Hi Primrose,
I too have this longing to hang on to cook books, sometimes I just get them out for a browse. And the family memories like the muffin cookbook that my sons used to enjoy so much! At one point I was turning out a dozen muffins a day.
Motherwoman
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- Sun Jan 15, 2017 6:16 pm
- Forum: Cooking tips
- Topic: Oldest Cook Books?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6091
- Sun Jan 15, 2017 12:18 pm
- Forum: Cooking tips
- Topic: Oldest Cook Books?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6091
Oldest Cook Books?
I've just been decorating in the kitchen and had all the cookery books off the shelves to paint them, shelves not books... and this morning I've been going through the books, giving them a dust and clean, before they go back. I'd forgotten I had half of them, some were my partner's mother and grandm...
- Sun Jan 15, 2017 12:04 pm
- Forum: Cooking tips
- Topic: Parsley-sage-rosemary and thyme ?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 30166
Re: Parsley-sage-rosemary and thyme ?
A bay leaf or two in a white sauce never goes amiss. Sage is such a strong flavour it can be difficult to place sometimes other than pork. Like you bay leaves get popped in just about any casserole or soup. Thyme I like a lot but not the soft stuff. I grow mine 'hard' on a dry bit of the allotment a...
- Sat Dec 10, 2016 7:25 am
- Forum: Growing places
- Topic: Broad Beans
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5542
Re: Broad Beans
Secret to overwintering broad beans is to make sure they are not too high going into winter. I sow Superaquadulce direct into the ground at the end of the first week in November. If I get it right they are only about 2" high for most of the winter. I'm in the softie south but on a windy site. I...
- Sat Sep 17, 2016 2:28 pm
- Forum: Growing places
- Topic: Raised Bed & Greenhouse
- Replies: 16
- Views: 10183
Re: Raised Bed & Greenhouse
If you're in a windy site even polycarbonate can break up on you because they are so light. A newbie on our plots lost his polycarb greenhouse within a week. If you decide to try it then make sure it is well anchored down. Glass may be more expensive but it's heavy and generally stays put.
- Sun Jul 24, 2016 6:15 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Walnuts
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2958
Re: Walnuts
I just leave mine be, seems to carry on regardless.
- Wed May 25, 2016 6:30 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: A 'Silent Spring' already?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3494
Re: A 'Silent Spring' already?
We have swallows passing through, and plenty of small birds rummaging in the garden. The bees were crowding out the crab apple so that was good. Having a pond helps for insects, we have long sloping margins with lots of foliage and the birds visit it a lot. We did hear a cuckoo, at 4am the pair of u...
- Fri May 13, 2016 8:21 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Happy Birthday.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3976
Re: Happy Birthday.
Thank you all so much for your birthday wishes, sorry I'm late acknowledging.
I've had a lot on the plate lately and have not been on the forum so much and your good wishes are much appreciated.
Motherwoman
I've had a lot on the plate lately and have not been on the forum so much and your good wishes are much appreciated.
Motherwoman
- Sun Apr 10, 2016 5:35 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Stone shortage
- Replies: 43
- Views: 9900
Re: Stone shortage
So to summarise:
Stones don't grow but soil shrinks
Use for paths is what all thinks
Then there's flints to be honed
To Primmy's plot to get stoned
Rock and roll with songs a plenty
Damn great boulders acting sentry
by Long John Bouldry......
Stones don't grow but soil shrinks
Use for paths is what all thinks
Then there's flints to be honed
To Primmy's plot to get stoned
Rock and roll with songs a plenty
Damn great boulders acting sentry
by Long John Bouldry......
- Sun Apr 10, 2016 11:53 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: BACON
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5439
Re: BACON
My local butcher never uses cling film, polystyrene trays or any other 'wrapping' until he sells it to you. I once bought a chicken from another butcher, it was wrapped in clingfilm and when I removed it at home it stank to high heaven... it went back. At Christmas he hangs sides of beef in his shop...
- Sun Apr 10, 2016 7:18 am
- Forum: Birds, Animals and Livestock
- Topic: Deàd tadpoles
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5309
Re: Deàd tadpoles
Frost is a possible in a small pond, or a visit from a couple of ducks... they've certainly mucked mine up since they started visiting. Would account for the churned up appearance as they will spuddle about.
- Sun Apr 10, 2016 7:15 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: BACON
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5439
Re: BACON
Back to the original question, I think the public buys a lot of water in meat products, and they don't have to tell you about it on the pack. Supermarkets age their meat in plastic bags (unlike proper meat aging where it's hung without plastic) to retain moisture in the meat which should be allowed ...
- Sun Apr 10, 2016 7:09 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: High Rise Worms
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2422
Re: High Rise Worms
They don't seem to like too many citrus peel bits either. I've tried to not put those in my peely bin in the kitchen but the other half forgets. But a layer of paper and cardboard seems to get them back down.
- Mon Feb 22, 2016 6:45 am
- Forum: Growing places
- Topic: Hot bed???
- Replies: 29
- Views: 20022
Re: Hot bed???
Don't know that it would Mr Cecil, the beauty of the bales was that they would hold up over the whole of the summer without collapsing. They came out dark brown but still in compressed blocks, cardboard would probably collapse. Straw manure would be a good bet if you could get hold of it but whateve...
- Fri Feb 19, 2016 7:36 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Getting Madder & too Old!
- Replies: 43
- Views: 10436
Re: Getting Madder & too Old!
You, the applicant, have to pay an extra £13 (I think) at the time of application to make it a transferable one. You can then give the document number to any new employer, charity etc and their designated person can check. A transferable one is updated with any new information as it's not just a pap...