Every Loquacious Idiosyncrasy Treated Equally - 11+ ELITE Thread

Dizzy_Ditzy

Ginger and garlic paste made

Ginger, garlic and chilli paste made

Chillies lying on a baking tray in the freezer ready to bag up when properly frozen

Lemons and limes all frozen as above and bagged up

Proper little production line going today

Shame about the washing up :eek:

David.

fairclaire wrote: »

Just why?? :eek: I'll just not dye my hair and leave my make up off......same thing! :rotfl:

Good morning

The free one only goes up to age 80 so you may have just beaten it

Pasipha

Saversue wrote: »

Mmmm just made cherries in Liquor using cheap brandy and sugar, lovely. five mins in microwave and bottle in jars

Sounds lovely could you share the recipe please?

While I'm on the recipe cadge does anyone have an idiots guide to making flour tortilla wraps? I really fancy giving these a go.

tia

aau1

Bananababe wrote: »

Cannae stand cheese full stop, except on pizza weirdly. Hubby cheese monster so all good.

He said fill yir boots. :rotfl:

That sounds like me

I can't stand it unless it's melted

ilovetoshop

After seeing lookingforabargains picture of loom bands I decided I would pass the time while nan was snoozing and made these , I don't have a loom so used my fingers and learnt I do everything left handed apart from write :cool:

aau1

fuzzgun19 wrote: »

Just to answer my own question, yes Currys do sell these. I bought one this morning with the MD voucher.. so half price top ups for those on pay & go

Thanks fuzzgun19 :beer:

No one was able to help you but you've maybe helped others by reporting back :T

Arthien

queen_of_cheap wrote: »

Thanks- aldi are on my list for Thursday

Just gotta hope the oranges in the fridge will last

If they're looking a bit iffy, you could maybe do the initial prep/boiling stage first tomorrow, and then the next stages on Thursday when you've got the jars? That's what I did with my strawberries and my peach/apricot/nectarine combo last night, although I strained mine so it might be different for marmalade.

queen_of_cheap wrote: »

Good luck!

Remember to use a towel to take your jars out of the oven :cool::rotfl:

You are not wrong there! :eek:

dipdap wrote: »

Peach jam successfully made :j
Just waiting for it to chill now so I can try it out on the kids later.
I never eat jam and I could go at these homemade ones with a spoon
I'm sure it always tastes much better when you make something yourself :j


Next up is plum, blueberry or apricot

I think it's partly the freshness, but also the knowing what went into it as well. That's why I really want to master baking my own bread as I don't like the idea of all the added preservatives and carp that gets put into shop-bought loaves. Making your own jam/bread/butter/cakes etc isn't necessarily cheaper than buying the basics range from the supermarket, but can be cheaper than buying normal-range or fancy-pants versions, especially if you can get the key ingredients for free from your garden/local Morrisons

Enterprise_1701C

scamps1966 wrote: »

Afternoon peeps.

I'm just about to make apricot jam, never made jam before!!
Wish me luck!

Good luck:D And it's a good idea to put something like newspaper over the worktop when your putting it in the jars, takes ages to get it off the worktop once it's set:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

dipdap

Arthien wrote: »

If they're looking a bit iffy, you could maybe do the initial prep/boiling stage first tomorrow, and then the next stages on Thursday when you've got the jars? That's what I did with my strawberries and my peach/apricot/nectarine combo last night, although I strained mine so it might be different for marmalade.



You are not wrong there! :eek:



I think it's partly the freshness, but also the knowing what went into it as well. That's why I really want to master baking my own bread as I don't like the idea of all the added preservatives and carp that gets put into shop-bought loaves. Making your own jam/bread/butter/cakes etc isn't necessarily cheaper than buying the basics range from the supermarket, but can be cheaper than buying normal-range or fancy-pants versions, especially if you can get the key ingredients for free from your garden/local Morrisons

I'd love to have a go at making bread one day



I agree, the best thing about getting cheap stuff (or even free stuff) is it means we can try out new stuff.
I would never have dreamed of making jam if it hadn't been for the ton of strawbs we got from our garden and the ideas from the elite :T

Mumto2monkeys

Enterprise_1701C wrote: »

Good luck:D And it's a good idea to put something like newspaper over the worktop when your putting it in the jars, takes ages to get it off the worktop once it's set:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

:rotfl:yes and the sides of the jars if you spill like I did... It set like concrete:eek:

I tried to sterilize my jars in the microwave but it started flashing and making a funny noise scaring me half to death:eek:

One thing I wasn't sure of... When you've transferred the jam into the jar it says cover... Does this mean with the lid? Or do you put the lid on when its cooled??

Tia:)