A new 'tougher' thread... and so it continues

paidinchickens

I don't know how to get them neatly in a row sorry

Byatt

Awwweee cute, cute, cute! Womble is learning agility! He is such a cutie, adorable. They are all lovely though.

meme30

There is an area the size of Western Europe in Canada called Nunavut. It is in the Arctic so they can't grow most of their own food. The food has to be flown in. A cabbage costs £18, a can of 7up costs £4, a four pint of milk costs £5. It costs £50 for a 84 pack of Pampers! :eek:
The schools research show that most children arrive hungry and are hungry most of their lives! Their government gives billions of dollars away in foreign aid. Their own people can't feed their kids! They are realistic about the costs of getting food to them, they just want some help in solving the problem.
They are trying to raise world awareness about their situation. Their Facebook page is called Feeding My Family. Extraordinary situation and amazing people.

fuddle

meme I have been reading so many comments on there. It's a mixture between anger, frustration and just feel so sorry for the good, grounded hard working people. I was reading about how long it takes to get the fruit and veg to them that the stores are selling produce with mould on it.

I'm making mince and dumplings tomorrow. Would I just fry onions and mince off then put gravy in it or would you add peas and carrots too? Would they be better on the side?

Possession

fuddle wrote: »

I'm making mince and dumplings tomorrow. Would I just fry onions and mince off then put gravy in it or would you add peas and carrots too? Would they be better on the side?

On the side in my house, more likely the children will eat them. But I prefer them in. And definitely a dash or two of Lea & Perrins.

Byatt

I'd fry up the peas and carrots too because I like the taste. Are you throwing in some lentils too?

fuddle

That's Worcester sauce isn't it Possession? I have soe for my shepherd's pies.

Byatt, lentils? Really, with the mince?

lizzyb1812

Or a handful of porridge oats which will completely disappear but bulk the meal out a bit

Possession

That's right. Red lentils will disappear into the sauce, although I don't put many in as sadly I can't stand the things. Even when I was veggie for all those years I couldn't eat them, such a shame.

fuddle wrote: »

That's Worcester sauce isn't it Possession? I have soe for my shepherd's pies.

Byatt, lentils? Really, with the mince?

GreyQueen

Possession wrote: »

Ugh. There had better not be a big increase in slugs around here. One day last year I went out to my front garden and stepped on one, looked around and there were quite literally hundreds. I have no idea how or why but imagine the Hitchcock movie The Birds and change it to The Slugs and you've got how I felt in my garden at that moment. And they were all converging on the front door for some reason. Makes me shudder just to think about it. I'm afraid I was so disgusted I went and got a big bag of salt, I couldn't deal with any other way of getting rid of them.

This reminded me of a time in my childhood when we were on holiday in Snowdonia. I walked into a meadow and stopped and realised that the grass around me was covered by the most humungous black slugs, right by my bare feet in their sandals. Shamefully, it was the only time in my life I actually had a hysterical attack and had to be fetched out in a fireman's carry by my lovely Dad.

Last Sept, when I was hanging with the Mad Bushcrafters in the wet woods, they were showing us how to build bedframes and beds under tarps and encouraging us to sleep out, as opposed to in our tents. They were talking about how creatures sometimes come and visit you and I was thinking awww, Bambi? and then they mentioned that SLUGS get into these bivvies as well and I firmly told them I'd be sleeping in my tent! I'm a rubbish bushcrafter. One of my pals is trying to drum up a posse to go on a survivalist course in the woods, think possibly with Ray Mears' company, and I've told her Noooooooooooo!!!!!!

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

Me and my bright ideas - does that come under the heading of 'Be careful what you wish for as it might just come true'? - Hoist by my own petard (or I would be if I had one) (What is a petard anyway? - wonder if its possibly to batter and deep fr

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NOOOOOOOO what am I thinking? Cheers Lyn xx.

It was a small bomblet used in tunnels in seige warfare in the olden days, to bring down the already-underminded wall. To be hoist by your own petard meant that you set if off too soon and got exploded yourself.

Byatt wrote: »

GQ, hope your ear is getting better?

Just about 100% percent better, thanks, hun. So glad for the wonders of antibiotics!

Most of the slugs are underground and are those horrible grey-white globules. Those huge bu88ers which cruise around above ground are mostly ginger around here, although some of them are grey or even black. I've seen lots of the black ones in Scotlandshire and Wales, eww. They all eat twice their own body weight in vegetation every 24 hours, apparently. Things are so infested up the lottie that they are even eating nettles, of all things. Shame I can't train them to eat couch grass.

I had briefly contemplated something along the lines of The Wicker Man, to be my grass midsummer effigy but the lottie rules forbid inflammatory practices until late autumn, so it would just be asking for trouble.

Today I have rushed around like a madwoman and went briefly to the lottie after w*rk to drag 2 small bags of comost and some fruit punnets down. I have sown 27 (I think) punnets of runner bean seeds and balanced them on trays all over the flat. Most are in the bath, some are on the high level grill in the kitchen and some are in the living room. As I was happily potting away in the living room, it did cross my mind that anyone witnessing me dragging compost into a tiny flat without even a windowsill might be wondering exactly what it is that I'm going to be growing in here.

The normal horticulture in the Towers involves airing cupboards/ gro lamps and eventual visits from the Old Bill.........:rotfl:If I disappear suddenly, I may be explaining myself to the local rozzers. Pls sent cakes with files, should that be necessary.

Oooff, more tea needed. Roll on the weekend. Have a good night, GQ x
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