As The Workhouse Approaches....How To Do Everything To Avoid It, the Old Style Way

mardatha

Well we had sun off and on today but its not very nice. Its really close and muggy and buggy.

THIRZAH

I'm sure my mother told me that during the war they made butter by putting cream or even top of the milk in a jar and all the children had to take turns shaking it.

suzid

Sorry to hear you're feeling under the weather taurusgb. As you've probably read DS4 has Coeliac disease and it is very common 1 in 100 but many undiagnosed. He had joint pains, always getting ill, tired, lacked concentration but worst of all stomach pains. Took ages to get a diagnosis, joint pain doctor said was because he was overweight, stomach pains IBS and illness viruses. It took finally seeing a lovely lady doctor who did the Coeliac blood test to get to the bottom of all the symptoms. Sounds like your GP is really on the ball. Even if you do have it, on the plus side you get a very healthy diet, lots of fruit and veg and OS ways rule. You'll also feel tons better and won't need to take any drugs. On the negative - the bread is awful and cooking with the flour is - interesting!

westlothianlass

evening all,
well the shiny ball arrived today but sadly i was stuck in an office (if only to be able to grow brussel sprouts et al full time:rotfl:.
However it has been lovely to be able to hang washing out that might actually dry when i got home.

Cat-smith i will look out the recipe for you i know it's lurking somewhere, the wine has taken a while to mature, but if i say so myself is rather tasty.

Mardatha mmmm spinach or pavlova it s a difficult one:D

betony

culpepper wrote: »

Nail varnish remover is handy for getting off 'best before' dates on plastic containers.
I bought butter yesterday because all the various margarine and butter-like spreads were silly prices .
At home I warmed up a pint of UHT and put a pound of butter and the milk in the processor and whizzed it round.
Then all went into a washed margarine tub(it just filled the 1 kg size) and it is in the fridge waiting to be used.
I don't suppose it works out cheaper than the butter spreads but I've always wanted to do it and see how it works .

Reading this post reminded me of a 'recipe' in 'The Aphrodite Diet - How Eating the Right Fats Can Change Your Life' to make your own 'spreadable' butter. Very simply, in a blender, whizz together 4oz of room-temperature butter with 4 fl oz of (it says) rapeseed oil. Once blended, stick it in a countainer and store in the fridge. You can alternatively make an olive oil spreadable butter with, um, olive oil instead. I suppose ordinary sunflower oil would do the job, too. I actually made this years ago and it does work. Bit of a faff though.

Hardup_Hester

Well, I had my oldsyle & very frugal handfasting on Saturday, I made my dress, the bunting, the favour boxes & all the food, the sun shone during the important bits & everyone had a good time. We spent under £500, the registry office fees were £107, we spent £300 on food & booze (we could have done it for less but decided not to) everything else came to well under £100. A wonderful day without breaking the bank.
Hester

Charis

GreyQueen wrote: »

the formidable Mrs Beeton would have me to task on Page 2 for having failed at Early Rising today (8 am, what a hussy I am). I have also failed to take the recommended cold or tepid bath on rising

According to Wikipedia, Mrs Beeton had a most unfortunate, and short life, dying before she was thirty. I'd skip the cold baths if I were you .

I can't believe that in a previous era I actually clarified dripping, as instructed in Mrs B's book. Did we really eat the stuff?

lizzyb1812

Hi betony

The recipe uses rapeseed oil because it is high in Omega 3 fatty acids which our diets tend to lack. Apparently there should be less Omega 6 - sunflower oil is high in this - and more Omega 3.

I prefer butter and can cope with its solidity. I'll stick to making butter in the Kenwood (if I ever find whoopsied cream before you lot snap it all up :rotfl:)

Lizzy

lizzyb1812

HH - congrats and glad it all went well. There was a piece on handfasting on the radio this evening - sounded fascinating and a very personally tailored way to make vows to each other.

Lizzy

Bambywamby

Congratulations hester - a frugally fantastic day - well done to you both. X x x