Elite christmas special

Enterprise_1701C

mgamble wrote: »

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

Can you do this from dry please?

Jelly_Biactol wrote: »

You can thicken soups with breadcrumbs, too. Any leftover stale bits of bread, blitz them in the food processor until really fine, bag them and store in the freezer until needed. A great way to use up leftover bread.
Or, if you have any chestnuts left over from Christmas, puree them (if they're whole), and use these; though these will add to the flavour (the breadcrumbs won't).

Oooh, I always have breadcrumbs in the freezer, could be a good idea As for chestnuts, have a lot in the freezer because we like chestnut soup, have grated them before freezing because they take up less room

princessmelody2009

Nannylala wrote: »

Afternoon Tiny has the little Grandaughter been named yet?

Yes, Teeny

Thrifty_Sister

bubbs wrote: »

Phone just gone, environment agency , flood alert!
The river had dropped by about 3 foot this morning so shows how much we have had again

Crossing fingers for you

buyitall

bubbs wrote: »

Phone just gone, environment agency , flood alert!
The river had dropped by about 3 foot this morning so shows how much we have had again

Hope it's just a precaution bubbs:(

bubbs

queen_of_cheap wrote: »

Hope all goes well for you tonight :A

We are just talking about going to weston for high tide tonight to see it but we are not sure if it's gonna be very spectacular or not as the weather is ok today

Yes were ok thanks, this is about the 3rd time in 2 weeks:rotfl:

Please dont go, just stay in the warm and be safe, not worth the risk IMHO

bubbs

Thanks everyone, we will be ok, ive sorted the shed today most off the floor now, longs as electric dont trip, freezers are full of bubbs beef:D:D

buyitall

Jelly_Biactol wrote: »

You can thicken soups with breadcrumbs, too. Any leftover stale bits of bread, blitz them in the food processor until really fine, bag them and store in the freezer until needed. A great way to use up leftover bread.
Or, if you have any chestnuts left over from Christmas, puree them (if they're whole), and use these; though these will add to the flavour (the breadcrumbs won't).

Thank you for this. We had lots of bread going stale last week, I hate wasting food, so insisted on blitzing the leftover bread in the mini-chopper and freezing (even though we struggled to fit them in freezer and snapped one of the freezer drawers in the process ). Had NO idea what I would do with it, as hardly ever make my own stuffing and normally only use to add a little to the top of a pasta bake - usually even forget that. Now I realise, it was fate preparing me for my new life as a soup queen :j:j

buyitall

bubbs wrote: »

Thanks everyone, we will be ok, ive sorted the shed today most off the floor now, longs as electric dont trip, freezers are full of bubbs beef:D:D

That's good news. And has also reminded me to take some beef out of the freezer for tomorrow

bubbs

You can also make a treacle tart if you have lots of breadcrumbs, just mix with the treacle/syrup put in pastry case bingo!

Dizzy_Ditzy

bubbs wrote: »

Yes were ok thanks, this is about the 3rd time in 2 weeks:rotfl:

Please dont go, just stay in the warm and be safe, not worth the risk IMHO

We don't think it would be anything like it was yesterday.

It's one of those things that despite us going to weston loads when we were growing up, you never got to see the tide in. I've seen it in twice, and I'm 36 :rotfl:

But we would keep a very safe distance :A