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Making chicken feed of my mortgage

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  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    edited 18 November 2015 at 8:17AM
    Mr MWC's having another go at making chicken stock...!

    He also prepped 3 kg of pickling onions :kisses3: whilst I made the spiced vinegar (cider vinegar, honey, root ginger, allspice berries, mace blades, mustard seeds, cinnamon sticks, black peppercorns and dried chillis).

    Feeling less stressed about the hampers now :)

    Made:
    Spiced crab apple jelly
    Hedgerow jelly
    Rhubarb & vanilla jam
    Whisky marmalade
    Spicy pear pickle
    Plum chutney
    Pickled onions
    Sloe gin
    Individual Christmas puddings (for the dads)
    ETA Quince cheese and a couple of bottles of pontack sauce that was made several years ago and is now ready to gift :)

    To make:
    Bramley lemon curd
    Chocolate-dipped candied orange peel
    Cranberry, pecan & white chocolate chip cookies
    Peppermint bark
    And possibly Nigella's Christmas chutney (will need to make on Saturday if I decide to)

    Eggs IN 5
    Eggs OUT 0
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • apple_muncher
    apple_muncher Posts: 15,262 Forumite
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    You must use a lot of jars!!! Awesome hampers!!!
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  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Definitely awesome. Loving the sound of it all.
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • lindens
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    muddywhitechicken wrote: »
    Mr MWC's having another go at making chicken stock...!

    He also prepped 3 kg of pickling onions :kisses3: whilst I made the spiced vinegar (cider vinegar, honey, root ginger, allspice berries, mace blades, mustard seeds, cinnamon sticks, black peppercorns and dried chillis).

    Feeling less stressed about the hampers now :)

    Made:
    Spiced crab apple jelly
    Hedgerow jelly
    Rhubarb & vanilla jam
    Whisky marmalade
    Spicy pear pickle
    Plum chutney
    Pickled onions
    Sloe gin
    Individual Christmas puddings (for the dads)


    Whiskey marmalade - do you make a normal marmalade and add the whiskey right at the end before potting/jarring (?)
    You're not your * could have not of * Debt not dept *
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    lindens wrote: »
    Whiskey marmalade - do you make a normal marmalade and add the whiskey right at the end before potting/jarring (?)

    Yes, to a recipe using 1 kg Seville oranges/2 kg sugar I stir in 50 mL of whisky just before putting the marmalade into jars :)
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    Mr MWC still hasn't forgiven me for using his 18 year old Highland Park...
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Karmacat
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    Ooh ... it sounds lovely though :)
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    It was a bit breezy on the drive home :eek:

    I splurged £35 today on some clip top jars for the Christmas chutney - just because they look nice in my hampers when decorated with snowflake ribbon :o

    Absolutely the last time I buy clip top jars. Recipients will be strongly encouraged to return them or they'll risk not being on the Christmas 2016 hamper recipient list!

    Eggs IN 5
    Eggs OUT 0 (must remember to take some to work tomorrow)
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
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    Evening MWC, do you and Mr MWC fancy a bread making bake off in January? Something to look forward to whilst it's blinking windy out there.

    Your hampers sound beautiful.

    Tilly x x x
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    :wave: Tilly

    A bread making bake off sounds like fun - count us in :D

    MWCx
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
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