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

Skint_Catt

Thanks Twink! The expert herself!

They've actually 'harded' enough to be lovely and chewy to eat though slightly bendy/crumbly - perfect in my book! I will cook the next lot for a bit longer. I used butter as I didn't have enough marg, so that could be the problem? They are fab and I'm sure OH's work will appreciate the majority of them (I'm on a diet :rolleyes: but using up some porridge oats OH didn't like) as they loved my banana bread I did using up some bananas! I waste nothing anymore! :rotfl:

Catt xx

twink

using butter isnt a problem, should have a nicer flavour with butter, i sometimes put ground ginger in mine too, glad they were ok to eat and good to hear you dont waste anything

victotoro

My very first quick question - does anyone know where you can buy beeswax on the high street?

Here's hoping!

squeaky

victotoro wrote: »

My very first quick question - does anyone know where you can buy beeswax on the high street?

Here's hoping!

Post #10 in this thread may help...

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=707129&highlight=beeswax

victotoro

Thanks Squeaky, but I had checked that thread out - I'm hoping to make my own polish, so I'm looking for 'as it comes from the comb' beeswax (without 3 quid postage on a 1 quid product!). I've got a sneaky suspicion I used to be able to get it in Boots in little 2" ingot shapes, but that was about 20 years ago!

I'll have a wander and ask about anyway when I'm in town this week - looking forward to the blank stares from the sales assistants

squeaky

Try your local yellow pages for beekeepers (apiarists is it?).

They might well have beeswax available. Or can tell you which local shops they supply, perhaps.

Savvy_Sue

Off to put some more washing in the machine will try REALLY hard to feel the door! :rotfl:

victotoro

Had to share - just (5 mins ago) posted a 'wanted' on freecycle for the beeswax I was looking for, and have had some offered already - including postage - from a kind soul who knows a beekeeper. Sometimes people can surprise you!

Victoria.

squeaky

Brilliant. I hadn't even considered Freecycle.

And I should have!

Savvy_Sue

nell2 wrote: »

Have got suspicions about my washing machine. It's cold fill only so it has to heat the water up itself. The glass on the door always feels stone cold even when it's doing a hot wash for things like tea towels. Does that mean that it isn't heating the water anymore? Could someone go and feel their washing machine door for me please?
PS The machine is a Bosch so if anyone has got a Bosch machine, please please could you let me know if your door feels hot when it's on.
Thanks in advance

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

Off to put some more washing in the machine will try REALLY hard to feel the door! :rotfl:

OK nell, the good news is that I have remembered to feel the door, the bad news is that mine (a Bosch) is getting hot. Or at least warm.

It's a cold fill machine, and it takes 20-25 minutes to 'feel the difference', but after 10 I was sure it wasn't freezing cold any more. After 20-25 it was definitely warm. I wouldn't expect it to get very hot, partly on safety grounds and partly because you'd hope the door was well insulated. This was a 40 deg wash.

Now, head on over to the In my home board, where someone will have asked this question before, and there's also a link to a site where you can find out whether it's like to be terminal, fixable by a competent DIYer, or fixable by a competent repair person.