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redsquirrel80

shaz_mum_of__2 wrote: »

Hi all

know i have cupboard full of dried onions how much dried stuff per normal onion do you think ??

I want to road test a pea soup recipe and make it storecupboardy :drool:

Shaz

I'm afraid I don't know, but I have a vision of opening a kitchen cupboard and a mountain of loose dried onion falling out.. sorry :rotfl:

shaz_mum_of__2

Had a leisurely day!

made this tomato relish its great with cheese and can be used as a spicy pizza base



the recipe is here i don't bother with the ginger

also made these
2 bran flake cakes ,2 coconut cakes, 3 gooseberry and rhubarb crumbles and a rice bread loaf




nice quiet day!!!

Taking DS2 age 7 swimming lessons soon then prawn and hard boiled egg salad for tea witth new pots out the garden!!!!

Found a free range egg supplier in the next village for £2.50 a tray(30)and got to hold some chicks.............aaahhh


Shaz

ceridwen

How much? Cor.... jealous about those egg prices.:cool:

In_Search_Of_Me

Evening all! In haste as off to SW (if you hear/feel a loud thud in about 10 mins Weezl dont panic - just me passing out from the shock . Shaz could you post the "recipes" for Weezl's body stuff you made cos they look deeeeliscios and I'd like to have a go!! Also thinking ahead to maybe selling some for Christmas so if you could pm me costings would be appreciated so I can work out profit margin!

shaz_mum_of__2

OOerr

ISOM i assume you mean the soap.....................its not quite as simple as a recipe i am afraid :rolleyes: but will post a link that explains the process then post my recipe when you understand whats involved................... sorry to sound like your daft i know your not but i am only a beginner and would hate to misinform you soapmaking can be dangerous as caustic soda is used:eek:

Weezl dont worry the chemical reaction that turns it into soap neutralises it:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:


http://houseofstrauss.co.uk/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=462

this is the first recipe i tried but i dont really like the soap there are no bubbles if you want bubbles you need coconut oil but i didn't know:o

anyway i am waffling so have a look and i will look up recipes but unless you can charge about £2 a bar not much profit in it!

Shaz

BigMummaF

I was wondering Acetate, if you found it a little difficult to carve a piece of meat after all this time of portioning pulses:D I'm hazarding a guess that it's a lot easier to stab the fork into a chink of meat than a chickpea:rotfl:

Enjoy your evening meal, & tell Weezl I hope she had fun at her shindig too.

In_Search_Of_Me

Shaz thanks for that - what were the lovely "nobbly" bits in it? When I was in the indian supermarket I got coconut oil & jasmine oil so am also on a hunt for hair conditioning recipes...was going to do one for Weezl for her pressie but didnt get time in the end....
Weezl was it the worky meal today? Did it go OK and did you do the pot salad in the end?
Big Mumma I can confirm that Mr Weezl/Acetate Monkey (am to his friends!!) can carve meat very well...I can now also say (forgot previously!) that I have seen Weezl's Bush in action!!!! Oh how bad are we!!
Also have you spent the 19p? For those who have been here from the start it would seem reasonable that our weezl was frivellous with the remaining 19p (although it must be said what can you frivellously buy for 19p? 19 cola bottles perhaps?) but she was all for putting it to the next months budget!! How committed is she! I would have been planning that 19 p for weeks!!!!

In_Search_Of_Me

hehe me either!!! Weezl got my share...less of the old crone comments you - age is just a number!

ceridwen wrote: »

...You forgot ....conciliatory, diplomatic.........:D

signed
ceridwen

(who isnt very good at that!;) )

shaz_mum_of__2

In_Search_Of_Me wrote: »

Shaz thanks for that - what were the lovely "nobbly" bits in it? When I was in the indian supermarket I got coconut oil & jasmine oil so am also on a hunt for hair conditioning recipes...was going to do one for Weezl for her pressie but didnt get time in the end....
Weezl was it the worky meal today? Did it go OK and did you do the pot salad in the end?
Big Mumma I can confirm that Mr Weezl/Acetate Monkey (am to his friends!!) can carve meat very well...I can now also say (forgot previously!) that I have seen Weezl's Bush in action!!!! Oh how bad are we!!
Also have you spent the 19p? For those who have been here from the start it would seem reasonable that our weezl was frivellous with the remaining 19p (although it must be said what can you frivellously buy for 19p? 19 cola bottles perhaps?) but she was all for putting it to the next months budget!! How committed is she! I would have been planning that 19 p for weeks!!!!

poppy seeds ......its a gentle abrasive exfoliant also check this site out

http://candleandsoap.about.com/od/soaprecipes/a/grocerysoap.htm

lots of recipes

if you decide to do some pm me

Shaz

Sallygirl

Shaz: when you made the tomato relish - did you use tinned tomatoes like Rhonda Jean did? And if you did, then did you weigh them drained or just use 2 1/2 x 400g tins? Hope you don't mind me asking.

Thanks!