How to Get Through The Tough Times The Old Style Way.

NualaBuala

ta very much kittie and choccy :A :T will see if i can get a splint from dr for free but will get one of those ones otherwise. Love the sound of the high tech gyro ball, £20 mot bad.

Missed all you guys but you talk so fast I couldn't keep up:rotfl:

fedupfreda

charlies-aunt wrote: »

Have I tried vegetable wine ?? Sure have hic! Parsnip is usually best made as a sweet wine, its quite aromatic - earthly with slightly spicy tang (not parsnippy though!) goes nice with fruit cake or cheese. Carrot is best made as a sweet wine too - seems to be richer and heavier than parsnip - lovely for cold evenings or as a desert wine. Over the years, I've tried them all - Dad made a nice pea-pod wine! Try trawling the charity shops for a copy of C J Berrys book 'Making Wines Like Those You Buy' - not a very catchy title and very old fashioned but stuffed full of recipes - we've not made a bad one yet...the sherry from tinned peaches and the blackcurrant wine from Ribena were particularly good....and ...ermm..cheap

C'mon live recklessly! Give 'em a whirl! they don't turn out tasting like the veg that they have been made from.....

Ooh I will second this. Try parsnip and orange (think the recipe came from one of the 'right way' books ) its lovely, a bit like sauternes, definitely a dessert wine. Tastes absolutely nothing like parsnips :rotfl:

Fruball

Nuala Missed ya - not that I have been around much myself but back now Sorry to hear about your hand/wrist... I got RSI a few years ago from working long hours at a computer - it was horrid. Hope I never have to go back to FT office work ever again :eek: Mind you, I am almost as bad at home on the laptop so I should be careful too!!! Anyway, good to see you :wave:

shegar

NualaBuala wrote: »

thanks a mill folks, you are so lovely :A
Will try to get a splint.
Mar, did this w seft hand, took about 10 mins :rotfl:

Hi Nuala, glad you found us, and also nice to see frugal is on board too..............wheres sammy kaye?......catch you all later...:D

Fruball

Yep, I sure am Thanks for letting me know you are all in here, Shegar

charlies-aunt

HariboJunkie wrote: »

ps. does anyone know if Asda or Sainsbury's have any major offers on at the minute? I'm heading off for the 100 mile trip to the city later today so tought I could stock up on offers from the supermarkets I don't usually have access to.

Sainsburys have their own website and you can check out the special offers on line - Lidl and Aldi too

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/product_range/4862.htm

http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/lidl_uk/hs.xsl/index.htm

http://www.sainsburys.co.uk


I try to have a big shop day once a month and do a round trip of all the local supermarket to get the offers from each a bit labour intensive but if you can get a visit to Farm Foods in as well - its well worth the effort . . . . comfortable shoes a must though

bertiebots

Someone mentioned Jam thermometers earlier. Last time I made jam I didnt need one. A good os way to see if your jam is at setting point is to keep a small plate/saucer in the fridge and after the jam has been boiling for 5 mins or so put a small blob on the cold plate . Leave for a min and a skin should form and wrinkle when you push it (then the jam is ready)..if not wait a few minutes and test again. Found this site that has some good tips.
http://lilley.typepad.com/lilley/2010/08/making-jam.html

Winchelsea

Sorry to hear about your wrist Nuala - the left-handed typing is pretty good considering! But if we don't hear from you for a while, we'll understand - and be thinking of you.

gailey_2

Evening guys.

thanks for asking just thourght reasure you everything ok.

Im35weeks today had midwife appointment seems baby has dropped hoping he doesnt arrive too early.

Pickup new car and hand overcar of doom sat:D

Managed to rearrange next weeks parent evening 4pm monday cant take kids how daft!

Hubbys away mon-wed on managers conferenece .
mams offered tostay not sure canface it.
midwife coming over next weektodo home birth check and birthplan.

Got pta disco tommorow at school my last big event before taking a step back.

cheapy bookcase arrived flatpack but hubbys not had chance to build we drowing in books and hate topart with themthey like old freinds

Spent all yesterday cleaning and most of this morning for house inspection but they never turnedup:(
reaarnged for next week asthey have nokeys. different person to last timeas They knew I hated the last very rude lady think must have scared agents last week as now they cant be anynicer.

transfered most of savings to hubbys account to buy car.
determined to try build savings backup again as made me feel secure to know had money there.

Youngest seems really settled andhappy at new nursury shes just doing thursdays.

Made pancakes and fairy cakes with my 5year old this evening she loved it and had eggs touse up,served with reduced stawberries fromtesco.Tesco had quiteafew reductions today but most were not muchoff.

I love pancakes with savoury fillings like cheese and ham works really well.Might do that pancake day next week.

Turned into boots addict as got so many points and offers trying tostart xmas 2011 shopping now!Going tomake some nonfoodhampers as well as food.

Joing free cycle next week as want to shabby chic the house now we have biggercar topickupstuff.

Hubbys planted some veg seeds but birds have eaten some:(contemplating trying to make a scarecrow.anyone tried?

Hope everyones doing ok.read in paper 2days ago that foodsrising in uk faster than in europe or usa and commons worried the big 4/5monopoly on market is keeping prices and margins high and not giving consumers value for money.

jeanniebeanie_2

HariboJunkie wrote: »

ps. does anyone know if Asda or Sainsbury's have any major offers on at the minute? I'm heading off for the 100 mile trip to the city later today so tought I could stock up on offers from the supermarkets I don't usually have access to.

If you go to My Supermarket

http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/shelves/Top_Offers_in_Tesco.html

you can bring up the current top offers at Tesco, Sainsbury, Asda and Ocado all on the one site.