The Tougher Thread continues.....

smileyt_2

Aww kimsmum xx I hope you enjoyed your teaparty with your little neighbour and her well-dressed dolly Your post made me cry. I still have a doll from when I was tiny, and she still has the coat my Mum knitted for her. I don't know about toughies, I think we have a fair few angels on here!

Well, dismantling the hen house was a disaster. Most of the screws are stuck solid. I tried teflon bike lube which worked on some, but not all. I gave up after two hours, but will try again later in the week with a lit candle to try and heat the screws up and get them to expand. Whilst each screw is hot I will bang the house around to try and loosen it and hope that when they contract I will be able to unscrew them. Such finesse!

I also went to the allotment for the first time in weeks - I had grown so despondent with it. SOME B**GER HAS STOLEN MY PUMPKIN! I had one pumpkin and it has gone, completely disappeared. Nowhere to be seen. Not a trace. I have my suspicions, because we do have a 'gentleman' on site who has proven to be lightfingered before, but I thought it was a cardinal rule that you don't steal anyone else's produce. Anyway, on the good side I harvested about a ton of purple-podded beans, one small onion squash that I found buried under its leaves, two sunflower seed heads and some cherry tomatoes. I really thought everything would be dead from neglect so I'm really pleased to have anything at all. The onion squash is destined for soup in about twenty minutes when I have finished my cup of tea.

Oh, and when harvesting my baby sweetcorn earlier in the summer, I bent the heads of the plants down as I was harvesting so I could tell which ones I'd harvested. Blow me, but the 'stumps' have started producing more baby cobs! They are really, really tiny but they are there and will be edible.

So this week's jobs include going back to allotment to bring in the green tomatoes to ripen before the frosts hit, and harvesting the last of these bonus baby cobs.

Ach well, I can't stay on the computer all evening, too much to do. I'll 'see' you all tomorrow night, probably. Happy Monday to you all, when it comes xx

Frugalista

nobodyspecial wrote: »

The editing of posts without an edit showing is only possible (I think) if you edit and save within about a minute of the original post. That would make sense as it shouldn't be for more than a typo or to add or delete a couple of words. I know I've posted before and as I've hit submit I've remembered I wanted to say "sorry" "hugs" or similar to someone and provided I go straight to edit, it doesn't show as an edit. Anything longer than that wouldn't be fair to subsequent posters who may have responded to the original post's content.

That's what I thought. I'm puzzled as to why anyone would want to edit their post surreptitiously - ooh! have just spotted ceridwens light is on - maybe she could explain when she comes back on this thread.

Whoo Hoo - ceridwen :j:j:wave:

I'm always keen to learn more about how this site works - I still can't post links from other threads; strike words through; etc :o

westcoastscot wrote: »

Hi Becky,
Pea and mint soup
3 pints of water, with 3 veggie stock cubes. 2 Onions, chopped. 8 oz green split peas. Handful of dried mint. Cook it all together - takes about an hour, and don't worry that it starts out looking really watery - it thickens up as it goes.
I whizz mine to make it smooth, just prior to serving.
Its' a lovely soup, and one of those where the ingredients are always to hand
WCS

That sounds lovely westcoastscot - I think I'll put it on the menu next week - Thanks.

BTW did anyone come up with any ideas of what I could do with my diced ox heart and liver? I would really like to make some sort of casserole with it. HELP!!



ETA: Shucks!! ceridwen went off-line just as I was posting. Oh well! Maybe tomorrow.

(Did you spot the deliberate edit - just practising) :rotfl:

kidcat

Frugalista - I believe ceridwen posted earlier that she always quickly posts before her post gets lost, then edits for spelling mistakes - so is exactly as nobodyspecial says rather than anything surreptitious.

HelenYorkshire

Frugalista, heart is the most "meat like" of offal so just casserole as normal. I'd give the liver to the dog, personally Also, for fancy formatting do you click "quick reply" under the thread? If so, click "Go advanced" and you get a whole load more options to play with.

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Frugalista

kidcat wrote: »

Frugalista - I believe ceridwen posted earlier that she always quickly posts before her post gets lost, then edits for spelling mistakes - so is exactly as nobodyspecial says rather than anything surreptitious.

Yes! I totally understand that bit - I do it too. It was this bit that puzzled me ....

ceridwen wrote: »

TECHNICAL QUERY:
I've often noticed its possible to edit posts later on MSE without the smallprint coming up at the end of the post saying that its been edited at such and such a time and it just looks as if thats how that particular post always was, as I've spotted various posts over recent months that have changed from the "original" later, but theres no sign they were amended.

Can anyone spell out to techno-thickie moi how to do so too please?

... I was just wondering why one should want to do that?:think:

It was a genuine question, honest gov'nor .

HariboJunkie

Frugalista... No idea about the editing question so can't help but....

To strike out text in a post just highlight the text you want to strike then click on the little struck out S button on the top right of the advanced reply box.

To link with chosen text, highlight the address of the link you want to insert, press Ctrl C go to your reply, type the word Link or whatever title you want to give it, highlight the word, click on the little blue planet icon at the top (if you hover over it it says "insert link" and when the box pops up pres ctrl V. Hope that works. x

Re Heart and liver... I have never cooked heart but THIS SITE is good for things [STRIKE]awful [/STRIKE]offal.:p;):D

Mrs_Chip

Hi Frugal

Not sure what ox heart tastes like, never knowingly eaten it (only lambs), but I would treat it like S&K pie filling - so saute off chopped onions and garlic, add the heart (coated in seasoned flour) and saute it off then add beef stock and a good slug of worcester sauce and some soy sauce if you have it. Then simmer till it is soft enough to eat. Either use this to fill pies or puddings, or serve as it is.

Frugalista

HelenYorkshire - I like your signature ..

"She who asks is a fool once. She who never asks is a fool forever"

Haribo - so you won't want me to save you a portion of my "awful" casserole then?

greent

Softstuff wrote: »

I confess though, when you said you wanted to make arrangements not to be found for a few days, I did have the thought "I hope Ceridwen never has any cats...." .

My dad died unexpectedly earlier this year (cause as yet unknown - believed to me just natural causes) - and lay undiscovered for 2 days - he had one cat. The police who broke into his flat and the examining/ pronouncing doctor recommended not viewing him. The funeral director said it looked as though he'd been dead for at least a week and refused any of us to view, even when he'd been taken away and 'cleaned up'. He was identified from his fingerprints (mis-spent youth) after dental remains proved impossible. I beleive that they were almost on the verge of going for DNA identification (myself and my sister have different mothers, so any DNA we have in common has to be his)

He died at the end of March. His funeral wasn't until early May, because of difficulty in identifying him as no-one could view him to identify (and this was a man with many distinguishing tattoos and scars). This was quite distressing to various family members. Cause of death is still unestablished and there is an inquest open to establish it.

Funeral wise - he had a crem service with no hymns, a church service (his BiL is an ordained Baptist minister) with one hymn and a burial of remains with nothing. Songs from the crem and church included music by The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Bob Marley and a poem about the local area set to music. Bob Marley being played in a church - not an everyday occurence...!;):rotfl:

jackieglasgow

Greent, your post brought me to tears there, I do send you all the love in the world, having been in a similar situation. FIL didnt have any cats, but we went through a similar predicament. Much love to you and your sister. X