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

anniebooklover

melt71 wrote:

Ok guys, I'm hoping a cooking expert can help me with this

We got a bargain bag of veg yesterday but at the bottom of the bag was about 7 or 8 mini cabbages and I haven't got a clue what to do with them!!! I hate cabbage (bad memories of school as they used to force us to eat it!) but I thought about cooking it in something to disguise it? Any ideas? Maybe soup, I do cook my own soups. I'm open to other suggestions. We have a slow cooker so I could use it in a meal cooked in that.

Melt cabbage and spring onion mixed in with mashed potato is delish. Have you tried frying some lightly steamed cabbage with some bacon bits and a little bit of marsala wine? I tried this at Christmas and it was delicious. I also add cabbage to my soup and use regularly in chinese stir-frys (have occasionally added cabbage to curry too when I feel DS needs to up his veg intake. ) Cabbage is a bit like brussels sprouts - they only stink if you overcook them. Try steaming them for a few minutes - certainly no more than 3-4 if the cabbage is shredded. When they are bright green (and not really smelly) they are perfect for eating. You can guess that I love cabbage. :rolleyes:

Hope I have given you some ideas though. Annie.

Savvy_Sue

grannybroon wrote:

Sorry table cloth still stinky- I would recommemd a gentle wash with fabric conditioner and then a blow outside depending on weather.

Hope this helps.

GB

Hurrah! And thank you!

What I have done so far is hang it up near the back door. I keep changing the way it's folded, as it was stinkier on the underside than on the top when I sniffed earlier ... and the underside's been folded inside, IYSWIM.

You see, I'm not sure I can put it in the washing machine, I've always just wiped the old one over when it was sticky.

But I suppose I could just rinse it in a bowl. That will have to wait for the weekend though ... sure it will have to go out to dry after that.

HariboJunkie

Hope you can help...

My Breville BM has a really useless handbook and nowhere near as many recipes as my previous BM. Can I use recipes on here even if they're for another BM? Is it worth buying a BM book? can i use the recipes from my old BM for my new one?

Okay that's three questions.:o

Ps. i've looked at the complete breadmaking collection but I'm still unsure.

TKP_3

HariboJunkie wrote:

Hope you can help...

My Breville BM has a really useless handbook and nowhere near as many recipes as my previous BM. Can I use recipes on here even if they're for another BM? Is it worth buying a BM book? can i use the recipes from my old BM for my new one?

Okay that's three questions.:o

Ps. i've looked at the complete breadmaking collection but I'm still unsure.

1) I have a MR breadmaker and use recipes from all over (BM recipes). I have a BM recipe book and they seem to work fine, so yes, I think that getting a BM recipe book will work
2) I have a great BM book, with great ideas - But check first on the breadmaker thread on here as loads of recipes are posted already
3)Give it a try!

HariboJunkie

TKP wrote:

1) I have a MR breadmaker and use recipes from all over (BM recipes). I have a BM recipe book and they seem to work fine, so yes, I think that getting a BM recipe book will work
2) I have a great BM book, with great ideas - But check first on the breadmaker thread on here as loads of recipes are posted already
3)Give it a try!

Thanks TKP.:A :A :A :T :T :A :A :A

hollyh

Hi can somebody help me please.

I cooked a chicken on sunday that i had defrosted.

Yesterday i made a casserole with the left over chicken.

There was some casserole left so my question is can i reheat it again tonight for tea?

Thanks

hollyh

Hi can somebody help me please.

I cooked a chicken on sunday that i had defrosted.

Yesterday i made a casserole with the left over chicken.

There was some casserole left so my question is can i reheat it again tonight for tea?

Thanks

bizzylizzy

OH and I have decided to go on a low fat diet (for weight and health reasons) but want to keep it OS. I have searched for "low fat" but couldn't find any recipes or ideas. Can anyone point me in the direction of any please?

debtworrier

hollyh wrote:

Hi can somebody help me please.

I cooked a chicken on sunday that i had defrosted.

Yesterday i made a casserole with the left over chicken.

There was some casserole left so my question is can i reheat it again tonight for tea?

Thanks

Firstly, who is going to eat it? If young kids, elderly people, someone who's already sick, or anyone with a compromised immune system: bin it. Simply not worth the risk of getting ill compared to the cost of the ingredients. (Or you could just serve something seperately for the vulnerable, of course.)

But assuming it's going to be consumed by reasonably healthy adults/teens:

If you've kept it in the fridge: almost certainly.
If it's been sitting on the stove top in a cold kitchen: probably.
If it's been sitting on the stove top in a warm kitchen: maybe.

The key in each case, is to take a spoonful of the stew/casserole and smell it carefully. (Having a spoonful of the stew means you can hold it very close to your nose and smell it properly. If you just hold your nose close to the saucepan/casserole, you're smelling it from much further away.) If it smells sharp or sour, it's gone off. Bin it. If it smells 'suspicious' - i.e. you can't quite explain what you smell, it just seems a bit off - bin it.

Now re-heat it thoroughly, until it comes to a good boil. Not just a simmer, you want to be sure that all of it has got up to boiling point to kill any germs. Sometimes something that smelled okay when it was cold will smell funny when you heat it up, so pay attention, smelling it (carefully!) again before serving. If it smells funny, bin it. If you're a smoker, err on the side of caution because your sense of smell is waaay less acute than a non smoker.

Note for the future when you have too much food for a single sitting: After all the servings (and second helpings ) stand the covered casserole/ saucepan, in cold water in the sink to cool it down as rapidly as possible. DON'T put a casserole full of hot food in the fridge, as you'll warm up the fridge too much, and then may have problems with other stuff going off.

Sorry if I've spent ages explaining the obvious!

debtworrier

melt71 wrote:

Ok guys, I'm hoping a cooking expert can help me with this

We got a bargain bag of veg yesterday but at the bottom of the bag was about 7 or 8 mini cabbages and I haven't got a clue what to do with them!!! I hate cabbage (bad memories of school as they used to force us to eat it!) but I thought about cooking it in something to disguise it? Any ideas? Maybe soup, I do cook my own soups. I'm open to other suggestions. We have a slow cooker so I could use it in a meal cooked in that.

I love raw cabbage. Just shred a little bit (discard any outer leaves that are yellowing or very dark green) and try it. Gorgeously crunchy and with a zingy, peppery taste.