Those reusable fabric bags from the Warehouse and the like are just the thing for storing potatoes in. They let the air through which helps keep them fresher for longer.You can also fill a bag with a 50-50 mix of compost and peat moss and plant a couple of seed potatoes in them if you […]
Kay from Kaitaia has been on the oily rag website and has a suggestion for those making Yorkshire pudding. The comment is in response to a recipe posted by Fred., “I have this dead simple recipe for Yorkshire pudding. I saw it on TV – it’s so simple that we now make it regularly. I […]
I have great success with planting sprouted potatoes and growing my own. But for the times that you don’t want to have your potatoes sprout, I hear that if you put an apple in with your potatoes, they don’t sprout. I am in t he process of trying it, so can’t vouch for it as […]
Microwave potatoes before baking halves baking time.
Lorraine from Hamilton writes, “I have found a website that lists all the daily deal websites which people can check out. It’s called www.thesniff.co.nz“. The site acts as a portal to all the deal sites (portal is IT talk for a gateway that takes you to…) – Oily Rag Ed’.
The winter chill has set in so we thought it time to revisit the best of the oily rag tips about low-cost tummy-warming winter meals. Linda Mitchell from Te Puke says, “We empty a tube of sausage meat and a finely chopped onion into a glass dish, squish together, then microwave until cooked. Add tin […]
Here are my ideas, some of which we used, and others which I now realise would have been a good idea: • Get married in summer. The weather will probably be nice enough to get married in the great free outdoors. You will also need less material in the brides dress as it won’t need […]
Our kids have great fun making their own yoghurt. They choose their flavour and help in the shaking. It then becomes ‘their’ yoghurt and they consume it with great gusto and remarks about how good it tastes! That means they are eating healthier and we are saving money! What’s even better, last week the supermarket […]
I was pleased to find a slug and snail product in his local garden centre that is safe for pets and wildlife. I have never used a slug and snail bait because I have been worried about poisoning bird life, but now I can blitz the blighters worry-free.
John writes that he is enjoying seeing native wood pigeons feasting on the guava berries in his garden. He has grown them especially for the pigeons but says he loves eating them fresh from the tree too. So, if you have some space, guavas are a great tree to plant – and they are also […]