Moving on

Cherryfudge

I think I need to look into modern alternatives to the traditional cooker, there are clearly lots of options, though I need to be reassured that I can cook a Christmas cake and some pizzas!

It's been hot today - 29C this afternoon and I believe it's hotter elsewhere. We made the ice cream first thing so that it would be sufficiently frozen by lunch time then DH and I took the children down to the swings and on to the library, calling in for ice lollies on the way back. It was lunch time by then and we all needed to keep a bit cooler and better hydrated.

Most of us spent the afternoon indoors - the home made ice cream was tried with interest and initial exclamations of pleasure, then the children decided they didn't want any more so we left it for their parents!

The only one who wanted to be out of doors was the youngest who was mostly in the shade of a large parasol, watering things. She loves that.

DH remembered last minute that he had a meeting this evening, so we've rescheduled the solar panel interview.

Not much spent, though I called in to A1di for mascarpone first thing and came away with croissants, scones and Belgian buns as well. DH's new SIM has arrived, but not the separate letter with instructions, so we have definitely missed our chance to pay less this month. At least it should soon be cancelled. It's interesting that his current provider rang him as soon as he requested a PAC code, to try to talk him into staying. Mine didn't try at all!

This evening I've been working on rotas and planning for the next term or so with the pre-schoolers. I have more of an idea which way it's going but there's more still to do.

Laura_Elsewhere

check your ice cream maker can be left running- ours has a maximum of 40minutes and then starts trying to kill itself, making clicks and other strange noises!!

Mum's new oven is almost the same size as their old cooker's main oven, and it is literally just an electric oven when you aren't using the other settings, so it would definitely bake your Christmas cake!

Baileys_Babe

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82045738#Comment_82045738

Ours is similar, 40ish minutes mixing then put the ice-cream in the freezer, can be in the ice cream maker bowl, but we usually decant it to another container or the bowl can be cleaned and refrozen ready for the next batch 🍨

Cherryfudge

I took the ice cream out of the machine after about twenty minutes and transferred it to a freeze-able container, but I didn't know that about not leaving it running, so thanks. Part of the reason for taking it out was that the machine is really loud when running, otherwise I might have forgotten it.