Daily Thread 25th August

donny-gal

Hi everyone, I'm back

:bdaycake: whatatwit

Weather not been too bad considering, at least it has been dryish the last few days. Had a lovely time in the Cotswolds, and at Broughton Castle for the last few days.

Will try to catch up shortly, ((hugs)) to all who needs or would like one.

Take care - DG

jayward

evening ,late posting tonight
Whatatwit - Happy Birthday :bdaycake:
Aussie - ((((HUGS)))) for your poor little DGS
haribo thats not fair they should deliver it
hugs to Penny-pincher, smoky, anniestar, catowen, annieb and all who need one
hello to the people who've joined/rejoined the Daily

i have been productive today
made some cards,
quiche for tea with salad and new potatoes
i made a banana cake i have a kenwood chef so no need to stand, my feet are feeling a bit better this week

KAAT_LADY

Divas' Green Tomato chutney
This is my tried and tested (and favourite) Green tomato chutney....

1 pint vinegar
1lb demerara sugar
1 lb. chopped green tomatoes
1 lb. chopped cooking apples
½ lb. chopped sultanas
¼ lb. chopped onions
½ lb. sugar (granulated is fine)
½ tsp ground ginger
Pinch of salt
1 chilli finely chopped (You can skip this if you want a more traditional recipe)

• Put the vinegar and demerara sugar in a pan and heat gently until sugar melts.
• Add all the other ingredients
• Bring mixture to boil and cook slowly stirring all the time until it thickens.

It's ready when you can pull a wooden spoon across the bottom of the pan and the line you make stays clean.

I do have another one, but can't find the peice of paper with it on so will post later on for you.

Diva.x

hi there
I am trying this one as well as I have just picked up 3lbs of green tomatoes of the garden where the tomato plants had fallen down,,so thats 3 of Divas' recipes today I have used..THANKS A LOT DIVA

ANNxx

princesstippytoes

KAAT_LADY wrote: »

I think I need a lie down :j :j

i have

weeded the veggie patch,,
fed the fish..
done three loads of washing
and folded them ,
,just not put them away yet ,,will do tonight,,when I go up to bed..
I have made 6 pints of celery soup and now have to put into dishes and freeze
I have also made 3 pints of watercress soup and now have to put into containers and freeze
cleaned the kitchen twice
I have also mowed the lawn and got three buckets of grass for the compost bins
now I am going to clean the pond pump with DH
then I am going to have a lie down

See you later

Ann xx
also played scrabble on fb
and wordscraper with redruby
chatted with spikey
oooooooooooooooooo

Goodness me!!! How on earth did you fit all that in? I seem to be able to either DO old style stuff, OR come on here and talk about it but I never have time for both, never mind Facebook as well. It's the reason I just don't seem to have time to post on here anymore. You must be much better at multitasking than me.

Wantobesybill is little bear your child?

Aussielass I'm very sorry about your grandson. What were they thinking????

Hugs to everyone.

I have been very busy recently. I still look after my sister's kids sometimes but she copes very well with her Lupus so she doesn't need as much help as we thought she would.
I have been doing lots of baking over the holidays and still the tin is always empty!!!

Today was washing day so tommorrow is ironing day and so it goes on.

PTTx

tired_mum

Good evening all had a good day out at Havering show as a family which was lovely and the kids loved it into the last week of the holidays now seems to have gone so quickly
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Whatatwit:beer: :beer:
Aussie what an awful thing to happen to DGS as a mother surely she knew to keep an eye on him near a fire some people need shooting
Hugs to all who need them hope you all had a good bank holiday

mioliere

HI all! Have not had time to come on here all day today but just wanted to say (((hugs))) to Aussie's DGS, Happy Birthday to Whatatwit and welcome back to Donny-Gal! Will catch up with you all tomorrow! Hope you've all had a good bank holiday - shame the weather didn't get up to much today, wasn't it?

See you all tomorrow!

KathyXX

comping_cat

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WHATATWIT xxxx hope you have had a lovely day xxxx

KAAT_LADY

goodnight all

Churchmouse

HariboJunkie wrote: »

Well I have spent the day fighting with Ikea. :rolleyes: Called back and got a much more pleasant man who said they would post it out but it would take at least a week. :rolleyes: Resigned myself to this and dismantled what we had built of the bed so far and lugged it to the spare room. Then....... just happened to double check what time OH lands this evening to find it is 6.30, not 8.30. :eek: So he will have time after all to return the bit and exchange it for the right one.

I've spent so much time over this today and all for no reason other than I'm too thick to understand the 24 hour clock. :rotfl:



Re the watercress, I made a sauce to go with salmon last week which was incredibly tasty and simple as we too have tonnes of the stuff growing.

Fry half an onion in butter, add watercress until wilted and stir in one tub of Philidelphia type cream cheese. Heat through then whizz and serve with baked salmon.

Haribo x

At last! Something I can tease Haribo about:T :rotfl: Just subtract 12 not 10 from the 24 hour clock;)

That watercress sauce sounds lovely, we eat a lot of salmon, so I'll definitely try that:D Now my moment. I thought you had to have flowing water to grow watercress:o Is it easy to grow? I spend a fortune on those tiny plastic bags of the stuff, would definitely try to grow some if it's foolproof.

HariboJunkie

Churchmouse wrote: »

At last! Something I can tease Haribo about:T :rotfl: Just subtract 12 not 10 from the 24 hour clock;)

That watercress sauce sounds lovely, we eat a lot of salmon, so I'll definitely try that:D Now my moment. I thought you had to have flowing water to grow watercress:o Is it easy to grow? I spend a fortune on those tiny plastic bags of the stuff, would definitely try to grow some if it's foolproof.

I shall ignore your teasing madam.

Yes, you just grow it in a pot like salad leaves and it produces lovely tender shoots. I'd definitely say it was foolproof, though wether or not it's Churchie proof is anyone's guess.

OH is home from his travels with the illusive piece of bed. And I am slowly fading after my early start. Just off to do lunches and sweep the kitchen floor.

Haribo x