'supporting each other through really tough times'

nuttyp

Where can i get the war time cookbook from??? Sounds like a quick, easy cookbook. Have to agree with the previous post about fruitcake made from fruit soaked in cold tea. YUM YUM lol.

Cheapskate

Morning all

So many folk sounding down for so many reasons (me, too, I'm afraid!) - have a dodgy group hug whatever's wrong! :grouphug:

fuddle/JKJ, I'm with you both on the "do I work or not" thing with littlies - it's nice to have the extra cash, and I do like my job, but the hours are killing me, they're fractious the days I work and I've missed school things or days with friends. I've applied for something else with fewer hours, not hopeful, but if I don't get it will leave my current job. We can manage on DH's wage, spend enough time on these boards! :rotfl:

Christmas - we're going away for the first time EVER at Christmas, leaving DS who's 20 alone. He's having lunch by himself (his choice) then going to GF at teatime. I was feeling a bit sad about it until this week - now can't wait to have some real time off, even DH needs a break and he's a workaholic! We'll do Christmas at New Year when the mad rush is over - will probably get YS things to make it a bargain, too!

See you tonight - hope you all have a better day!

A xxoo

JKJ

nuttyp wrote: »

Where can i get the war time cookbook from??? Sounds like a quick, easy cookbook. Have to agree with the previous post about fruitcake made from fruit soaked in cold tea. YUM YUM lol.

It isn't a cookbook as such it is the book that was published to go with the recent TV series and only has a few recipes in. Excellent book though and was available from the Book People for £6.99 (normal price £20)

Marguerite Patten wrote 3 good wartime cookery books that are stuffed full of cheap and easy recipes if that helps.

tessasmum

JKJ wrote: »

Recipe taken from Wartime Farm book 2012

8oz SR flour
6oz golden syrup
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1/4 pint tepid water

Place flour and syrup in bowl
Mix ginger and bicarb with the water
Add liquid to bowl and mix together
Turn into greased tin about 11inches by 7 inches
Bake in moderate oven for 3/4 to 1 hour.
Wrap in greaseproof paper and. Store in a tin. Do not cut for 2 days

The above is as it is printed in the book, but I found it cooked in less than 1/2 an hour at 170 deg (a good guide is if you can smell it then it is cooked or almost there). I also lined the tin then kept the cake in the baking paper (which I prefer to greaseproof) that it was cooked in. It needs the 2 days before cutting to go a bit sticky, but once cut it is best used swiftly. Though it is so nice, it doesn't last long anyway. I like the fact that it doesn't use egss or fat, and only needs a bowl and a spoon rather than the kenwood.

I made this too, and although the family liked it, I would agree that it needs to be eaten quickly once you start on it, as ours went dry very quickly - and got scoffed with a packet of 6p instant custard! That solved that problem, but I always bear that in mind when I make it now.

Popperwell

nuttyp wrote: »

Where can i get the war time cookbook from??? Sounds like a quick, easy cookbook. Have to agree with the previous post about fruitcake made from fruit soaked in cold tea. YUM YUM lol.

They come up all the time as e-books and if you don't actualy want a book that you can read by having it in your hand there are some great websites/blogs with wartime recipes...

sevenup01

Tawny75 wrote: »

True enough, paperowrk is such fun! I am taking mine away in December for a weekend, at least it is all on email now and not is SAE's

Hehehehe! We are taking our brownies away twice next year and last night we suggested that one of the weekends be a mother and daughter holiday. The look of horror on the girls faces was hysterical!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

mardatha

:mad: just typed loads and lost it!!
Fuddle, up here school transport is free if you live more than 2.5 miles from the nearest school. You get a taxi to the door if you live remote, that takes them to a local pick-up point for a minibus. Same in reverse going home.
Re working or not working, sometimes we try things that don't turn out. That's not failing, it's learning. After it you can move on, knowing that you tried it and that it wasn't for you.
Wartime cookery books are great. I find them easy - and to me cooking is on par with nuclear physics. Go onto Amazon and type in "wartime cookbooks".
Softstuff - is it Amytriptylin he gave you for shingles? My son gets that in a low dose for foot nerve pain after his ops, and the doc gave me it for neuralgia but it doesn't work for me.
And finally - does anybody else love the square plates in Ikea? Thin cream square plates and even square porridge bowls!! I fell in love and I wnat them - £3.50 each but there's only the two of us....;)

nuttyp

Mardatha, i too would love some of the square plates - have you a wilkinsons store near you as they sell them. We live miles away from an ikea, its a whole day out for us so we dont get very often. Got all excited when an ikea sign was seen in peterborough, turned out to be a distribution warehouse!!!

fuddle

DH can only fill the work car up at a certain garage, with the works fuel card and they block points :mad: rotters.

Cheaps it's a double edged sword because I love getting out and talking to people, doing something and earning money. It's really good for me that way but my girls come first and working means I feel like I miss out of their times when they're proud of themselves and feel horrible that I'm not there witnessing their performances or gaining of certificates.

To feel guilty and having the stress of dealing with having to let work down, my colleagues down when the girls are ill, it's not worth it in that way either

If this house falls through i'll keep working and just have to deal with it but if we move I'll be back to beck-and-call mam, chief dog walker, trolley pulling Tesco shopper (2 miles, not bad) cleaner, cook and gardener.

My time will come when the girls are at secondary school.

Possession

sevenup01 wrote: »

Hehehehe! We are taking our brownies away twice next year and last night we suggested that one of the weekends be a mother and daughter holiday. The look of horror on the girls faces was hysterical!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I'm afraid there would be a similar look of horror on my face!