sweets )

coat hangers

hope this helps
If i can help with the search function just ask Once youi get the hang of it there will be no stopping you :j

Zip

Ladyhawk

Hi Everyone,

I am having a real brain block at the moment.

I have a friend coming round in about 4 hours and I want to give her a home made something to say thank you for doing a favour for me.

I have 3 eggs and no butter/ marge or milk but should have more or less everything else to make cakes, biscuits or sweets.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!!