Recent content by GilliAnne

I made rice pudding for one tonight. Couldn't give you a recipe - I made it up as I went along and was quite pleased. I mostly did it on the hob with a couple of minutes on the hob - after transferring it to a pudding bowl, of course. I started with a dessert spoonful of rice and enough milk to...

Think I'll call it Swineherd's Pie. Gillian

Some good ideas there, guys. Thanks for sharing. I wonder if there's a name for the pork version of shepherd's (lamb) pie and cottage (beef) pie. Whatever it is, I'll try making it sometime. Gillian

This is not exactly an 'I've only get these ingredients' post, but I would like to know what I can make with pork mince. Thanks! Gillian

Love this - I had similar problems with my late husband. Lovely that your stepfather spoke up for you and your wife.

That's quite a lot of different experiences and opinions in respect of air fryers. I think before I do anything else, I'm going to have assign a space to mine and do some clearing to make that space available.

My son gave me an air fryer last Christmas, that is, Christmas 2021, but it hasn't been out of the box. This is mainly because there's nowhere to set it, without it being in the way and I doubt if it would fit in a cupboard. Where do you keep yours? The other problem is finding the time to work...

It was fine for me, GotGarlic. I have two broilers/grills, which are part of two microwave ovens and the broilers/ grills tend to take longer to cook things than the time recommended on food products or in recipes. As for brining, I have to watch my salt intake for health reasons, so I avoid...

Thank you so much, dragnlaw! I am still quite busy with my constant to-do list, both planned and unplanned.

Thank you for your kind words, Kaneohegirlinaz. Yes, I have very supportive family and friends, for which I thank God. Incidentally, on the subject of cooking pork chops, I cooked one for my dinner tonight - broiled it under a different grill, 15 minutes each side, and it turned out much better...

Hi dragnlaw, Thanks for your suggestion. I haven't tried ordering anything online - delivery charges are pretty high and there are problems with goods coming into Northern Ireland now. We have been managing to find a reasonable variety of food now at our local supermarkets. One has a...

Life is very busy for me these days - my husband passed away at the end of June and I'm still dealing with paperwork related to that, so I don't always have a lot of time to cook a meal or think ahead about things like brining or any other kind of marinades. Also, the marinade would have to be...

Yes, I figured that. Gillian

My first thought when I read this was, 'You have a bathroom each? Wow, you are privileged.' We have one bathroom between all of us - at one time 6 people, now just three most of the time. Gillian