Great Tips... one liners

tom_and_barbara_good

When you put dough to rise in a bowl you're told to cover it with either a damp cloth, oiled clingfilm or put the bowl into an oiled freezer bag to keep it from drying out.
Far easier to give the bowl a quick squirt of spray oil, put the dough in the bowl, turn it over so that the dough has a slight lick of oil on the surface and then there is no need to oil the clingfilm AND the bowl is easier to clean too.

hazzie123

When burning food onto the bottom of pans or letting the pan boil dry and turning black on the bottom,try using a tablespoon of bicarb and about an half inch of white vingear.Leave for 10-15 mins and you can scrape it off with your finger.

I admit I quite often let the pans boil dry as I`m too busy on here reading posts I forget about the dinner.

apprentice_tycoon

If you have any marzipan left over from Christmas it may have gone a little hard, you can grate it and add to things like the filling for a fruit pie, or fruity bread buns like Chelsea buns

newlywed

Chop a whole load of onions all at once in the food processor and store in the freezer - cook from frozen - saves you crying every day!!!

exlibris

newlywed wrote:

Chop a whole load of onions all at once in the food processor and store in the freezer - cook from frozen - saves you crying every day!!!

Did this once and got complaints for ages after from OH that the freezer smelled. Any hints on stopping this please?

newlywed

exlibris wrote:

Did this once and got complaints for ages after from OH that the freezer smelled. Any hints on stopping this please?

I put them in a "zip-lock" freezer bag thingy. I keep it in the bottom drawer in the freezer with the veg, doesn't seem to smell too much but maybe the onions i bought aren't so strong? OH doesn't usually go in the freezer so wouldn't complain it smelled anyway.

Willpower?

exlibris wrote:

Did this once and got complaints for ages after from OH that the freezer smelled. Any hints on stopping this please?

Lightly fry them first.

mouseymousey99

Put the pump thingie (from handwash liquid stuff) into washing up liquid then just squirt when you need some, lasts ages longer.

EagerLearner

Hi all,

I am going to try to be lots more OS in 2007 and I just wondered what your top 10 Old Style tips are and also what your 'disasters' have been (to the point that you just couldn't be OS on whatever it was !)

Thanks :T

crawley_girl

Mine would be:

Plan your meals (using cupboard and freezers for the main)

Cook in bulk and freeze

Buy lots of bicarb (good for nasty smells/ mould/ degreasers)

Buy micro-fibre cloths (can be washed and reused)

Be brave and try new things - new receipes/ shops/ brands/ products

Don't beat yourself up if all goes wrong. At least you had a go

I know that's only 6 things but it's late... am sure others will post and have their own ideas - breadmakers spring to mind!!!

:heartpuls CG :heartpuls