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Nope they don't refrigerate it. It sits in the pantry all year round. They do use it a lot since they are Arabs. I've had mine for 6 months and it's perfectly fine outside.

We have a soup we make which is basically just water, whole chicken chopped up into peices - cook them together with some salt and pepper (lemon pepper is good) until chicken is cooked and falling apart. Add potatoes and pumpkin in peices.. keep cooking till the vegies are cooked. I mash up the...

Hiya Well today I want to make my first proper roast chicken :) with stuffing and gravy and vegies! I think it's a pregnancy craving! From previous threads I've figured out what to do with the actual chicken - the only thing is most people had larger chickens than mine. The one I have is...

Hi! I'm from Melbourne, Australia. I'm 24 / married for 3 years now and pregnant with our first child due in October (it's a girl!). Very excited :) I live in Saudi Arabia currently and will be going back to Melbourne to live in about 9 months. We will most likely move to Malaysia after a while...

Hi, Thankyou for the tips and ideas :) The ice cubes and the freezer bag flat style seems likes the best way for me to save space in the freezer. Katie - thanks for the frozen bottle idea :)

It may depend on what area of India he is from as different parts of India have different names for things. Some of the various names for cabbage are bund gobhi, patha gobhi etc. Cauliflower specifically is phool gobhi (phool = flower). We only use the name 'Aloo Gobhi' to refer to potatoes...

One more question - I'm getting a pressure cooker. Can you make stock quicker in that or would it affect the flavour? I don't really care how long it takes but if it is quicker with no affect on the flavour I'm happy to use it :)

Hi, Well I'm learning to do some basics properly as I'm really loving cooking now :) (before it was a chore!). One of my problems with making stock at the moment is that our fridge/freezer is really small so I can't make huge amounts of stock to keep on hand. However I'd like to even be able...

Gobhi actually refers to cabbage as well though most of the time when people say it it refers to cauliflower. I think they are from the same family of vegies. So the name of the recipe isn't wrong :)

You can keep it for a long time. My in laws keep it in the pantry (they are Lebanese so use it a lot) and it seems to last for ages. :) I've had mine for nearly 6 months now and it seems fine to me still. It's been outside. Enjoy the hummus!

Thanks for the recommendations on brands. I'll need to see what brands are available here in the ME. I think I might have seen the Kuhn Rikon ones but that could be my imagination too :) So it's good to get other brand recommendations too. I'm sure I saw a German one around here somewhere...

Hi, I'm happy to pay more for quality. I saw a few mention of the Kuhn Rikon ones being good so I am going to see if they are available here. kitchenelf: my family is just me and my DH at the moment. And our baby who is on the way :) But we do cook a lot in one go and eat large portions...

Hi, I'm wanting to get a pressure cooker and was wondering if anyone had any tips on what I should look out for in a pressure cooker? Does anyone use one and love it? I'm mainly getting it for meat particularly an meat and rice dish my mum makes (she cooks the meat in the pressure cooker she...

Hi, In Australia, we buy these yummy cheesecake from the Cheesecake Shop which is a cheesecake with a strawberry covering on top. The actual cake I think is just a normal cheesecake but the top is like a red strawberry glaze with the whole thing covering the strawberry slices. Let me see if I...

Hi, Does anyone know a link that explains different cuts of beef and where they are from? I'm currently in the Middle East and they don't use the same names as used in recipes so I find it hard to know what cuts of meat are what (as I never really cooked meat before). So telling them what...

Hi Katie Might be a silly question but the foil is made like a parcel with the meat and mushroom soup etc inside it so it all stays inside? It doesn't actually go straight into the roasting pan right? Also how do you make the gravy after the meat is done? Is the water gone from the pan by...

Just to update - I made it and it came out great :) We ate half of the big one with coffee now and should be finished off in the morning :P Is it possible to reheat it? I've put the other half in teh freezer for next week. Can the frangipane be frozen too or will that wreck it? How long can...

Hi Corazon, The recipe looks delicious. I love apples. I made the dough and put it in the fridge. I was wondering if I did anything wrong because after an hour in the fridge it is really hard (it was sticky when it went in). Did I mix it too much initially? I've taken it out to see if maybe...

Thankyou :) I was hoping it was something simple.

Hi, Where I live we don't have cans of tomato sauce. So tomato sauce is just pureed whole tomatoes? Thankyou!

Hi, I was wondering what 'Tomato Sauce' actually is when a recipe calls for a can of tomato sauce. What we call tomato sauce Americans call ketchup I think. How would I make tomato sauce at home? Also is tomato puree what we call tomato paste? Thick red concentrated stuff? Thankyou!

Thanks miniman. I'll try the dry fry since I want to use it for bolognese.

Hi, Has anyone got any idea if it is possible to get rid of the fat in minced meat? Or reduce it? My husband bought some minced meat from a different supermarket to our usual one and it has a lot of fat in it. Thanks!

Hi, I always use cornstarch to thicken my cream sauces. I put equal amounts of cold (must be cold) water and cornstarch and mix it so the cornstarch has dissolved in the water. Then add it to the boiling liquid and mix it in. It has never clumped up. If you add it directly I think it does...

I have the Yellow Taylor one and it is great :)