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 Topic: christmas tree ideas |
gil
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 Forum: Make Your Own Posted: Wed Nov 18, 09 6:47 pm Subject: christmas tree ideas |
| Star shapes of thick cardboard, painted, with or without glitter. |
| Topic: Was this hot or cold process soap ? |
gil
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Forum: Make Your Own Posted: Wed Nov 18, 09 6:40 pm Subject: Was this hot or cold process soap ? |
Thanks, Sally !
I really didn't mean to do hot process soap.
Cold process would be so much easier to pour into the mould. |
| Topic: Was this hot or cold process soap ? |
gil
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Forum: Make Your Own Posted: Wed Nov 18, 09 6:20 pm Subject: Was this hot or cold process soap ? |
if you had too much water, boiling that off during the cooking should help, but you should have seen some soap forming at some point.
If it still hasnt set, I'd get it back in a pan, and very gentl ... |
| Topic: Christmas Chutney |
gil
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Wed Nov 18, 09 6:14 pm Subject: Christmas Chutney |
| I never use salt when I make chutney |
| Topic: Was this hot or cold process soap ? |
gil
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Forum: Make Your Own Posted: Wed Nov 18, 09 6:10 pm Subject: Was this hot or cold process soap ? |
| And I don't have scales capable of weighing grams - just the kind with a pan on one side and weights on the other. |
| Topic: Was this hot or cold process soap ? |
gil
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Forum: Make Your Own Posted: Wed Nov 18, 09 6:09 pm Subject: Was this hot or cold process soap ? |
Caustic soda was fresh.
Weigh the water ? I thought the recipe said 250ml ?
I did weigh the oils though.
Aaah, could it have been too much water ?
I have a nasty feeling I was making half quan ... |
| Topic: Was this hot or cold process soap ? |
gil
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Forum: Make Your Own Posted: Wed Nov 18, 09 6:04 pm Subject: Was this hot or cold process soap ? |
I used the recipe given at the start of this thread [I think]
The one with coconut, sunflower and oilve oils, lye and water.
I may not have heated the oils quite hot enough at the start ? Having n ... |
| Topic: Was this hot or cold process soap ? |
gil
Replies: 10
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Forum: Make Your Own Posted: Wed Nov 18, 09 5:51 pm Subject: Was this hot or cold process soap ? |
I made soap yesterday evening.
Not sure which process I used.....
Started off doing cold process, fine, going like thin custard.
But very very slow, even with an electric blender it was over an h ... |
| Topic: Decluttering challenge, Nov 09 |
gil
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Forum: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Posted: Wed Nov 18, 09 5:30 pm Subject: Decluttering challenge, Nov 09 |
Not seen this thread before, but today I had another 'trip to the tip', and came back without
a manky old single mattress
old fishing net that rats had nested in
some disintegrating black polythen ... |
| Topic: URGENT Relish/chutney help |
gil
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Sun Nov 15, 09 9:50 pm Subject: URGENT Relish/chutney help |
| Tuesday would be fine. Just put a lid on it meantime. |
| Topic: URGENT Relish/chutney help |
gil
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Sun Nov 15, 09 9:48 pm Subject: URGENT Relish/chutney help |
I've seen and successfully used chutney recipes which say to put all the ingredients in the pan and then start cooking.
Nice and steady, as Sean says. If it doesn't get to finishing point tonight you ... |
| Topic: Whole candied peel |
gil
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Sun Nov 15, 09 7:17 pm Subject: Whole candied peel |
I made my own over the year for use in cakes : cooked peel, but not candied, from the offcuts left from making marmalade. i.e. after boiling but before slicing up and adding sugar for the marmalade.
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| Topic: Introduce Yourself |
gil
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Forum: Welcome Posted: Fri Nov 13, 09 7:02 pm Subject: Introduce Yourself |
Hi there ! Welcome to Downsizer  |
| Topic: Christmas Menu |
gil
Replies: 70
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Thu Nov 12, 09 10:45 pm Subject: Christmas Menu |
But there's so many ingredients you can't just make a little one - it's just not practical.
Either make several small ones, or if you're making Xmas cake there should be leftover ingredients which ... |
| Topic: Christmas Menu |
gil
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Thu Nov 12, 09 10:43 pm Subject: Christmas Menu |
Or there's always crepes suzette, don't they get flambeed in brandy ?
Glorified pancakes seem a bit of an odd thing for Xmas dinner though.
I reckon make yourself some small Xmas puds too. |
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