make do and mend for tougher times

Sunshine4

Fuddle, If you look at post 5292 Pooky says she just puts hers frozen in HO for 20 mins.

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Morning FUDDLE - If you want to cook Jackets from frozen - take off the packaging, wrap them in a paper towel put them on a microwaveable plate and cook on 'HIGH' for 5 minutes. Turn them over and cook on 'HIGH for another 5 minutes. Let them stand for 3 minutes before eating them. This is for a medium sized potato, for huge ones you have to adjust the timing a bit. If you defrost them in the fridge overnight all you have to do is cut them in half and top them with a bit of butter and cheese and cook in the microwavefor 3 - 5 minutes. If you like a crispy potato don't top them, just cut in half and reheat in the microwave for a couple of minutes them give them a couple of minutes under the grill on both sides before topping then. Hope that helps,Cheers Lyn x. The jackets don't go crispy in the microwave, if you want crispy jackets re heat them in the oven after letting them defrost overnight in the fridge. Then treat them as normal.

D&DD

Runs in and waves so busy here today but wanted to say quickly the delia bean recipe is the one I use and it's wonderful..I grow runners especially to make this as we prefer the French beans for eating its seriously gorgeous so be warned!!!
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GreyQueen

jpscloud wrote: »

GQ I don't know if you have considered this but bran is a great slug killer. You can use wheat or oat bran and put it in half pop bottles so it doesn't wash away - slug predators will still find their lovely "stuffed" slugs and eat them!

I'm a wishy washy pacifist and don't like killing anything but I am going to make an exception of gastropods soon. Little sods.

Oh, I agree, they've got it coming.

Errmm, I'm not cooking on a full set of pans today (very tired from yesterday's gardening and actually didn't wal til 9 am) but I'm struggling to understand half a pop bottle. Would some kind soul please put me out of my misery and explain which half and how it is deployed, please?

pennib, I've known about the nematodes for slugs for years but they've always been so expensive that it's not viable for anything more than a smallish bit of ground. If I was looking at spending that, it'd be more viable to give up the lottie and buy the veggies at Waitrose. But thank you for taking the time to post the link.

Pottered around this morning, spending about 45 minutes executing some devious little mends (2) on a work blouse so that'll be back in service. I derive great emotional satisfaction from mending and refurbishing things. Is this a symptom of my fittingness to be on the OS board or am I just a weirdo?

Answers on a post card, please............:rotfl:

I have never actually seen a haggis in it's natural habitat which is obviously because my Scots DNA is too diluted by the emirgration of that twiglet of the family tree into Englandshire. Howsomever, as they lose their invisibility when deceased, I was able to buy one from the butchers (a McSweens brand, would it have been? It was about 25 years ago) and it was........... ermmmm.............. not as bad as some comedians would have you believe.

Grins and ducks in case Scots take exception but cannot resist chance to leg-pull.

I fitted in pretty well as the highest concentration of redheads in the world is in Scotland as long as I remembered to keep my mouth shut.

Trying to muster my mojo and finish my tea before heading lottie-wards despite my creaking muscles from yesterday morning. Clouds are brewing up so it's not looking fantastic out there but it didn't yesterday either and it stayed dry.

Hope everyone is having a good 'un. GQ x

westcoastscot

it sounds lovely - my runners are just in flower, so fingers crossed I get some beans to try it!

Charlies Aunt, the lemon curd recipe:

From We'll eat again - Marguerite Patten
3/4 lb peeled courgettes or marrow - chopped into chunks
Steam these until soft, then mash with a fork. Add 3/4 lb granulated sugar and the juice and grated rind of 1 lemon, along with 1 oz of butter or marg (we use vegan margarine).
Bring to boil and simmer approx 30 mins, then pot into small jars as you would jam.
It doesn't keep ages (well, ours never does anyway as we love it!) but the book says that.
As I said tastes like lemon curd but is the consistency of jam. It's great for us as we're dairy and egg free!!!

WCS

kidcat

I was wondering that GQ, was thinking it would be cut lengthways so it made a long trough? Have DS14 on standby with bag of oats for the answer, three bottles on work top ready too, he is looking forward to the massacre

Have no energy at all today and got up to an almighty mess, spent yesterday resting and it appears OH spent the day similarly. Managed to regain control of kitchen and dining room, sort washing and get a load in machine, one in the drier and all basketed up ready for machine to be free.

Also managed to empty the airing cupboard and get it all away.
Have found a swivel seat for the car which I had forgotten we had which I am looking forward to trying in the car to help me get in and out easier.

DD17 appears to be a zombie today and I can only assume she spent the night on her phone again, am not impressed, have removed the charger to prevent it happening again tonight - no way I would be happy taking her out in this state, and as college starts this week she needs a bit of discipline again.

Our veg is a write off, we have some potatoes to be unearthed this week, and one green pepper to be picked and that is it. Nothing else worked at all.

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WCS - I've made the Wartime Marrow Lemon Curd before and we all thought it was lovely, at least as nice as conventional Lemon Curd if not nicer. I have also made the Apple Chutney from the same book and that was lovely too and really economical. It's a dull and wet day down here and quite cold as well. DH is on the sofa watching the Grand Prix and I'm about to walk the lurcher. We have a nice piece of Mr.T's Value Gammon to cook for supper so something to look forward to this evening. It feels like autumn already doesn't it Brrrrrrrrr!!! Cheers Lyn x.

recoverydust

on an entirely different note - i am re purposing fleece blankets, that were essential last year and replaced this year into warm snufty trousers for winter using pyjama pants as pattern. Easy peasy, no fraying, warm as a bug in a rug and good under outside trousers too

dusty
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grandma247

recoverydust wrote: »

on an entirely different note - i am re purposing fleece blankets, that were essential last year and replaced this year into warm snufty trousers for winter using pyjama pants as pattern. Easy peasy, no fraying, warm as a bug in a rug and good under outside trousers too

dusty
xxx

I have some ready to do that too great minds think alike.

grandma247

I just thought I would post this for those who can stuff