Whats This? A Cold Water Powder In The UK! Has Anyone Tried It?

[aquarius1984]

my love of cooking was from

My paternal Nanna (2 Philcos and brown Hoover Senior) was a school cook in the good days, and my Maternal Great Nan (Hotpoint Liberator twin tub, Blue Hoover Senior) who stayed home and was the Household Godess back in the day. Both "got on with my washer and hoover thing" with Philco Nanna often letting me put wet washing from the black philco into her almond Philips dryer on wet days, and setting the timer. Kinda grew out of that one by the time her 2nd white Philco arrived in 1992. And my great Nan and I used to draw pictures of the Twinny and the Senior. I know the great times I had with them set me up to want to be a chef by teaching me all kinds of stuff. Also cant help but wonder if somehow my Great Nan is watching over me. Last Thursday was the 23rd August when I had the best day of my life at Mikes. 3 years ago on the 22nd she parted from us aged 90. anyhoo thats my background into Hotel and Catering and why I wanted to be part of it. R

 

[hoovermatic]

Rob
I think that all of our grandmother's Christmas Cake and Pudding recipes are the best in the world and like you, I use mine, not exclusively but almost. Rather than post recipes on here I can email them to you. Let me know which ones you are interested in and I will endevour to send them.

Incidentaly, with the exception of oysters, all food is appreciated in this house!!

Paul

 

[aquarius1984]

how odd Paul, lol!

Oysters and Black pudding is where I draw the line, yeah will mail you when get chance. Rob

 

[hoover3060]

Hi Guys

Did a cold wash in the top loader this morning using the cold wash powder from Tescos.

Thought id take a picture of the suds. Very sudsy considering its supposed to be for front loaders.

It did clean well though but I wont be buying anymore once the box is empty.

Mark

 

[hoovermatic]

I don't know about this powder now that I have used it. I dislike the lack of fragrance but I can't get away that it does a good job. Last week I did a lot of cooking and severely stained some white cotton dishcloths. I had them in soak for two days in a strong solution of Persil Bio S&M and then washed them, with a load of other dirty whites at 60 degrees. When I unloaded the machine, they were not as clean as I had expected so I soaked them overnight in a small plastic bowl in a lukewarm solution of Tesco Cold Water. The following morning, I rinsed them out and not a stain remains! The machine is on at the moment and I am using it again on white cotton bedlinen but at 40 degrees since the cat walked all over the duvet cover with muddy paws!!

How much detergent do you use in your TL? I found that even with very soft water, I would get through a lot of detergent when I was using mine - so much so that I used to buy the mega boxes from Macro

 

[hoover3060]

Hi Hoovermatic

In the top loader I tend to use twice the amount recommended for a front loader.

And like you I buy the huge boxes of powder from Makro/Costco.

Mark