Have to make this last as long as possible...

CCP

Thanks, Zippy - that sounds fabulous - I think I'll treat myself when I get back from holiday!

Having seen the recipe, I will clarify my earlier comment about making pastry - I was talking about making hm shortcrust pastry, which is definitely cheaper and tastier than buying it. I've never tried making my own puff pastry although I keep saying I'm going to - I will get round to it one of these days, honest!

Oh, and my email says that Lou has responded to this thread since your last post, too - maybe the mail server on this site's getting itself confused?

zippychick

It is a treat (or feels like it to me anyway). Not sure how cheap leeks are at this precise moment so that obviously affects the price!

yes well, i get the kinds of pastry confused - which is for what etc. Must learn that! :j

Are you off anywhere nice?

Wonder how Lou got on with those strawbs

princess_lou

Hi girls, comp is right.. i did reply, i dnt know wot happened? this happened earlier, i replied to zippychick( re coronation chicken.. nt sure it would wrk) and it said i was last to post, cept didnt show my msg 4 ages..
R u off anywhere nice ccp?
The strawberries were delicious- me and ds had fun making them:D

zippychick

how strange! Just keep an eye on it, and if it happens again we can let Pink or PP know

Glad you had fun with the strawbs, nice and messy and fun!

By the way, cheese and onion toasties are also nice - if you run out of beans. Just hide the cheese from naughty hubby!:rotfl:

princess_lou

yes.. will be keeping an ;)eye on the fridge.. i will prob leave the beans out of the toasties then.. as could give baby a warm lunch wiv them,if any leftover
was curious, does any of u have a 'story' on the getting to know u thread? would luv to check it out:p

zippychick

egg toasties are also nice (crack the egg in put the bread on top and it cooks, tryst me, it doesnt run everywhere! )

Also nutella and banana? You can do so much with a toastie machine!

Gosh i cant remember if i did that, ill search that thread and look (and cringe if i see my description of myself!)

I do have a pic up elsewhere on MSE so ill stick one up here until you see it !





Nope i never did one!

Basically, this time last year i was serously overdrawn living outside my means. I was 1200 in the red, and needed to fix it. I had become hookd on reading the OS section but something made me register one day - cant think what.
Been hooked since then - this time last year i wouldnt have ever really baked, or attempted making bread or hald the stuff i do. I would have binned heaps of stuff, let it go out of date, and generally bought into consumerism (didnt know any better?)

I paid my overdraft off end of feb this year, largely due to this site

I would have thought nothing about going to the convenience shop round the corner for the majority of my shopping and spending 30 in one go. Now if im treating myself to a m& s dinner, i spend ages running around comparing prices of chips per 100g, refusing to buy the crinkled chips - why should they be more expensive if theyre cut a different shape? Silly things like that!

Now i can live on 50 in a month. Ive completely done an about turn in my view towards food and the whole thing, but was always a bit OS - recycling, reusing, revamping, etc - but hadnt realised.

Im 31 this year, single, live on my own, and have a reputation of being a very good cook amongst friends and family (shock! )

CCP

princess_lou wrote: »

R u off anywhere nice ccp?

I'm heading over to the Isle of Wight for a few days - not exactly a far-flung holiday from Portsmouth but at least it's a holiday of a kind! My parents live over there so I'll tie it in with a quick visit to see them - apparently my dad has been storing up jars of hm chutney for me so my bag will probably be quite heavy on the way back! :eek:

I did post on the 'getting to know you' thread when I first joined this forum but I can't seem to find my post now. I assume it must be there somewhere and I'm just not seeing it as my computer is so-o-o-o slow tonight!

zippychick

here it is CCP
Clicky

Chutney? Thats next on my list to try actually ! YUM!

CCP

Well found - thanks! With the speed my computer was going earlier I would have been here til midnight looking for it! :rolleyes:

princess_lou

Thanku- i luv getting to know new people.. well done on paying all ur debts off Zippy. Hope u have a lovely time in Isle of White CCP, its such a lovely place.:j

Ok, I discovered MSE, and was just having a nose 4 a few months.. I decided to join because i found out we were over 5grand in debt:eek::eek: This site has helped me sort out finances, & saved my relationship:T
I live in Surrey with my partner, ds who is 7yrs & ds who is now 10mnths..
We've been through an aweful 2yrs and i finally feel as though im starting to , come out the other side, i wont bore u wiv the storys unless ur interested-there loooong!!!- but as silly as it sounds, most the help was frm this site. x x