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

Kimitatsu

:hello:Welcome to all the newbies and hugs to all that need them today

We had REAL rain yesterday :T and a fair bit of it, which pleased the ducks and the fish in the pond no end! DS1 is off to a tug of war competition today with cadets so I may not be too pleased when his trousers arrive home later but at least he will have a soft landing!

FTM - have a fab day, you will look gorgeous whatever because YOU will shine through not what you are wearing.

Broomstick and GQ I always say that we will never have a "Laura Ashley" home, becuase it is not just a house, it is a home OUr house itself is very old and has a story to tell but has such a lovely feel to it that I fell in love with it the first time I saw it. The plumbing is ancient, the boiler inefficient and the wind howls around it in the winter but its home. We are having the boiler replaced this year and it sounds daft but I will miss it - its old and positively agricultural but all through the bitter winter, it still rumbled into life in the morning and I will miss that sound.

modern millie - remember eccentric is very cool if not positively awesome I am told :rotfl:

Froogs - welcome I use AF to stock up on all sorts of bits and pieces and I work on the 80/20 rule, as long as they are getting fresh wholesome healthy food 80% of the time the other 20% is acceptable if it is not so good. Besides sometimes bribery with something sugary and alltogether unhealthy makes for an easier life!

Hope everyone has a good day - off to clear the washing before the boy comes home :cool:

mardatha

before you buy - I got a stash of tins in and then wondered why my bread wasnt great. read the tins and it said "for hand baking, not for use in breadmakers" !!

froogs

redlady_1 wrote: »

Can you use that in a breadmaker Froogs?

well the instructions say you can't just throw it in the breadmaker but the times I have used my breadmaker I have used it fine, I just let it ferment with the sugar and warm liquid as per the recipe I'm using for 10 minutes before adding to the maker. It's worked fine for me but the tin does say not for use with breadmakers

mardatha

Ahh, I just threw it in. LOL ! I wish you all wouldnt talk so fast I keep missing pages and having to speed read.
And I wish yud ALL STOP TALKING ABOUT GREEN STUFF !!! :eek::eek::eek:
Re second hand furniture etc - I can't have it in the house. I need new bought by me. Not because I'm a snob, but (and this will sound mad, but you all think I'm mad already !) -- I pick up "things"... I get vibes, flashbacks, pictures etc from old things. I can walk round an antique shop and be switched off - but I cant stay switched off in my own house 24/7. So I wont have anything unless I can really check it out first. LOL
I'm quite interested in the dried fruit and lamb burgers fr Costco Minnie. where would I find them, can you mind?

ceridwen

Mardatha

Re picking up "vibes" from previously-owned things - is it possible for you to "cleanse" them with a "blast of white lightning" mentally speaking or summat? - and then you would feel okay about using it?

Back to matters yeast-related:
I've been checking out the Doves Farm website re relative prices of traditional style dried yeast v. modern fast-acting type yeast and was pleased to find that my quick-acting type I get is the cheapest of the two types. I was beginning to wonder - after that incredibly cheap price quoted by previous poster for the trad. type. Guess this is me being in a dear part of the country again maybe for the price I have to pay for my yeast:(

It says on their website that the trad. type isnt to be used in breadmaking machines - but the modern quick-acting type can be. Of course the quick type has the advantage in use of not having to be "left to stew" with sugar initially - so I dont have to use sugar at all in my bread.

There are a lot of recipes on the website and I found some pages just beneath the flour-buying page listing a good selection of bread recipes (including a lot of gluten-free ones - for which I promptly forwarded the link to a gluten-free friend of mine). That exact link was WAY too long - but heres the general recipe one and the bread ones are mixed in with cake ones on there:

www.dovesfarm.co.uk/recipes/our-recipes/

mardatha

No it doesnt always work. If somebody owned and passionately loved an item, its a bit of a cheek trying to dismiss them anyway. It might work with some things but its a bit new-agey for me.

culpepper

We always get the tins for our breadmaking machine.
If it is the allinsons yeast, you can either set it to froth in water first and then add it as part of the water or put it on top of the flour last of all so it doesn't get wet before it gets mixed into the rest of the ingredients ,so you can use it either way.
I think the sachets can be added anytime cant they ? so I spose that they are different somehow.
You can use fresh yeast in the machine by getting it started in water in a jug first ,if I remember rightly, it is ages since we used fresh .
The fresh can be got from the supermarket bakers for free if nothing has changed since we last did that and you can seperate it out into usable amounts and freeze what you arent using immediately.
The easiest way to ask for it is just to say,do you have fresh yeast,to the person at the baking counter and they will volunteer the information about its being free if it still is(cuts out the awkwardness of asking for a freebie). To defrost,take a lump out of the freezer a couple of hours before you want it.

maryb

Froogs you just inspired me to check the price in Waitrose because I buy the Dove's Farm Quick Yeast and can't get it in my local Sainsbugs or Trashcos. Same prices for the Allinsons in a tin and for the individual sachets of quick yeast and the Doves Farm works out at £7.92. I do find that is easier to use than the Allinsons which needs reactivating, plus you need 25% less of instant yeast than you do the Allinsons. So that makes the comparable price for Dove's Farm £5.94.

I keep mine in a small Lock'nlock once it's open and it keeps for a very long time. Even so I never get through a whole packet before I need to chuck it and start a new one - but the same is true of the Allinsons in a tin. Maybe I should decant half and keep the rest in the freezer.

Hark at me- I'm getting almost as OCD as Amy Dacyczyn calculating to the penny

mardatha

I threw out the tins ....:(

charlies-aunt

Remember lard on toast??? - lol - its still being eaten in this neck of the woods - the market does a lively trade in pots of pork dripping with brown jelly stock at the bottom -OH eats it on toast with a bit of salt on the top now and again

Most of our cottage is equipped with inherited items - furniture, pots & pans, bed linen, table linen, glassware, clocks & ornaments. It gives a feeling of continuity that is comforting especially as a lot of the tablecloths, bedspreads, pillow/cusion covers were hand sewn from scratch - in regular use, still looking good and going strong today. I have g-grandma's nightie - very prim -hm with pintucks + crochet lace trim, she was a very tiny lady but a tough cookie - she brought up 8 children with no electricity in the house and a spring water pump in the yard - the most modern thing they had was gas lights. The smell of carbolic soap instantly transports me back to her home

Just off shopping to see what bargains are to be had!



I threw out the tins ....:( - was it to make room for your Care Parcel????