Weezl's phase 1- recipe testing and frugalisation- come one, come all!

kezlou

Thanks for that weezl i don't feel so silly now
My little one just shouted right where's the nuts?! I want some pumpkin butter now!!!!!!!!!!! guess where were going when my eldest come in.

He's a mad one he loves pumpkin seed bread so he should love this!

My little is now shouting for cheese balls ! my list is growing by the second. They look lovely, think we might have to have some of them tonight.

artybear

I dont know:o-you sounded much younger and funer (thats not a word is it) than I thought. But then I thought sian sounded young so maybe I just have lots of old voices in my head lol! :rotfl:

This is fun-iv heard two frugal fellows in the last 12 hours:D

8 out of 10 and eating 12 sounds like a positive report!:T

weezl74

artybear wrote: »

What do they taste like Weezl

they have a crunchy outside an a squidgy inside which has a melted cheesy mustardy taste and the oats and rice have absorbed the tastes and give it body and mouth feel. We think they are lush!:D

SusanC_2

weezl74 wrote: »

I think it must be that, or maybe to make people think it is a lower calorie or fat equivalent?

gentle nudge re: baked porridge

Baked Porridge


½ cup (4oz) butter/lard
¼ cup (3oz) honey
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp cinnamon
Pinch salt
1 ¼ cups (10floz) buttermilk
3 cups oats
½ cup raisins
2 eggs
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]Mix together butter/lard, honey, vanilla, cinnamon, salt, buttermilk and oats.
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]Add raisins on top then cover and leave overnight.
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]In the morning mix in eggs and bicarbonate of soda.
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]Put in baking dish and bake at 350°F/GM4 for around 45 minutes until set in middle.

It's my own recipe adapted from a recipe I got from elsewhere. I do know of someone who does a similar recipe but soaks in water/whey rather than buttermilk but I haven't tried it myself. I think the original recipe had vegetable oil, sugar and milk in it and a lot more sugar than I use honey (and didn't involve soaking overnight).

weezl74 wrote: »

ps Susan, I don't know if you will have any space over the next few days, but as Lesley and I chatted last night there was a task that seemed very suited to your skills of being systematic, methodical and not perurbed by spreadsheets! I'm hazarding a guess that it's max of an hour and is pretty stop and startable at a moment's notice, if that helps please feel free to say no/ignore

Unfortunately we're going away tomorrow afternoon until Sunday evening so unless it can wait till Monday I'll have to say no (but yes if Monday would be okay).

weezl74 wrote: »

and on a different matter, poohbear/grandma247 or anyone who makes chicken stock, I used approx 2 tbsps vinegar to get more goodness out of the carcass of a chook, and it's been all night in the slo cooker.

Now what?

I strain it, put it in jars and then in the fridge once cooled. (Or sometimes in tubs in the freezer.) Currently I have a little bit of a stash so the last lot I strained, reduced to 1/4 on the hob and then froze in cubes.

weezl74 wrote: »

well the following linkie will answer 2 questions

what weezl sounds like (and her hands look like!) and how to fry the new lovely savoury snack for bob and shirl, cheese balls!

You don't sound like what I expected because I always expect everyone to sound like me. (Everyone always looks like me in my head too.)

shanks77

Im with Arty not what i thought in my head. You do sound very posh and well educated. They look lovely do we find recipe in the usual place?

weezl74

shanks77 wrote: »

Im with Arty not what i thought in my head. You do sound very posh and well educated. They look lovely do we find recipe in the usual place?

it will be in a bit, I'll let you know when I've sorted the photo

awww you have to still be my friends even with my posh voice :D

Allegra

:mad: I'm at work, no sound on the PC :mad:

The cheese balls look lovely though :j

shanks77

Sian_the_Green wrote: »

Are we all going to wear red carnations or something? lol, might make me sneeze.

Nah we will be instantly recognisable as we will all be carrying our HM food items for our picnic tutting at people when they BUY things :rotfl:

hornetgirl

I thought you'd sound Welsh, even though ISOM said you don't - on the grounds that as she lives in Wales too she'd be used to the accent and not notice it!

artybear

Nah we will be instantly recognisable as we will all be carrying our HM food items for our picnic tutting at people when they BUY things :rotfl:[/QUOTE]

OMG I do that:o-I've just realised I have turned into my mother!!!!!! When did that happen???????:eek::eek::eek::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: