Amy D.

I cut cucumbers similarly (though angling the knife away from my hand). Not thought to with carrots but will give it a go next time.

I'd say that everything on that list is distinctively american. While in the uk we have cheese on toast, and cheese toasties done at home in the little toasty machine with two triangular depressions that everyone ends up buying and only using for a week or so before its forgotten about. Grilled cheese is only a definition that we started to hear in the early 00's with the rise of american cookery shows, and only really commonplace now with the street food trend. Yeah you can buy twinkies but only in the "american" grocery section (at a premium. Within about 10 miles of us we have bakewell pudding (not the tarts they have a puff pastry base and almost custardy filling) only found them in bakewell. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakewell_pudding There are probably lots of local cheeses too such as stichelton cheese

@gulfporter thank you. useful to know as I can get condensed milk from any supermarket but as where you are it's usually the bigger shops that stock the caramel and I tend to stick with aldi and lidl as I can get my shopping done quicker.

@gulfporter would love to know your 10 minute ddl recipe too. I used to make it the same way as @Senior Sea Kayaker but carnation now sell tins of caramel here in the uk which is certainly a lot easier.

Mine was on ice cream mode too when it shredded. I've not had any issues since but I have been leaving my pots out for ten mins before I spin them as that seemed to be the internet's general suggestion to reduce chances of damage, added bonus that I dont seem to need to re-spin whereas before I was needed 2 respins so my freezer is probably quite cold

Well they are sending out four new tubs and a new paddle, and told me to contact again if any more problems.

I will do tomorrow, will keep you updated as to what they say.

Thank you @blue_dolphin probably beyond my time contraints at the moment then. I did the tinned pineapple sorbet which was lovely. However when spinning a quick nutella one from the book I noticed that was shreading the desert tub. Very frustrating as made sure it was flat and put everything together correctly. Have emailed ninja but got reply that I need to phone them when they open tomorrow. I tried respinning the pineapple again after and checked that tub which was fine.

Ah sorry @ElsieD I should have been clearer - I have the original version not the delux. Still interested to see how you get on. While I know i'll end up doing lots of experimenting, its the superquick prep ideas that intrigue me most (I just dont have as much time to play around in the kitchen these days) . I know theres a recipe in perfect scoop thats just yoghurt, sugar and vanilla so was wondering if anyo e has tried something like this.

Thank you @blue_dolphin have put that book on my wish list 😊

Have just got one for my birthday, and have a tin of pineapple and a nutella mix cooling in the freezer. Was just wondering if anyone has tried a cornflour gelato base. Or a greek yoghurt?

A classic victoria sponge, with more jam than is pretty but oh so tasty.

Fish descaler?

My 12 and 9 year old daughters wanted to make chocolate macarons in some spur of the moment baking so no aged whites and just a french meringue method (and I haven't made any in years) and they were crispy with big air gaps. BUT the kids throughly enjoyed making and eating them. The eldest also made some matcha cookies to deliciously use up the yolk.

@Pete Fred but those corner bits look the absolutely perfect level of caramelisation. Love a lardy cake - always buy one when I go back home to Gloucestershire.

Seabrook's are my favourite too, favourite are the beefy ones but the salted are great too. I though it was regional thing as I first had them when I after I moved upto Bradford from Gloucestershire 23 years ago, don't recall seeing them before then. When we first moved to Derbyshire I could get Seabrook's in Morrisons but they sell them in most supermarkets here now.

Love those chilli broad beans, but know what you mean about being wary of your teeth. They remind me of pork scratchings in that some are perfect texture and some are just a bit too crunchy but you never really know which it'll be! We're off to Sheffield on Sunday to see their lunar New year celebrations. We saw the lion dancers last year through luck but this year the city is putting on quite a few activities in the centre. There seems to have been quite an influx of students from China in the last ten years which is great for diversity but also because of all the amazing little eateries popping up that are catering for the new demographic. So it appears the city are wanting to help celebrate.

It'll depend on where you will be based but larger amounts are available eg https://andrewsgreengrocers.co.uk/groceries/breakfast-bakery-and-dairy/milk-and-cream/brands/longley-farm/longley-farm-full-fat-yorkshire-cream-cheese-1kg.html You're just more like to get it via smaller businesses who could order it in for you. Mascapone tends to come in bigger packs. Other wise most councils have good recycling collections.

Thanks - lazy late night writing I should have googled. They ended up just being refused to as the chocolate square thingies in our house, either way they are very moreish

I love lidls Xmas range, have been in ours yet this year but quickly ate through several packets of those dowinos(?) last year. And the chocolate speclous and the mini stolen bites

Very much this. While booths have decided it doesn't work for them this is possibly due to their customer demographic. The stores are usually in fairly affluent but rural areas. last time I went in booths (though admittedly about ten years ago) it was a high end supermarket which specialises is locally produced and artisan food, a dream supermarket for many egulleters but with the high price tag to go with it. So their customers tended to be either financially well off or the elderly who would rather pay the high prices than have to get the bus to the next town. Both of who may have preferred the customer experience of serviced tills where they might even pack your bags for you too. Most of the other supermarkets here have a mixture of self service and normal tills and after the years of teething and both companies and customers learning how best to use the self service I really cannot see self service going away. The majority of customers here want to get through the checkout as quickly as possible and it is rare these days to see more than one trolly queued in front of you (unless it's Aldi where we tend to form one queue for all the tills), so the option works well.

Thank you, I'll have to give it a go

I'll take a slice of the pure brown tart. Looks like a perfect treacle tart. I used to buy mini ones this colour from a small local bakers that was only open for a couple of months, but this coincided with being pregnant with my second child so I ate a fair few tarts those few months, and have dreamt about them ever since. Can you please share the recipe/source.

Very sad news, I have enjoyed reading many of @Anna N's posts and blogs over the years and will truly miss her witty observations.

Looks like I can get Haday in light and dark if this is the same brand