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This is not a political rant. :-)
On a local radio gardening program (2GB here in Sydney) a caller asked was there a home-grown substitute for setting milk when making cottage cheese. (This need has been forced on us because most of the two major supermarket-chain stores have removed junket tablets from their shelves; not a profitable line.) Another caller recounted how, in times of shortage during the war, her mother would stir the warming milk with a twig from their fig tree (edible figs) and this would cause the milk to set (albeit not smoothly). The chosen twig was about the thickness of a finger and was first prepared by having its bark peeled off. Anyone have other plant-based suggestions? -- John Savage (my news address is not valid for email) |
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"John Savage" wrote in message
On a local radio gardening program (2GB here in Sydney) a caller asked was there a home-grown substitute for setting milk when making cottage cheese. (This need has been forced on us because most of the two major supermarket-chain stores have removed junket tablets from their shelves; not a profitable line.) Another caller recounted how, in times of shortage during the war, her mother would stir the warming milk with a twig from their fig tree (edible figs) and this would cause the milk to set (albeit not smoothly). The chosen twig was about the thickness of a finger and was first prepared by having its bark peeled off. Anyone have other plant-based suggestions? Here's a pretty comprehensive list: http://www.pfaf.org/database/search_use.php?K[]=Curdling%20agent |
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"FarmI" ask@itshall be given writes:
"John Savage" wrote in message On a local radio gardening program (2GB here in Sydney) a caller asked was there a home-grown substitute for setting milk when making cottage cheese. (This need has been forced on us because most of the two major supermarket-chain stores have removed junket tablets from their shelves; Anyone have other plant-based suggestions? Here's a pretty comprehensive list: http://www.pfaf.org/database/search_use.php?K[]=Curdling%20agent Indeed an interesting list. I'd welcome suggestions for a substitute for rennet in making junket, too. This involves setting the milk, rather than just making it curdle. (I can use pineapple cordial base to make milk curdle, but it won't turn it into a junket.) -- John Savage (my news address is not valid for email) |
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`Why are junket tablets not in the shops these day? Hadn't heard of that
one. Katherine This need has been forced on us because most of the two major supermarket-chain stores have removed junket tablets from their shelves; |
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"jones" wrote in message
`Why are junket tablets not in the shops these day? Hadn't heard of that one. Katherine This need has been forced on us because most of the two major supermarket-chain stores have removed junket tablets from their shelves; I can buy junket tablets here but then I live in the country. The only problem is that they are flavoured and I havne't seem the unflavoured ones for some years now (I haven't looked either though) |
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"John Savage" wrote in message
"FarmI" ask@itshall be given writes: "John Savage" wrote in message On a local radio gardening program (2GB here in Sydney) a caller asked was there a home-grown substitute for setting milk when making cottage cheese. (This need has been forced on us because most of the two major supermarket-chain stores have removed junket tablets from their shelves; Anyone have other plant-based suggestions? Here's a pretty comprehensive list: http://www.pfaf.org/database/search_use.php?K[]=Curdling%20agent Indeed an interesting list. I'd welcome suggestions for a substitute for rennet in making junket, too. This involves setting the milk, rather than just making it curdle. (I can use pineapple cordial base to make milk curdle, but it won't turn it into a junket.) "Lady's bedstraw" is a natural rennet. I had some in my previous garden. See: http://www.englishplants.co.uk/ladysbed.html and http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/b/bedlad25.html |
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"FarmI" ask@itshall be given writes:
I can buy junket tablets here but then I live in the country. The only problem is that they are flavoured and I havne't seem the unflavoured ones for some years now (I haven't looked either though) Time goes quickly, but have you looked for junket tablets in the last two years? I ask because the sole manufacturer of Junket Tablets (Chris Hansons) ceased manufacture in 2005. I'm surprised that another importer has not stepped into the breach to supply Woolworths and Coles, but none seems to have. If junket tabs are still on sale at your store, mind looking and telling me what brand they are? -- John Savage (my news address is not valid for email) |
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"John Savage" wrote in message
"FarmI" ask@itshall be given writes: I can buy junket tablets here but then I live in the country. The only problem is that they are flavoured and I havne't seem the unflavoured ones for some years now (I haven't looked either though) Time goes quickly, but have you looked for junket tablets in the last two years? I know about how time flys - appallingly fast! However, when I first read your response, I did a quick mental recap and thought that although I may just have bought my own junket tabs about 2 years ago (although I thought this would be a bit of a stretch), I did recently notice them again in the local supermarket and that was certainly well under 2 years ago. I noticed them hanging on one of those irritating plastic hanger things that swing off the columns in the aisle and because it got in my way, I did a quick look to see if they were flavoured or unflavoured as having been bitten buying the flavoured ones, I wanted to see if they had unflavoured ones - all flavoured though. I ask because the sole manufacturer of Junket Tablets (Chris Hansons) ceased manufacture in 2005. I'm surprised that another importer has not stepped into the breach to supply Woolworths and Coles, but none seems to have. If junket tabs are still on sale at your store, mind looking and telling me what brand they are? In response to this query, I immediately went looking in my pantry to find the flavoured ones as I was fairly sure that they were Hansons. Very embarrassing experience altogether and I blush as I type this. In my own defence, I have to say that my pantry is what would these days be considered to be rather large - it's much bigger than the ensuites in many houses or motels I've been to, so it can fit rather a lot in the space. I discovered 2 packs of wild rice I'd forgotten I had, a jar of Asafoetida (what WAS I going to use that for????), 24 packs of jelly and 4 packs of plain junket tablets (all Hansons) but no flavoured ones. The plain junket tabs must be rather (very?)old, but dont' appear to have a useby date on them. Given that one pack has a price sticker of 97 cents and another has a price sticker of $1.49 and the other 2 are price sticker free, you can imagine how old the oldest must be. How long ago did bar scans become the vogue? I blush! Anyway, because I thought that the missing flavoured ones had indeed been Hansons, I did a google and found this: http://simplyjunket.com.au/news.php and the picture of the junket that shows at this site is indeed the one I had bought and found again recently in the small local supermarket so it seems that Hansons can still be had after all. Our local supermarket is very customer focussed (they'd want to be given that for some items I pay up to $2 more for a single can than I would if I bought in Woollies or Coles). I know that they have got in 2 items for me especially - Honey soy Sauce and NilOdor and they had never heard of either of them but made the effort to get them although Lord know how or where. Anyway, I ramble, I will look for you but I am positive that it was the exact same product as in the site I found. I'll report back. |
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John
Checked out the junket in the local supermarket today. It IS Hansons brand but the pic on the pack is different to the one at the website I quoted. |
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"FarmI" ask@itshall be given writes:
"John Savage" wrote in message "FarmI" ask@itshall be given writes: I can buy junket tablets here but then I live in the country. The only problem is that they are flavoured and I havne't seem the unflavoured ones for some years now (I haven't looked either though) the columns in the aisle and because it got in my way, I did a quick look to see if they were flavoured or unflavoured as having been bitten buying the flavoured ones, I wanted to see if they had unflavoured ones - all flavoured though. I know its irritating to have someone question ones every statement, but are you sure what's on sale at your store is *flavoured*? Anyway, because I thought that the missing flavoured ones had indeed been Hansons, I did a google and found this: http://simplyjunket.com.au/news.php I was aware of the simply junket people, and very helpful they are. I have pointed others in their direction, but shopping by post is not so convenient. (For the information of others, you can buy junket powder by post from them, for $7.) I am interested to know whether your local independent supermarket is selling the simply junket brand, or is there some other brand available in some Australian stores? Simply junket sell only unflavoured powder, you see. Thanks for your research. :-) -- John Savage (my news address is not valid for email) |
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"John Savage" wrote in message
"FarmI" ask@itshall be given writes: "John Savage" wrote in message "FarmI" ask@itshall be given writes: I can buy junket tablets here but then I live in the country. The only problem is that they are flavoured and I havne't seem the unflavoured ones for some years now (I haven't looked either though) the columns in the aisle and because it got in my way, I did a quick look to see if they were flavoured or unflavoured as having been bitten buying the flavoured ones, I wanted to see if they had unflavoured ones - all flavoured though. I know its irritating to have someone question ones every statement, but are you sure what's on sale at your store is *flavoured*? Yes. It is most definitely flavoured. I looked at the packs again the other day when I posted the "Ping John Avage" response to say that it was Hanson's brand. One of the flavours I noticed mentioned on the pack, was pineapple. I think another was cherry but cannot now be sure as I was a bit horrified at the thought of pineaple flavoured junket. Anyway, because I thought that the missing flavoured ones had indeed been Hansons, I did a google and found this: http://simplyjunket.com.au/news.php I was aware of the simply junket people, and very helpful they are. I have pointed others in their direction, but shopping by post is not so convenient. (For the information of others, you can buy junket powder by post from them, for $7.) I am interested to know whether your local independent supermarket is selling the simply junket brand, No, as I responded in the "Ping John Savage" I made after checking the supermarket, it bears the Hansons brand name. or is there some other brand available in some Australian stores? Simply junket sell only unflavoured powder, you see. ????? Now you have me thoroughly confused. I thought that unflavoured junket was after given that you had asked about a rennet for making junket????? The unflavoured powder would work the same as the Hanson's tablets as the tablets are crushed to form a powder before adding to the tepid milk. |
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"FarmI" ask@itshall be given writes:
Checked out the junket in the local supermarket today. It IS Hansons brand but the pic on the pack is different to the one at the website I quoted. Thanks. With Hansons having ceased production at the end of 2005, it sounds like the suppliers to your supermarket are drawing from a stockpile. The tablets should be good for at least 3 or 4 years I'd say, anyway. As I'm limited to a text browser (no pics) I can't comment on any illustration on the pack though. I'm going to experiment with an extract of thistle flowers as an alternative source of the rennin enzyme. I'd try the nettles, except I haven't seen any stinging nettles since I was a kid and accidently ran into a patch of nettles on a farm when a dog chased me as I edged too close when admiring its newborn puppies! Do stinging nettles even grow wild anywhere in Oz? Maybe I'll crosspost the results of my thistle investigation to a survivalism group! :-) -- John Savage (my news address is not valid for email) |
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"John Savage" wrote in message
om... "FarmI" ask@itshall be given writes: Checked out the junket in the local supermarket today. It IS Hansons brand but the pic on the pack is different to the one at the website I quoted. Thanks. With Hansons having ceased production at the end of 2005, it sounds like the suppliers to your supermarket are drawing from a stockpile. The tablets should be good for at least 3 or 4 years I'd say, anyway. As I'm limited to a text browser (no pics) I can't comment on any illustration on the pack though. I'm going to experiment with an extract of thistle flowers as an alternative source of the rennin enzyme. I'd try the nettles, except I haven't seen any stinging nettles since I was a kid and accidently ran into a patch of nettles on a farm when a dog chased me as I edged too close when admiring its newborn puppies! Do stinging nettles even grow wild anywhere in Oz? Maybe I'll crosspost the results of my thistle investigation to a survivalism group! :-) i would be interested to know, too :-) jackie french is on about nettles all the time yet i too have not seen them except once or twice as a kid. (perhaps she grows them specially). kylie kylie |
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"0tterbot" wrote: i would be interested to know, too :-) jackie french is on about nettles all the time yet i too have not seen them except once or twice as a kid. (perhaps she grows them specially). She probably does. I remember encountering wild stinging nettles from time to time in Dad's garden, but they were little plants with leaves smaller than mint leaves. Now my Dad is growing European stinging nettles -- deliberately. They have leaves up to the size of my hand and they do pack a punch. They are also high in iron and vitamin C IIRC. http://tinyurl.com/35lxv8 -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) "Parenthood is like the modern stone washing process for denim jeans. You may start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled." Kerry Cue |
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Ping John Savage was junkets
"Chookie" wrote in message ... In article , "0tterbot" wrote: i would be interested to know, too :-) jackie french is on about nettles all the time yet i too have not seen them except once or twice as a kid. (perhaps she grows them specially). She probably does. I remember encountering wild stinging nettles from time to time in Dad's garden, but they were little plants with leaves smaller than mint leaves. Now my Dad is growing European stinging nettles -- deliberately. They have leaves up to the size of my hand and they do pack a punch. They are also high in iron and vitamin C IIRC. http://tinyurl.com/35lxv8 A good place to look is veggie farms in colder districts. When my husband worked on a cauli/cabbage farm he'd bring huge bunches home for me, although they would not be organic by any stretch of the imagination. -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) "Parenthood is like the modern stone washing process for denim jeans. You may start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled." Kerry Cue |