Curry Recipes Online
Beginners Guide => Hints, Tips, Methods and so on.. => Storage => Topic started by: Unclefrank on May 12, 2010, 10:47 AM
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Used a silicone muffin mold
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Used about 2-3 tbsp of fresh coriander leaves,then covered with water.
Still wont let me post pics on this site?
PLEASE DELETE THIS POST.
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We usually just freeze it in a sandwich bag, though I don't like to freeze it if I can avoid it.
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Yeah it goes a bit limp and pathetic once defrosted, still tastes ok though.
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Hi UncleFrank ;)
Far better and more reliable to use an outside picture host. I'd recommend photobucket :) here's a link ;)
http://photobucket.com/ (http://photobucket.com/)
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There are good reasons (in my opinion) why images are posted as they are on this forum (and not on photobucket, or the like, Domi). One good reason is that many (posted on photobucket...check some of yours, for instance) are no longer available.
The instructions for posting images via the cr0 image hosting forum (see here: http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=1475.0 (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=1475.0)) are quite clear and easy to follow I think. :-\
Though, why I care, I do not know...... ::)
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Mine are not available because I removed them, CA.....nothing to do with photobucket themselves.
Since a few members have complained about the forum hosting of pictures not working for them it's far better to use an outside host that works rather than have members getting pissed off trying to upload photos here - check UncleFrank's original post ;) since he's asking for the thread to be deleted it saves losing a thread and subsequent posts which can only be a good thing, right?
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Mine are not available because I removed them, CA.....nothing to do with photobucket themselves
QED yet again Domi! ::)
Since a few members have complained about the forum hosting of pictures not working for them
Then it's surely far better (for the integrity of the forum) to explain to them HOW to post images, using the cr0 image hosting website, than to encourage them to use an alternative method :-\
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Since a few members have complained that the site's picture hosting isn't working (they seem intelligent enough to have followed the instructions to me ;) ) and the fact that the site is as slow and buggy as hell lately it's only reasonable to proffer another route for pichosting. Plus it saves on server space to boot! I notice you haven't taken the time to explain how to use the site's pichosting in two posts so far....Not that you're looking to pick fights or argue for the sake of arguing, eh, CA?
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Sorry Domi, yet again you're factually incorrect.
I stated above that the instructions on how to post images, using the cr0 image hosting website, plus the reasons why, are here: http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=1475.msg36034#msg36034 (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=1475.msg36034#msg36034)
Most members seem to cope with this.
However, if YOU can see how to make the instructions clearer, please post YOUR suggestions (rather than suggesting that members scupper the solution that the forum has decided to implement in the best interests of the forum).
As always, it seems that you are determined to have the last word Domi...however irrational and emotional it might be..... ::)
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Hi UF,
I understand your difficulty in posting images via the cr0 image hosting website. Please send me a personal message and I'll gladly help you post your images :)
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Will you two quit bitchin? I realise that freezing coriander is a vital topic, and that peace in the free world may rest finally on the green pepper content of a curry base, but I rather think plurality and decorum are required.
Now if Nick Clegg and David Cameron were to make a curry, THAT would be interesting
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Now if Nick Clegg and David Cameron were to make a curry, THAT would be interesting
pmsl MP! ;D But would it be a curry that the "nation deserves"? (their quote, not mine) :P
**EDIT** As long as we don't end up with another Edwina Curry....that'd be just too much to stomach :-X ;D
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**EDIT** As long as we don't end up with another Edwina Curry....that'd be just too much to stomach :-X ;D
Touche! :)
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Now if Nick Clegg and David Cameron were to make a curry, THAT would be interesting
That would be a "hung" curry then?
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I had aready posted pics through the crO hosting thing but for some reason it was not having it when trying to post my latest.
Also posted through photobucket before and was told to use the crO image hosting.
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Funnily enough wouldn't we be classed as a Con-Dem-Nation now? ;)
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Here we go.
I also use the water from when its defrosted and use that either in rice or put in the curry itself.
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Here we go.
I also use the water from when its defrosted and use that either in rice or put in the curry itself.
That all sounds pretty crazy to me! You end up with coriander ice cubes. How can you finely chop a block of ice? I freeze my coriander my just shoving it in a sandwich bag. It tastes the same as the fresh stuff but on defrost the cells walls have burst and it melts into dark green leafy sludge (I wouldn't use it if I was going for my "A game").
Also I have no idea why you would want fresh coriander flavour in your rice, or what difference having coriander water in your main makes, rather than just straight coriander, which would surely taste the same without the trouble of accounting for extra water in an unneeded step.
Sorry to be so negative but I think that if you want to freeze fresh coriander, just freeze it. It's easy to break a chunk off and finely chop. I also see no value in the water.
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I have already tried the "just freeze it" method and its not very nice as you say it goes all mushy and have you never had coriander rice? It was just an idea that i hadnt tried before.
Jesus BB get off your high horse and chill out a bit.
I can understand why a few of members dont bother posting on here anymore.
Thanks and good bye.
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Jesus BB get off your high horse and chill out a bit.
I can understand why a few of members dont bother posting on here anymore.
Thanks and good bye.
Unclefrank, sorry man! I'm not on a high horse, I don't consider myself to be any kind of amazing chef and did not mean to be condescending! I honestly just didn't see the advantage :-\
I would never deliberatley discourage anyone from contributing - I just thought that I could put my points forward and you could explain what it was about your method that was better. In hindsight I could have presented my point more politely but I was just thinking out loud.
I'm sorry for coming across harshly.
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This place is really going to the dogs
All Bobby said is what i would agree with .........He wasnt on his high horse and for that mattert in the years i have seen his posts not months YEARS he is never condecending
get over it UF
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The reason this place has gone to the dogs is because you cant post your own views on here without somebody having to say something that doesnt sit well with their view and its always the little "click" of people that come out of the woodwork and have to suck up to certain people.
I use to post on here all the time, but now it just seems a certain few dont agree with anything that anybody has to say. Its a forum about curry and the such, its peoples crazy ideas that have probably made most of the recipes on here.
This site used be a helpful and a joy to go on, but i have no idea what has gone wrong, think its the case of "i know it all" syndrome.
Well thats it sorry about posting my views.
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Hi UF,
I can understand why you would want to freeze coriander. It totally rags me having to throw half a bunch of the stuff away.
Basically UF, I chop it up, as I would if I was stirring into my curry from fresh, then I freeze in one of those plastic takeaway tubs. Once it is frozen, take a fork and lightly scrape over the frozen coriander to loosen it all up.
I then just take a desertspoon of the frozen coriander and stir in my curry 1 min before it's cooked.
It comes out fantastic. Obviously, it's no good as a garnish!
Just letting you know, you're not alone, lol ;D
Ray ;D
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The reason this place has gone to the dogs is because you cant post your own views on here without somebody having to say something that doesnt sit well with their view and its always the little "click" of people that come out of the woodwork and have to suck up to certain people.
I use to post on here all the time, but now it just seems a certain few dont agree with anything that anybody has to say. Its a forum about curry and the such, its peoples crazy ideas that have probably made most of the recipes on here.
This site used be a helpful and a joy to go on, but i have no idea what has gone wrong, think its the case of "i know it all" syndrome.
Well thats it sorry about posting my views.
Well I don't know UF, I've apologised if I came across harshly in the thread as well as sending you a personal apology but see you're keen to post your views in the thread and not bother to even respond my PM which was written with the kindest intentions.
Can you explain what it is about my post which is incorrect? What are the benefits offered by your method over that freezing fresh coriander?
I'd also appreciate less of the "high horse" and "clique" nonsense. I've spent a great deal of time contributing photos, reviews etc. to this forum and have always remained impartial.
its always the little "click" of people that come out of the woodwork and have to suck up to certain people.
Rubbish. No individual member answers to anyone (unless you break the posting rules, or are a moderator)
I use to post on here all the time, but now it just seems a certain few dont agree with anything that anybody has to say.
Can't I query your methods without you getting upset?
Its a forum about curry and the such, its peoples crazy ideas that have probably made most of the recipes on here.
I would have said that it is members BIR encounters and first hand recipes and members with great cooking ability that has made the forum what it is, rather than "peoples crazy ideas". If crazy ideas did the job, I would have been knocking out top class curries for years! ;D
This site used be a helpful and a joy to go on, but i have no idea what has gone wrong, think its the case of "i know it all" syndrome.
I'm sorry you feel that way and I hope it doesn't dissuade you from posting next time you freeze something in water. :P