OS Daily Mon 13th Oct 08

redruby

Pippa.S wrote: »

have thought porridge could taste so good.

redruby how did it go with your friend?


Anne
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My Friend ?

thriftlady_2

betheebee wrote: »

I have loads of quince in my garden, do you have anymore recipes, we are not jam eaters

Betheebee
My quince tree has been pretty pathetic this year, you are lucky. First of all they do store well as long as you check them for signs of rot.

The best way to prepare them for use is to peel and core them and stew them with sugar- quite a lot of sugar as they are not sweet. Then freeze in small portions as is or puree and freeze. You can then add the stewed quince to any apple dessert or eat plain with natural yogurt or cream.

Be warned quinces are rock hard and it is quite a job to peel and core them, but the effort is worth it for their delicious and unique taste.

Another really good thing to do with them is to make quince vodka. that's what I'll be doing with my paltry few this year. It'll be ready for Christmas.

They are also good with lamb especially in Middle Eastern style stews.HTH:)



Thanks to for the washing advice earlier Troo and Mummysaver (was it? -can't remember:o I'm sure I pressed your thanks button). Repair man is coming on Wednesday.

I didn't get my chicken stock made today, but the chicken pilaff was yummy and I made a batch of chicken liver pate which is double-yummy -the kids quite like this which is good as they won't eat liver any other way.

That lavendar ice cream sounds very Nigella M.E

Pippa.S

redruby wrote: »

My Friend ?

OOOPS sorry
It was mummysaver who was going to see her friend.

I did say the other day my memory keeps going walk-about :rotfl: :rotfl:

Anne
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OrkneyStar

burnt butter biscuits

Mmmmm these sound lovely- how do I make these AussieLass ? (You can pm me or post on tomorrows thread).
Not much else to say today, got a few bargains in Tesco's (and got to go without DS as daddy home this week ).
I hope noone gets too upset over the discussion thread- change happens and it is hard to please everyone! Obviously the Daily means different things to different people :rolleyes:. I enjoy reading some of the posts but don't post that much due to time/life constraints.
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mummysaver

Pippa.S wrote: »

OOOPS sorry
It was mummysaver who was going to see her friend.

I did say the other day my memory keeps going walk-about :rotfl: :rotfl:

Anne
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Thanks for asking, think things are on the way to being sorted out. Hopefully we'll thrash the rest out tomorrow. It's difficult when you fall out about something over a misunderstanding rather than anything really important, but of course as my friend believes it is important then it takes on some significance! I hate falling out and go to huge lengths to avoid it!

Just been helping dd2 get her "cookery" stuff ready for tomorrow, she is making a chilli pasta dish, sounded good but they aren't allowed to take any chilli in case anyone gets it in their eyes, and they aren't taking pasta as there isn't time to cook it! Looks like she'll be bringing home a tomato sauce lol! Is it any wonder that so many people can't cook!

Suesy_Sue

Evening All,

Don't post as much as I used to cause I don't get chance to do much OS during the week, I live for weekends, yesterday I made bread rolls for lunches this week, fairy cakes for DS pack ups and a loaf of bread for the homemade soup from the freezer that was dinner tonight.

I have posted on the other thread about how wonderful I think this thread is and how it keeps me sane, I like reading about what other people are up to as I don't have an OS life myself!!! I would love to be a SAHM but as the only wage earner it would be pretty difficult!

ME - well done on your bargains, what shop did you get them from?
Mummysaver I totally agree that schools need to start doing 'proper' cookery lessons again, maybe it would put an end to all the obesity.
I also think that a recession will help, once people have less disposable income they are going to start being inventive with what and how they cook - true OS. Anyway time to get off my soap box :rotfl:
Hugs to those in need.

Suesy Sue xx

VickyA_2

Evening everyone :hello:

Not been the most OS of days, I'm afraid. However, we did have a New Covent Garden Soup for supper - yellow stickered at 20p! I doubt that we could even make it from scratch for that. There are a few more yellow stickered soups in the freezer, to keep us going.

I'm also trying to resuscitate (sp?) the bay tree that my mum gave us for our wedding. I'll have to head over to the green fingered thread for inspiration. The leaves are quite a pale green, as opposed to the dark green of its sister plant. The taragon that is in the same area (potted) seems to be doing ok though. Unfortunately, that's the limit of our self-sufficiency.

The kitchen looks a tip and a pile of maths books (albeit from my class of Year 2s) needs marking.

Bye for now :wave:

moanymoany

thriftlady wrote: »

I didn't get my chicken stock made today, but the chicken pilaff was yummy and I made a batch of chicken liver pate which is double-yummy -the kids quite like this which is good as they won't eat liver any other way.

That lavendar ice cream sounds very Nigella M.E

I remember the liver dish you made when on the wartime project - you said the thriftlets ate it - but weren't too keen!

Nella Last, in the book Nella Last's Peace, made potted meat with the meat from a sheep's head. I've only once seen sheep's heads and that was in Spain - in that fantastic market in Malaga.

Mountain_Ash

Hi,

Having read the 'other' thread, I have registered and am delurking to beg you all not to change. I love the Daily - it reminds me of my childhood when the majority of Mums at our end of the road were SAHMs who baked and sewed their own clothes. The Daily feels warm and cosy and like a real community. I read it every night when I can, and catch up on previous threads when I've had to miss them.

I'm not very OS - I lack the time and the inclination. However, this thread has inspired me to bake for the first time in nearly 9 years. I baked Twink's hobnobs and fairy cakes, and made chocolate crispies to take into work for my birthday! I will confess to having done a trial run of the hobnobs, and my family loved them. My BIL even said that they were better than flapjack, and I certainly didn't expect any compliments there - he is a great teaser! Work liked them too, so the mixing bowl will come out again for Mum's Halloween party.

I think that you are all fantastic, so please don't change!

twink

welcome mountain ash and glad the hobnobs were a hit

am on holiday now for two weeks so have cleaned all the kitchen cupboards, pruned the bushes in the front garden and took pixies cat home from the vets after he was neutered, bit upset there as a couple were in to put their old dog down and they were in tears, what a miss for them

still have the cooking apples to freeze but fancy making the fat free mincemeat recipe i saw on os, it uses grated apples

welcome to the newbies i have missed and hugs to all xx