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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

I don't know what it's like in your part of the world, but in the two big supermarkets in our town, there are considerably fewer gluten free products available than there used to be - other 'free from' products have taken over a lot of the space in the freezer cabinets devoted to such products...

My first thought on reading this post was, 'What? Steak for breakfast???' My second thought was, 'Are you sure it's ok to fry steak from frozen?' Gillian

Also, I'm in the UK, so when I'm talking about grilling, think broiling. Gillian

Thank you all. I don't really have time for brining, sorry. Gillian

I used to be able to grill/broil pork chops with very satisfactory results, but for the last while they have turned out rather chewy. Anyone got any tips for better results? Gillian

I usually check the nutritional values on the jar, Dragnlaw. One jar we have in this house says there is 1.2g salt in the jar per 100g. In another one it's 3.27g. Do they not put salt in mint sauce in your part of the world? Gillian

Sorry to be coming late to this thread and this will be more about what we had at Christmas time than what we're planning - it'll probably be much the same next year. Hubby is in a care home at present, following a hospital stay, our first year without him over Christmas. We kept things simple...

Just wondering, does anyone use a combi grill - a grill/broiler that comes as part of a microwave cooker- for grilling/broiling. I don't have a grill/broiler that comes as part of a traditional cooker and use an oven combi and a grill/broiler combi instead, but they are very inefficient, taking...

If your mother doesn't like to cook or grocery shop, who taught you? Gillian

It's like going to an Italian restaurant and saying you don't like cheese. Gillian