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On Sun, 30 Nov 2003, Natalie Ford wrote: > On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 20:40:25 +0000 (GMT), Billy Abbott wrote: > > frozen "mixed veg" is a crime against humanity > > I agree if you are talking about the pea sized chopped carrots, peas and > sweetcorn mix, but I buy a really nice broccoli, baby carrot, pea and > cauliflower mix in Tesco that is quite passable as long as you don't > overcook it. the unidentified cubes of various colours was indeed what i was referring to - however i am intrigued that frozen broccoli works. Last time i bought an attempted nice bag of mixed veg (which may even have been the carrot, broccoli and cauliflower you mention) the broccoli disintegrated into a cloud of green fragments on contact with the water...i shall have to have a try again, as my fruit intake seems to be entirely satsumas, and my veg intake entirely from my weekends meals... the other thing i;m trying at the moment is freezing fresh herbs - thyme to be exact, i had some left over after making lancashire hotpot this weekend. i just wrapped up the left overs in a food bag and put it in the freezer...hopefully it may be alright at a later date. i used to freeze coriander by blending it with a little bit of chopped onion, freezing in an ice cube tray and then putting in a bag in the freezer. I'd then either stick the cube in a hot pan at the point i'd need coriander, or zap it in the microwave for a couple of moments. result was variable first time i did it the curry tasted fantastic, from then on it never really worked right... hmm. waffley. billy -- marypoppins = (julieAndrews + starship) / mailbox; Billy Abbott billy at cowfish dot org dot ukThere's stuff above here
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