Doing Without

[Italian outcast]

I see they are planning to ration soaps in the UK now - seems crazy
Should i take your government to task and start tweeting

 

[chellie]

I see they are planning to ration soaps in the UK now - seems crazy
Should i take your government to task and start tweeting

Where have you seen that.

 

[Italian outcast]

Where have you seen that.

BBC website - Corrie, Emmerdale and the like going on a reduced transmission schedule

 

[GB72]

Had no flour, found a pancake recipe using just eggs, banana and vanilla extract. They were great, made a top breakfast

 

[chellie]

BBC website - Corrie, Emmerdale and the like going on a reduced transmission schedule

Lol, I thought you had said soap!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Have to be honest and say touch wood HID has a lot of the store cupboard basics so flour etc and she got tomatoes and peppers, garlic etc and so a massive batch of homemade roasted tomato and roasted pepper soup cooling. If nothing else we can make do with eating soup for a while. Struggling to find eggs and rice still

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Local wholesale greengrocer doing £10 veggie box home delivery to the villages now.
Smart lad.

My daughter is also looking at the economics of breaking down her wholesale children's art business to individual homes now all the holiday parks/weddings/concerts/fetes etc are closing.
It is excellent at keeping kids occupied and quiet for about 3 hours a time.

 

[williamalex1]

BBC website - Corrie, Emmerdale and the like going on a reduced transmission schedule

Well bated young man, you caught one, lol

 

[ScienceBoy]

Shopping seems to be going back to normal, now we have restrictions on opening hours, special access hours and the panic buying waning.

I hear on the social media the call is going out to all those who massively over-purchased to now review what they have and donate the excess to food banks.

 

[Beezerk]

Yeah they looked a bit ropey when I chopped them up. But they went in to a Patak’s tikka massala sauce, so will be fine.
Honestly having some time on my hands and an excuse I have enjoyed doing some home cooking.

Time to learn how to make a proper curry sauce then if you have time on your hands

 

[Wolf]

Shopping seems to be going back to normal, now we have restrictions on opening hours, special access hours and the panic buying waning.

I hear on the social media the call is going out to all those who massively over-purchased to now review what they have and donate the excess to food banks.

Don't believe most of what you hear on social media. People that have gone out of their way to load up on goods for themselves will not be then giving them away to food banks.

 

[ScienceBoy]

Don't believe most of what you hear on social media.

Never has a more true statement been said.

 

[harpo_72]

Time to learn how to make a proper curry sauce then if you have time on your hands

No problem, post a few up. I have found several bags of frozen chillis in my freezer .. so can do head exploders or mild warming ones.

 

[Beezerk]

No problem, post a few up. I have found several bags of frozen chillis in my freezer .. so can do head exploders or mild warming ones.

Try this for starters, it's very similar to the stock curry I make...

https://www.indianfoodforever.com/holiday-recipes/eid/chicken-jalfrezi.html

Only difference I do is fry the onions on their own first for ages until they're dark brown and sweet, then add the garlic and ginger and fry for a few minutes. If you add the ginger later on it can be very overpowering.
Then add ALL the spices and fry for a minute, add the fresh coriander stalks and can of tomatoes, simmer for a bit then blitz it with a hand held thing or in a food blender, you may need to add a bit of water to get it to blitz properly. This gives you your base curry sauce, just add more water as required, even if it's too thin just let it simmer to thicken it.
Add the chicken (I use breast not thighs) and cook for about half an hour ish until it's cooked, I like to add the chopped coriander leaves near then end, I also sometime chuck in a teaspoon of garam masala.

I've also got a really good Chicken Madras recipe on my phone if you're interested

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Time on your hands is great, I learned that on retirement.
I had a very busy working/home/social life and just used to do jobs like window/car cleaning, weeding ,painting etc as quickly and as well as I could.
You can now take time and take a real pride in the job.

 

[harpo_72]

Try this for starters, it's very similar to the stock curry I make...

https://www.indianfoodforever.com/holiday-recipes/eid/chicken-jalfrezi.html

Only difference I do is fry the onions on their own first for ages until they're dark brown and sweet, then add the garlic and ginger and fry for a few minutes. If you add the ginger later on it can be very overpowering.
Then add ALL the spices and fry for a minute, add the fresh coriander stalks and can of tomatoes, simmer for a bit then blitz it with a hand held thing or in a food blender, you may need to add a bit of water to get it to blitz properly. This gives you your base curry sauce, just add more water as required, even if it's too thin just let it simmer to thicken it.
Add the chicken (I use breast not thighs) and cook for about half an hour ish until it's cooked, I like to add the chopped coriander leaves near then end, I also sometime chuck in a teaspoon of garam masala.

I've also got a really good Chicken Madras recipe on my phone if you're interested

Sounds fab! Have you tried basting the chicken in the paste and then baking it for a short time before adding it back to the sauce?

 

[harpo_72]

Time on your hands is great, I learned that on retirement.
I had a very busy working/home/social life and just used to do jobs like window/car cleaning, weeding ,painting etc as quickly and as well as I could.
You can now take time and take a real pride in the job.

Wife is doing the home schooling stuff, I’ll pick up the maths .. but the methods are completely different so it’s going to get interesting

 

[Beezerk]

Sounds fab! Have you tried basting the chicken in the paste and then baking it for a short time before adding it back to the sauce?

No, never tried that unless I'm making a Tikka, sounds good though.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

It looks like de-icer does not seem to work as a weed killer.
Save it for the slugs.

 

[need_my_wedge]

....Porridge made with coconut milk makes it taste like rice pudding....

I like to make it with half milk, half water, gives it a sticky texture like mochi - which is a sticky Japanese rice cake that I'm quite partial to. Usually add a little honey and powdered cinnamon for flavour. Excellent breakfast.