As The Workhouse Approaches....How To Do Everything To Avoid It, the Old Style Way

scottishminnie

How about pilchard pate - my gran used to make this and served it in stuffed tomatoes or baked potatoes - I'll see if I can track down a recipe but I do remember it has worcestershire sauce and mayonnaise in it.

found these for sardine ideas though

http://www.fish-recipes.org.uk/sardine-recipes/sardine-recipes-index.htm

JIL

scottishminnie wrote: »

I have a small amount (100ml) of sour cream to use up. I make a fab cinnamon and raisin cake from the Hummingbird Cake book which uses sour cream however I've already made 2 this week to freeze so was thinking I could use it in something else.

Does anyone know of any cake recipes using sour cream that I could try to use it up?

If push comes to shove I'll just make another cinnamon and raisin cake and freeze it too - I don't want to waste it and the lunches/dinners are planned for the week.

oh and another question - my mother has an ice cream maker which she doesn't use much and has offered it to me. Does anyone have a view - whilst I'm tempted I do think it could end up being expensive and we will eat more ice cream than usual.

I would love an icecream maker but like most kitchen gadgets it would be used for a few weeks and then it would go into the cupboard never to be seen again. But it would be good fun trying a few recipes.

As for the sour cream i used it in a baked cheesecake recipe that was really nice http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/3636/baked-vanilla-cheesecake?pager.offset=20

scottishminnie

ChocClare wrote: »

American pancakes are yummy, freeze well and make a good breakfast. These ones also use bananas, but you don't need to do so. You can freeze, then reheat in the microwave for a few seconds.

I got an icecream maker off freecycle last year; the lovely tandraig very kindly sent me instructions on how to use it, and in last month's Home Farmer there were all sorts of recipes. I really MUST use it! The only problem I can see is that you have to freeze the bowl for ?8 hours. So I'll have to get myself organised and just stick the blasted thing in the freezer - that way, I won't get all psyched up about making icecream and then think, oh blast, I can't do it till tomorrow. Tandraig said she left hers in the freezer filled up with stuff.

Someone ask me tomorrow if I've put it in the freezer yet - it'll have to go in the freezer in the garage and I can't be bothered to go out there now.

Hubby loves pancakes - that will be perfect, didn't think of that.

I think I'll take the ice cream maker - I can always send it back if it doesn't work out. Mum did buy an extra bowl so that she had one in the freezer all the time so that should help. I've got lots of ingredients which I think I could use up like rum in rum and raisin ice cream so I'll give it a go.

LittleBrownFrog

Thanks Scottishminnie - I won't bother asking for it, cupcakes aren't my regular fare either. Although ... I have made the strawberry cheesecake cupcake recipe as a bigger cake several times - more of a cheese-cakey trifle thing - always goes down well.

smileyt_2

I've just been online and switched to a fixed tarriff for gas and electricigty. I chose ovo cos, although they have a standing charge, their cost per kwh is the same all year round, none of this charging more for winter usage than summer. So if I cut down I will still save. And with the cashback from moneysupermarket I should more-or-less even out anyway.

But now my brain is tired from doing comparisons so I must away to my bed. Night all!

ETA Thanks to all those who posted about the price hikes, you kicked my backside into gear for me. And I'm too tired to correct my spelling mistakes above zzzz zzz

auntymabel

I have also got several tins of sardines /pilchards in tomato sauce as we love them on toast but am trying to find other things to do with them and would be very grateful for any ideas that don't involve bread!I have had a look at the recipes but cant find anything.....


Pilchards make lovely fish cakes; just mix the pilchards with chopped onion and mashed potato (just potato. no butter or milk) make into balls and and roll in flour then fry on a medium/high heat. You can use the tomato sauce from the tin to pour over when served.

r.a.i.n.b.o.w

TOILET PAPER was mentioned earlier in this thread, so here's something for you to think about, calculate, and post (just for fun - and maybe think about a cut-back) ...

How much (roughly) do YOU spend on toilet paper per year?

Please work it out and post how much you spend in a year on toilet paper and *moist* wipes...

And do you think you could reduce this? How could/would you go about it?



So...MY approx yearly spenditure on loo paper is: £30. That's for me, a part-time spouse, occasional visitors, the odd clean up after a moggy, plus I use it as tissues. I use the cheapest/basics toilet rolls. I'd quite like to spend less, but that means reusing flannels and stuff, not sure I could cope with that in a London flat

r.a.i.n.b.o.w

Sardines/Pilchards - I WISH I could eat them as they're so good for you, but I cannot STAND bones! My parents think I'm weird cos they reckon the bones are edible and easy to chew, but I can't DO them!

Any ideas? Of either to de-bone them, or get them to a consistancy so that I can eat them?

Beccah_3

7_week_wonder wrote: »

Random question - can anyone remember if Costco do caster sugar and if it is a reasonable price?

I seem to remember paying somewhere around £4 for a 5 kilo bag, a month ago. From time to time they also seem to have large trays of 1kilo bags, cannot for the life of me remember how much they are though.

HTH

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I don`t remember costco having castor sugar but it is easy to make from granulated ie just whizz or blend

bertiebots re plasterboard and curtains, do you have a baton for your rail? Having one will make the fixings much stronger

An easy way to reduce energy costs is to reduce anything that requires or produces heat because heat, not light, is what sucks the money. eg
reduce tank thermostat a few degrees
switch off anything with a transformer
use a smaller tv
wash clothes on a lower temperature even cold esp in summer, as water is warmer than winter. I use eco balls or soapnuts if I was on cold

Thats the spirit re reducing energy by 12%. Good os fighting spirit. Positivity in action :T