Search found 16 matches
- Fri Jan 20, 2006 2:38 pm
- Forum: Cooking tips
- Topic: sprouting seeds
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9006
- Fri Jan 20, 2006 2:35 pm
- Forum: Readers Recipes
- Topic: Pigletwillie: bread recipe
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3499
Pigletwillie: bread recipe
Got your request for my bread recipe. Have to rack my brains now, as I don't actually have it written out and I'll need to "visualise" the process I go through in order to write it down... Sift 1 pound of strong bread flour into a bowl with about a teaspoon of salt. Then tip in one sachet ...
- Fri Jan 20, 2006 2:12 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Attn: Johnboy
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2122
Attn: Johnboy
Johnboy, sorry I couldn't find an email address to write to your privately. I received your message and now all becomes clear! Been there and done that before, on another forum where the same thing happened. Reminds me of an old Randy Crawford lyric: same old story, same old song, goes all right til...
- Sat Jan 14, 2006 8:11 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: To Grock in the Frock (jazz)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1998
To Grock in the Frock (jazz)
OK, Grock in the Frock, expose your real identity or I will never take a word you say seriously! The jazz site is on the BBC Jazz website: m Having moved in weird and wonderful jazz circles for years (not concentric circles, although sometimes I can disappear up my own flugelhorn) I was amazed and g...
- Sat Jan 14, 2006 7:59 pm
- Forum: Cooking tips
- Topic: stdent in need please help
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10948
That's an interesting viewpoint. I personally believe that an insult is an insult if it's meant that way, rather than if it's merely perceived that way by someone who chooses to get uppity about it. A friend of mine in the USA lost his job a while ago because he complained about "niggardly" allocati...
- Sat Jan 14, 2006 7:33 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Seriously irked by anon " guests"
- Replies: 26
- Views: 11423
Well said, Colin. It's amazing how readily people spring at one another's throats on this forum sometimes. I thought gardeners were supposed to be calm, patient, friendly types! I also subscribe to a jazz forum and, by contrast, all those way-out hipsters are the very model of politeness, reasoned d...
- Sat Jan 14, 2006 7:26 pm
- Forum: Seasonal tips
- Topic: Shallots
- Replies: 23
- Views: 11991
- Wed Jan 04, 2006 3:11 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Mystery root...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2558
Personally I wouldn't risk eating anything if I don't know exactly what it is! The root you found sounds similar to one I dug up in a new vegetable patch I was making a few years ago. The plant itself was some kind of climber which shot about 40 feet up into an old plum tree. The leaves were a very ...
- Wed Jan 04, 2006 3:03 pm
- Forum: Readers Recipes
- Topic: Bread maker
- Replies: 96
- Views: 44674
- Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:59 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Sprouts
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3535
- Tue Jan 03, 2006 3:33 pm
- Forum: Readers Recipes
- Topic: Bread maker
- Replies: 96
- Views: 44674
Yes, using wholemeal flour does produce a denser loaf which many people don't care for. Also, unless you use organic flour, there is probably likely to be less pesticide residue in white flour (because the husk is discarded). Depends how purist you want to be and what you want from your loaf. As to ...
- Tue Jan 03, 2006 2:48 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Would like to be vegetarian - advice please
- Replies: 30
- Views: 12815
I've been a happy vegetarian for 20+ years and the most useful pieces of advice I can give you is: don't try to do it cold turkey. Most of the "failed" vegetarians I know gave up just because they stopped eating flesh but didn't replace it with anything else. Cows can live on grass alone, but humans...
- Tue Jan 03, 2006 1:43 am
- Forum: Tools and Machinery
- Topic: Can someone suggest a lightweight mower please?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4592
I have a large area of grass to cut, arranged on 3 levels (2 at the back of the house, 1 at the front). To make it even more interesting, the biggest area has a brook at the bottom which floods twice a year. Thus the lawn (if you can call it that) is uneven and always very moist - oh, and it has 4 t...
- Mon Jan 02, 2006 2:48 pm
- Forum: Seasonal tips
- Topic: Where to put a compost bin?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5238
When you say it's a plastic dustbin style, do you mean that it's a bucket-shaped container without an open bottom? If so, then you can put it on concrete without worrying too much about leakage. Also, you could obtain some worms to put into the compost once you've got it started, so standing on soil...
- Mon Jan 02, 2006 1:07 am
- Forum: Tools and Machinery
- Topic: Can someone suggest a lightweight mower please?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4592
Can someone suggest a lightweight mower please?
My husband suffered a stroke 2 months ago and is not likely to recover well enough to use our heavyweight petrol mower when the time comes to start cutting the grass again. I will be taking over the job, but due to arthiritis I need a lightweight machine (don't you just love the ageing process?). Ca...