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Late nights, coming crops and what to put in next
It was a very late night for early to bedders like me, who also like football. I was up until the small hours watching England play their first match in the World Cup. It was as tortous as I thought it would be, and I’ve been drooping around all day as a result of my...
A reprise on semi-freddo, and lots more flavour ideas
Remember this? Instant semi-freddo After dinner this evening, DP announced that he wanted a pudding. He was angling after a crumble, but I really didn’t want to make one. So I dug out a bag of mixed berries from the freezer, picked out all the strawberries and whizzed...
Huge lintels and sunny days
This bad boy was delivered yesterday…. Our lintel, woohoo. It had to be moved from the front of the house, round to the back where it is now. Did he have any hefty fellas for that? No! Muggins here was told to ‘get on the end of that’. Do your DIY chaps do that to...
Mango, coconut and feta pasta
Tried a variation of the Chickpea, Mango and Coconut Curry today. Made the sauce as usual, then added some green beans from the freezer. And then instead of rice, nan, or anything else like that, I stirred it through pasta. And popped some little bits of feta on top....
More fracking and the garden
I have had a look around google for information about fracking and found lots of stuff. But I have found it is very difficult to form an objective opinion. Much of what is written is either extremely anti or very pro, where what I was looking for were some facts so I...
Fracking in East Sussex
Well gentle reader, I am feeling somewhat discombobulated right now. I have just got back from a meeting in Heathfield about fracking in East Sussex. I went because I didn't know a huge amount about it and wanted to know more. The Government are very keen on it and...
Old phones, pretty flowers and glorious sunsets
I had an interesting and rather nice day yesterday. First of all, I went up the road to Burwash. On our local Freecycle group, a chap had offered an old Nokia, the type that makes telephone calls and pretty much that’s it. Just the type of phone that my Mum wanted. So...
Green Thai Kidney Bean Curry, 59p
We had an oldie but goodie for tea this evening. Thai green curry. I used a mix of carrots, a red and green pepper, Savoy cabbage, tomatoes and an onion. The protein part was paneer, and we had it with brown basmati. I tried costing it, but it came out to 98p, and...
Elderflowers and cardigans
I tried to reblog Jen Gales post today about elderflowers, but it wouldn't go. So here is the link. Lots of lovely ideas to use them, and in season right now. Once you have located your elder flowers, go back again in the autumn when the remaining flowers have become...
Taking Stock a la Jen Gale
Jen Gale over on MakeDoAndMend posted this intriguing list today on taking stock. So I thought I would join in and add my two pennorth. This is what I am currently doing, using Jens Taking Stock list Making : wedding invitations for DD2, a Year Book for a special WI...
Fishy Tortilla, 19p plus salady bits
Tried a wholemeal flour tortilla today at lunchtime, just to see what it would be like, and it was scrummy I used the same ingredients as before, but made 2 larger tortilla, rather than 4 smaller ones. Needed my biggest pans to do it, and they were lapped up the sides...
Cherry tree shrouds and un-crusty bread
We finally had some sunshine this afternoon, so I covered over the two cherry trees in the front garden with a shroud of Enviromesh to keep the blackbirds from pinching the cherries when they ripen. They are just beginning to blush pink now. A squirrel is getting into...