August 5, 2016 | Foodie Tips | No comments
Do you know your juicers from your blenders? If you’re an appliance nerd like we are perhaps you do, but just in case we’ll tell you anyway. The crucial difference between the two is blenders very finely chop fruit and veg into smoothie consistency whereas a juicer separates fruit pulp from the juice.
July 31, 2016 | Foodie Tips | No comments
Hooray, the sun has got his hat on at last! Now that we’ve finally seen some sunshine you’ll most likely be relishing ice-creams and short shorts. As for us, we can’t think of many better ways to cool down than with a cold refreshing smoothie. Especially one of those super healthy concoctions that promise better skin, higher energy levels, and trimmer waistlines.
June 26, 2016 | Foodie Tips | No comments
Your food blender should never be condemned to sitting in a cupboard gathering dust; it’s far too versatile for that! In fact, you can sort breakfast, lunch, dinner and beyond easily with the help of this handy kitchen appliance.
May 12, 2016 | Foodie Tips | General Appliance Care & Advice | No comments
So you’re cooking a roast dinner and the chicken’s done before the potatoes. Or you’re cooking two tiers of a cake and one is golden whilst the other is still pale and doughy. We’ve all been there, there’s no need to hang your head and bemoan your culinary skills. Blame your oven instead!
March 4, 2016 | Foodie Tips | No comments
When is Mother’s Day again? This Sunday? Whoops…
If you somehow missed all the Mother’s Day card shop displays reminding you of the date (Sunday 6th March FYI) we’ll take a bet you forgot to buy mum a gift. If so, you may think your best option now is a wilting bunch of supermarket roses. Not so fast! Make mum’s day not with a flower, but with flour!
December 13, 2010 | Foodie Tips | No comments
The Christmas dinner is merely delicious to those who eat it, but for the cook who spends most of the morning and early afternoon checking the turkey and trying not to forget about the sprouts, it can be a wholly stressful proposition. Want to avoid the stress? Check out Helen avoiding a Christmas dinner disaster, and don’t forget your meat thermometer.
September 30, 2010 | Foodie Tips | 3 comments
We recently came across a video which shows what a cup of tea looks like when made from water of varying states of filtration. My personal view is that this may need investigating by an independent source, snopes.com springs to mind.
However it did get me wondering what a cup of tea would look like when brewed with bottled water. I did think of conducting the experiment myself, a pound on a bottle of water is alright, but buying a brand new kettle just to make two cups of tea is a bit excessive, so I shall have to stick to guesswork.
So here is my guess: there would be so little difference you wouldn’t be able to notice.
What I can ascertain for sure though, is that if you want drinking water that is purer than the stuff coming out of your taps, Brita filters are your best bet – at about 20 quid for a jug, and then maybe a fiver every few months or so for a new filter. Compared to even 40p per bottle of water, there’s no argument.
What do you think? Do you think using bottled water will yield a better cup of tea? Have you got a Brita filter, a bottle of water, some tea bags and a couple of spare kettles? If you’ve got answers, get in touch.
Dubious?
July 21, 2010 | Foodie Tips | 5 comments
Today’s post is for the benefit of my fellow connoisseurs in the eSpares Coffee Appreciation Society and any other coffee lovers out there.Read more
