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

lunasaver

Thanks Squeaky for the voucher info will try it tomorrow!!

LS

Savvy_Sue

Scrummy!

Although I'm not sure I could give cooking instructions, exactly ...

Put veg, 4 pork chops, 2 tins of chopped tomatoes and a tin of tomato soup into the slow cooker, and put it on Auto at 9 am. Got home at 5 pm and it was all a bit crunchy still. So, I put it in the oven on 180 with 12 oz pudding rice which I'd poured boiling water over and then drained, stirred it all around and left it half an hour. Not quite cooked but fine after another 20 minutes.

It was a bit gloopy, but I've eaten worse. And I do have a very tasty recipe for Cheesy Red Rice which I got either from this site or from a link on this site, and it was very similar to that. Apart from the lack of cheese and the addition of meat.

I may risk another rice pudding soon. DH loves it, and we now have a manageable quantity of rice left rather than a terrifying amount! :rotfl:

Wonder_Girl

i used to buy a packet mix of minted gravey to use for lamb stew, now I am MSE i wanted to make my own.

I have red wine and mint sauce or dried mint, can i just chuck in in the SC with lamb chops, onions and veg or will it not taste nice?

WGx

CHEAP_AS_CHIPS_4

Hi All,

could any help me please

i have taken a bag of frozen chicken out and am going to make a curry, a cassorole and a chicken and stuffing pie.

what i need to know is, do i cook the chickn for the pie put the pastry on and cook it or do i cook the chicken put it in the pastry and put it in the frezer without out cooking it, (hope that makes sense!) the pasty has also been defrosted from frozen as well

thank you so much

squeaky

Hi

You can not refreeze raw food such as chicken after you have defrosted it.

But you can freeze it after you have cooked it.


I'm not so sure about the pastry but the don't refreeze defrosted foods unless you have cooked them is pretty universal...

..so I'd suggest that you make up your pies and then cook them before freezing.

HTH

CHEAP_AS_CHIPS_4

Hi Squeaky,

thank you so much, i thought i should do that, just wanted to be sure
still quite new to batch cooking

i usually just cook on the night, but that is why we had so many takeaways after finishing work and running round of 3 kids i really could not be bothered to cook so would reach for the phone.....

thank you

billieboy_2

A friend is making loads of pancakes on Tuesday. Can she make them the night before, stack them up (without using anything to separate them) and then re-heat on the night or does she have to use greaseproof or something to stop them sticking? Thanks in advance.

gt568

billieboy wrote: »

A friend is making loads of pancakes on Tuesday. Can she make them the night before, stack them up (without using anything to separate them) and then re-heat on the night or does she have to use greaseproof or something to stop them sticking? Thanks in advance.

I'd definately put some greaseproof between them.

mrs-moneypenny

brilliant idea, i think i'll make mine while the kids are at school and just reheat them for tea, i usually eat up loosing the night stuck in the kitchen while the family are eating on a rota basis:rotfl:

Savvy_Sue

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

brilliant idea, i think i'll make mine while the kids are at school and just reheat them for tea, i usually eat up loosing the night stuck in the kitchen while the family are eating on a rota basis:rotfl:

If you can just get a head start, you can put them on a plate over a pan of boiling water to keep hot. Although I find they cool down very quickly anyway, so not sure it's worth the effort, especially as my lot eat cold food quite happily.

Anyway, why are YOU stuck in the kitchen? Doesn't everyone take it in turns to toss? We do here ... it's compulsory, especially as I am NOT the best !!!!!!! :rotfl:

BTW, about 10 years ago, the boys and I were staying at a friend's house on pancake day, and the only frying pan was one of those MASSIVE stainless steel jobs which weighed a ton. Went out to buy a cheap'n'light one, and found a brilliantly designed pancake pan in M&S - the handle broadens at the pan end to make it easier to hold, the side opposite the handle is lower lipped to make tossing easier, nice ergonomic piece of kit. It wasn't even that expensive! If anyone ever spots something similar and wonders if it's worth it - IT IS!