New, New Thirfty Gifty for Christmas and All Ocassions 2011..Santas Challenge...

elysia2003

Fedup I made the seville marmalade too (from Lakeland). I made two of the big cans, so I added a big (massive) glug of whisky to the second. I absolutley detest whisky, it's like sucking a plank of wood (how would I know that????) but anyway, I digress, the whisky one is much, much nicer than the plain. It gives it a mellow taste rather than the sharp (sucking on lemons) taste. Don't bother with fancy recipes - just pour some in. I have another can here ready for when my lot has been used up

Hiya LittleKel and Saver Natalie - you are very welcome to join the thread, pull up your chair and make yourself comfy. There is a sister thread to this about making money to pay for the presents, if your interested.

JulieJim - that's so kind. Bless your cotton socks.

Esmer - you enjoy your night out, you deserve it. Been ages since I had a girly night out, we'll all have to have a 'vitual' one, one of evenings. LOL

Everyone who bought bargains today (oh Rufus it was you, and someone else who I can't remember LOL) Well done. I LOVE LOVE LOVE a good bargain.

My candy grabber came today off IWOOT. Cost £3.49 free p+p, and it would have cost much more than that to send it. Oh happy days.

Off topic:

Ahhhh you never guess what I did today! I had a gift card for Christmas with £10 on, I had a gift card from before Christmas with £5 on, one with a refund on from my iron yesterday, and an odd one. I reserved a coffee machine in Argos, and paid with each gift card one at a time. I had more than enough but I wanted to use up the smaller denomination cards first so I didn't have lots of vouchers and lose them iyswim. Then SA (a Man) totalled it up and said that's £7.01 you have so and so left to pay. I hit the roof, one has forty pounds on, one definately had £10 on ( and I had the receipt to prove it), One have a fiver on, and was not sure about the last. He insisted i had thirty odd pound to pay!!!

I called for the manager, and said I would have to take the £10 giftvoucher back to the store I purchased it (it was a present from OH family in Wales - I'm in Brum. Something wrong there. Then I said what about the forty pound on the one card that was empty!!! I was doing a mum2one in the shop. LOL. :rotfl:

Then I looked in my purse. :eek: I must have had 5 giftcards all with bits on, and not 4 like I thought. I made an excuse that DD was waiting in another shop and go out of there fast. I've got to go back tomorrow now. I think I'll send OH. :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

fedupandskint

elysia2003 wrote: »

Fedup I made the seville marmalade too (from Lakeland). I made two of the big cans, so I added a big (massive) glug of whisky to the second. I absolutley detest whisky, it's like sucking a plank of wood (how would I know that????) but anyway, I digress, the whisky one is much, much nicer than the plain. It gives it a mellow taste rather than the sharp (sucking on lemons) taste. Don't bother with fancy recipes - just pour some in. I have another can here ready for when my lot has been used up

That's what I used for the end of this year as ran out and didn't make any from scratch in Jan. It turned out a more commercial colour than doing it all from scratch and the taste was a little more commercial soooooooooooooooooooooo I'm making some from fresh if I can find any to tide us over for the year then if I run out I'll use my other tin to tide over until the end of the year.

I prefer the more tawny looking colour of starting from scratch and I'll glug in about 150ml into the mix - just off to have a look in my river cottage book to see what I need to get in

Endless list making here - what cleaning products do I need to stock up on again and preserving things for the next couple of months as won't be a huge amount to make

However, as I live in the rhubarb triangle, I'm going to make use of the pink forced rhurbab when it appears here for a change, instead of ignoring it stupidly!

elysia2003

I realised after I posted that you wanted to make 'fresh'. Isn't it a lot of hard work though? I couldn't be bothered faffing.

fedupandskint

Too true, the slicing is a faff and another faffing faff faff - last time it took me ages but I'm going to give it another go. Only if I can find some sevilles as they tend to fly off the shelves so I need to keep a keen eye out!

fedupandskint

Found it in my trusty River Cottage book

Sliced method will make with just seviles, whole fruit method will add 50ml whisky - that bottle's going to last about another 5yrs then! Then also might have a go at 3 fruit marmalade (1kg made up of pink grapefruit, sweet oranges and lemons and use whole fruit method)

Then onto rhubarb jam and then rhubarb and ginger jam for later rhubarb. I feel like I'm turning into that character from the Vicar of Dibley again! Brown sauce and mint chocolate anyone!

junior_j

Hey

I am trying to tidy./clean/organize my room (having friends 9month old stay over night) At the moment it looks like a bombs hit then a rubbish truck dumped its rubbish there and then the local tip managed to throw some of there rubbish in there , get where this is going?

So far have managed to get one carrier bag of rubbish out and a few bits in the washing basket , lots left to do .. x

elysia2003

Come on JJ pull your finger out!

Fedup ooh please (when you have the time), could you post the recipes or do you think they would be on google? I don't want to inconveiniance (can never spell that) you too much.

bunbun2

elysia is there a free p&p code for IWOOT? I have £25 worth of vouchers for there and my two boys would love a candy grabber (they point them out everytime we are in Hawkins Bazaar!)

cookiedough38

I am with junior_j on the tidying, its never ending after christmas!

bunbun2

I keep looking round the house thinking I will tidy when they have all gone back to work/school next week. think I might have to do something before then though:eek: I will seriously be joining in with the challenges this year:D