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Baby gravy and cheese sauce

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hunkerpumpkin · 20/10/2005 22:43

Don't exist any more. Don't bother searching the shelves for them.

Use Kallo low salt stock or veg water. Or cheese and either breastmilk, cows' milk or formula. Depending.

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startingtobehalloweenylover · 20/10/2005 22:45

sorry... you uised to be able to BUY baby cheese sauce????????]

why? what's wrong with regular cheese sauce????

jambuttie · 20/10/2005 23:26

boots has baby gravy and cheese sauce- well the one in our shopping centre has

shhhh · 23/10/2005 21:03

I have been looking for these for the last few weeks. I was also told that they have stopped production..well cow & gate don't do it....Had heard Bisto had started one but not able to find it...Think the one's on the shelves are the last of stock.

startingtobehalloweenylover , you can't use/not supposed to use normal gravy and cheese sauce due to the added ingredients and salt. All not good for baby.

startingtobehalloweenylover · 23/10/2005 21:06

yeah but i mean... regular cheese sauce that you make!

can you BUY cheese sauce????? i must live a very sheltered life! lol

all you do is melt some butter, mix in a little flour and then gradually stir in the milk... then add cheese and voila! a cheese sauce suitable for a baby!

ladymuck · 23/10/2005 21:06

But you don't add salt when you make cheese sauce - or at least I don't, and I can't imagine anyone wanitng to tbh. I guess for gravy it depends on whether you make your own stock or not, but then I never gave either of mine gravy as a baby...

CarolinaFullMoon · 23/10/2005 21:06

"regular" cheese sauce is surely no more salty than the cheese you put it?

Can you still get baby pasta to eat with it though?

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hunkerpumpkin · 23/10/2005 21:07

Shhh, use Kallo low salt stock. Or veg water.

Oh, parp parp parp!

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startingtobehalloweenylover · 23/10/2005 21:10

lol dp is pissing himself laughing at this

he says as far as he is concerned cheese sauce is Someone Else's Problem

funny how when you think cheese sauce some people automatically think packet mix and others think homemade

ladymuck · 23/10/2005 21:32

OK I really don't want to come across as a snob here, but if we're talking about packet cheese sauce (are we really?) - then what do you do with it once you have "cooked" it? I mean you wouldn't use it to make cauliflower cheese? Or would you?

Sorry I can't think of how to phrase this without sounding snobby, but am totally intrigued by it.

northender · 23/10/2005 21:41

even easier cheese sauce: put flour, butter and milk in pan over low heat and whisk until it boils and thickens seems to work every time, don't bother with a roux anymore

edam · 23/10/2005 21:42

May I ask a very dim question? How much milk and how much cheese would you use if making a cheese sauce?

I'm NOT a natural cook and have never made a cheese sauce, as you can tell. Never use packets either, just don't do cheese sauces. But tempted to have a go after reading starting's post.

(When I'm cooking, ds gets a limited range of healthy but non-cheese based food...)

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hunkerpumpkin · 23/10/2005 21:46

Edam, with your chatname, am not surprised you avoid cheese-based food for DS!

Cannibalism not advised as a weaning philosophy

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northender · 23/10/2005 21:48

Good housekeeping cookbook says 1/2 oz plain flour, 1/2 oz butter 1/2 oz milk plus cheese to your taste. Good luck edam!

scaryclary · 23/10/2005 21:49

edam, I just dollop in a knob of butter, mix enough flour to make it fairly solid, then add milk bit by bit, until it is a thickish liquid. Then heat it to thicken properly. if it's too thick you can always add a bit more milk. But I like cheese sauce thick and clingy (ooo-err). Cheese-wise, just grate in a good bit of mature cheddar and taste it I guess.
As you can tell my cookign is of the haphazard variety! (not my baking tho....)

northender · 23/10/2005 21:49

oops should've said 1/2 pint of milk!

Pumpnik72 · 23/10/2005 21:56

i used cornflour to do cheese sauce for my baby as I wanted to avoid gluten at first. Sometimes I am gobsmacked by the stuff you can buy premade which is ridiculously easy to make from scratch. Like frozen roast potatoes or yorkshire pud - wft??

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hunkerpumpkin · 23/10/2005 21:57

I know! How hard is it to roast a potato?!

Quick tip for Yorkshire pudding batter...spoonful of custard powder.

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edam · 23/10/2005 22:35

hunker, hadn't thought of that!

Ds is a glutton for milk - would guzzle it all day long if allowed - so I don't give him much cheese as he has plenty of dairy. But might be nice to do him a cheese sauce with his veggies. I'm boring myself with my limited repetoire of about six dishes for him (I only cook for him two days a week - dh/nanny look after the other five.)

Thanks for the inspiration everyone!

shhhh · 24/10/2005 09:45

ladymuck,the comment I made about the salt content referred to packet cheese sauces. When I make meals from scratch I never add salt.

Sadly we are not all brilliant cooks! I too avoid sauces for dd as I don't always know how to make them myself. Given the fact that she is only 5months I am still learning everything!!

Thanks to everyone for the tips though.

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hunkerpumpkin · 25/10/2005 21:16

Ahem. Typo. Don't put custard powder in YP batter. But do try mustard powder

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northender · 25/10/2005 22:08

Hunker pmsl at custard powder in Yorkshires. Thought what strange tastes people have Might try mustard!

bubble99 · 25/10/2005 22:13

Packet cheese sauce?

daisy1999 · 25/10/2005 22:19

hunker pmsl imagining funny tasting yp in mn houses over the past 2 days

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hunkerpumpkin · 25/10/2005 22:21

Mustard powder...now that is nice!

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wallopyCOD · 25/10/2005 22:22

think you are all sniffy abotu cheese sauce