MSE Parents Club Part 15

Evansangel

I've found a small cake tin on eBay that i will buy, i like the idea of after eights and the snowman soup.

Im not sure they like coffee, i will find out though Thank you.

When is the Ikea trip? Im thinking November would be a better time as December will be very busy.

aless02

I'm doing hampers as well, but you may not like my rather hardcore-ness.

Homemade apple chutney, HM blackberry & apple jam, HM spicy onion relish, HM apple curd. Possibly some sweetcorn relish, too, if I feel there's not enough. Plus am going to do 1 or 2 flavors of fudge and peanut praline pieces. I got some big Kilner jars in ASDA (3 for £2!) and might do the idea Sami linked to - Chocolate Cookies in a Jar (not sure on this one...might do something else, but similar line of thinking).

If you don't want to hassle with buying/finding jam jars, just use old glass jars. Wash them, remove labels. To sterilise, stick the lot in a 100 C oven for 5-10 min. Fill jars with hot mixture, put lid on. Presto! You've made homemade preserves.

I've heard that making marmalade from tinned Marmade is dead easy and a good starting place for beginners. (I think you find it in the tinned fruit section)

I should note that before last month, I had never made jam, chutney or ANY sort of preserves in my life !! The apple chutney DH and I made together on Tuesday - SO EASY. You just chuck everything in a pot and cook for a while.

cazscoob

theres a 6litre slow cooker in argos for £14.99 its on the grabbit board and is an amazing price! ipaid that for a small one so have reserved a large one now

got-it-spend-it

aless02 wrote: »

I'm doing hampers as well, but you may not like my rather hardcore-ness.

Homemade apple chutney, HM blackberry & apple jam, HM spicy onion relish, HM apple curd. Possibly some sweetcorn relish, too, if I feel there's not enough. Plus am going to do 1 or 2 flavors of fudge and peanut praline pieces. I got some big Kilner jars in ASDA (3 for £2!) and might do the idea Sami linked to - Chocolate Cookies in a Jar (not sure on this one...might do something else, but similar line of thinking).

If you don't want to hassle with buying/finding jam jars, just use old glass jars. Wash them, remove labels. To sterilise, stick the lot in a 100 C oven for 5-10 min. Fill jars with hot mixture, put lid on. Presto! You've made homemade preserves.

I've heard that making marmalade from tinned Marmade is dead easy and a good starting place for beginners. (I think you find it in the tinned fruit section)

I should note that before last month, I had never made jam, chutney or ANY sort of preserves in my life !! The apple chutney DH and I made together on Tuesday - SO EASY. You just chuck everything in a pot and cook for a while.

This is like me! I'd never made any preserves or anything until this year, but it is so easy. I still want to do apple chutney and caramelised onion chutney for presents.

I'm also going to do gingerbread biscuits and biscotti to go in my hampers this year.


For anyone who is still following my personal life saga (I'm losing the will to live myself, so if you aren't, I don't blame you) then I was right, and DH just came home and admitted they kissed at her house yesterday. What a !!!!!! :mad: but actually I feel better that I wasn't going out of my mind. Not sure what to do, except I have banned him from the works Christmas do and seeing her socially . Gah.....(no sympathetic messages needed, I am fine though).

Evansangel

GISI, :mad: what a !!!!!! indeed.

Dont feel embarrased about banning him from seeing her socially, i would of done worse

r.mac_2

EA - a preserving pot is just a laarge pan used for jam making, My mum calls her pot a jam pan Specifically designed ones have slightly sloping sides and has a thick bottom, but don't buy one unless you use it all the time - any large pan will do :money:

SugarSpun

:mad: GISI. Did you pee on his toothbrush?

I am also :mad: because my work's personnel department have decided that they will not support my parental leave, which leaves us €2000/month worse off. I need to sort something out tomorrow, because they have been sitting on this knowledge for seven weeks and done nothing about it before telling me today. I have to be :mad: because if I am not :mad: I will cry my heart out.

Fritha_2

There's only seven minutes until I get re-toddlered (she's at Grandma's, blissful peace!) so I'll make it snappy, November Warrington Sling Meets!

r.mac_2

oh GISI no idea what to say except I'm sorry

CAFCGirl

GISI - all i can say is he is an absolute !!!!!!! And im really mad on your behalf... just what goes through is mind...pillock!

Have yourself some uber chocolate/wine/whatever you desire....

absolute pillock *wanders off mumbling to self*