tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post4058217135316990207..comments2023-04-26T03:57:43.775+01:00Comments on The Magpie Files: Cupboard Confessionsalice chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16969805206040091585noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-20596831800771891702008-02-01T23:11:00.000+00:002008-02-01T23:11:00.000+00:00Come via dottie cokkie, this post really made me l...Come via dottie cokkie, this post really made me laugh !!!!<BR/><BR/>I have really old food colouring, I don't like to part with it, and it never does us any harm !weirdbunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14955841382032017678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-6814316739082462012008-01-30T01:28:00.000+00:002008-01-30T01:28:00.000+00:00We should all be as honest as you. The only reaso...We should all be as honest as you. The only reason my cupboard doesn't have old things in is because I've only been in this house a year.... But, it has a goodly number of the weird and the wonderful, as my Miss C tells me on her visits.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-45202926310682211452008-01-29T23:20:00.000+00:002008-01-29T23:20:00.000+00:00It definitely must be a cultural thing...as I can'...It definitely must be a cultural thing...as I can't imagine ANY situation in which picking up a bottle of rosewater at the supermarket would improve my image with the teenager on the till. In fact, they'd be lucky if they even knew what it was!Fairlie - www.feetonforeignlands.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00145612102935177016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-63294440287468528222008-01-29T17:08:00.000+00:002008-01-29T17:08:00.000+00:00I happen to know all that there is in my pantry be...I happen to know all that there is in my pantry because the 2yr old loves to play in there and makes towers of beans, yeast and pilchards daily! But how i would kill for a bottle of grenadine in there. I love that stuff..with ice cold orange juice. Yum. <BR/>(The candle thing..i'm a coloured candle girl myself and have about 100 in the cupboard. I panic every birthday that i haven't got enough Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-61970202984877981432008-01-28T22:00:00.000+00:002008-01-28T22:00:00.000+00:00I'm afraid to look in the back of my pantry . . . ...I'm afraid to look in the back of my pantry . . . but if I do, I'll let you know! ;)carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04038972194323564240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-31985107905306689202008-01-28T20:40:00.000+00:002008-01-28T20:40:00.000+00:00Bread - yes, you really should have a go - though ...Bread - yes, you really should have a go - though possibly not with that yeast. Though, speaking as someone who worked with yeast for 4 years of DPhil joy, I think you might be surprised ... it's a very resilient beast.<BR/><BR/>I have pink and lilac candles (I am not allowed to buy white ones) and fortunately now pass your cake case test. I wouldn't have before Christmas. There is something dottycookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15295592896941235130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-63924984475217625792008-01-28T13:23:00.000+00:002008-01-28T13:23:00.000+00:00Let me know how the breadmaking goes -- I'd be hap...Let me know how the breadmaking goes -- I'd be happy to share some tips I've developed over the years (some of which are buried back in my blog somewhere): little things, like how to get the water to an appropriate temperature without having an instant read thermometer available. And how to make it taste really good without going the sourdough route.<BR/><BR/>For fairy cake cases, I see the BreadBoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14551973313066578118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-74057102075315801562008-01-28T11:20:00.000+00:002008-01-28T11:20:00.000+00:00Oh the fun of catching up on posts written whilst ...Oh the fun of catching up on posts written whilst I have been away. <BR/><BR/>Your photos Alice - just bliss.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08578720378832806483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-3226681032365192272008-01-28T11:01:00.000+00:002008-01-28T11:01:00.000+00:0064 candles means...you're expecting Sir McCartney?...64 candles means...you're expecting Sir McCartney? Love this list. As bb says, there are some cultural differences that make this even more entertaining. And that last picture rang a bell with me. You'll have to come visit to see what I unearthed.Ginniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12956873259908320109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-69018018773726993592008-01-28T10:33:00.000+00:002008-01-28T10:33:00.000+00:00If you take up bread-making again, your mother-in-...If you take up bread-making again, your mother-in-law will show your her latest efforts! Someone else is also interested in the drawing of Clfton suspension bridge on the last label.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-14674172480555672902008-01-28T09:30:00.000+00:002008-01-28T09:30:00.000+00:00I am outraged! Not by the flagrant disregard for u...I am outraged! Not by the flagrant disregard for use by dates (because I have similar horrors - rice paper circa 1996). But at the draconian white only fairy cake cases rule. Remind me to show you my decidedly non white cupcake case collection someday....Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11723377593068712400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-81411455197521082282008-01-28T09:26:00.000+00:002008-01-28T09:26:00.000+00:00the yeast is very impressive, you can't throw it a...the yeast is very impressive, you can't throw it away now, put it somewhere safe and one day when your kids are famous it will be worth a fortune!<BR/><BR/>the question is what ideas can we come up with to use the rest of the discoveries; <BR/> rose scented towering inferno cupcakes doused with grenadine for pretty pinkness, and edged with salt like a posh margarita?tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908739057086813722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-6503657423079224672008-01-28T02:59:00.000+00:002008-01-28T02:59:00.000+00:00I don't understand the shame of the jam - must be ...I don't understand the shame of the jam - must be cultural, but the YEAST, DEAR GOD, THE YEAST.<BR/><BR/>Between you and Poppy, I think I'm going to have to start clearing out.blackbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05474831322702380602noreply@blogger.com