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Cherryfudge

Another car boot bargain for me: a 1934 book on economical cooking - 20p. What I've read so far is fascinating: for instance advice to pay cash and carry your shopping home. What could be more current?!

goldfinches

I popped into my favourite BHF shop this morning on my way to the supermarket.

I snapped up a glass dome for £3, it looks lovely on top of my cake stand which was a find from last year or 2020 I think. I also found a Potato Marketing Board cookbook, £1, which includes some intriguing recipes such as Fruit & Spice Loaf and Lemon & Nutmeg Pudding, a plastic sleeve book to use for loose recipes, £1, and a 3D Christmas Tree Cookie pack, £2. Here they are.



I'm fascinated to see that the address given on the back of the cookbook for the Potato Marketing Board is Hans Crescent, Knightsbridge which strikes me as a very expensive location even in 1934 when the Board was set up.

@Rosa_Damascena - I've just realised that I hadn't put a link to the no-churn ice-cream recipe on this thread and had assumed that you had seen the link I'd added to one of my posts on a different thread so apologies for that. Most of the ones I like are by Nigella and this link here will show you some of hers Recipe Search Results | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson. Then last week I tried this one Best No Churn Lemon Ice Cream Recipe - How to Make Lemon Ice Cream (food52.com) and it was delicious and easy plus I substituted some of the double cream for fat free greek style yoghurt and the result was wonderfully creamy so I might repeat that when I make it again. Apologies again for not being especially bright this week, goldfinches.

CAFCGirl

Apologies for the size of the photos.
I'm not sure how to make them smaller.

The aforementioned glass tea caddy, and its redesign.
Its now awaiting greenery and its new life as a terrarium

Cherryfudge

@goldfinches, that's a good haul! I suspect cake stand domes get broken more often than bases so you did well to find one.

I have one of those Christmas Tree biscuit kits: DS1 made it using gingerbread and it was very effective.

@CAFCGirl, that's a super transformation! I can't find the original lettering at all.

Brie

@goldfinches
do you think the metal pan is crucial for the ice cream?  Lazy me thinks a plastic pot with a lid would work although it may take a couple of extra minutes to get the cold through.  

Wednesday2000

Rosa_Damascena said:

Wednesday2000 said:

I went to see two films this week at my new local cinema but the seats are very uncomfortable compared to the cinema seats I usually sit in at the 02 in London!

Slumming it Southend? You should be grateful, I went to Cineworld in BasVegas last week and caught something really nasty, have been suffering since. The only consolation was reading the 3 chazzer books (bought for £1 the other week) in the sunshine whilst coughing and spluttering. It's rare I get to read uninterrupted for pleasure but it took my mind off my ill health for a few hours.

Oh sorry, I only just saw this. Yes, Southend, the seats at the cinema are hard and so are the armrests there. I was wondering if Basildon would be any better!

goldfinches

Brie said:

@goldfinches
do you think the metal pan is crucial for the ice cream?  Lazy me thinks a plastic pot with a lid would work although it may take a couple of extra minutes to get the cold through.  

Not at all. What I do find crucial is having a dish large enough to give you a very shallow depth of mixture when you want to freeze it so that it chills very quickly. I just like a metal dish that I can pop into the freezer while I'm mixing the ingredients together and then I can pour the mixture into a cold dish and get a bit of a head start on the chilling, that's all.

Miró

Rosa_Damascena said:

Miró said:

Oh the joy of coming across a basket of scarves each priced at 25p and finding two pure silk ones  

Now that's what I call a bargain! Pics?

The pinky/purply one is hyooge - more like a shawl.   The red/green one is neckerchief sized.  Sunday in Northallerton I got a nice Jaegar silky jersey long sleeved top in a dark olive shade, cotton/silk mix and perfect to go with a silk georgette skirt, in multiple shades of green,  I’ve had for yonks but not had owt to go with it.  £7 in the CRUK shop.  Today in the Ripon CRUK shop I found an M & S fitted dress in a burnt orange shade with fancy seaming and a fancy gold zip at the back, bit of a bright colour for me, will have to wear it on one of my ‘confident’ days!! Also £7.

Rosa_Damascena

Brie said:

@goldfinches
do you think the metal pan is crucial for the ice cream?  Lazy me thinks a plastic pot with a lid would work although it may take a couple of extra minutes to get the cold through.  

Lazy me finds it easier to buy it from the freezer aisle and eat it from a stick

DigForVictory

Miro, would you mind if I take up low-level silk scarf envy? Mostly as those colours are glorious, but also you can drape them next your skin, which is a bit less possible with Denby!