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Chit Chat / Re: What have you been doing today?
« Last post by achookwoman on April 12, 2026, 10:23:44 pm »
Cookie, I can just believe that.
Today, Tai Chi and Probus Finance meeting.
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Chit Chat / Re: What's for Dinner Tonight?
« Last post by achookwoman on April 12, 2026, 10:18:50 pm »
Mab, both lots of Quinces were given to me. The first lot came from a friend who saw them on a neighbour’s tree. The second from my gardener who work for a client with a large orchard. I nearly missed out on these as the birds got most.
Tonight I’m having the fried chicken that I cooked last night. I’ve been experimenting with Korean fried chicken. It’s brined and fried twice. It’s the origin of K F C.
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Chit Chat / Re: It’s back‼️
« Last post by achookwoman on April 12, 2026, 10:10:37 pm »
Judy, if you make the Portuguese tarts, there are a couple of tricks that I’ve discovered since posting the recipe.
Make the custard well ahead, so it’s cold when poured into cases. When making the custard, mix on speed 5 for 10 seconds before and after to prevent lumps.   Use a large round pastry cutting ring to get the pastry the correct size. Work out which oven shelf will cook the tarts without having to shift them when baking. To see if they are cooked, look at how brown the edges of the pastry is.  They are best eaten the day they are made. However I have been told that they are ok 4 days later.
Cookie and Judy , you are wonderful. I can’t even imagine what questions to ask. However I understand that the Forum isn’t really free. It depends on the adds inserted and the number of people using the site. The addition of more adds is because of the diminishing numbers. With no one pushing to increase numbers for the Forum, as against the aggressive promotion of other sites, we are running a losing battle.
I’ve lost several recipes on other sites that have just closed down. I’m now very nervous about putting all my eggs in one basket.
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Chit Chat / Re: What have you been doing today?
« Last post by cookie1 on April 12, 2026, 12:10:53 pm »
It’s cold and wet here. I’ve a whole day to myself. Lovely. I need time to think not do. I’ve been organising a group of 10 to do a Probus trip in October. It’s like trying to herd a mob of wild cats. I’d rather cook.

😀😀😀😀😀😀 Car club people are like that too Chookie.
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Chit Chat / Re: What are you been cooking today
« Last post by cookie1 on April 12, 2026, 12:08:53 pm »
I love your Rum and Raisin Banana cake Chookie. I always think of Ral when I make it. ❤️
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Chit Chat / Re: It’s back‼️
« Last post by cookie1 on April 12, 2026, 12:07:11 pm »
I plan to send an email to Mr IT tomorrow with a few queries. If anyone has anything specific they would like me to ask, just pop them in a reply here.
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Chit Chat / Re: What are you been cooking today
« Last post by mab19 on April 12, 2026, 11:00:00 am »
I made the Family Meat Pie filling from RTE today.  Pastry doesn't agree with DS and me so I will just top it with potato in some form.
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Chit Chat / Re: What's for Dinner Tonight?
« Last post by mab19 on April 12, 2026, 10:42:06 am »
Chookie, Quince paste and cheese together are one of my favourites.  Sadly I haven't seen any quinces for sale here for a long time.

For dinner tonight we had home made chicken parmas with chips and salad.
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Chit Chat / Re: What's for Dinner Tonight?
« Last post by achookwoman on April 12, 2026, 10:00:29 am »
From one lot of Quinces, I made Quince jelly and from the leftover pulp , I made Quince Paste.
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Chit Chat / Re: It’s back‼️
« Last post by judydawn on April 12, 2026, 09:02:37 am »
Thermomixer started a blog in 2010 but then found this forum and suggested we use that. Therefore there are only a few recipes on here http://thermomix-er.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2010-01-16T08:46:00%2B11:00&max-results=7. Leave it with cookie and me for a bit to see if we can get some information on our forum’s future.
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