really old style living?

westcoastscot

mardatha wrote: »

I havent really looked flea, cooking isnt my fav thing. I got one book that's terrific and that's the slow cooker recipe one that they were talking about on another thread, Called something like 200 recipes for slow cookers. I love that, its great. Mainly because there's no cooking involved- you just peel it/cslice it/dice it and chuck it in the pot
Here's something to drool over -
http://www.lehmans.com/store/Come_Visit_Us___Appliances?Args= .
WCS can I ask how much coal you use a week? Ours is on 24/7 and currently taking 3 bags a week, ours is £17.50 a bag.
Look under "heat stoves" on that site... I want!

I love Lehmans, it's one of my favourite sites. I'm always drooling over their amish-image jigsaw puzzles.
I need to make more use of my slow-cooker - I always find root veggies never come out cooked enough for us though, so tend to use it for chilli, spagetti bol etc.
Mar we use about a bag and a half a week - I'm very careful not to keep stoking it up if the radiators are hot - we had a visitor last christmas who was convinced he was freezing to death - used a whole coal-cellar full of coal and a winter's supply of logs! We do burn logs in the evenings sometimes. Mine's in 24/7 all year around - I use less than a bag a week in summer.
Is your stove faulty do you think? Mine sometimes draws heavily if its windy, but is ok most of the time. For now, have you tried leaving the ash pan full? that might slow it down a bit.
WCS

prepareathome

Islandmaid wrote: »

Hi all,

Don,t know if i,m allowed to post links to sites, but I have just come accross this one http://woottonbridgeiow.org.uk/recipes/wartime.php and its very interesting and I thought relevant to the discussion

Thanks for the link I have printed out all the 1920's and wartime recipes and going to sort out living one week at least on wartime rations, shhh just don't tell hubby what I am planning. He is good eats what is put in front of him so long as no green is in sight ( I just mash it in). Just want to see what it would be like at first then take it from there if stick to it or add bits

modern_millie_2

mardatha wrote: »

Lets have a CHRISTMAS DINNER RECIPE competition ! :D

Carrot and Lentil Soup
Curried Cod and Woolton Pie
Sugarless Fatless Custardless Sponge and Custard
Very Weak Tea

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

LOL!!!

For an Austerity Christmas, and those thinking of goose, I have.......mock goose! Ingredients are potatoes, cooking apples, cheese, dried sage, salt and pepper, stock and flour. I might actually try it (maybe not Christmas Day - although if those bills keep rolling in...)

ginnyknit

I loved the tv series of Ruth Motts wartime cookery, she made everything look good in her no nonsense approach. It must have been very hard to sssttrreeetttchhh the rations but I am guessing when they got into it there were lots of things they could grow and hunt if you lived anywhere near the country side. I imagine Londoners were hardest hit and after reading a book about life as a 'nippy' at Lyons corner house.

WCS I am now going to have a look at Lehmans site - oh dear Oh is addicted to jigsaws at the mo and I love Amish things. I once had a look at an Amish website - yes they do exist - and got some very rich recipes for cakes.

mardatha

It wont damp down at all WCS, yes Red got vents at bottom and they closed but we think the doors arent fitting right. Last one was great and was on all year round but I dont think we can afford that with this one. It's this one - but in black.
http://www.parkray.co.uk/HTML/Cumbria.html
I would eat greens if somebody hid them and I didnt know there were there
And we will TOTALLY ignore the wartime sweetie ration. Won't we!
Mock goose seems to consist of a lot of good imagination and no goose at all !

D&DD

LOL so glad I wasn't the only one who did a double take at Annies link !
Thats a great new one for me Islandmaid thanks will bookmark it to read later.

I have Ruth Motts book if anyone gets stuck for her recipes I also have a really old dogeared pullout from a magazine with Ruth's christmas recipes in it.

I have added to my stash of wartime recipe books recently and I've also bought the Civil War cookbook which is erm interesting!

I have a few 19th century and turn of the century ones too which actually are a fascinating read.

Found this in my bookmarks

http://uwdc.library.wisc.edu/collections/HumanEcol/WWIHomeCook

I love the Gutenberg collection too http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/

mardatha

I would absolutely love names or links to 19th cent cookbooks D3 ...

westcoastscot

Me too - will look at those links posted this evening.
I do have we'll eat again and the victory cook books - used those a lot when we found out youngest was dairy and egg allergic. When we were in the hospital the dietician gave us the name of a kosher butcher in the west end of glasgow for dairy-free marg, and a list of sweeties out of asda (who sponsored the dieticians' booklets) he could have. We lived 150 miles from glasgow at the time!
My favourite wartime book is Betty's wartime diary - its a little like Housewife 49, only Betty lived in the country, so more how it would have been for me.
In the supermarket yesterday we found the welcome return of frozen sausage meat - hooray!! - we can put sausage pie back on the menu! very filling and cheap (not desperately healthy though I suspect).
We've cut down drastically on our sugar usage - I've gradually reduced the sugar I use in baking by about half, and since I don't add eggs either it works out quite cheap.
Mar can you ask the council to come and re-tread your doors? I had mine done with the fabricy stuff around the edges - not sure what it's called - it made a huge difference. Lovely stove by the way - I have the old charnwood one - think you had the same??? Around here the council are replacing all the heating with electric - so glad I bought my house last year, wouldn't want to give up my wee stove.
WCS

westcoastscot

WCS I am now going to have a look at Lehmans site - oh dear Oh is addicted to jigsaws at the mo and I love Amish things. I once had a look at an Amish website - yes they do exist - and got some very rich recipes for cakes.[/QUOTE]

I love jigsaws - am working on one of my christmas ones now. I did think about joining the jigsaw library, but its awfully expensive now. I have a few jigsaws Ginny, if you'd like to borrow any for your OH?

redlady_1

so everything is closed and it is still roaring??? Then something is not right somewhere. What sort of fuel are you using?