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- Wed Dec 17, 2014 12:48 am
- Forum: Cooking tips
- Topic: soup making
- Replies: 75
- Views: 33242
Re: soup making
I made celeriac soup this weekend - celeriac, potatoes and mustard as the main ingredients with the usual base of stock and vegetables, plus a drop of milk or cream. It was gorgeous.
- Sat Dec 06, 2014 11:21 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Any regular bread bakers ?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4370
Re: Any regular bread bakers ?
My husband bakes bread regularly though not as often as he did as he's on limited carbs and I (who am not on such limitations) work away from home during the week. I used to use a Panasonic bread maker but he prefers to make it by hand from scratch and i have to say the results are much better.
- Sat Dec 06, 2014 11:15 pm
- Forum: Readers Recipes
- Topic: My latest favourite recipe book
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8349
Re: My latest favourite recipe book
I like Nigel Slater's writing too and have all of his books and follow him on line. My other current fan is Ottolenghi as his salads are amazing and I love his books. Tom Kerridge's recipes are full of flavour and based on really simple ingredients. Galton Blackiston, Michael Caines, Nathan Outlaw a...
- Sat Dec 06, 2014 11:01 pm
- Forum: Cooking tips
- Topic: soup making
- Replies: 75
- Views: 33242
Re: soup making
We make two types of soup - fridge soup and specific soup. Fridge soup is what you might think - leftovers. They're always good if unpredictable. Usually carrot or pea based. The others are more designer soups - today I have made cream of chicken soup and mushroom and mustard soup. Both are great an...
- Sat Dec 06, 2014 10:11 pm
- Forum: Growing places
- Topic: Planter suggestions?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7714
Re: Planter suggestions?
You could also underplant it with crops such as radish, short carrots, cut and come again lettuce, soft herbs and any mini veg (turnips, beetroot, kohlrabi, etc.).
- Sat Dec 06, 2014 10:05 pm
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: Shelf life of Dithane
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3763
Re: Shelf life of Dithane
You've got nothing to lose. try it!
- Sat Dec 06, 2014 10:02 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: BACON
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6307
Re: BACON
Or when Anthony Worrall Thompson suggested we use lamb shanks!
- Sun Nov 30, 2014 10:16 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Gardening word game
- Replies: 1553
- Views: 311483
Re: Gardening word game
Energy.
- Sun Nov 30, 2014 10:11 pm
- Forum: Readers Recipes
- Topic: My latest favourite recipe book
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8349
Re: My latest favourite recipe book
I'm a big fan of Tom Kerridge's recipes at the moment - although they don't overtake the love of my life James' of course.
- Sat Oct 11, 2014 12:09 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Happy Birthday Tigger,
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3589
Re: Happy Birthday Tigger,
I'm so sorry I'm so late in replying. Some of you will know that I've had a bit of a tough year. Last Christmas Eve I was diagnosed with a rare, aggressive form of cancer and my odds of survival were pretty poor. They didn't think I would make it through to the summer. I had extensive surgery follow...
- Fri Aug 01, 2014 10:55 pm
- Forum: Cooking tips
- Topic: soup making
- Replies: 75
- Views: 33242
Re: soup making
I love soup. I think it's the Irish in me. It needs a few core ingredients - onions, butter, olive or rape seed oil, sherry, potatoes and good stock. Then the rest depends on what type of broth you're looking for - a creamy soup, a chunky one, meat or fish based soup, clear stock/Jewish chicken vers...
- Fri Aug 01, 2014 10:39 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Home grown cucumbers
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2751
Re: Home grown cucumbers
I would agree. Mini cucumbers and full size ones are one of those vegetables that feature alongside broad beans, peas and tomatoes (which are a fruit, I know) that have an exceptional taste when home grown.
I love mini cues. We've had at least 40 from 3 grafted plants so far this year.
I love mini cues. We've had at least 40 from 3 grafted plants so far this year.
- Thu Jul 24, 2014 4:30 pm
- Forum: Readers Recipes
- Topic: Other ideas for beetroot #2
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3839
Re: Other ideas for beetroot #2
Try Laverstokes ( sold in Waitrose) wonderful products.
- Sun Jun 22, 2014 11:20 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: I can't take this dog anywhere.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2515
Re: I can't take this dog anywhere.
Our Brittany - Georgia - is 2. She spent the first year of her life with our other Brittany and they were inseparable. However Georgia's energy was Sigé's demise and she went to meet her maker last summer. Georgia spent weeks looking for her, stopped eating, sleeping or growing. Having been used to ...
- Sat Jun 21, 2014 11:30 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: onions
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6428
Re: onions
Just a word of advice - make sure you feed them. We've had great onions for the past few years but I think it's all due to nourishment.