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Mrs Fiddlesticks

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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Posted: Thu Jan 13, 05 11:58 am Post subject:

good thread! What about adding some recipes! I like the idea of the huge toad recipe - I've got a large enough tin....

Am hoping to pop in to countrywide store at weekend and suss out a huge tin of toms or two and get some pasta sauce going!

I do make large cake quantities, Alison gave me the recipe - 6eggs, 12oz everything else, and 3 teaspoons baking powder all done in a roasting tin. Trouble is I can't do a monthly bake or I'd have eggs coming out of ears due to the chickens ( 3eggs a day - you work it out!) but I do have a bake when I get too many.

Am also trying to make more bread dough in the machine and then dividing in to two and baking in the oven, one for now, one for tomorrow. If anyone has any large quantities of bread dough recipes I can try in the old Kenwood I'd like to have a go at that. We do get through the bread in this house!

Deedee

Joined: 10 Jan 2005
Posts: 250
Location: Surrey

Posted: Thu Jan 13, 05 12:17 pm Post subject:
Have we got a place thats just for recipes or shall I stick some on here..I do a mean carrot cake Also must recommend Robert Dyas for huge size pyrex and tins!Their casa range of tins is fantastic and half price at the moment!

alison
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Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Thu Jan 13, 05 7:30 pm Post subject:
Deedee, Post it on the site then put it in here, so it can be found in the future. https://www.learningindustries.com/nrk/recipes/

Mrs Fiddlesticks

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 10460

Posted: Thu Jan 13, 05 7:42 pm Post subject:

Bugs wrote:

There's a book by an American woman that often comes up in this subject, called Frozen Assets. I don't know much about it but this is the woman's page... https://hometown.aol.com/dsimple/aboutme.html - might be a starting point. There's also a recentish book by Mary Berry "Cook Now Eat Later" which might cover the same sort of thing.

had a good look round that site - very interesting, thanx! and have signed up for free newsletter!

Pilsbury

Joined: 13 Dec 2004
Posts: 5645
Location: East london/Essex

Posted: Mon Jan 17, 05 11:52 pm Post subject:

I popped down to my local chinese wholesaler and picked up 100 plastic take away cartons with lids for �5 and when ever we cook soups ,stews, chillies ect the extra gets put in a tub and frozen as a tub holds about 1 portion and they stack neatly in the freezer. If you use some scotch magic tape and a felt pen on the front you can see quickly and easily whats in there and have what ever you like and cos the tubs can go straight from freezer to microwave they can provide qiuck tasty meals in minutes

Deedee

Joined: 10 Jan 2005
Posts: 250
Location: Surrey

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 05 9:38 am Post subject:
What a great tip I'm always running out of containers even though I recycle everything I can and I just so happen to have a wholesaler within spitting distance from here Another thing I tend to do when running low on tupperwares etc is pop out the soups and stuff when frozen into bags this helps a lot in the summer/autumn when freezing the 'harvest'!

Mrs Fiddlesticks

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 10460

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 05 11:40 am Post subject:

Bugs wrote:

There's also a recentish book by Mary Berry "Cook Now Eat Later" which might cover the same sort of thing.

thanx for that hint, spotted that book in the library yesterday so have borrowed it! I'm really quite interested in this idea.

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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Location: under some rain.

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 05 11:55 am Post subject:
I love cooking, it's a source of relaxation for me. I'm in the opposite camp, it's daily cooking for me. (confit of goose leg with split peas on the menu tonight)

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45670
Location: Essex

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 05 11:58 am Post subject:

Jonnyboy wrote:

I love cooking, it's a source of relaxation for me.

I'm in the opposite camp, it's daily cooking for me.

Same here, maybe it's a woman thing?

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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Location: under some rain.

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 05 12:01 pm Post subject:
Probably, it's all down to our creative streak.

Mrs Fiddlesticks

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 10460

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 05 12:02 pm Post subject:

i would generally agreed with you Jonnyboy, but there are times...

My problem is that I have to cook twice of an evening. The boys have supper at 5pm ish ( youngest 5) and then I cook again when FT gets home around 7pm. Sometimes I don't want to cook twice!! Or I'd like to do something that is fresh for the boys with enough leftover that I can just re-heat for us later. I do try and do this, eg boys will have mince and mash and I'll make it up in to a shepards pie for us later but I could do with more ideas like that. There is also the issue that FT and I like spicy things like curries and the boys don't - yet!!!

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45670
Location: Essex

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 05 12:03 pm Post subject:
You're so right...

Deedee

Joined: 10 Jan 2005
Posts: 250
Location: Surrey

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 05 12:52 pm Post subject:

I do still tend to cook everyday as I love cakes etc

so if I'm not turning out homemade bread its cakes and biccies! I tend to use the oamc more for variety,speed and backup rather than like some only cooking once a month

Also helps to cut fuel bills when you batch bake so thats another plus.My boys are 'reasonable' little cooks but I think I need to get someone to describe what an oven looks like to OH!! Julie I used to have the same probs with the different dinner times,right pain doing 2 different sittings

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 05 9:44 pm Post subject:

I'm with Jonnyboy and Tahir - I enjoy cooking and use it as winding down, but there are days when I can't be bothered or himself has eated whatever it was I was planning for dinner for lunch, so I raid the freezer. I batch bake (but only for me, so it lasts months!) and when I cook things like chilli or spag bol (that I make in vats) then I freeze it. I also always make double of things that I consider a lot of bother, but worth the effort - like meatballs, fish cakes or souffles. I make enormous vats of soup as well, and freeze for lunches. I like things that turn into something else too - spag bol into lasagne and stew into pie. Cooking twice would seriously get on my nerves, as I don't consider myself off duty until after dinner. I often prepare veggies and things early so I feel that dinner is organised and I can chill out for a bit. I'd be in the reheating camp! In the days before I discovered food, I'd have sent the boys for school dinners so they could just have toast or sarnies for tea, but I wouldn't do it now - we'll have to start a new thread of reheatable foods!

Julie, have you tried cooking very (very) mild chilli and the like for the boys and then spicing it up when tim gets home - could work to your advantage having two sittings then!

Mrs Fiddlesticks

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 10460

Posted: Wed Jan 19, 05 10:22 am Post subject:

In fairness my eldest is starting to get a slightly more adventurous palate and I do make a mince mix then re-heat with chilllis for us later. i make soup in bulk and mince mixtures too ( the farm shop's mince is reduced in price if you buy in bulk) The slow cooker gets used frequently, which is often our supper taken care of. I also do enough spud peeling for both meals at once to help, if that's what we're having. (its boring cooking the same meal twice though isn't it?)

(The village school doesn't do school dinners - its too small!! )

I have some ideas but always welcome new ones. Meatball recipe would be great!!!

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