Cooking for one (Mark Two)

fuddle

kittie wrote: »

fuddle, be sure to get the un pasteurised sauerkraut, otherwise it salted cabbage without the goodies. I was just thinking, fuddle, It is made with quite a high percentage of salt ie it is shredded cabbage beaten down with salt and the liquid rises and it is left to ferment. Maybe look at a capsule a day, for salt safety, instead. About 50p a day
https://www.optibacprobiotics.co.uk/

Drat Kittie it's from the supermarket so it will be the carp kind and thank you for the salt info. It did taste very salty so I did wonder.

I dread to tell you all but my grandma boiled her pease pudding in her tights!

caronc

fuddle wrote: »

I dread to tell you all but my grandma boiled her pease pudding in her tights!

I've heard of worse, my childhood friend's Gran made superb clootie dumpling. She used to boil them in a pair of very large knickers (with the leg holes stitched up) in a copper wash boiler, she wasn't the type of woman you could ask if she had, had her wear out of them first :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:(She was a very large, fierce lady who reminded me of Les Dawson and Roy Barraclough when they did "Cissie & Ada", but with a heart of gold and a superb cook and baker who could feed a street full on a few odds and ends:D)

Need2bthrifty

caronc wrote: »

I've heard of worse, my childhood friend's Gran made superb clootie dumpling. She used to boil them in a pair of very large knickers (with the leg holes stitched up) in a copper wash boiler, she wasn't the type of woman you could ask if she had, had her wear out of them first :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:(She was a very large, fierce lady who reminded me of Les Dawson and Roy Barraclough when they did "Cissie & Ada", but with a heart of gold and a superb cook and baker who could feed a street full on a few odds and ends:D)

:rotfl: :rotfl: that's the best laugh I've had in ages.

caronc

Need2bthrifty wrote: »

:rotfl: :rotfl: that's the best laugh I've had in ages.

The joys of being a wean in the 1960s/70s - I'm sure if I had met her as an adult she wouldn't have been so scary. Les Dawson was maybe a wee bit unkind - she didn't like to put her teeth in as they irritated her. :eek: Maybe "Ma Broon" might have been a kinder description. She doted on my friend and I think had, had a very hard life as widowed young in the days before the Welfare State.

Need2bthrifty

caronc wrote: »

The joys of being a wean in the 1960s/70s - I'm sure if I had met her as an adult she wouldn't have been so scary. Les Dawson was maybe a wee bit unkind - she didn't like to put her teeth in as they irritated her. :eek: Maybe "Ma Broon" might have been a kinder description. She doted on my friend and I think had, had a very hard life as widowed young in the days before the Welfare State.

Sounds like a kindly woman my mate knew - as a teenager he worked in one of the fish-houses. Whilst out one Saturday night a woman started speaking to him, he thought his luck was in but no it was Molly from the fish-house, only he didn't recognise her with her teeth in :rotfl:

Glad

Need2bthrifty wrote: »

When I make hummus instead of oil I use some of the liquid from the can or jar the chickpeas are in.

There is a recipe on bbcgoodfood for a butter bean pate that I was going to try out, I can definitely recommend the red lentil and sweet potato pate on same website its got a nice kick to it with some smoked paprika.

Thank you for that

I knew I'd get some good ideas here I'll be trying one of the above tomorrow

I usually take left over veg to work for lunch so the hummus is always nice on the side

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caronc wrote: »

(She was a very large, fierce lady who reminded me of Les Dawson and Roy Barraclough when they did "Cissie & Ada", but with a heart of gold and a superb cook and baker who could feed a street full on a few odds and ends:D)

The type of woman we could all have confidence in, the ones who we all turned to if something went wrong. Pure gold

No idea of food today but probably freezer diving stuff. I would guess at smooth nice soup and pizza using frozen dough, mozarella and small tomatoes. I am not in the main meal-making mood so will make a veggie juice, to get my veg fill. I feel like making croissants today, last made them 30 years ago. I often feel like a crunch and the bm has a recipe. making 12, so I`ll see how it goes. I quite like that sort of pottering. Everything else will be as usual, spelt/nuts/berries/fruit/baked apple and a small piece of bakewell to be nibbled for a snack, straight out of the freezer, nibbled cold makes for a yummy longer-lasting snack, using rabbit -like nibbles

moneyistooshorttomention

...and there was me thinking it was "one of my things" that I've managed to learn I can eat some sweet food straight out of the freezer:rotfl:

Says the bright spark that thought "I can stick to only having a couple of squares of chocolate at a time if I put the rest in the freezer". Errrr....nope...I discovered I can eat chocolate straight out of the freezer...:rotfl: - if only because some dark chocolate is thinner than that large chunky milk chocolate....

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moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

... - if only because some dark chocolate is thinner than that large chunky milk chocolate....

exactly why I don`t buy any milk chocolate, even the 70% chocolate. I am loving the 85% and only `need` a thin strip but I know it is a choc habit and once I get to 1pm, I don`t even think of chocolate because of the potential gerd at night. Hence it being a habit

I have laid out all the croissant ingredients to use this afternoon as I intend being on the allotment as soon as the sun comes out. I use the american cup measures, got a most brilliant full set from amazon via america. I need to be accurate and use a knife to swipe over the cups, only this set allowed that. Best is that they all stack, even all the spoon and smidgen measures with it

I have also combined with a bit of winter prep ie ordered some excellent white bread flour not obtainable in the shops. I combine it with peasant flours.

Coffee is downed and the sun is appearing so I must change

Need2bthrifty

Morning All,

Was a bit chilly early on but the frost has "louped" as they say and it looks like it will be quite a nice day. I'm playing in the ladies Noon league today which means I have to eat something light about 10.45am.

I had some Greek yoghurt & prunes when I got up and will have Egg mayo, salad & crackers mid morning and an early tea of Breaded Fish, saut!ed potatoes & brussel sprouts.

Going to try and get a bit of gardening and some baking done, its just a bit of a nuisance being away from 11.00 till 2.30.