Wondered who it is Stockpiling?
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Wondered who it is Stockpiling?
Don't panic’, cry the anti-hoarder fascists, furious at those of us stocking up. I refuse to be shamed.
Although, I admit, my £527 Tesco home-delivery yesterday included 27 loo rolls, dried pasta and 24 cans of baked beans — I’d have ordered more but they ran out.
And sufficient cat food to feed my moggy Ted through a fortnight’s confinement.
I’ve also now got enough booze to see me and my many friends through a pandemic.
I’m guessing, should it come to that, I’ll be the one that is having the last laugh, hic.
Amanda Plattell Daily Mail journalist in the Mail on March 7 ex press sec. for William Hague .
Although, I admit, my £527 Tesco home-delivery yesterday included 27 loo rolls, dried pasta and 24 cans of baked beans — I’d have ordered more but they ran out.
And sufficient cat food to feed my moggy Ted through a fortnight’s confinement.
I’ve also now got enough booze to see me and my many friends through a pandemic.
I’m guessing, should it come to that, I’ll be the one that is having the last laugh, hic.
Amanda Plattell Daily Mail journalist in the Mail on March 7 ex press sec. for William Hague .
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Re: Wondered who it is Stockpiling?
What I want to know is.... who's got all the yeast? Ca't find any anywhere & I'm running low.
I haven't picked up the waft of freshly baking bread as Ive gone down the street for my daily walk, so- where the hell is it all? Is it you Blanty?
I haven't picked up the waft of freshly baking bread as Ive gone down the street for my daily walk, so- where the hell is it all? Is it you Blanty?
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Re: Wondered who it is Stockpiling?
Strong white flour - gone must be a lot of home bread baking going on.
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Re: Wondered who it is Stockpiling?
Everybody is baking bread so there is none. It's not normally a big selling product and it must have gone through the roof.
Make yourself a starter culture. It'll be grand.
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I hope all those stockpiling toilet roll have to use it!
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Never had much luck with sourdough, tried a few times with different recipes. Tastes good but never rises much for me. Allinson's yeast is much less hassle.
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Self raising flour and eggs have been impossible to get for over a week here.
Mums teaching little uns to bake or play. I do miss Mrs Trevors wonderful cakes.
Mums teaching little uns to bake or play. I do miss Mrs Trevors wonderful cakes.
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Odd, isn’t it.
Get some bicarbonate of soda, make some soda bread instead.
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Yeah, I make soda bread sometimes, got a great recipe for walnut & Stilton soda bread. Can hardly wait for it to cool when its out of the oven. The recipe I have uses buttermilk - not sure how available that is at the mo (though I think you can use some sort of yogurt concoction in stead).Heathclaret wrote: ↑Wed Apr 08, 2020 8:41 amOdd, isn’t it.
Get some bicarbonate of soda, make some soda bread instead.
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I've got six sachets of yeast and about 3kg of flour... Haven't seen a tin of yeast for months now.
I need my yeast and flour to make bagels for the 2kg of smoked salmon in my freezer
I need my yeast and flour to make bagels for the 2kg of smoked salmon in my freezer
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Got some buttermilk in Lidl yesterday .... the Mrs makes a cracking Soda Bread .... and yes it never gets cold out of the oven yummy yum yumLeadBelly wrote: ↑Wed Apr 08, 2020 10:06 amYeah, I make soda bread sometimes, got a great recipe for walnut & Stilton soda bread. Can hardly wait for it to cool when its out of the oven. The recipe I have uses buttermilk - not sure how available that is at the mo (though I think you can use some sort of yogurt concoction in stead).
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Sounds delicious, going to give it a go today. Back to work tomorrow, just had three days off.LeadBelly wrote: ↑Wed Apr 08, 2020 10:06 amYeah, I make soda bread sometimes, got a great recipe for walnut & Stilton soda bread. Can hardly wait for it to cool when its out of the oven. The recipe I have uses buttermilk - not sure how available that is at the mo (though I think you can use some sort of yogurt concoction in stead).
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Recipe I have takes c 10 mins to mix up (while the oven is warming), c 20 mins to bake, you can be cutting the first still-cooling slice an hour after k.o.
200g strong white + 50 g strong w/w (I usually do 180/70 ish); 5g salt, 7g bicarbonate, 50g well crumbled cheese, 35 g well chopped nuts 255g buttermilk (not quite the whole carton- never found a use for the bit left).
mix it all up really well in a bowl till there's no loose flour, roll it into a nice ball on a floured surface, flatten it a bit, sprinkle bit of flour on top, chop a cross almost through to divide into quarters, put in oven on oiled tray.
230ish for 5 mins then down a bit to 220 for 15/16/17 mins.
I need some Stilton and buttermilk before I can do this again.
200g strong white + 50 g strong w/w (I usually do 180/70 ish); 5g salt, 7g bicarbonate, 50g well crumbled cheese, 35 g well chopped nuts 255g buttermilk (not quite the whole carton- never found a use for the bit left).
mix it all up really well in a bowl till there's no loose flour, roll it into a nice ball on a floured surface, flatten it a bit, sprinkle bit of flour on top, chop a cross almost through to divide into quarters, put in oven on oiled tray.
230ish for 5 mins then down a bit to 220 for 15/16/17 mins.
I need some Stilton and buttermilk before I can do this again.
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Similar to the wifes recipe LB... she occasionally adds chopped Dates and chopped Walnuts... but she likes your cheese addition will try that.LeadBelly wrote: ↑Wed Apr 08, 2020 12:17 pmRecipe I have takes c 10 mins to mix up (while the oven is warming), c 20 mins to bake, you can be cutting the first still-cooling slice an hour after k.o.
200g strong white + 50 g strong w/w (I usually do 180/70 ish); 5g salt, 7g bicarbonate, 50g well crumbled cheese, 35 g well chopped nuts 255g buttermilk (not quite the whole carton- never found a use for the bit left).
mix it all up really well in a bowl till there's no loose flour, roll it into a nice ball on a floured surface, flatten it a bit, sprinkle bit of flour on top, chop a cross almost through to divide into quarters, put in oven on oiled tray.
230ish for 5 mins then down a bit to 220 for 15/16/17 mins.
I need some Stilton and buttermilk before I can do this again.
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You can make your own buttermilk. Just normal milk + a spoonful of lemon juice or white vinegar and stir.
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OK -thanks, Ive got lemon juice left over from pancake making, presumably full milk is best. I've never tried making it with owt but a tub of Sainsburys buttermilk but the recipe I have does give alternatives:
"Alternatives to buttermilk: sour milk (you can sour milk with lemon juice but if you do add a tsp of cream of tartar otherwise the bread will not rise so much); OR a 50/50 split of plain yoghurt and full fat milk.
I've not tried the alternatives as Ive always before been able to pick up buttermilk for c 85p at the small convenience Sainsbury in town that I pass regularly. If I cant get any currently, Ill try one of the alternatives though.
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LeadBelly wrote: ↑Wed Apr 08, 2020 12:17 pmRecipe I have takes c 10 mins to mix up (while the oven is warming), c 20 mins to bake, you can be cutting the first still-cooling slice an hour after k.o.
200g strong white + 50 g strong w/w (I usually do 180/70 ish); 5g salt, 7g bicarbonate, 50g well crumbled cheese, 35 g well chopped nuts 255g buttermilk (not quite the whole carton- never found a use for the bit left).
mix it all up really well in a bowl till there's no loose flour, roll it into a nice ball on a floured surface, flatten it a bit, sprinkle bit of flour on top, chop a cross almost through to divide into quarters, put in oven on oiled tray.
230ish for 5 mins then down a bit to 220 for 15/16/17 mins.
I need some Stilton and buttermilk before I can do this again.
Thanks for posting this, made it this afternoon when I got home from work. Delicious
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Wife's just told me that she's got a yeast infection, looks like fresh bread tomorrow.
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Volvoclaret wrote: ↑Thu Apr 09, 2020 8:45 pmWife's just told me that she's got a yeast infection, looks like fresh bread tomorrow.
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Great bread, tasted a bit fishy though.
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Bosscat evidently stockpiled Easter eggs!
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