Topic: My First Base Gravy (CA's)

[failsafe]

Well, finally got round to making my first base sauce using CA's recipe. 

The only alterations were:
1. My tomatoes were slightly over CA's 175g
2. Slightly over with the carrot
3. Used 4 large onions, which was the nearest to the recipe weight
4. Green pepper just +/-

I left out the coriander. Simply because I had non

Used CA's spice mix

I got 6 x 300ml which I put 2 x 300ml in containers and 4 food freezer bags which I first chilled then stored in the freezer.

Hard to say what it tasted like because never tasted one before. To me it looked like a rather thick like soup and wasn't sure if I should have added a bit more water to thin it. But decided against it in the end. 

I have (hopefully) posted pics

The first is at the cooking stage using a 6ltr pot
Second, bagged up ready to be chilled and frozen

[Peripatetic Phil]

Good work, Failsafe, but ideally you should re-scale the images to 720px before attaching, as below.
** Phil.

[failsafe]

Cheers Phil
I knew i went wrong with pic sizes when i resized  them. So should it be resized in pixels? If so what is it for width and hight? I ask this because i intend to post my vindaloo pictures next.
Cheers Phil

[Peripatetic Phil]

I knew i went wrong with pic sizes when i resized  them. So should it be resized in pixels? If so what is it for width and hight? I ask this because i intend to post my vindaloo pictures next.

Resize in pixels with a target width of 720px and constrained aspect ratio.  Which program do you use to resize ?  I can advise on Paintshop Pro X and Picasa 3, but little else ...

** Phil.

[failsafe]

I use Paintshop Pro X3 Phil. It's just that I have never resized in pixels so I'm a bit lost there, mate

[Malc.]

I can advise on Paintshop Pro X and Picasa 3, but little else ...

I thought I was the only one using Paintshop, I only have V9 but it's pretty good.

Hi Failsafe, do you ever worry that those bags would not hold, when using liquid contents?

[Malc.]

Resizing in pixels is simple, keep ratio and change to pixel measurement then enter 720 as the width. The height will take care of it's self. I use smart resize.

[failsafe]

I can advise on Paintshop Pro X and Picasa 3, but little else ...

I thought I was the only one using Paintshop, I only have V9 but it's pretty good.

Hi Failsafe, do you ever worry that those bags would not hold, when using liquid contents?

Hi Axe
The food freexer bags are stated as "ultimate strengh" and warns you to allow hot items to cool before inserting the said ingredients. So I presume they should be ok. They have been in the freezer a couple of days and i plan to get one out this week, so only then will I know (fingers crossed) 

[Peripatetic Phil]

Yes George, delete the "absurd huge images". First time i have uploaded so forgive me. BTW what do you mean OP?

Failsafe, you still have "modify" access, so you can remove the images yourself and replace them with smaller ones (steal my versions. by all means !).  After clicking on "Modify", click on "Attachments", then untick the two that are already attached and attach two smaller ones.

"OP" is "Original Poster", in bulletin-board jargon ...

** Phil.

[failsafe]

Yes George, delete the "absurd huge images". First time i have uploaded so forgive me. BTW what do you mean OP?

Failsafe, you still have "modify" access, so you can remove the images yourself and replace them with smaller ones (steal my versions. by all means !).  After clicking on "Modify", click on "Attachments", then untick the two that are already attached and attach two smaller ones.

"OP" is "Original Poster", in bulletin-board jargon ...

Thanks for that Phil. Have deleted them and thanks for defining OP for me. That's the trouble with jargon it becomes inclusive to regular members', but remains exclusive to newbies like me lol 

** Phil.