The revenge of the stripey socks - a DFW adventure

troglodyte

I wanted to make these:
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/4026/boulangre-potatoes

There are lots of variations on this theme, whether you use all stock or mixed stock and milk, flavour the potatoes with rosemary or garlic, cook the chopped onion first or not, anything goes really as long as the potatoes are very finely sliced (I used one of those mandolin things) and there's some liquid in there.

It seems that a lot of dishes that you 'normally' cook inthe oven for an hour or two work well in the slow cooker, so thought I'd try it with these. Cooked for about 7 hours (my little cooker doesn't have any heat settings just 'on') then lifted out the crock pot and put it in the oven to brown the top while the Yorkies were cooking (you don't really need to do this though). Anyway it was a success - just like the 'real thing'!

Lemon_Tree

hi Fay, sounds like a busy week ahead. The idea of SORN'ing Darwin seems pretty good to me if it's gonna take a couple of months to get the body work done.
OH announced he wants us to go to London for long weekend next month, therefore heart dropped, but have set him looking at train details cos i think there's loads of work on the line and i may be able to shorten the trip if i'm lucky.
I had my first bad batch of yorkshire yesterday, still edible but just didn't rise so i think that's down to there not being enough heat cos of what else was in the oven so it's a lesson learnt.

angelflower_2

some guy at work made some spicy bean slow cooker affair for a pot luck lunch leaving do and I have asked him for recipie twice now....would it be stalking if I chased him down again? I want to batch cook some

I have offically run out of room in my freezer. I think i broke a bit of the drawer the other day shoving it closed. Problem is, I still keep buying food then batch cooking. Something wrong there huh? Maybe I should set myself a completely unrealistic budget per week for milk and bread and then only eat what I have in the house. I think its a fear I have of having nothing, like when we were kids and the cupboards used to literally be bare.....

All those roast dinners over the weekend sound SO lovely. Home made yorkies sound v hard to make, Auntie bessie cooks mine for me

Pippilongstocking

Lemontree - ooh London (been there um twice) - waves hello

Angel I want the recipe so stalk away and remember I set a budget just for milk, fruit, veg, bread and butter - it worked for us - might be worth giving a go

- Troglodyte thanks

DS secret Yorkie mix (works every time without fail)

1 cup plain flour
1 cup milk
2 eggs


Just mix - leave in fridge for a bit if you have time (1/2 hour) or not

Oven really really hot >210oc

Bun tray in oven with oil 10-20 mins til its smoky (or almost)

Pour mix into trays carefully - bake 15-20 mins

Amaze your friends and relatives with amazing puffy yorkies

Lemon_Tree

a similar receipe to mine Fay.

I've come up with a cunning plan to get debt free. I'm going to become an artist! (said in the arty farty way of course lovies!)
When taking a look at the tosh which wins the Turner Prize each year i feel that copying out my budget at any one time on a very big piece of paper would certainly be upto matching the competition! My budget is a work of art in and off itself! My handwriting is quite neat and i have also been known to use red and green ink as well as black ink. I am sure this is the answers to my prayers!

If only it would solve the problem of my needing to work until i'm 69 before i can leave work - seems criminal to me, ok their are people of that age who are 'young' in health and heart but there's a lot who aren't.

London in an of itself isnt' terrible it's what it involves when we're down there that is putting me off.

Pippilongstocking

Lemon tree I'd give you the turner prize and you said it was the oven not the recipe that was not being friendly


I think your budgets sound like they are indeed a work of art..................

Lemon_Tree

they are certainly a work of art, i am very practiced at making numbers look beautiful and unrealistic and accounts look blemish free - maybe i should work for a beauty magazine whilst i'm creating my Turner work of art. Multitasking and earning more wages which has to be good!

Pippilongstocking

This week I have to: (thanks urg for the idea)
[STRIKE]Sort out a meeting with my aberdeen supervisor[/STRIKE] and agree a timescale for writing
Finalise field data into the computer organise it and do some analysis
Start using refworks properly
Locate all of my files on old laptop and organise them, move the ones accross I need and burn the others onto a disk - clear laptop, reformat and give to DD for use for homework etc
Arrange for chookie feeding
See if I can get doggi number 1 (Heather - insane collie) to be dog sat whilst I am sooth
Tidy up greenhouse, convervatory before I go
[STRIKE]Do a mower pass for leaf picking up over whole garden[/STRIKE]
Write the lesson for Thursday night (herbs already written, lettuce and salad crops to write and do a hand out)
[STRIKE]Book ferry and get appropriate discounts[/STRIKE]:mad:
Book MOT for car at OH garage south
Work a timetable of work with supervisors (WED!!) that might allow me to have longer south with OH if I can (laptop and I can work anywhere)
List for the storecupboard[STRIKE]
Chase up viking direct for the discount they promised re price match for laptop[/STRIKE] chased up still awaiting payment:rolleyes:
[STRIKE]Tax or not to tax darwin need to decide[/STRIKE]
Iphone to update before I go
Find out about updating my phone
[STRIKE]Get OH to text/email his brothers GF about his brothers 30th pressie[/STRIKE]
Sort out shopping bags and set a sensible budget for shopping

Ok so still lots to do - oddly OH put in half the road tax and said - Darwins for fun as well as an investment - get him taxed - that's that one then eh? Spoke to bodywork garage any of hte wee bits I want do can be done here and there so they reckon he won't be off the road except for a couple days here and there:D - OH offering mucho campervan interior and exterior work for xmas pressie - will think about that one

So sorry for going on about it yesterday - despite having decided it was sensible to take him off the road - the gods intervened

Karmacat

Well, he's your partner, not us - thats okay! And the list is happening ...... you just need to keep going. I haven't done my list for today yet, going to do that with brekkie. See you later
xx

Pippilongstocking

Morning KC - chased up viking direct on a price match thing they promised and they put in the bank today - they offered to price match when I found my laptop cheaper (although I didn't ask)..................:)

Goodluck with your list

Just updated the AF challenge - phew - keeping track of people and how much they saved each day (and givng out gold stars!!) is really hard!!

*fay bows to anyone who keeps any scores ever of ANYTHING*

Pah stupid girls who don't book boats early (normal sailing is full unless we don't take a car......which is OK cos we could do that and take the train (:)) BUT means no bikes, no peedies and NO shopping!!!!

Scurries off to curse and think alot