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

hazzie123

Can I freeze uncooked hm pizza bases? Do I have to defrost them before i cook them???

zippychick

hazzie123 wrote: »

Can I freeze uncooked hm pizza bases? Do I have to defrost them before i cook them???

i froze home made nan bread, and (drunkenly) made pizza from frozen. Was delicious. Did it sober too just to check it wasnt my drunken tastes thinking it was nice! just cook a few mins more . I drizzled olive oil on completed pizza before puitting in oven, not sure if that makes a huge amount of difference though

Sian_the_Green

hazzie123 wrote: »

Can I freeze uncooked hm pizza bases? Do I have to defrost them before i cook them???

I made pizza bases yesterday from a friend's recipe and she says to roll the bases out, put onto oiled tin foil (apparently this is very important) and freeze with greaseproof imbetween each layer. She then cooks them on the hottest oven setting possible from frozen for about 15 minutes. I would have thought this would work better for thin bases

scottiedog

Can anyone help - I am going to make hand made bread tonight. I have a tin that measures 6cm deep x 21cm long. Can anyone tell me if this is a 1lb or 2lb tin (the mixture makes 1x2lb or 2x1lb loaves)

zippychick

scottiedog wrote: »

Can anyone help - I am going to make hand made bread tonight. I have a tin that measures 6cm deep x 21cm long. Can anyone tell me if this is a 1lb or 2lb tin (the mixture makes 1x2lb or 2x1lb loaves)

Wasnt entirely sure myself but this link suggests it would be a 2 lb tin going by the rough measurements (section at the bottom, third one up.

freakyogre

I have a couple of questions, I hope that's ok.

How long does banana bread/cake keep for? I made one last night (not realising how much it was going to make) so have far too much. I plan to ice it today whether that makes any difference.

Also, whenever I do the washing up and don't dry mugs/glasses afterwards (leave them until later on the morning) they smell really musty inside so I have to wash them again. Does anyone know why this might happen?

Thanks for any help!

SunnyGirl

freakyogre wrote: »

I have a couple of questions, I hope that's ok.

How long does banana bread/cake keep for? I made one last night (not realising how much it was going to make) so have far too much. I plan to ice it today whether that makes any difference.

Also, whenever I do the washing up and don't dry mugs/glasses afterwards (leave them until later on the morning) they smell really musty inside so I have to wash them again. Does anyone know why this might happen?

Thanks for any help!

Hi :hello: I think banana bread will keep for a couple of days. Can you freeze what you don't want to use straight away? Then you can defrost and ice another day for a non time consuming bit of home baking

Not sure about the glasses/mugs. Is the draining board underneath clean with nothing spilled on it? Or try rinsing the glasses etc out under a tap before storing them on it? HTH

Olliebeak

freakyogre wrote: »

......whenever I do the washing up and don't dry mugs/glasses afterwards (leave them until later on the morning) they smell really musty inside so I have to wash them again. Does anyone know why this might happen?

Thanks for any help!

Do you dry them on a dish drainer? I got a shock one day when I looked underneath mine :eek: - didn't realise quite how much dirty slime had gathered there - still shudders at the thought! So bad, I actually chucked it out and bought a new one!! I now make sure that I give it a damn good clean everyday with the occasional soak in bleach after bleaching dish cloths.

Good luck!



Has anybody noticed how lots of draining boards these days don't actually drain very well ? The grooves in mine are so shallow that the water doesn't actually move towards the sink - it just sits there with the dish drainer actually in the water. No wonder it got stinky/slimey .

SunnyGirl

Olliebeak wrote: »

Has anybody noticed how lots of draining boards these days don't actually drain very well ? The grooves in mine are so shallow that the water doesn't actually move towards the sink - it just sits there with the dish drainer actually in the water. No wonder it got stinky/slimey .

I've noticed this too Ollie. I bleach it down once a day and dry it after every use to try to stop it. I find the cutlery bit on the drainer gets most disgusting :eek: & needs a toothbrush once a week at least!

Olliebeak

SunnyGirl wrote: »

........ I find the cutlery bit on the drainer gets most disgusting :eek: & needs a toothbrush once a week at least!

yup - didn't think of the 'toothbrush trick' - good one, SunnyGirl :T!