What OS tip didn't work for you?

Alison_Funnell

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

I don't - I'm upfront about any changes and as DH and I have shared goals, this usually works, or we discuss things

Same here. And with our daughter. Never quite understood the whole deception thing, personally I find things easier with everyone on board.

I have never tried the stardrops thing but have read some of the posts here I don't think I will bother. If I am washing down work surfaces I find a bit of hot water and a tiny bit of WUL works perfectly well.

Don't think I've ever tried a tip that hasn't worked, but to be honest I tend to filter out tips I think aren't going to work for us when I read posts.

looktothefuture

To me Stardrops smell of my houseboy who we had when I was growing up in South Africa! It's not an unpleasant smell, just one that has a little knock to my memory!

My stepson loves the smell of the original stardrops so when I use it anywhere in the house, he comes to find the bottle for a whiff! Weird kiddo!

My OH doesn't even mow the lawn because I like it mowed a certain way so I do it! He's going to struggle when I start a new job next week because he'll have no choice but to start dinner (with the help of my trusty recipe book!) so that we eat dinner before 9pm!

tessie_bear

iv never worked out how people stretch a chicken as far as they do...i roast and then make a pie or sarnies then boil the carcass for soup...thats it ...my chickens dont go on for days

Alison_Funnell

I think it depends on the size of your chicken, the number of people that feeds and how determined you are to portion control. TBH I find I get far more out of chickens if I bone and joint them. Then I cook and make stock.

JulieGeorgiana

tessie_bear wrote: »

iv never worked out how people stretch a chicken as far as they do...i roast and then make a pie or sarnies then boil the carcass for soup...thats it ...my chickens dont go on for days

I can make a 1.9kg Chicken last for 10 meals for 3 of us! And scraps for the cats! I am more then happy to share if you are really interested.

I think I started out just making it last 3 days... and it kind of grew from there!!!

Soubrette

Alison_Funnell wrote: »

Same here. And with our daughter. Never quite understood the whole deception thing, personally I find things easier with everyone on board.

I have never tried the stardrops thing but have read some of the posts here I don't think I will bother. If I am washing down work surfaces I find a bit of hot water and a tiny bit of WUL works perfectly well.

Don't think I've ever tried a tip that hasn't worked, but to be honest I tend to filter out tips I think aren't going to work for us when I read posts.

It would honestly never occur to me to have a family discussion on whether or not to water down the washing up liquid, if I read it as a tip then I'd do it and if people commented on it then I'd either continue or not depending on the feedback.

However, I wouldn't pretend I hadn't watered it down if I had.

My Dad was terrible for watering down the tomato sauce with vinegar, I'm sure he used to waste more than he saved because one tip and there would be a large watery mess on the plate then next time it would be stiff as wall paper paste.

tessie_bear

JulieGeorgiana wrote: »

I can make a 1.9kg Chicken last for 10 meals for 3 of us! And scraps for the cats! I am more then happy to share if you are really interested.

I think I started out just making it last 3 days... and it kind of grew from there!!!

yes please share....i havent a cat though:p

pigpen

tessie_bear wrote: »

iv never worked out how people stretch a chicken as far as they do...i roast and then make a pie or sarnies then boil the carcass for soup...thats it ...my chickens dont go on for days

Mine last about 5 minutes.. I cook 2 (to feed 10 of us) they are stripped bare just for one meal.. and as for making stock this them.. the picking out of bones is just so incredibly tedious I don't bother. Cats get the skin and the then naked bones are binned.

Homemade soup has to be my 'thing'.. it is rank no matter what I put in it it is evil tasteless stuff wih a very very strange texture.. like thin semolina.

Stardrops makes me wheeze

value brand sausages are cat food! They are sawdust flavoured and noone will touch them

tessie_bear

pigpen your chicken meal sounds great...i agree about the value sausages

JulieGeorgiana

tessie_bear wrote: »

yes please share....i havent a cat though:p

Don't say you didn't ask for it!!!

First Roast the chicken and then strip off the chicken and place in piles according to what kind of meat it is (Breast, leg, thigh and 'other'

1) Roast Chicken (2 portions - This is the tricky meal!!!! I use the wing meat, oysters and any 'other' meat) this may not seem like a lot but we bulk this meal out with tons of yorkshire puds and never notice a lack of meat (a 2kg chicken has a lot of 'other' meat under the carcass if you strip is properly!)

2&3) Nutty Chicken Curry (8 portions - using 1.5 chicken breast and bulking out with peppers, mushrooms, peas and sweetcorn) and 300ml of Chicken Stock

4) Chicken Pizza (3 -4 Portions - Using 0.5 chicken breast)

5) Chicken pasta (3 - 4 portions - using 1 chicken leg, mixed through either a tomato based or cheese based sauce, topped with breadcrumbs and parmasan and grilled)

6) Chicken and leek with Chips (3 - 4 portions - using 1 chicken thigh, shallow fry with leeks (mushrooms if you want), add chicken soup and serve over chips!

7&8) Chicken Curry (6 - 8 portions - using 1 leg and theigh, bulked out with lots of different veg for your 5 a day!)

9&10) Chicken Noodle Soup (6 - 8 portions, basically HM stock with VERY small pasta in it, served with HM bread!)

My family LOVE their meat... and none of these gets complained as having too little meat. I normally make the chicken when I don't have my son as the roast uses the most meat, then freeze and portion the chicken and stock and enjoy these meals over an 8 week period!!

The cats get all the skin and gristle!!!

HTH!