A chicken is for life not just Christmas Dinner (An 11+ ELITE Thread)

Dizzy_Ditzy

MKS wrote: »

Not in the Elite vocabulary.:eek:

Of course you will do it. :j

Thanks I'll post a pic on saturday once I've seen it to see if you still think the same :rotfl:

rhosynbach wrote: »

thanks i will leave it a few days then and see



good idea thanks hope you dont mind me copying:p I have done this in the past but never thought this year, so will get drying
I have a dehydrator that I use on fruit and veg but herbs will just hang

Of course I dont mind!

I just did mine in the microwave cos I am lazy and wanted it done there and then :rotfl:

rhosynbach

queen_of_cheap wrote: »

The way I see it, it cannot possibly be any worse than what i did with my parents garden, which was overrun with bindweed and brambles...likewise, you wouldnt recognise it now, it is a well productive garden and I am really proud of it....hopefully I can do the same with the allotment :cool:

I am so pleased for you good luck with it, plenty of hard work
better than going to the gym, and something to show for it, make sure you have a seat so you can sit back and enjoy all the hard work, I have seats in all our gardens even the poly tunnel and veggie patches to have a panade and take pleasure in what we have acheived

choirchick

Good Afternoon everyone


Happy Birthday hornetgirl


I haven't been able to keep up with the thread as much as I would like to so sorry if this is old news. I had a brand match from S yesterday. It said From 2 June you'll no longer have to spend £20 to qualify (for brand match) just pick up 10 different items. So basically same as T's.

rhosynbach

queen_of_cheap wrote: »

Thanks I'll post a pic on saturday once I've seen it to see if you still think the same :rotfl:



Of course I dont mind!

I just did mine in the microwave cos I am lazy and wanted it done there and then :rotfl:

never thought to do them in microwave such a good and quick idea do you mind me asking how long you put them in for.. thanks

mhoc

My shopping mojo is still very low. My Oh is due back in an hour and I've been tasked to compose a !!!!!! v Sada list.

I don't even really need to go shopping but I seem to be Ohs personal shopper - he has run out of mustard, chips, chip sticks all things he eats and can't live without. Also cat food


I have no idea how you lot manage to write lists with the kids on half term. I've had the phone ringing, someone at the door and then the cats drove me mad. I fed them before I started in the back porch outside thinking that would buy me half an hour, no they all had to troop back in through the patio one at a time. So I shut them all in the kitchen and then the ring leader was scratching on the door :mad:

In the meantime we have no printer ink so that's the next thing on the list if I can try and remember who I bought printer ink from before ???.

Is there anything I really need to include on this list to give me a slightly higher TPP?
Or anything I need to get for click snap, shopitize etc - I am getting the Felix for Quidco (we seem to just have Whiskas left which is not surprising )

Pretty please

mhoc

Can you dry coriander or is it better fresh? By some miracle I got quite a big plant from b and q and I've potted it onto a large pot which is outside now. I expect it will have to come into the kitchen in the winter though.

Reduced to £1.50 :T

Saversue

BIG_MOC wrote: »

I found them in S but they charge 60p for them and the moc is for 49p
hth

PS Afternoon All

Not in S here, and they are pants at taking coupons.
Just as well as wouldn't like to spend 11p on a pack, rather spend that on 1p chocolates :):D

Jelly_Biactol

queen_of_cheap wrote: »

I home dried a load of mint and rosemary the other day. There was no way we would have used it all fresh so it made sense to dry it

Another easy-peasy way of preserving left-over fresh rosemary (and other herbs) is to put it all (leaves, stalks etc) in a freezer bag (ziplock kind is best) and stick it in the freezer for a week or two; every so often, give it a shake, and all the leaves will drop off; then, just open the bag and remove the stalks .... job done.
You can leave the bag in the freezer and just use what you want.
I've still got some in my freezer from last summer.:)

Some excellent advice on freezing fresh herbs on the JO forum, esp the first post
http://www.jamieoliver.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=40624
Previously I'd thrown away the herb stems, but now I'm going to try the tip of grinding them up for a flavour-enhancer.

Jelly_Biactol

mhoc wrote: »

Can you dry coriander or is it better fresh?

Yes, but much better fresh.

rhosynbach

Jelly_Biactol wrote: »

Another easy-peasy way of preserving left-over fresh rosemary (and other herbs) is to put it all (leaves, stalks etc) in a freezer bag (ziplock kind is best) and stick it in the freezer for a week or two; every so often, give it a shake, and all the leaves will drop off; then, just open the bag and remove the stalks .... job done.
You can leave the bag in the freezer and just use what you want.
I've still got some in my freezer from last summer.:)

Some excellent advice on freezing fresh herbs on the JO forum, esp the first post
http://www.jamieoliver.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=40624
Previously I'd thrown away the herb stems, but now I'm going to try the tip of grinding them up for a flavour-enhancer.

thanks for that such good ideas I have so much herbs growing every where and hate them going to waste.