Help me choose....

Butterfly_Brain

I love my slow cooker and breadmaker and have asked for a dehydrator

mummyjane

What sort of foods can you use in a dehydrator then? Sounds expensive to me :think: I was lucky enough to get a breadmaker on freecycle last week. It has been on every day since - we've never eaten so much bread

Pink.

Hi mummyjane,

This thread has lots of advice on using dehydrators and what food can be dried in them:

Food drying - Dehydrators (merged)

Pink

mummyjane

Ooh way over budget! Maybe something for the future though, until then will have to make do with the freezer. I do love lakeland I just struggle as I see so many things I think I need!

lapis_lazuli

mummyjane wrote: »

I would love something that helps me in my OS quest

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BLOW-BUTTER-CHURN-PATS-N30-/130494445440?pt=UK_Collectables_Kitchenalia_RL&hash=item1e62133780

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Acme-Wringer-Mangle-1950s-1960s-/330537275917?pt=UK_Collectables_Kitchenalia_RL&hash=item4cf58e920d

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Table-mounted-Hand-Mincer-/160554182810?pt=UK_HGKitchen_SmallApp_RL&hash=item2561c6689a

Total cost, excluding postage: 49 pounds and 95 pence. :A

rosie383

My favourite gifts lately ( well, first decent ones for years actually!) have been a bird feeding station for the garden, and a recipe folder that my sister bought me. I love them both.

mummyjane

Wow - they really are old school things!

I like the look of the old mincer though have never thought about making butter will have to read up on that, as for a mangle again, I have never even considered one of those - I am not ready to part with my automatic washing mashine just yet so will stick with that for now. That has really got me thinking though, thank you.

I would love a recipe folder/book! I have seen a few of those lately and it would be nice to have all my recipes in a book rather than many many scraps of paper :rotfl:

Kevie192

Jane,

A dehydrator doesn't have to be over budget... Lakeland have one for £50.99 and there is also this one which is even cheaper and some people have said really good things about it...

I'm lusting after one now!

Kevin x

lapis_lazuli

Maybe the mangle would do as a giant pasta roller?

There is a thread on homemade butter, which I must try sometime, here:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/129491

Delia says that if you buy a hand mincer you should get one which has a clamp rather than suction pads, as they are easier to get off and much more immovable.

mummyjane

lapis_lazuli wrote: »

Maybe the mangle would do as a giant pasta roller?

My neighbours found it strange enough when I told them I had used cloth nappies for the kids - can you imagine what they would think if they saw me doing that :rotfl: