diff --git a/handbook/flapjack.html b/handbook/flapjack.html index 520863950..b9d92d942 100644 --- a/handbook/flapjack.html +++ b/handbook/flapjack.html @@ -58,4 +58,6 @@ I had a big pan and did two trays at a time. Each tray (a bit over 1kg) was cut With at least 8 trays, you can have one pair in the oven, one pair being prepared and two pairs cooling off. Get a system going and you can really churn it out - and soon run out of flat surfaces! I've done 48 trays in two or three days before now, but that's quite intense.

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We found that dark brown sugar & golden syrup is almost identical to white sugar & a treacle/syrup mix. The later is quite a bit cheaper.If you don't have a huge saucepan a wok works well too.

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We found that dark brown sugar & golden syrup is almost identical to white sugar & a treacle/syrup mix. The later is quite a bit cheaper.If you don't have a huge saucepan a wok works well too.

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Instant stuff

It is vital to buy instant custard, instant oatso and instant hot chocolate. Never get the custard or oats which must be cooked, or any hot chocolate that you can't just drink as soon as you have put hot water in it. Yes, it is more expensive that the types which need cooking; no, don't buy it. +

This also goes for instant soups: see above.

Coffee

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While buying beans would be cheaper, having yet another piece of equipment (a grinder) at the tatty hut would be awkward. Hitting socks full of beans with rocks at top camp would also be amusing when un-ground beans would inevitably get carried up. The tentative conclusion is that Sainsburys Basics ground coffee for filters would be adquate, e.g. "Sainsbury's Fairtrade Continental Style Coffee, Strength 5". A number of strength grades are available all at the same price of £1.01/100g. +We always need instant coffee (and lots of tea-bags). The issue of ground coffee arose during 2017 as personal supplies were raided and the general appreciation of the stuff raised the possibility (in 2018) of providing this as standard expo fare. +

While buying coffee beans would be cheaper (64p/100g), having yet another piece of equipment (a grinder) at the crowded tatty hut would be awkward. Hitting socks full of beans with rocks at top camp would also be amusing when un-ground beans would inevitably get carried up. The tentative conclusion is that Sainsburys Basics ground coffee for filters would be adquate, e.g. "Sainsbury's Fairtrade Continental Style Coffee, Strength 5". A number of strength grades are available all at the same price of £1.01/100g.

Other food-related stuff

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Footnotes

When making notes for next year and the people who will do this after you, please be more precise than your predecessors. How much is "one large drum-full" of packet soup for god's sake. +

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  • 2017: Stuff undergound
  • 2016: Stuff at tatty hut (base camp)
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