The Home Front meets Covid-19

boultdj

basketcase said:

boultdj said:

Basketcase, I've not got an oven, just a halogen, used 'em for year's, you need to add the extender ring for most thing's, and find out fan oven times for any recipes. hth

Thanks for this.  Having dug out the instructions mine seems a bit vague about baking.  There are a couple of recipes for flapjacks etc, but no mention of cake.  So, a daft question - does that mean I couldn't bake a cake?  Surely that can't be right...

You can bake cake's, bun's, Yorkshire puddings, ect, so on and the like, you just need to keep an eye on the time for your first few times when you bake, very easy to burn even with the extender ring as it's close to the heating element.

jinny

Basketcase
i didnt have a cooker for a year.. i only had the halogen. It can be used as a dehydrator.   I used to make kale crisps in mine on the 50c setting i used cavilli nero italian kale just rub with oil and add salt n pepper after.  They fly about with it being a fan oven just cover with a mesh or something.   250c to heat up for Yorkshire puds then turn down to 200c for 20mins.  You will only get a 6 cup tin in tho.  i used to leave the extender ring on all the time for everything. I baked a loaf in sometimes but when nearly done it got a tin hat as the top would burn time 30mins

jinny

Sorry rub in oil before baking kale crisps

halfamo

You can do laundry in a plastic bag. It needs to be able to seal shut. I made one for camping out of one of those big vacuum bags with the valve part cut out and sealed the smaller resulting bag with the cool iron and some foil to stop it melting right through. The bag needs to be strong enough not to burst open. Then you open the zip end, put your laundry in and some water and you can use liquid soap, dissolved powder or Bicarbonate of soda . Shut the bag with as little air in as possible and then lay the bag down (the bath, sink ,draining board or outside would work..Kneed the laundry around in the bag for a few minutes. Then empty and refill with clean water(you don't need loads) and do it again .When you've done, roll the laundry in the bag with the end open to expell water to the drain or grass and then lay a dry towel down and roll the wet things in it and then hang it all up.

jinny

Me again Basketcase tin foil and greaseproof paper fly around if not held down.  Put a spoon or something over.  Dont put it down somewhere then pick it up
oooooh burnys😫

jinny

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
       🤍 NHS💙

Pyxis

jinny said:

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
       🤍 NHS💙

^^^^^^ This

It was weird seeing real live people again!😁

thriftwizard

Yes, Basketcase, it's me that's aiming to make the knickers out of old t-shirts! Getting there allotment-wise - two beds out of eleven left to clear, lots of seeds started - so sewing projects will stand a chance of getting started next week. Kind of thinking, pinnies out of old curtains, too...
In the meantime, we had a stir fry pretty much like Pyxis's with our baked potatoes & random leftovers tonight - chopped kale, a small spring cabbage from the allotment, spring onions, a scrap of red pepper, and some "bb4 end june 2015" mung beans that I'd sprouted (successfully) on the kitchen windowsill! With a chopped clove of garlic and some soy sauce - scrumptious! Thursday is always "eat-it-up" night... mostly with baked spuds but sometimes made into pies, if there's lots of stuff in sauces left over. And I've just discovered rhubarb with Greek yogurt - ooh yum! For some reason, the rhubarb at the allotment grows even better than the weeds, despite being in a very exposed position & heavy clay soil - i.e. totally the wrong place, technically.  Just simmered down with some brown sugar & a shake of cinnamon, then added to the yogurt when cooled - highly recommended & very good for you too. 

Pyxis

halfamo said:

You can do laundry in a plastic bag. It needs to be able to seal shut. I made one for camping out of one of those big vacuum bags with the valve part cut out and sealed the smaller resulting bag with the cool iron and some foil to stop it melting right through. The bag needs to be strong enough not to burst open. Then you open the zip end, put your laundry in and some water and you can use liquid soap, dissolved powder or Bicarbonate of soda . Shut the bag with as little air in as possible and then lay the bag down (the bath, sink ,draining board or outside would work..Kneed the laundry around in the bag for a few minutes. Then empty and refill with clean water(you don't need loads) and do it again .When you've done, roll the laundry in the bag with the end open to expell water to the drain or grass and then lay a dry towel down and roll the wet things in it and then hang it all up.

That’s a good tip!

It also reminded me of the towel trick for smaller items and clothes.......you know....rolling the wet item up in a towel, and then holding the ends of roll and swinging it round and round several times. Gets all the worst of the water out and the item can be hung up to dry.

basketcase

Hi all!

  Welcome halfamo - good tip.  I'd forgotten about the small items DIY 'spin dryer' Pyxis

  On my forage at Sainsb's I got some 5% mince and some stewing steak, which I'm putting into the slow cooker shortly.  It reminded me of my mother's prep for stews.  She used to take out the kitchen scissors and cut the chunks of meat into smaller pieces.  It made it go a lot farther and everybody got a 'bigger' share of chunks.  Does anybody else remember this - or anything similar?