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 Topic: Potato Refrigerator Dough |
chrisico
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 Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Tue Jun 13, 06 12:20 pm Subject: Potato Refrigerator Dough |
I've been making bread for about 30 years now and am always on the look-out for something new. Thought I'd share my current favourite.
1tsp easy blend yeast
1 cup water
1/2 unseasoned mashed pota ... |
| Topic: Bread Troubleshooting |
chrisico
Replies: 41
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Mon Jun 12, 06 11:10 am Subject: Bread Troubleshooting |
| I always weigh my water too and the results are much better. I often put a bowl of boiling water in the bottom of the oven before cooking and it helps to keep the top of the bread from hardening off ... |
| Topic: Making Tofu |
chrisico
Replies: 6
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Thu Jun 01, 06 12:07 pm Subject: homemade tofu |
| I've been making this for years using epsom salts,only 1tsp to 1/2 lb soya beans. You can also use lemon juice, as the point is to separate the curds from the whey, then strain and press the curds tog ... |
| Topic: Bread & Yeast Cookery/bleached flour & probably othe |
chrisico
Replies: 13
Views: 7797
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Fri May 26, 06 10:16 am Subject: Bread & Yeast Cookery/bleached flour & probably othe |
Not done the dolly tub bread but the undercover bread,where the dough is cooked with a bowl over it, is really great and absolutely enormous when it is finished. A real work of art,shame to cut it!
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| Topic: Bread & Yeast Cookery/bleached flour & probably othe |
chrisico
Replies: 13
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Fri May 26, 06 9:57 am Subject: Bread & Yeast Cookery/bleached flour & probably othe |
I am on my second copy of this book. I bought it when it first came out and it taught me to make bread . Now I have a bread maker but still go back to it 'for fun' sometimes.
85% flour is sometimes ... |
| Topic: Multi-Grain Bread |
chrisico
Replies: 34
Views: 23371
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Mon Jan 09, 06 9:45 am Subject: Multi-Grain Bread |
| I was in our local health food shop recently and noticed a 1 kg bag Suma museli base. It contained wheat flakes, oats , barley flakes, rye flakes and jumbo oats,and was unsweetened. At only £1 I thoug ... |
| Topic: Snack suggestions ...healthy ones! |
chrisico
Replies: 23
Views: 12573
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Mon Jan 09, 06 9:38 am Subject: Snack suggestions ...healthy ones! |
| I make a big batch of cheesy bread sticks rolled in sesame seeds at the beginning of the week and they are great for when the kids come home from school or work. |
| Topic: Making your own bread (Bread makers) |
chrisico
Replies: 68
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Sat Dec 10, 05 8:22 pm Subject: Making your own bread (Bread makers) |
| I have a panasonic as well and it's absolutely fab. I'm not one for kitchen gadgets usually ( I don't even have a freezer ) but this is one that I would never be without even though it's quite pricey. ... |
| Topic: chocolate |
chrisico
Replies: 38
Views: 23667
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Fri Dec 02, 05 2:22 pm Subject: chocolate |
co-op own brand fair trade chocolate,milk and plain, is really good with a high percentage or cocoa solids for about £1 for 150grams (one person sized !!!)  |
| Topic: lamb flatbread/pizza things |
chrisico
Replies: 8
Views: 4192
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Tue Nov 29, 05 12:14 pm Subject: lamb flatbread/pizza things |
| No reason why these have to be savoury is there? I've often made a similar flat bread thing spread with slices of apple or mincemeat (sweet kind). Very tasty after lunch. Think I'll just go and pop ... |
| Topic: Cracked heel cream |
chrisico
Replies: 14
Views: 10699
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Fri Jun 03, 05 3:45 pm Subject: Cracked heel cream |
| You can buy lanolin from Mitchell's Wool Fat soap in Bradford or google wool fat soap and get a company called Elm Products (or something like that!) and get it p&p free. Their soap is really nice and ... |
| Topic: Haybox cooking |
chrisico
Replies: 20
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Fri Feb 18, 05 4:32 pm Subject: Haybox cooking |
I think it minght be a good way to cook if you were on holiday say in a tent ( needing all the hot food you could get,I expect!).
I googled haybox cooking and it said it could be left all day or ove ... |
| Topic: Haybox cooking |
chrisico
Replies: 20
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Fri Feb 18, 05 4:08 pm Subject: Haybox cooking |
| Has anybody tried cooking like this? I made a pot of veg soup today by bringing all the ingredients to the boil and then turning off the gas and covering the lid of the pan with folded tea towels and ... |
| Topic: Has anyone started on Christmas yet?? |
chrisico
Replies: 26
Views: 39381
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Wed Jan 26, 05 4:44 pm Subject: Has anyone started on Christmas yet?? |
| I have started collecting odd balls of wool from the charity shops to make into little stripey purses for presents for my daughter's friends' birthdays as they come up through the year. Scarfs and mit ... |
| Topic: Moisturiser/ hand cream? |
chrisico
Replies: 43
Views: 33128
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Wed Jan 26, 05 4:37 pm Subject: Moisturiser/ hand cream? |
| If you pour about 2 tablespoons of any oil in your hand, and a tablespoon of sugar, you can produce very soft, knitting hands again. mix the sugar in and then rub and massage well all over the hands, ... |
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