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

weezl74

Sian_the_Green wrote: »

And stay away from Gooseberry bushes you, might be tempting fate! :eek::eek::eek:

well it's been 2 whole weeks sian, about time I started thinking again.....

:rotfl:

weezl74

boredofbeingathome wrote: »

You and ISOM sound quite alike to my Northern ear Pretty good explanation i thought- Thank you.

ello other Bob! I've missed ya! Have you been busy at scrabble? xx

weezl74

ok batch cooking wise, let's make 1 batch carrot cake on monday, 1-2 batches depending on family size (PB and Frankie, you may need to make 2!) HM Bread, 1 batch of apple curd, an onion tart, and a batch of tomato oaty biscuits

I'm going to go through all the recipes in the usual place updating where I've had to make weeeny changes to quantities to best use our ingredients.

If I set myself the mental deadline of sunday lunchtime for that, will that be ok for a monday batch cook day?

FrankieM

weezl I've ordered it with the full knowledge that I may need to pick some extra stuff or maybe even take a few picks back.
It works better for me to have everything in ready for batch/bulk cooking on Monday.

FrankieM

weezl That all sounds fine to me. Will we be getting a full menu before then?

artybear

If I get my order to come on wednesday morning 10-12 slot, will I have enough time to batch cook everything by about 4ish?

Its not massively neccessary that it gets done by then put just trying to plan my day.

XXXXXXX

ceridwen

weezl74 wrote: »

we were getting a kilo for £4.95.

it's nearly a price match, and may require less as it's seriously strong rather than just mature...

what do people think? xx It's just a 5p difference to budget, if you don't count the leftover quid's worth against me!

Right at this moment - well yesterday anyway - it was possible to buy Sainsb*rys Organic British Farmhouse Mature Cheddar for £4 summat per kilogramme - by buying a large size packet and then taking the free packet that came with it (2 for the price of 1). I was going to buy just one small packet of the cheese - till I saw that and realised it was a lot cheaper per kilogramme - so decided to do that and put the rest in the freezer (so depends on whether people wish to think "Shirley may not be able to 'speculate to accumulate' like that - or just take the price saving and get better quality cheese - ie the organic).

weezl74

hiya, will catch up with those questions in just a mo, but first up, Lesley before we chat at 7ish I've sent a new updated spreadsheet, with 2 requests of different maths written on row 74, in red, if you could ping it back with those done before we chat that would be super helpful

If it means we talk a wee bit later that's no probs with me

weezl74

nopot2pin wrote: »

Pasta Alfredo…………………………Pasta Alfredo survey results

Pasta amaticiana…………………….. Pasta amaticiana survey results

Lunchtime Pate………………………..Lunchtime Pate survey results

Pumpkin Seed Butter…………………Pumpkin Seed Butter survey results

Tangy Bean Pate ……………………...Tangy Bean Pate survey results



Ok....
Thats the last of the surveys done for the first month
If anyone can see anything I have missed for the first month, then please let me know, and I will sort it Thanks
I will paste this lot into the survey post

With regard to the other recipes....
I am not sure if there are still surveys required for these or not ??
I can crack on and do them, if so... but if they are not required, then I will leave it
What is the thoughts of Weezl on this ??:D

I am going to have a bit of a play about with yeast later, and see what/how the cultures/starters work and sleep .
I will let you know, but if I remember correctly, I think these things do take a few days to know, if you know what I mean.

brill brill brill work on the surveys Potty:beer::beer::T:T:T

yes please on the yeast research will await eagerly :D:D:D

potty let's pause on further surveys til I've been more decisive on planners 2 and 3 cos I'm aware you've done ones I may not be able to incorporate and I'm loathe to waste your time And you can have a week or 2 off-did you get my pm with email for survey sharing?

FrankieM wrote: »

weezl That all sounds fine to me. Will we be getting a full menu before then?

I very much hope so frankie I'll build it week by week starting at tuesday 6th and then hopefully we'll always be a week ahead of ourselves even if real life makes it tricksome for me to get the whole thing to you

artybear wrote: »

If I get my order to come on wednesday morning 10-12 slot, will I have enough time to batch cook everything by about 4ish?

Its not massively neccessary that it gets done by then put just trying to plan my day.

XXXXXXX

Hmmmn that could be tricky arty. I'd say prioritise the bread and I'll try to make wednesday's tea really simple. if they come at 10 it's sounding good but 12 might be a bit tight!:eek:;)

nopot2pin

weezl74 wrote: »

brill brill brill work on the surveys Potty:beer::beer::T:T:T

yes please on the yeast research will await eagerly :D:D:D

potty let's pause on further surveys til I've been more decisive on planners 2 and 3 cos I'm aware you've done ones I may not be able to incorporate and I'm loathe to waste your time And you can have a week or 2 off-did you get my pm with email for survey sharing?

Shucks
Thanks.... I just hope that the surveys are of some use.

I thought that you may want to pause with them for a bit, hence the question

I didn't get your PM , but put it down to cheese rind brain
Send away, and I will sort it out


Ok, now for the bread/yeast stuff, that I have done so far..
Actually, I will do it on another post, cause, I have pictures