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

Savvy_Sue

lazarou_true wrote: »

Please help. I'm going to have to start tea pretty soon. So you can boil drumsticks? I'm going to try that then.

Sorry I was a bit busy this afternoon. Let us know how it turned out!

You can boil drumsticks. In fact, Peg Bracken (I Hate to Cook, I Still Hate to Cook) says you can simmer them for 20 minutes from frozen.

Just putting them in water means they won't be as flavourful as other cooking methods, but if you're then putting them in a sauce that shouldn't matter too much, should it?

Fresh ones might cook in 45 minutes too: or the whole thing might not dry up if you gave it an hour.

I'm from the 'throw it in and see how it turns out' school of cookery, so purists will probably have tastier advice ....

Linda32

Another chicken question please.

I bought two packs of chicken legs and thighs (BOGOF) use by date is 8th May.

My intention is to freeze them in batches of 4 and defrost as needed in the fridge.

My question is, how long can I keep them frozen for?
The instructions say 1 month
The picture instructions on the freezer says 4 months
A website I looked at yesterday (british chicken) or somthing like that says 9 months for raw portions.

So I thought I'd ask you kind peeps :T

**purpleprincess**

How do you stop it from being "heavy" as so many people has described, and therefore being a reason to stop using their breadmaker to make loaves of bread???



What makes it different from shop bought? I wanna know!!!

Thanks someone!

Savvy_Sue

**purpleprincess** wrote: »

How do you stop it from being "heavy" as so many people has described, and therefore being a reason to stop using their breadmaker to make loaves of bread???



What makes it different from shop bought? I wanna know!!!

Thanks someone!

As an infrequent BM user (it gets eaten too quickly and leaves too many crumbs!) the reason it's different is that they add more things. Plus they've been experimenting for a while ...

I know my BM instruction book has a page explaining what each of the 'minor' ingredients does, and another page for troubleshooting. So if your bread is heavy, you might be able to improve it by adding more of this or less of that.

also there is a whole thread devoted to bread and BMs, I'm sure there is, where the experts will give their advice ...

Penelope_Penguin

**purpleprincess** wrote: »

How do you stop it from being "heavy" as so many people has described, and therefore being a reason to stop using their breadmaker to make loaves of bread???



What makes it different from shop bought? I wanna know!!!

Thanks someone!

I find that if I use all *brown* flour (as recommended in my BM book) it's *heavy*. So I use half and half white and brown. Doesn't last too long here

HTH, Penny. x

Penelope_Penguin

Linda32 wrote: »

Another chicken question please.

I bought two packs of chicken legs and thighs (BOGOF) use by date is 8th May.

My intention is to freeze them in batches of 4 and defrost as needed in the fridge.

My question is, how long can I keep them frozen for?
The instructions say 1 month
The picture instructions on the freezer says 4 months
A website I looked at yesterday (british chicken) or somthing like that says 9 months for raw portions.

So I thought I'd ask you kind peeps :T

I wouldn't worry about saving them in the freezer for 6 months. If you're concerned at that point, you can defrost, cook, and freeze that.

I'm sure that there are some OSers who've lived to tell the tale after eating poultry that's been frozen for years :shhh: :whistle: :whistle: :whistle: :whistle:

HTH, Penny. x

lazarou_true

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

Sorry I was a bit busy this afternoon. Let us know how it turned out.

I'm from the 'throw it in and see how it turns out' school of cookery, so purists will probably have tastier advice ....

Thanks Savvy_Sue:A , didn't mean to sound funny. Tea turned out lovely, OH was very impressed. I ended up boiling the drumsticks for 20 mins ish and then chucking meat in with pasta and raw bacon.

lazarou_true

belfastgirl23 wrote: »

Imagine EVER having stale chocolate muffins.

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: LMFAO

jacky_horn

Hi

not really an OS question, but I didn't get my email this week. 1st time it hasn't come and I'm bereft. Anyone know what I should do?

squeaky

Check your spam folder? Or if you are using OE - doesn't it have a sort of "bulk email" folder kind of thingy where it puts emails that you get quite often?