How to use up leftover Christmas meats

Often in the days following Christmas, there is a cry from the kitchen – “Whatever can I do with all this ham?”, or turkey or whatever meat was left over from the Christmas Day celebrations. …Read more

How to make crisp breadcrumbs

Crisp breadcrumbs can be made from stale bread and used in a crisp topping for a variety of savoury dishes, such as macaroni cheese, cottage pie. …Read more

How to make soft breadcrumbs

Soft breadcrumbs are useful to use up stale bread and can be frozen and used later. you can use them for  stuffing for poultry and for bread and butter pudding …Read more

How to clean copper bottomed saucepans

Copper bottomed saucepans look fantastic if the copper is bright and shiny.  Too often though these saucepans get tossed in with other dishes, washed and dried and put back on their hooks or into the cupboard. …Read more

Prepare to store preserves

When you make pickles (like Green Tomato Relish) or jams (like Raspberry Jam), you will have a very hot mixture that has been boiling away on the stove top for some time.  If you try to pour this boiling mixture into cold jars, the jars are very likely to crack with the heat.

To avoid the resulting mess …Read more

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