It is tough NOW. So how are we coping

rosieben

D&DD wrote: »

*twilight zone music*
Cor Rosie are you psychic??
I was just logging on to say yes please :rotfl: and go on...guess...yes I have malt extract :rolleyes:
Thankyou so much for the recipes they will be extremely handy this year!
XX

D&DD, you are a wonder to me!! What do you use malt extract in? (I mean apart from my christmas pudding recipe )

The only malt extract I ever saw was in big jars labelled 'Cod Liver Oil and Malt' or Virol, and my mum used to force feed us a BIG spoonfull each every friday night, eugh! one of my sisters used to queue up for a second spoonful _pale_ so I suppose I would put malt extract under the label 'vaguely medicinal' :rotfl:

D&DD

rosieben wrote: »

D&DD, you are a wonder to me!! What do you use malt extract in? (I mean apart from my christmas pudding recipe )

The only malt extract I ever saw was in big jars labelled 'Cod Liver Oil and Malt' or Virol, and my mum used to force feed us a BIG spoonfull each every friday night, eugh! one of my sisters used to queue up for a second spoonful _pale_ so I suppose I would put malt extract under the label 'vaguely medicinal' :rotfl:

ooh yes mine used to do that too :rotfl: supposed to build me up :rolleyes: never worked tho!!
I use it in an old recipe for malt loaf hang on will find it...

Malt Loaf
3oz malt extract
2 oz soft brown sugar
1 oz butter
8 oz wholemeal flour
2 tspns baking powder
1/4 tspn salt
1/4 pint milk
1 oz currants
1 oz sultanas
1 oz mixed peel ** I just use 3 oz of sultanas instead of all these 3 **

Put malt extract,sugar and butter into a pan and heat gently til butter has melted.Cool to lukewarm.
Mix flour and b.powder and salt in a bowl and pour in malt liquid.
Beat well and add milk and fruit.
Put into a well greased 1lb loaf tin.(I usually line as its rather sticky and my tins are knackered)
Bake at 160c,325f,gas mark 3 for 1 1/2 hrs.
Keep an eye on it though as it sometimes needs a bit of foil on top

Variations are:-

Malt date loaf
omit fruit and peel and sub with 4oz chopped dates

Malt orange loaf
omit currants and sultanas,increase peel to 3 oz and add 1 tspn grated orange rind

Malt walnut loaf
Sub fruit and peel for 3 oz chopped walnuts

Malt fruit and nut loaf
omit peel and sub with 2 oz chopped mixed nuts

Also
Malt Bread is nice
1 lb soft plain flour
1 tspn salt
6 oz sultanas
1/4 pint + 3 tblsns of warm water
1 pck easyblend yeast
1 tspn sugar
4 tblspns (4 oz) malt extract
1 tblspn black treacle
1 oz marg

warm together malt,treacle and marg then cool,
mix with the other ingredients,knead to a soft dough.
divide into 2 pces,flatten the roll up like a swiss roll to fit into 1lb loaf tins.
rise for an hour
bake on 400f,gm6 for 30 mins
brush tops with melted honey

rosieben

I'm just thinking, that I have lots of microwave recipes, mostly from the 70's and from the Home and Freezer Digest, the best magazine a tree ever gave its life for. :j

Does anyone think a thread of just microwave recipes would be useful?

I'll start the thread if need be (could use the Christmas pud recipes!) and I'll index it in the Complete Cookery Collection. I have a few threads there already but they are specific recipes.

cw18

I'd definitely be interested in microwave recipes -- can't remember the last time I used mine to microwave "cook" something (other than the odd ready meal heat up, or elder DS heating up a meal I've plated up for him, or the sachets of flavoured porridge, or warming up milk)

It does get used though fairly regularly though, 'cos it's a combi oven. If I need a convential oven for small quantities of something I always use my combi in preference to my main oven -- heats up much quicker, so I figure it has to use less power (they're both electric fan ovens, so I'm comparing like with like -- and the combi is actually the older oven by about 6 months ). And it's FAB for jacket potatoes -- much quicker than a convential oven, but the jacket is closer to one cooked in a convential oven than a microwaved one

D&DD

CW I use mine to start off jackets too
Rosie I'd love to see some ideas I use ours for
1/Wheatabix for DS2
2/Jacket spuds
3/defrosting when I [STRIKE]ALWAYS[/STRIKE]rarely forget to get dinner out
the freezer
4/reheating 'stuff'
5/Microwave meringues
6/scrambled and poached eggs

and thats about it..considering the space it takes up I'm sure I can put it to better use.

purpleivy

cw18 wrote: »

I'd definitely be interested in microwave recipes -- can't remember the last time I used mine to microwave "cook" something (other than the odd ready meal heat up, or elder DS heating up a meal I've plated up for him, or the sachets of flavoured porridge, or warming up milk)

It does get used though fairly regularly though, 'cos it's a combi oven. If I need a convential oven for small quantities of something I always use my combi in preference to my main oven -- heats up much quicker, so I figure it has to use less power (they're both electric fan ovens, so I'm comparing like with like -- and the combi is actually the older oven by about 6 months ). And it's FAB for jacket potatoes -- much quicker than a convential oven, but the jacket is closer to one cooked in a convential oven than a microwaved one

I tend to forget that I can use the combi for one smaller item, even though I use the combi feature for jackets and for wedges.

While we're on electicity....Mr Ivy and I were studying the gas/electric bill yesterday evening. It seems that we are £350+ CR on the gas :eek: so right now I'm waiting for their customer service to open so that I can try and get it put right. As dh said, why should we be loaning them that sort of money?

Valli

Use your microwave to poach fish in milk - yummy and SO fast...

D&DD

purpleivy wrote: »

As dh said, why should we be loaning them that sort of money?

Thats exactly what my Dad says Purple
You've just reminded me to ring Eon as we're about the same in credit woohoo!!:j

We had a bloke from Npower knock last night and he was sooo pushy,really annoyed me.Wouldn't take no for an answer that I knew what my rates were etc,ended up taking the laptop out and sticking it up his nose to show him my online bill :rotfl:

went on about how all my neighbours had switched so I just said "well more fool them! They are going to find you cheaper because they all have key meters.I pay mine DD and get discounts for doing so as well as having dual fuel etc."
All he kept harping on about was giving me £100 to switch and I kept saying but I get over that a year in discounts PLUS my Clubcard points and the rate is better
He looked a bit peeved when he left...

purpleivy

You'd have thought he would recognise when he was onto a loser and go and pester his next [STRIKE]victim[/STRIKE] potential customer.

D&DD

I think he was just thick Purple :rotfl:
He was just so shocked that I could turn down £100 just like that,even though I explained to him,£100 would have been nice but it would have cost me twice as much to have switched.

Then he tried to tell me they wouldn't charge for gas delivery..we have a charge on all our properties on the estate as Wimpey did a 'deal' with Transco to run the pipes from the pavement to our houses and it costs us £6.99 a month :mad:
It has been investigated and basically found to be lawful so we ALL have to pay it but oh noooo Npower say No we wouldn't...:rolleyes: ,how many people has he given the wrong info to?? I sat on the commitee that investigated it so I think I would know