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worry-wart_3

tamilla wrote: »

Hello everyone.
Just received an emal from savycircle, i've been accepted for Pampers trial:j:j:j

I couldn't possibly comment :j

Miss_Laid wrote: »

I got loads of raspberries in Waitrose reduced to 59p a punnet will freeze them to use on my morning porridge There was loads of stuff in T's but I cba to wait around I got 2 £7 bunches of flowers for £3

Can I ask please, is there anything special you need to do to freeze raspberries like, I don't know, part cooking them or something? I regularly see fruit RTC but I don't know what I can keep in the freezer and how it is done. I remember someone saying about buying veg and blanching it but I'm a novice when it comes to freezing fruit & veg and could do with some advice thanks.

mymerrywidow

Bananababe wrote: »

Big brother eviction soon - who goes someone who bothers phoning decides !!

Eastenders in HD same as in normal !

deena i hope

grass_roots

did mean to say that at A's they have got their walk in greenhouse priced at £10 and the smaller 5 shelved one at 3.75 a lot of gardening stuff reduced to good prices so may be worth a look:)

mymerrywidow

worry-wart wrote: »

I couldn't possibly comment :j



Can I ask please, is there anything special you need to do to freeze raspberries like, I don't know, part cooking them or something? I regularly see fruit RTC but I don't know what I can keep in the freezer and how it is done. I remember someone saying about buying veg and blanching it but I'm a novice when it comes to freezing fruit & veg and could do with some advice thanks.

you dont part cook them, just chuck them in the freezer, but when they defrost they are quite mushy so will have to be used a a jam or pie filling.

Miss_Laid

worry-wart wrote: »

I couldn't possibly comment :j



Can I ask please, is there anything special you need to do to freeze raspberries like, I don't know, part cooking them or something? I regularly see fruit RTC but I don't know what I can keep in the freezer and how it is done. I remember someone saying about buying veg and blanching it but I'm a novice when it comes to freezing fruit & veg and could do with some advice thanks.

I like raspberries in my porridge but in winter they are so expensive (if you can get them at all) I just freeze the whole punnet as it is, when frozen a good shake separates the majority of them, I use them frozen in my porridge as it cools it quicker (I'm a greedy sod so it means I can shovel it in faster)
The raspberries are fine to use in jellys/trifles etc but are too mushy once defrosted for anything delicate.

Different fruit needs different treatment but I do the above for all "berry" fruits

purdita

worry-wart wrote: »

I couldn't possibly comment :j



Can I ask please, is there anything special you need to do to freeze raspberries like, I don't know, part cooking them or something? I regularly see fruit RTC but I don't know what I can keep in the freezer and how it is done. I remember someone saying about buying veg and blanching it but I'm a novice when it comes to freezing fruit & veg and could do with some advice thanks.

I buy loads of raspberries when I see them reduced and just bung 'em straight into the freezer still in their trays.
Raspberries are one of the best fruits for freezing, unlike strawberries which go really mushy and watery.

Bananababe

mymerrywidow wrote: »

deena i hope

Aye i think she is a little out of her comfort zone.
Lydia stirs the pot a little.

£840 for shopping for a week they got !!! Thats months of shopping not a week :eek:

sinw

grass_roots wrote: »

please be careful as OH was trouted big time today wombling at asda:eek:
he had just left the car and he usually checks the trolley bays on the way into the store and had checked the first bay and was walking towards the next one when someone in a suit and name tag from the store came up to him and told him it was fraud and that if they saw him doing it again they would get the police:(
told OH that they had got the reg number of the car:(

according to the article below it's not illegal but not sure now.
(hope the link works) anyone know if it is?

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/shopping/2011/03/the-wombler-who-donates-from-asda-and-tesco-bins

They should clear the receipts up then and not be so messy. Your oh doing them a favour. If you don't deny it, tell them you are fiends the earth clearing up as our fed up seeing Asda reciepts flying around the streets. Also they gave the receipt to the customer, it's not owned by them. Give a few quid to a charity by card or cheque, if they call the police and have you done write to papers and news etc say u saw the kind act of giving the apg money away to charity on a site so decided to do such thing, after all, they don't mind cos shows they are the cheapest supermarket. Also, they no way matching the receipt you picked up, to the one you actually have apg for, only thing I would not use two wombled on the same day, although saying that I do if the co is easy..,.. Always ask for your wombled receipt back signed or not.

Dizzy_Ditzy

grass_roots wrote: »

did mean to say that at A's they have got their walk in greenhouse priced at £10 and the smaller 5 shelved one at 3.75 a lot of gardening stuff reduced to good prices so may be worth a look:)

Thank you; I'm on my way up there :j

It's whoopsie time too :j:j

worry-wart_3

mymerrywidow wrote: »

you dont part cook them, just chuck them in the freezer, but when they defrost they are quite mushy so will have to be used a a jam or pie filling.

Miss_Laid wrote: »

I like raspberries in my porridge but in winter they are so expensive (if you can get them at all) I just freeze the whole punnet as it is, when frozen a good shake separates the majority of them, I use them frozen in my porridge as it cools it quicker (I'm a greedy sod so it means I can shovel it in faster)
The raspberries are fine to use in jellys/trifles etc but are too mushy once defrosted for anything delicate.

Different fruit needs different treatment but I do the above for all "berry" fruits

purdita wrote: »

I buy loads of raspberries when I see them reduced and just bung 'em straight into the freezer still in their trays.
Raspberries are one of the best fruits for freezing, unlike strawberries which go really mushy and watery.

Thank you all so much for the quick replies! I guess I'll be needing a new freezer if we're freezing by the punnet lol I was thinking they could be good for making milkshakes or maybe putting in with some ice cream for desserts.