Quick questions on ANYTHING (see first post for Freezing, Reheating, Slow Cooker, +)

Margaret54

Hi I am keen to bake my own bread as the price of it is wild now. I would like to do it without a bread machine. I will be so grateful on tips of what to buy for it and also how to make it Many thanks:)

elantan

hi everyone sorry to be a pain but am attempting my first ever jam i have let my fruit go to( what i thought) was pulp and then added the sugar to disolve ..it turns out that i still have the skins floating around is that normal? also i'm finding the stones wee blighters to ge out any advice please

elantan

i think i have it not to worry thanks anyway

Blairweech

Hello

Just wondering when is the traditional time to begin making your Christmas Pudding? Is it Stir up Sunday? Also, what about if I wish to give mini xmas puds as gifts, would it be the same, or would that be too late?

Thanks!

Angelraesunshine

ok doing my Mr t shop online buying milk to go inthe freezer now i know that i can freeze the normal milk and that i can not freeze the Tesco pure fresh milk as it says so on the carton but i am looking at St ivel Advance milk with omega 3 now it does not say i cant freeze it and that milk will be great for the kids and is on offer so is cheaper to buy that rather then normal tesco milk. can anyone else confirm that i can freeze it?

jannyannie

The only milk I've ever frozon is skimmed and semi-skimmed. I guess if it doesn't say do not freeze it will be ok.

pegginout

I freeze milk all the time!!!!!!
It does take ages to defrost tho!
I generally do it when we go on hol so when we get home theres milk for a brew in the morning

Angelraesunshine

Thanks guys, i freeze milk all the time so i never run out i just leave it out over night ready for breakfast the next morning but had never done it on anything but normal tesco or asda milk either full or skimmed gonna order the st ivel and fingers crossed is 10p cheaper on offer if not lots of milkshakes next week lol

lil_me

I always ignore the don't freeze message on milk and do it anyway.

Defrosting in a sink of cold water usually speeds it up a bit if needed

Savvy_Sue

Blairweech wrote: »

Just wondering when is the traditional time to begin making your Christmas Pudding? Is it Stir up Sunday? Also, what about if I wish to give mini xmas puds as gifts, would it be the same, or would that be too late?

I'd say that if you can CAN make your puddings earlier than Stir Up Sunday, they will be all the better for it. It's only the day people associate with it because the vicar/rector used to say "Stir up, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people ..." in the Collect for the week, and all the housewives (yes I'm afraid it was housewives only) thought "Oh my goodness I haven't made the puddings yet!" and rushed home to make them.

Well, that's my understanding, anyway.

And I don't think it would matter when you made the mini-puds either. Can we add our names to the list? :rotfl: