Preparing for winter II

Lucy5781

kittie wrote: »

edit added: I just remembered being at work in s wales years ago and the windows were bowing in the wind, someones windows actuallu blew in. Ours at home were scary so I shut the curtains on the windy side as that would have contained any brokem glass

You could use low-tak masking tape to 'cross' the window panes, air-raid WWII style......

lickylonglips

tugrin wrote: »

Hi licky - no recipe I just made it up - I use red lentils boiled with half a stock cube (VEG KALLO) and a couple of squirts of tomato puree. Then I just boil up frozen peas and puree them in te blender (bit messy).
For the base I use a hot water crust recipe and I blind bake first for 13 mins with baking beans on greaseproof then 8 more mins without beans (about 180 degrees)
put puree layer in first grate a little parmesan then do lentil layer and top with generous amount of cheddar and parmesan and bake until said topping is nicely golden! Hope you cn follow this my kids love it!!!

no eggs or cream, or other such naughtiness?

tugrin

No licky - absolutlely not - more poverty than being a puritan - in fact I have to admit I have been making the lentil version only version of this pie for simply ages and the kids have actually christened it 'Mums Poverty Pie' - son requests it when he comes home.
I expect you could really 'posh it up' with cream but I would never use eggs.
Let me know how it goes for you.

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the gusts are very scary now, we are in the sw and they are coming in overland, straight off the bristol channel. Our windows in this new house are triple glazed so we are snug and safe inside but outside is a very different matter. I charged the lanterns and torches up yesterday so am ready for a power cut. The apple trees in the orchard behind were being bent right over in the gusts, which are intermittent. Dh has just been outside, checking that things are secure

pollys

kittie wrote: »

the gusts are very scary now, we are in the sw and they are coming in overland, straight off the bristol channel. Our windows in this new house are triple glazed so we are snug and safe inside but outside is a very different matter. I charged the lanterns and torches up yesterday so am ready for a power cut. The apple trees in the orchard behind were being bent right over in the gusts, which are intermittent. Dh has just been outside, checking that things are secure

keep safe kittie, it is blustery in west yorkshire but not enough to move things around.

pollys x

pinkmami

kittie wrote: »

the gusts are very scary now, we are in the sw and they are coming in overland, straight off the bristol channel. Our windows in this new house are triple glazed so we are snug and safe inside but outside is a very different matter. I charged the lanterns and torches up yesterday so am ready for a power cut. The apple trees in the orchard behind were being bent right over in the gusts, which are intermittent. Dh has just been outside, checking that things are secure

Awfully blowy here too. Very gusty but dry - hence why I so many clothes on the washing line!!

Stay safe x

tugrin

OOh Kittie I remember the gales of 1989 - we lived 350 yards up a beech lined (mature beeches) track and I got sent home early from a days supply in Yeovil cos it was deemed dangerous to keep infant school open - to find 6 of the trees down!! Took days for the tractor to move them and for us to get our car back in. It was scary that night too I remember - make sure you batten down the hatches and then stay inside - if it gets really bad I think staying near a chimnet breast is safest - Kathy in the US might know if that is true.

Confuzzled

daughter and i went out foraging today, figured it was best since with the impending high winds the ripe things will be blown right off the trees/bushes

the apples from a very neglected apple tree were so so, not quite as ripe as i'd hoped so we took what i can feasibly use for making some rosehip and apple jelly and we're hoping the rest survive the storm

rosehips, also not as many as i hoped for were ripe yet but we got a reasonable haul. we plan to go out in another week and collect more, there are plenty to go around as the bushes are about 8 feet high and about 6 feet deep (honest guv! :eek:) and there is about hmmm a good 30 feet in length of them broken up into a few sections... why is it the best ones are always in way too deep?!

i'm gonna chuck this lot into the freezer til we can collect more later and make some rosehip cordial for this winter for that extra vitamin c boost. also we've discovered rose lemonade which is gorgeous but at £1.80 /small bottle i've decided to try and make something similar using cheap lemonade and rosehip cordial. i'll let you know how we get on with that after we've made it.


to those already getting hammered by the storm, if you're reading this you probably shouldn't be! best to turn off expensive electricals and maybe play some games or ready instead. i've been in a few hurricanes back in the states, they're pretty nasty and you don't want any electrical surges frying your expensive equipment.

to those not yet effected by the storms be sure to do a quick check that all windows are fastened tight shut. last time we had 70mph winds here i thought my bedroom window was locked tightly. it wasn't and the wind sucked it open, which when you consider that i couldn't open it cuz it was warped shut, you'll realise is a HUGE amount of power. it was lucky for me at the time i needed the window to open then but it could have broken the window so i got lucky in more ways then one

anyone that has wood shutters, i'd def reccomend using them tonight. tie down anything loose even if you think it's too heavy, nothing is as heavy as you think it is in winds like that! and please don't let your animals out tonight, it's not worth it

Petlamb

anguk wrote: »

The Chinese supermarket on Stowell street in Newcastle stocks a variety of different teas, you may have to ask one of the assistants what they are though. The shop itself is a little cramped but I've managed to wheel my OH round okay. I love the Chinese supermarket, they've got some great bargains.

An old post (well a couple of days - old by this threads movement speed anyway! But thought I'd mention there's now a chinese supermarket (really big one) next to Lau's 202 just opposite and along from The Gate in Newcastle Haven't had a chance to look in it yet but from the size of it, the selection should be fab.

Confuzzled

tugrin wrote: »

OOh Kittie I remember the gales of 1989 - we lived 350 yards up a beech lined (mature beeches) track and I got sent home early from a days supply in Yeovil cos it was deemed dangerous to keep infant school open - to find 6 of the trees down!! Took days for the tractor to move them and for us to get our car back in. It was scary that night too I remember - make sure you batten down the hatches and then stay inside - if it gets really bad I think staying near a chimnet breast is safest - Kathy in the US might know if that is true.

safest place is in the centre of the house where there is a load bearing wall, under the stairs can be good, inside a heavy bath tub is great. (this is tornado advice but works for hurricanes too, i grew up with this stuff in the states). stay away from windows! if you have a basement and it doesn't flood and things get really bad you can go down there it will be safe.

if the winds get so bad you get driven into the bathtub pull a mattress or heavy blankets over you to protect you from flying debris... i think with it being a hurricane vs a tornado it shouldn't come to that but if you're really worried this can work unless you have a big window in your bath, then you're probably better off in the hallway, close all the doors and hunker down on the floor under something...

again this is tornado advice but if high winds are likely to break your windows the same advice is useful.