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:frow TALKING OF PEA PODS.....you can make a wonderful soup out of them...I have done it many times & it is delicious. Here is a link to a good Italian recipe. http://www.inmamaskitchen.com/RECIPES/RECIPES/Soups/Pea_Pod_Soup.html Hattie

:frow Hi ofg, I'm fine & the weather is just great -- mostly in the mid 70's*F although we have had days in the mid 80's.....not enough rain though so lots of watering of my veg. garden. I have recently done Morello Cherries (a sour, cooking variety) in vodka & sugar & I am going to do the...

If you are roasting a whole duck or chicken put some of your drained fruit into the cavity along with a chopped onion, garlic & herbs. You will get a great tasting gravy. It will be perfectly OK for children as the alcohol is burnt off in the cooking just leaving a terrific taste.........! :D...

:frow :frow Yes, pips are seeds, it's another one of those differences in our common language.......!! :) I wonder if the reason your pectin isn't strong is because the apples were too ripe. My pectin was made of the very under-ripe fruit that falls of the tree or that you thin out. If you...

Got myself sorted out .............................................................eventually....!!! :lol: Old age & too large a glass of wine!!!!!! See above post (#18) & apologies....Hrrrumph.....!! :rolleyes: Hattie

:frow :frow Hi Ldychef2k Whoops.......!!!!.... I submitted this before I had barely started to type my message ---silly old thing that I am.....!! Did you include all the pips from your oranges ( I put mine in a scrap of material) when you boiled everything up in your pot; they contain a...

:frow Hi valmom, I think you will have problems if you wait till the apples are ripe as the green, unripe windfalls, or thinnings are what you need to use for pectin. That means that you can make use of all the fruit from what is called "the June drop" when the trees naturally thin out the...

:frow :frow Hi there! Years ago I made my own pectin because I had a garden full of apple trees & a lot of windfalls. At the time I just guessed at the quantities, as I know different fruit/even varieties contain differing amounts. But I found these useful British articles on the subject...

:frow Ground elder......!! :frow You cook the leaves like spinach or kale & eat with lots of butter.........!!! :rolleyes: :) Hattie :)

Hi freemotion, So sorry to hear about you hen. I suspect you are right about the cause of her death. It's so sad when something like this happens,although it happens very seldom. I know you will have done your absolute best for her. Hattie

:frow Well it certainly seems they do but I do think they often come off the eggs for a few seconds when we are not around in the early days, especially while they still have the remains of earlier food in their system. I tend to leave a container of corn & a dish of water nearby & when I...

:frow If you are feeding your broody corn I doubt she is pooping on her eggs but she might do an almighty great poop over you as you move her tonight -- SO BEWARE..................!!!! :lol: I always feed my broody hens ONLY mixed corn & water while they sit. The eggs are always pristine. I...

:frow Hi there, Last year I started a thread on vertical gardens over on TEG: http://www.theeasygarden.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=25898&p=1 But I think this video on YouTube might be what you are looking for -- The How to Build bit is about half way through. It's from a UK Gardening...

:frow Your own US chef/cook Alice Waters (of Chez Panisse fame) has been campaigning for a while now on the education of children in gardening & onwards into eating the food grown. She has made a few videos, here's a link...

Quail Antwerp, I have read your journal for months but I haven't joined in the chat till now as I felt it was a conversation between old friends (I enjoyed it a lot) but when you posted about this horrible event I felt almost indecent in reading about it without commenting. I think you have...

:frow :frow Great stuff Lupin!! :bow You have worked so hard in a short space of time. Let's hope we all have a great summer this year. Lots of luck to you! :D Hattie :D

:frow :frow Hi again rty, :D Sorry but I have just been on line to check out your info & I found this document ( blessedly in English)...

:frow Hi there, I sent you a PM earlier about buying hatching eggs from the UK. I was confused as to where you were living. Now I realise you are still in Poland. Firstly you need to contact the right authority in your own country to find out what the regulations for importing fertile chickens...

:frow :frow When I lived in London 20 years ago I used to be able to buy a wonderful dark rye sour-dough loaf flavoured with caraway seeds. Now the shop has changed hands & no longer does it & anyway I live miles out of London in the country. I really miss the taste of it. I can buy other...

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