General Chat

We had rhubarb crumble for tea. It was the only pull we will have this year of the rhubarb we planted last year.

Oh yes,it did taste special.

Morning All Happy Scrimpers. This is to nudge this thread up.
Got me hands full at the mo. Will come back and contribute later.
Take care All
Julia in Derbyshire

No point me making soup.The old man won't eat it so I have to make him something else. He thinks soup is poofy or something.There is no logic to his thinking,never was!

Would he eat it if you called it Broth, Sharron lol?

I feel so bad. I have just thrown the chicken carcass in the bin and I'm an
oldie. I will however use up the rest of the chicken for sandwiches and maybe a curry.

Used to cook a lot when younger and certainly had a background where meals were made out of nothing but have succumbed to the ready made meal. Daughter is veggie so tend to have separate meals. I wish I had a supermarket bill for £40. Must try harder.

Regards

Vera

My dau in law is a whiz at left overs etc. Her latest triumph was making Mozzarella cheese which is expensive to buy

From 4 litres of full cream milk she made 700 grams of cheese and from the remaining whey she made Ricotta which she then later made into a Pineapple Cheesecake using up the remains of a fresh pineapple.

She looks into the fridge/freezer at all leftovers then goes onto the internet for ideas. She has made me more adventurous to try new things

I call her Mrs Hugh Fearnley Whitingstall

Morning Quinsgran, that is marvelous. Perhaps you could put the full recipe and method up, for us others.
Don't knock Hugh. I think he is brill, abit eccentric, but to me the best chef on the telly, and who cooks real food.
I watch him every Saturday evening, even if it is a repeat. He is doing bread next week.
Take Care
Julia in Derbyshire

Have had a look at the recipes for the two cheeses and don't think I will be attempting them. We don't have the appropriate pot, bowl or thermometer.

If anybody does want to try it they may find it quite hard to find citric acid as chemists no longer sell it. Dealers cut heroine with it.

I have a bag which I bought from a wine making supplies shop.

Now have to deal with the longing to have a go at making some which would mean buying all that equipment to produce something we don't use anyway.


No,Liz,it doesn't matter what I call it,he won't drink soup.Not good for his street cred or something important like that,

Hi Sharron, shakes hands. I have the same trouble with the OH and soup. It doesn't matter if I make it thin, to drink in a cup, or thick you practically have to cut it with a knife and fork. He will eat stew, so long as he has some greens, roast spuds and perhaps a yorkshire pudding with it.
He is the same with a nice home made jam. He will not eat a nice fresh baked slice of bread spread with butter and some nice jam.
I blame it on his upbringing myself. He's only working class, same as me, but I think he has dellusions of grandure. Don't know whats good for him, he don't.
Julia in Derbyshire

Mine refuses to eat Lancashire Hotpot - now I make a very good one, even if I say it myself, it has been praised by others. However only about 4 years ago I admitted to him that my lovely Cornish Pasties which he enjoys are quite often filled with leftover Hotpot.

He still eats the pasties but not the Pot!! How is that for pigheaded? Apologies to other southerners but I blame his birthplace! Annnnnnnnd he also likes Marmite. Yuck!

Not my OH,he is not allowed to behave in that way.There is a dried fruit salad soaking right now because he is going to be eating it just to show him that prunes are edible. He thinks he doesn't like them because he was forced to eat them at school. It was cheap in Julian Graves too.

It is my dad. He wouldn't eat yoghurt for years,well not at home anyway. Bread sauce,gravy,stuffing.

It may be genetic. Grandfather had a milk pudding,whatever it was made of semolina,tapioca,sago,he always called it rice pie,for his dinner every day. Dad took a bacon sandwich,a cheese sandwich and two flasks of tea with a Ribena bottle of milk in his dinner bag every day he went to work.

He did the shopping and cooking for a while.Faggots Tuesday,pie Wednesday etc.

Now he goes shopping most Wednesdays and buys,tea,eight rolls,a sliced loaf and some liver.

Maybe soup is not in his routine.

Hello Julia in Derbyshire, this is Bridget who started Culinary delights, thank you for mentioning me! It is said that everyone has five minutes fame, this must be my five minutes.

I have read all the entries and found them amazing and was thinking "now how do i ask if the people on here would add some of their common sense recipes onto my thread ..
I was born in the 1940s so we had rationing, I still have my book! We never wasted anything and this was not just food, we unraveled wool and then had to wind it again to re use, we repaired our clothes, we polished our shoes, well dad did that, we cleaned and dusted, my mother used to wash the door steps and the put red polish of some sort, can' t recall right now what it was called.
A confession from me know. Having retired now I have plenty of time at home to cook. We had a great meal on Friday when we had six people round for dinner. The meat was local free range chickens and they were delicious .
Trying to be thrifty I decided to make chicken soup, well it turned out OK but I would not have served it to anyone other than OH and myself, please can someone add to my thread a recipe for this and any other soups or any recipes I and others would be really pleased. Meanwhile I will keep coming onto here for more household tips and memories

Hi All - I missed 'Super Scrimpers' last week - but know I am one!
Todays effort : I had worn right through the soles of my house boots (The soft, fleecy lined faux suede type). So, cut the complete front & back leg sections off & made 2 pairs of lovely fleecy insoles for my wellies & dog-walking shoes!

I do agree that alas, the cost of fuel doesn't always make DIY baking as economical as it used to be - BUT, although I don't usually eat white sliced bread,, when I see one reduced to about 25p, I can't resist getting one & making that wonderful old classic : Bread Pudding! - Then the rest of the loaf gets frozen for toast.
Yes, I definitely qualify - Rationing when a child, Now broke when retired!
Keep it up folks. Paula x

Spanish - probably Cardinal polish - I have used it mysellf!

The dried fruit salad made three crumbles.

He does like prunes after all.I knew he would if I told him to!

Chris, yes that was what it was, Cardinal polish, I must say the step did always look clean ad nice. We had rugs made from bits of material left over from Mums sewing, she made nearly all our clothes, including our coats. She would go to the local Market buy material and put it out on the floor, then she would use tailors chalk to draw the item..so clever. She even made my and my younger sisters, wedding dresses and bridesmaid dresses this way.

Please someone add some soup recipies, many thanks
21.27 hrs Spain

Hi All.
I love watching Hugh .Hes so inventive. Dau in law made his Elder Flower Champagne. It was quite nice when you got used to it.

As for citric acid we buy it at the supermarket next to the baking soda. I didnt know dealers used it to cut heroin.Im in New Zealand so different rules for selling stuff I guess.
The Olives will be ripe soon so dau in law will be collecting them to have them pressed ( she takes them to an company for that ). We are still using oil from last year. She makes her own Pesto and if we havnt any Basil she uses other herbs and its still lovely

Good Morning Ladies, Chris in Wessex, you have pre-empted me on the Cardinal Red polish.LOL. Every spring, and I have just done this, I paint my downstairs outside window sills with Cardinal Red paint. Makes them look clean and fresh. My outside steps are painted white gloss as they are wooden.
Have a Good Day All
Julia in Derbyshire

I made soup for lunch on Wednesday and my OH said it was really lovely and beefy. He asked me what was in it and then didn't believe me when I told him. While I was sorting out the freezer I found a portion of shepherd pie so I chopped some carrots and boiled them in a Knorr beef stockpot added the shepherds pie (thawed) some whole grain mustard and a dash of worchester sauce. I mixed it altogether and heated it through then whizzed it, the mashed potatoe topping made it into a nice thick soup.

Wendy x

Saw the tip last night about mixed in porridge oats to mince to make it go further. I can recall my mum doing this during the rationing.