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 Topic: How long does making your daily bread take? |
JH
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 Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Wed Jul 12, 06 9:19 pm Subject: How long does making your daily bread take? |
| If I make it by hand it can take a wee while as you have to mix and then knock back etc. I'm not exactly the fastest though. I make a lot by hand but I do admit to using the breadmaker quite a lot too ... |
| Topic: EMERGENCY: Pork! lots of it |
JH
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Wed Jul 12, 06 8:44 pm Subject: EMERGENCY: Pork! lots of it |
Ah thank god! Cheers! Talk about being thrown in at the deep end  |
| Topic: EMERGENCY: Pork! lots of it |
JH
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Wed Jul 12, 06 8:33 pm Subject: EMERGENCY: Pork! lots of it |
Just arrived, fresh, in the shape of a pig. We have 2 hams and a shed load of other bits and some belly for bacon already cut. We didnt get any warning of arrival so have no cures or anything ready.
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| Topic: Veggie burgers |
JH
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Thu Jun 29, 06 11:07 am Subject: Veggie burgers |
I use this recipe I adapted from one off the net.. I tried to copy the 'Cauldron' Black bean burgers which I fell in love with.
1 can black beans, drained,rinsed
1 tablespoon oil
1 cup dice ... |
| Topic: My wholemeal loaf sunk in the middle |
JH
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Wed Jun 28, 06 3:21 pm Subject: My wholemeal loaf sunk in the middle |
Sorry, have to resurrect this thread! 
I bought a Fastbake breadmaker about a month ago and up until a week ago it made perfect bread every single time (every day) - wholemeal, raisin, white, sa ... |
| Topic: Introducing new chooks to the existing lot? |
JH
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Wed Jun 28, 06 10:25 am Subject: Introducing new chooks to the existing lot? |
OK - seems like an intro pen then. Thanks both  |
| Topic: The Drought of '76 |
JH
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Forum: Reviews and What's On Posted: Tue Jun 27, 06 6:48 pm Subject: The Drought of '76 |
| I was 6 and it was the year we moved from Gloucestershire to Scotland! |
| Topic: Introducing new chooks to the existing lot? |
JH
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Tue Jun 27, 06 5:36 pm Subject: Introducing new chooks to the existing lot? |
| At what age is it recommended you introduce new chooks to the existing flock? Our chicks are now 4 weeks old and I think a little way off being introduced - but what age should we be aiming for? Does ... |
| Topic: Sterilizing bottles for homebrew |
JH
Replies: 25
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Tue Jun 27, 06 5:30 pm Subject: Sterilizing bottles for homebrew |
Thats very true and treacle ale......and barley wine.....
We had to blow our honeymoon money on getting new cooker   but managed to fix tumbledryer and BT are 'investigating' the ... |
| Topic: Sterilizing bottles for homebrew |
JH
Replies: 25
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Tue Jun 27, 06 5:02 pm Subject: Sterilizing bottles for homebrew |
I think my electrical sprite may have travelled via our PC's and infected your home. At the weekend we lost the cooker, phone line and *cough*tumble dryer  - not that i ever use it unless its a ... |
| Topic: Sterilizing bottles for homebrew |
JH
Replies: 25
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Fri Jun 23, 06 8:11 am Subject: Sterilizing bottles for homebrew |
No I believe you! I had that thought as I was loading them up so *hands up* I used sterilising solution. I hate it but it was either that or the cider....
All bottled |
| Topic: Sterilizing bottles for homebrew |
JH
Replies: 25
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Thu Jun 22, 06 5:47 pm Subject: Sterilizing bottles for homebrew |
Ok about the dandelion wine - its still at the demijohn full of golden raisins stage - thats still ok to leave like that for a while? It fermented out about a week ago....
Sounds as though the win ... |
| Topic: Sterilizing bottles for homebrew |
JH
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Thu Jun 22, 06 3:51 pm Subject: Sterilizing bottles for homebrew |
Gil - yes thats how I sterilise most of my stuff for homebrew or jam - I can do 'bulk', its handsfree and unpolluting (excepting electricity to power cooker).
Ok about the dandelion wine - its ... |
| Topic: Sterilizing bottles for homebrew |
JH
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Views: 29685
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Thu Jun 22, 06 3:26 pm Subject: Sterilizing bottles for homebrew |
Thanks for that.
Would sterilzer baby thng woork though? Hesitant to use sterilizing powders/fluid.. |
| Topic: Sterilizing bottles for homebrew |
JH
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Thu Jun 22, 06 2:36 pm Subject: Sterilizing bottles for homebrew |
Goddamn cooker blew up last night and I have a batches of Dandelion and Cider ready to go but can't sterilise the bottles!
Just wondering - those 'mothership' looking things for sterilising babies ... |
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