Elite christmas special

mgamble

Enterprise_1701C wrote: »

I have one. It is currently sitting in the kitchen with pumpkin, onion, potato (for thickening), onion and celery in it. I love it, got it by converting my nectar points to Amazon vouchers in Sainsbury and have never regretted it. Comes out lovely but it does take some getting used to - I've only hit on the potato for thickening trick recently. One other tip, I go about a centimetre below the minimum level or there is too much for two people. Lovely on a Saturday with the soup maker and the bread maker going

Sounds lovely , if you buy some red lentils, sprinkle half a cupful in and that will also thicken it lovely.:)

princessmelody2009

The Co-op has 630ml Fairy Clean & Fresh Apple Orchard at £1, - 50p moc on SSM = very cheap big bottle of washing up liquid :j

David.

Nearly forgot went out on a cheese search and St/ton had the label up but obviously some muggles can read so cleared out. Asked if there was any out the back and all the christmas stock had been put out. Went to N.Ayc no sign of any at all.

bubbs

EMMAP wrote: »

Thanks! So each number is the amount you want to be in the pot when you open it at the end of the year?

No , go here and ask for a number, you can have an aim or just pot what you want
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4833536

Edit, there is a date in Nov when we open and the whole thread is added uphow much was saved

princessmelody2009

Just saw this lovely depression analogy on fb:

So there's this guy walking down the street and he falls into a great big hole. A doctor walks by and the guy yells up to the doctor 'hey, I fell in this hole, can you help me out?' The doctor writes a prescription, throws it into the hole, and walks on.

A priest then walks by and the guy yells up to the priest 'father, can you help me? I fell into this hole and I can't get out'. The priest says a prayer, throws down a Bible and walks on.

And then a friend of the guy walks by and the guy yells up 'hey, buddy, I'm stuck in this hole and -' and before he can finish the friend jumps down into the hole.

'What the hell are you doing?' the guy says, 'Now we're both down here!'

'Yup', says the friend, 'But I've been down here before and I know the way out.'

zagubov

zippydooda wrote: »

thank you zag, just watched it. :T
anyone that likes a little drink should watch this comedy clip.

It's a riot! The Inebriati are hilarious. I like all thier stufff pretty much.

David MItchell's guardian articles are a pretty good read.
http://www.theguardian.com/profile/davidmitchell

buyitall

Enterprise_1701C wrote: »

I have one. It is currently sitting in the kitchen with pumpkin, onion, potato (for thickening), onion and celery in it. I love it, got it by converting my nectar points to Amazon vouchers in Sainsbury and have never regretted it. Comes out lovely but it does take some getting used to - I've only hit on the potato for thickening trick recently. One other tip, I go about a centimetre below the minimum level or there is too much for two people. Lovely on a Saturday with the soup maker and the bread maker going

I want one!! Have made a deal with myself - it is currently £39.99 at Dunelm: if it comes down in price in a shop I have vouchers for (T's or House of Fraser), I will treat myself :A I do love a gadget. I even use some of them :rotfl::rotfl:

bubbs

princessmelody2009 wrote: »

Just saw this lovely depression analogy on fb:

So there's this guy walking down the street and he falls into a great big hole. A doctor walks by and the guy yells up to the doctor 'hey, I fell in this hole, can you help me out?' The doctor writes a prescription, throws it into the hole, and walks on.

A priest then walks by and the guy yells up to the priest 'father, can you help me? I fell into this hole and I can't get out'. The priest says a prayer, throws down a Bible and walks on.

And then a friend of the guy walks by and the guy yells up 'hey, buddy, I'm stuck in this hole and -' and before he can finish the friend jumps down into the hole.

'What the hell are you doing?' the guy says, 'Now we're both down here!'

'Yup', says the friend, 'But I've been down here before and I know the way out.'

That is lovely:D
Hope you are still managing to get out?

Jelly_Biactol

buyitall wrote: »

Thanks, I do have pans and (several ) blenders, but I like the idea of throwing all the veg in and 20 mins later you have smooth soup. They get mostly great reviews but I am trying to resist, honestly ..... I keep visualising myself as a soup-making, jogging-going,healthy-living superwoman. The reality is likely to be somewhat different - a chocolate-eating, wine-slurping, well-meaning couch-potato (who owns a dusty soupmaker :rotfl:)

If you've already got a blender (or several:)) and/or food processor, then personally I wouldn't bother getting a soupmaker. You've still got to peel and chop the veg. (Now, if there was a soupmaker where you just put in all the raw unpeeled veg whole, that would be different:)).
£40-odd quid gets you a lot of ingredients to make the soups; or some recipe books if you're stuck for ideas.
I just use the pan-and-blender method to make all my own soups (stick blender for chunky, food processor for smooth). Coincidentally, last night I made some spicy pumpkin soup - easy to make, very cheap, and loads left over to batch-freeze.
There's some good soup recipe ideas on the Girl Called Jack website
http://agirlcalledjack.com/?s=soup&submit=Search
and cheap too - most around 20p-25p a portion or less.

EMMAP

Thank you bubbs! I'm gonna join in.