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

THIRZAH

meg72 wrote: »

Can I be cheeky and ask how much the course costs and the different types it covered.

It cost rather a lot-£165 I think- but it was a present. We covered Italian breads-foccacia, plaited tuscan loaf, breadsticks and a sicilian loaf with semolina flour.They do do other courses but it will be a while before I can afford one unless I win the lottery.

citroennut

Hi All,

Just sticking my head round the door of lurkdom to let all the butter makers among us who have access to Cost*o know that you can buy a 1 litre carton of double cream for £1.79. I think most supermarkets charge around £1.69 for 600 mls, so bargain.

I usually grab a couple of cartons while I'm there and use them to make butter. Sorry I don't know how much butter it makes because I've stupidly never weighed it but it seems like a lot!

The sun is here today. Can't remember the last time I saw it.

mardatha

Does anybody make butter without a Kenwood or fancy gadget? I only have a rotary whisk thingy.

anguk

mardatha wrote: »

Does anybody make butter without a Kenwood or fancy gadget? I only have a rotary whisk thingy.

Stick the cream in a jar or lidded beaker and shake! That's how I do it because I haven't got a Kenwood (don't fill the jar more than about half full), it takes about 10 minutes but I'd just do it while watching the telly. You can stick it on the floor and roll it with your foot too! I got the method from one of Hugh Furnley-whatshisname's books.
http://www.cookuk.co.uk/children/butter.htm

mardatha

ok ta. I just speed-read that link as "cook children in butter"....hmm. Good idea !

suzid

Mardatha That's twice you've had me in stitches today :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Reverbe

are you guys all making butter? unless you have a cow this has got to be too time consuming and costly for the cream. lifes too short ladies..

cat_smith

cook children in butter. Yes. Sounds like a great idea.:rotfl::rotfl:

How's your big yellow ball doing Mardatha? Ours seems to be fading.

taurusgb

Just finished watering the garden using the outside tap my DH installed over the weekend. I'm still using a watering can not a hose, but just being able to stand the can under a tap in the wall and fill it rather than lugging it in and out of the kitchen sink has saved sooooo much time and effort.

Been to doctors today for results of x-rays on painful knee and battery of blood tests she did because of ongoing aches and pains (I've moaned on about them on here before I think ) x-rays clear so no arthritis - :j - but low vitamin D levels, inflammation and slight aneamia has shown up in blood tests . She's put me on Vit D & calcium tablets and have to go back for further blood tests in 2 weeks to check for Coeliac disease........Am so fed up of not feeling well, but really don't want to have to make the diet changes coeliac disease would mean (well who does????) so am feeling fed up :(:(

In all the excitement have forgotten to take anything out of the freezer for dinner. I was very tempted to go into the co-op on the way home from the doctors, but resisted hard so now have to go search the fridge and cupboards for something cheap, quick and tasty...oh and easy because I can't be bothered

Charis

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

Still expensive, due to the £3.50 chicken from the butcher, but it at least felt like a proper meal!

When DS1 paid a rare visit a few weeks ago I thought I'd treat us to a free range chicken from a local butcher. I nearly fell over when he told me the price. £12! Still, I reasoned it would cost far more than that for two pub meals locally and as DS was with me I didn't argue. It was delicious but illustrates all too well why so few towns have even one butcher's shop now. All three of our high street butchers are specialists in local meat and free range/organic. It's lovely for a rare treat.