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penniesforme wrote: »

thank you Aau! i was asking because the SA that I had yesterday said that the code was invalid when he inputted it manually. i reckon he either have: 1) bad eyesight and cant see the numbers properly; AND/OR 2) fat finger syndrome and typed the numbers in wrongly.

Just got back from Tesco and have 2 packets of bread mixes now. Am soooooo excited that i finally got them. I'll bake them sometime this week..hopefully they are worth all the trouble i went through. :) I love bread.

ps: for those people whose bread are not turning out properlÿ:

- if the bread is too hard or not rising enough--> you need to work the dough a bit longer. kneading releases the gluten which encourages the dough to rise
- if its not rising at all --> you've got your water temperature wrong. check for warm temperature by running the water on your wrist - too hot = dead yeast, too cold = dormant yeast. you want it to be lukewarm-ish
- let the dough rise in a warmish environment, near the radiator or near the hob before shaping and baking.
- if you are making the ciabatta, you need to handle minimally after the dough have risen, coz too much handling will destroy the air pockets. its best to shape it before leaving the dough to rise.

ps: to the person who's hand mixer packed up while mixing the bread dough - i am pretty sure you cannot use hand mixers on bread dough because the mixers rotate at x number of speed per minute and bread dough is far too thick for it to rotate at that speed. you'll end up burning the motor.

for those making cakes with the mixes - avoid overbeating as overbeating will release the gluten, which is great in bread but not a good thing in cakes. gluten causes tunnelling and you wont have the light fluffy texture.

off to bake now - night alll.

purdita - congrats! Freya is such a lovely name:)

That would be me and the motor did burn out, thanks for letting me know :rotfl:

Some good tips there, Thank you

HappyChappy84

motherbear wrote: »

Just realised today that I forgot to tell Grandpabear your name
He was telling me he bumped into a friend of mine in town at the weekend, when I asked him who, he said 'the helpful, happy chap we met for coffee in Tesco last week'...........was soooo funny when I told him that your name really is Happychappy :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

That's right, I bumped in to him in JL.:beer:

French_Knickers

lovingtescoforever wrote: »

Who's getting up early to go DTD hunting tomorrow? (this morning in a minute)

I am:D

What is ending? I've not looked much this week.

HappyChappy84

lovingtescoforever wrote: »

Who's getting up early to go DTD hunting tomorrow? (this morning in a minute)

I am:D

I popped to T's earlier to try and get an iPhone dock (the one I've got isn't the right one and when I try to use my Apple TV I end up pausing/starting/skipping music on the Apple TV, MacBook and iPhone all at the same time.:mad:) and there were loads of staff getting ready for tomorrow. Even the guys that work in the Tech department were stocking the shelves.:eek:

bensonsmum

midwinter wrote: »

Was the first person to do the quiz this morning, then set off on a 400mile round trip to spend (what was left after driving) the day with my Mum, and thought I'd come back to find myself bottom of the pile... so pleased to see I'm not!!

Shattered and no time to read back, so goodnight all and I'll catch up tomorrow.

Talk about rubbing salt into the wound:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Issyc

I want GrandpaBear to join this thread.

lovingtescoforever

Bookworm63 wrote: »

My local are not brilliant for wombles - one day I spotted the trolley guy pick up a receipt and put it inside what looked like a wallet in his coat! It seems I have competition :eek:

I thought the same! I was shocked and annoyed I didn't just grab it while I had the chance. I saw him looking at it and noticed the un collect clubcard points from the distance with the barcode on :mad::mad:

French_Knickers wrote: »

What is ending? I've not looked much this week.

Lots of things I believe. When I went in the other day I saw lots of tickets with 27th on and also the 23rd on. Ones which have been rolled over and now end on the 27th I believe.

HappyChappy84 wrote: »

I popped to T's earlier to try and get an iPhone dock (the one I've got isn't the right one and when I try to use my Apple TV I end up pausing/starting/skipping music on the Apple TV, MacBook and iPhone all at the same time.:mad:) and there were loads of staff getting ready for tomorrow. Even the guys that work in the Tech department were stocking the shelves.:eek:

:eek::eek: I think tonight is a biggie.

French_Knickers

Hmmm, shame I'm busy but thanks for the info. If I get a spare couple of hours I might go take a look.

tessietwo

Issyc wrote: »

I want GrandpaBear to join this thread.

GrandpaBear and Nannylala:lovethoug

lovingtescoforever wrote: »

I thought the same! I was shocked and annoyed I didn't just grab it while I had the chance. I saw him looking at it and noticed the un collect clubcard points from the distance with the barcode on :mad::mad:

Wow you sure have good eyesight

Damn messed up my multiquote

lovingtescoforever

However saying that Roses 600g which were half price from yesterday are changing to Better than half price! So don't fall for that one. That was on my list.