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Re: THE SHOPPING THREAD :-)
« Reply #16515 on: September 22, 2023, 11:57:38 am »
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Re: THE SHOPPING THREAD :-)
« Reply #16516 on: October 14, 2023, 08:10:44 pm »
The local service station has a IGA and a take away hot food section. One of the most population take away item are large round Jaffles. The machines are commercial. They make 4 at a time. I’m tempted but have resisted. However Woolies have large fill triangular shaped ones on special. I bought one. The interesting thing is that a slice of bread from  the small loaf made in the bread machine fits perfectly. I hate the edges that you have to trim when you use a large loaf. And yes, I do have a place for in on my appliance shelf.

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« Reply #16517 on: October 15, 2023, 05:45:05 am »
Sounds good Chookie, I’ll be interesting to see what type of fillings you use.
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« Reply #16518 on: October 15, 2023, 09:24:30 am »
It sounds very handy Chookie.
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Re: THE SHOPPING THREAD :-)
« Reply #16519 on: October 15, 2023, 08:57:32 pm »
I’m thinking of trying different casings . Maybe mountain bread or similar in the Jaffle machine. Judy fillings , no problem. Almost anything.

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Re: THE SHOPPING THREAD :-)
« Reply #16520 on: March 16, 2024, 11:12:14 am »
Our AF gave up on Thursday night. So today I bought a new one. I got a Philips again. Some of them are very large and multi purpose. We’d be lost without it as we use it several times a week.
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Re: THE SHOPPING THREAD :-)
« Reply #16521 on: March 16, 2024, 08:26:03 pm »

Cookie, I use my AF at least once a day. I cooked chicken wings in it last week. Cooked beautifully crisp. Put a dessert spoon of arrowroot flour with a pinch of baking powder and salt and pepper into a paper bag. Added wings and gave it all a good shake.
I love how the basket fits in the dish washer.

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« Reply #16522 on: March 24, 2024, 08:51:20 am »
I brought the new Vac seal wand and two small glass containers and a larger one . On sale at The Mix Shop. They came very quickly . So i tried them out with Raspberries!! Gosh it’s like air has been pumped into them . Today I put some strawberries into the larger one , will check them tomorrow. They are vacuum sealed ,it’s very easy . Even taught DH how to use it .

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« Reply #16523 on: March 24, 2024, 12:44:58 pm »
I bought them a while ago.  I used the smaller one for berries and found it amazing. They stay lovely for a couple of weeks.
I saw a brilliant idea on Facebook several weeks ago for storing strawberries. It was to store them in a jar. They kept lovely and fresh for a while.
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Re: THE SHOPPING THREAD :-)
« Reply #16524 on: March 25, 2024, 07:07:38 pm »
I’m getting rid of all my plastic containers and switching to glass. I have 2 vacuum sealers but haven’t used either since shifting.

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« Reply #16525 on: March 26, 2024, 02:24:31 pm »
I have started pulling away from plastic containers as well.  I purchased some of the "flat stack" silicone containers and they are fantastic as they collapse very flat for storage and the lids are colour co-ordinated with the base so always easy to match everything up. However, some of them retain the silicone taste so I am starting to pull back from them unfortunately as I was hoping to have all my containers neat and tidy in my drawer.  Very disappointed.  I also have quite a few glass containers that I am now starting to use once again.
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Re: THE SHOPPING THREAD :-)
« Reply #16526 on: March 27, 2024, 12:00:08 pm »
These are heavy glass containers and yes take up a lot of room in the fridge . But a great idea .

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« Reply #16527 on: Today at 07:57:41 am »
I bought 2 sets of glass containers with colour matched lids from Aldi. Very easy to clip lock.