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Carrying on from Chat.

I want to know too!! DK (enwood) was an afternoon delivery today.

Been having a baking break this weekend. I just made soda bread with the buttermilk I made. Didn't use Geoff though, because soda bread needs so little mixing, it's easier to do by hand.

Someone asked about butter. You just whisk double cream until it turns into butter and buttermilk. It will first turn to whipped cream, but you keep going and it eventually separates out.

With the whisk attachment MrsC?

HDNL is simple

They have Tesco as their contracts as well as collect+ stores.

Teco require delivery by midday latest to check in to store to be collcted after 4pm and then need to do text notification.

Collect+ have to fulfil next day delivery so take precedence over house. Then they do individual deliveries

Betty Crocker Dinner Rolls You might want to use less sugar, they are obviously American so quite sweet but the DC's and Dh love them.

MrsChemist, I asked about butter - thanks fr that.
Is it only me who didn't know that cream makes butter and butter milk? How exciting. Chef Ken is itching to try it...!

Mrs Chemist

Do yu actually use the whisk then?

My bread has been a success thank you for putting how to do it on the first page.
Now to make fairy cakes for tomorrow.

Yes, I used the whisk attachment :)

Sorry to veer talk away from the wondrous Proeperos, but HDNL.... I'm sure I've been dragged to the door in my dressing gown at some ghastly hour of the morning? Maybe Tesco wouldn't accept them at such a ridiculous time of day? :)

Prospero is sitting in his shiny glory on the worktop.

Where do you store all the attachments? Blades/whisks/dough hooks/citrus thingy? Think I need some new storage device ......

Lakeland order arrives tomorrow, lets get baking!

You get earlier deliveries in areas that justify more than one van

It's not gospel, it's just that lots of people in my old office used to complain that HDNL always turned up about 2pm. But that was how long it took after he did all his bulk parcels. It depends on their area size and route plan, how many vans they have.

Run up to Xmas I had HDNL knock on my door at about 6:50 am!

I keep my discs K beater and dough hook in the flat square box tucked behind the blender at the moment

current set up in the Kenwood corner

What to make, what to make...

I'm going to stick with baking to start with as it's what I know but it's so hard to choose a recipe!

So I'm fonna bake some of nigellas rolls later. I want to part bake some as there will be about 30 small rolls and we won't eat them all. Can anyone tell me if I can half bake them, then freeze them? Nd bake them later? Like the part baked ones you see in the shop.

I can't see why not. I've only ever done it with pizza bases but I am fairly sure it is a normal thing to do.

DH's day off today. Much baking will be done.

TheCunningStunt I would bake them, freeze and refresh in the oven when you want to eat them.

I made some lemonade scones. You only need 4 cups self raising flour, 1 can lemonade and a 300ml pot of double cream! Mix it all together with the k-beater, put on a floured surface, cut into squares/rounds and bake at 180c for 10 - 15 mins. They are not quite like tradional scones but very tasty!

Ooh they sound interesting!!

I've never made any scones before but don't think I could go too far wrong with them - just one question though, how thick should the dough be to cut out the rounds?

quite thick - I usually do just under an inch, so that they end up nice and fat.

Thank you. Might try those tomorrow :)

Well, Prospero has had a good first day :)

This morning he made a lemon-cream meringue for a dinner party this weekend. Nothing too tricky, just whisking egg whites and then double cream. But it would have taken me forever by hand, it was lovely having Prospero do it! It is now in the freezer, looking gorgeous

Just made fairy cakes, going to taste test soon. I only did a 1 egg/2oz mix (as I really didn't need to make cakes, just wanted an excuse), and I did notice when I licked the K-beater washed up that there was some butter/sugar mix still on the beater, hadn't fully mixed in.

I usually use marge, but had butter in, so used that instead - could this have been the reason? Or just too small a mix (= excuse to make lots of cakes next time)

I think it's probably just because there wasn't enough mixture in there, such a shame that bigger quantities will have to be made next time.

Hi fellow Prospero fans

I'm just jumping into your thread to pass on what might be useful info for those of you who bought yours from Amazon - I emailed them about the missing mill and cd and as the mill doesn't actually exist despite the description listing it as being in the box they've refunded me dh 15% - and as I bought it when it was £115 I ended up paying the same as the Sainsburys price with the processor. Result!

Oooh Amandine - I might just email them too! The mill is still listed as included on the site, and it's gone up to £155 now!