Lakeland products

Chris25

kittie wrote: »

. I got a new muffin tin, the 3 for 2 offer and am intending to cut my old silicone ones up into singles so that they fit around the edge of the grande remoska

what a good idea!

allIcouldwishfor

mum_of_4 wrote: »

:rolleyes: well my finger slipped on the keyboard and the jam maker was added to my basket. Of course I din't want to lookm stupid so completed checkout;)

Already have a glut of strawberries, rhubarb and courgettes to turn into jams and chutneys

haha, the very same thing happened to me! The redcurrants are just starting to ripen on the bush so I got it just in the nick of time. I did have to sell the breadmaker and one of my kenwood chefs in order to placate OH though! :rolleyes:

moneypammy

allicouldwishfor... how could you part with your Kenwood, all I could wish for is the kenwood mixer(if you excuse the name dropping). I have a little hand mixer and dream of owning one that doesn't leave me with shoulder and arm ache.
Never thought of a jam maker before, mainly because I don't have access to the fruits other than in the supermarket. Do you make a lot?

allIcouldwishfor

moneypammy wrote: »

allicouldwishfor... how could you part with your Kenwood, all I could wish for is the kenwood mixer(if you excuse the name dropping). I have a little hand mixer and dream of owning one that doesn't leave me with shoulder and arm ache.
Never thought of a jam maker before, mainly because I don't have access to the fruits other than in the supermarket. Do you make a lot?

I still have my 900 series Chef moneypammy, don't panic. This was a 700 series Major which I only used for Xmas cakes. It had to live in the shed because it was too big for the kitchen cupboards! I only bought it because it was on a market stall for £10, I didn't really need another one.

I make around 100 jars of jam and chutney a year. In the garden we have prolific raspberry canes and an abundant redcurrant bush, which normally makes 30-40 jars. I make a lot for the pta too, we appeal to parents for their windfall fruit from their gardens, which I make into jams and chutneys and we sell them for £1.50 a jar at the Christmas fair on a "home-made produce stall", which is nicely profitable.

You can make jam from supermarket fruit, fresh is prohibitively expensive but a bag of frozen basics mixed berries is £1 in sainsbugs. We'll also be foraging for blackberries in a month or two, you can't beat free food!

moneypammy

Hi AllIcouldwishfor

That soulds very productive and inspiring. I will take a walk along the hedgerows later in the seasson and see what I can find. I did plant a little plum tree this year so when it bears fruit I will think about a spot of jam making.

This is the first year I have tried veg in the garden, it is such a postage stamp that I hadn't tried before.

I am going to head over to the lakeland web site and see if I can send a few hints to family members for vouchers for my birthday perhaps. Any recomendations on a model of mixer?

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I needed some new loaf tins so went on the lakeland site. Their sale is on!!!!

Nargleblast

Don't know if anyone has already mentioned this, but Lakeland's concentrated tea tree and eucalyptus cleaning liquid is excellent. You get a big bottle of this brilliant dark green liquid which comes with a 500ml spray bottle of the same stuff already diluted. When that is empty you use a couple of capfuls of the concentrate diluted with water to make your next bottle. The concentrate bottle has enough for ten bottles of cleaner, so you end up with eleven bottle of household cleaner for about 50 pence a bottle (that's how much it worked out at a couple of years ago when I last bought some). It lasts for ages, smells clean and antiseptic-y, kind to the environment, good for all household surfaces.

morganlefay

I bought a tefal Jam maker a while back and made the recipe they give you for onion confit. I thought it tasted nasty (probably because I added extra stuff to the recipe and shouldn't have)so I hid the machine in the garage, feeling very cross with myself. But have now picked plums from our local PYO and have made the most delicious jam. Low sugar, took about 30 mins in all, no steam-filled kitchen, no dangerous boiling cauldron burning the bottom of its pan on the hob. We have scoffed almost all of it already, so am about to make more. For small quantities of low-sugar jam (DELICIOUS on HM yog) it is WOnDERFUL !!!:j

pixie1

I really fancy a jam maker, but i need to use all my other things more often before i even think about getting one.

Congrats on the jam, my Nan used to make her own plum jam - makes me miss her even more just thinking about it

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newleaf

morganlefay wrote: »

steam-filled kitchen, no dangerous boiling cauldron burning the bottom of its pan on the hob.

Aaw, I love the rigmarole of jam making, the steam, the boiling cauldron, the testing on a saucer. My special spoon, thermometer, funnel and maslin pan. Makes me feel like a 'proper' wifey An electric jam maker would be no fun.