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by Stravaig
Fri Oct 04, 2024 7:23 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Bit of a dilemma.
Replies: 5
Views: 1779

Re: Bit of a dilemma.

peter wrote: Fri Oct 04, 2024 6:56 pm Claim you tripped and ask if he's insured for injuries caused by his plants?
Yeah! That's the sort of thing I would do. No idea if you might be successful with the guy.
by Stravaig
Fri Oct 04, 2024 7:13 pm
Forum: Cooking tips
Topic: Products I've liked
Replies: 34
Views: 33274

Re: Products I've liked

I've never tried to make my own cocoa drink. But I have made Hot Chocolate from scratch. I can tell you it's a hundred times better than the usual stuff you buy in a canister. :D You're worth a bit of luxury, better to spend the money on better products, though. And they might even cost less that th...
by Stravaig
Sat Sep 21, 2024 2:33 pm
Forum: Cooking tips
Topic: Products I've liked
Replies: 34
Views: 33274

Re: Products I've liked

Thanks, Westi. Desserts are not really my forte but I'll have a go and say what I would do in the same situation. I hope you have some freezer space available. Bramley apples are a very British thing, often called 'cooking apples'. (I've never seen Bramleys outside the UK.) A lot of chefs, myself in...
by Stravaig
Fri Sep 20, 2024 10:37 am
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Pets
Replies: 7
Views: 2524

Re: Pets

I'm really sorry to read this. Very best wishes to you and your doggie. I don't know much about the subject but it seems to me that, given the problems, you did darned well to keep his life going for all these years. Hats off to you.
by Stravaig
Thu Sep 19, 2024 12:59 pm
Forum: Cooking tips
Topic: Products I've liked
Replies: 34
Views: 33274

Re: Products I've liked

Thanks, Westi. I'm not really back on form. Just able to get to the laptop in my home office instead of being glued to the bed. Oh well, it's a step in the right direction
by Stravaig
Tue Sep 17, 2024 5:40 pm
Forum: Cooking tips
Topic: Products I've liked
Replies: 34
Views: 33274

Re: Products I've liked

Sorry for disappearing again. Been ill - the usual, anxiety, stress, vomiting. Of course when you're chucking up every 15-20 mins and can't even keep water down, there's no chance of eating or sleeping, which makes matters worse. Anyway, husband noticed Coquilles St Jaques in M&S. You just have ...
by Stravaig
Sun Jul 28, 2024 3:27 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Grow Cook Nourish by Darina Allen
Replies: 1
Views: 1515

Grow Cook Nourish by Darina Allen

This is not a cheap book. The RRP is £40 although I got it new from Amazon for £26. It's a large tome. Perhaps I'll need a wheelbarrow to move it around. I only got it about half an hour ago so I've only had time so far to just flick through and dip into it. I think there's every chance that this co...
by Stravaig
Sat Jul 27, 2024 4:11 pm
Forum: Growing places
Topic: 2024 season begins
Replies: 51
Views: 74113

Re: 2024 season begins

I’m in awe of your pea support tying Geoff. Mine always look like some drunk has had a go at a bamboo sculpture lol Sorry, I should have asked permission to go in your garden. Now I'm wanting to grow some edible flowers not sure if I'm too late in the season or if I need to excavate my little hydro...
by Stravaig
Fri Jul 26, 2024 4:08 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Summer Bits and Bobs.
Replies: 239
Views: 59772

Re: Summer Bits and Bobs.

I tried making nettle tea as a plant food, never smelt anything quite as bad before, but nettles do have lots of uses, a great substitute for Spinach, but as I don't like that, I don't eat it. You can make strong string from it like Ray Mears, but it's a right faff, so not done that either. [/quote...
by Stravaig
Fri Jul 26, 2024 3:10 pm
Forum: Cooking tips
Topic: Products I've liked
Replies: 34
Views: 33274

Re: Products I've liked

I very rarely like shop-bought or so-called restaurant-bought pizzas. But sometimes you get desperate.

This is the best I've had!
https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/pro ... rence-490g

Yeah, I would buy that again. :D
by Stravaig
Thu Jul 25, 2024 12:29 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Summer Bits and Bobs.
Replies: 239
Views: 59772

Re: Summer Bits and Bobs.

Blimey. I think I shall flee elsewhere if this is what Scotswomen are like. Male and female nettles? I did get "The Facts of Life" at school, but never got anything like that. If you have a dog or a cat, or even a coo, ye can tell male or female. What the heck am I supposed to do with a ne...
by Stravaig
Wed Jul 24, 2024 10:24 am
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Summer Bits and Bobs.
Replies: 239
Views: 59772

Re: Summer Bits and Bobs.

"God morning", OH? That reminds me that I used to have a T-shirt with the slogan, "I am good in bed...I can sleep all day". Just a silly bit of fun that I got from a market in KL, Malaysia. Unfortunately a moth, or maybe some other beastie ate the second "o" of the shir...
by Stravaig
Wed Jul 24, 2024 10:20 am
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Summer Bits and Bobs.
Replies: 239
Views: 59772

Re: Summer Bits and Bobs.

We're currently renting a house. Gives us time/space to relax and get to know the area before buying somewhere. There's a nice enough back garden but we have everything in containers on the patio. That way we can take it with us when we move on. Mixed results but nearly all good! We bought some plan...
by Stravaig
Tue Jul 23, 2024 4:12 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: What do you do with old 'rubbish'?
Replies: 7
Views: 3228

Re: What do you do with old 'rubbish'?

The telephone box sounds like a great idea!

Not so keen on those tw@ts who destroy stuff that others would be grateful for. Posh boys? Ex-Etonians perhaps? How the other half lives, eh?
by Stravaig
Tue Jul 23, 2024 10:21 am
Forum: General chatter
Topic: What do you do with old 'rubbish'?
Replies: 7
Views: 3228

Re: What do you do with old 'rubbish'?

I didn't even know there was such a thing as a local metal recycling business. Well, I suppose I might have thought about it in terms of BIG business. Are we talking about the likes of Steptoe and Son? It makes me wonder how many people just put stuff in the bin because they don't know what else to ...