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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby Pepper Pig » Sat May 22, 2021 5:36 am

I’m in pedant mood!! There is no “n” in restaurateur. :o :!: :lol:

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Postby karadekoolaid » Sat May 22, 2021 1:33 pm

I’m in pedant mood!! There is no “n” in restaurateur. :o :!: :lol:

And you are pedantically, absolutely correct! My mistake - sounds like I´ve forgotten my French :shock: :shock: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Postby scullion » Sun May 23, 2021 5:03 pm

what is leftover milk? running out of milk i understand but never leftover!

ps. we have run out today and it's raining too hard to walk up to the village - nido it is, until tomorrow.

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Postby Earthmaiden » Sun May 23, 2021 8:30 pm

Leftover milk is the bane of my life. I use so little and freezing little bits in tubs is a faff. I use semi-skimmed so it's not great for cheese.

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Postby Pepper Pig » Sun May 23, 2021 8:48 pm

I’m just grateful I have a cat and a dog.

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby Stokey Sue » Sun May 23, 2021 10:09 pm

I’m often trying to use up milk, sometimes I decide not to bother to have any, then of course I find I want just a bit for something, I gave up on freezing it, didn’t work well for me

I used to be able to buy 200 or 250 ml cartons of long life which just suited me but can’t find them now, in fact buying less than a litre of any kind is hard

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby jeral » Mon May 24, 2021 9:05 am

Milk = custard made with powder :) Or home-made yoghurt from a dessertspoonful saved as a frozen blob. My usage tends to go in fits and starts, but as I use UHT it can just sit there. Even opened it lasts at least a week.

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby Badger's Mate » Mon May 24, 2021 10:00 am

Milk is used in tea here. With our consumption we're very much more likely to run out than have any go sour. I can't remember the last time any milk went off. I order semi skimmed plus filtered nowadays, the latter would keep well if it got the chance.

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby jeral » Mon May 24, 2021 11:15 am

Fish and a chip anyone? Well, the chip is an 8" one:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12659899/ ... inch-chip/
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Musing... In the advert for Warburton's toastie bread, a toaster slice pops high into the air and descends, turning in slow motion. The slice is perfectly evenly browned on both sides.
Q: Does anyone on the planet have a toaster that achieves that? (Or ever did have.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gySliQV5w7Y

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Postby Earthmaiden » Mon May 24, 2021 11:40 am

I think there may be a bit of poetic licence there. What really grated was that he put the bread into the toaster vertically.

Amazing how the chip story made a national newspaper :lol:. It would have been more interesting if it had turned out to be a battered worm.

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby Wic » Tue May 25, 2021 9:19 am

It’s interesting about freezing milk, isn’t it. Here, only one of us drinks any, and then only in tea. In the past I always had a spare pint in the freezer, but in the past year or so that hasn’t worked, it separates as it thaws and makes a very odd cup of tea. I wondered whether I was doing something different, but as far as I know, I’m not.

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby miss mouse » Tue May 25, 2021 9:48 am

Wic wrote: it separates as it thaws and makes a very odd cup of tea. I wondered whether I was doing something different, but as far as I know, I’m not.



I don't know whether it makes a difference, shaking it as it thaws seems to have worked recently, it could have been random though.

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Postby Earthmaiden » Tue May 25, 2021 9:53 am

I think that helps, Miss Mouse. I think whether full fat, semi skimmed etc makes a difference too. The higher fat content being the most difficult.

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby miss mouse » Tue May 25, 2021 9:58 am

Earthmaiden wrote:I think that helps, Miss Mouse. I think whether full fat, semi skimmed etc makes a difference too. The higher fat content being the most difficult.


I use full fat, the 3.6% if that makes a difference. If it does separate it is still usable in eg white sauce. Annoying though if what you want is tea.

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby jeral » Tue May 25, 2021 2:59 pm

What if you boil the milk first to distribute the fat? Might be worth a try... because my UHT whole milk has the fat distributed and the heat denatures the proteins (presumably disallowing them to form natural bonding clumps), and it doesn't separate on thawing so boiling might work.

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Re: Foodies In The News

Postby PatsyMFagan » Tue May 25, 2021 3:41 pm

jeral wrote:
Musing... In the advert for Warburton's toastie bread, a toaster slice pops high into the air and descends, turning in slow motion. The slice is perfectly evenly browned on both sides.
Q: Does anyone on the planet have a toaster that achieves that? (Or ever did have.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gySliQV5w7Y


My toaster (from JL iirc) only seems to toast on one side these days, even though when I peer into the depths, both sides seem to be glowing :? :roll:

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