The Garden Fence - help and support in tough times

mardatha

I absolutely love wool - all my bedding inc the mattress is wool, but for knitting I buy wool from Norway like you fuddle. It washes better and isnt as dear- buying handspun hand dyed sock wool at £25 is not for me!
I love lamb as well and am surrounded by sheepies, I wish it was cheaper. We have one butcher down in Selkirk who sells fantastic mutton pies.

Floss

MITSTM, when making soup I gently soften my chopped celery onion & carrot in rapeseed oil not olive oil, and add a small knob of unsalted butter. Then i add the main veggies, a small amount of water and allow to steam with the lid on, then add boiling water with veg stock and simmer. No hot oil, no smoky heat and lovely flavour.

pollyanna_26

Money My father who was a chef post war was sent on a course to Knorr kitchens in the 50s . He always started his soups by placing the chopped ingredients in a little homemade stock and cooking for a few minutes . This is a well known alternative to the saute in oil or fat method and is very mse as it uses one less ingredient :rotfl:
The flavour of soups and stews comes from stock and seasoning and veg and I assure you my soups are neither bland nor tasteless .
I prefer to indulge my love of Lurpak butter on my baked potatoes
polly

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pollyanna_26 wrote: »

Kittie I have no idea how many school lunchboxes I packed with both sweet and savoury cranks goodies . I have just had a look inside my paperback copy from 1985 ( the 1982 hardback was out of my price range .) My copy cost £3 . 95 which was a lot then . I had my moneys worth many times over . Tomorrow I may make some individual homity pies .
polly

hehe, I just got mine out. Yes £3.95. Same paperback as yours. Lol and there is a piece of paper in page 200 which is for the date slices. Remember the lentil and cheese wedges and the soya mix with TVP. I also have the posh one at £4.99, entertaining with cranks. I remember making a TVP dish for a dinner party, was huge fun and everyone got very merry. Homity pies, page 141, another memory. I am sitting here giggling. That sort of food was such a revolution then, we were at the forefront of healthy eaters. I made those fruit scones on page 92 to take when we were invited to stay at a `posh` house. Lol I was heavy handed and they were like bricks

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pollyanna_26 wrote: »

Money My father who was a chef post war was sent on a course to Knorr kitchens in the 50s . He always started his soups by placing the chopped ingredients in a little homemade stock and cooking for a few minutes .

This is interesting pollyanna. I just made soup today and wondered how to reduce the butter/olive oil mix. Thank you, another good tip

pollyanna_26

Kittie How odd, were we living parallel lives ? I was also a member of suma although an Foe and Gp friend started his own little delivery service a year later and I had the joy of the suma products and my beloved ecover brought to my door .
Was it you who lived originally in the nw ? If so I know you aren't a long lost sister because my mum did a nightly head count but we do seem to share similar thoughts and experiences .
polly

nursemaggie

Those who have problems with bread it is not the wheat. It is the method of making the bread to make sliced bread. They use a lot of yeast.

Do You find it any different when you bake your own fuddle? My grandmother made here own bread all her life. She was a superb cook. She always made her bread with half white bread and half wholemeal. It makes it much lighter.

I have it half and half. All wholemeal only aggravates the problems I have from cancer treatment. By the way kittie It's not exactly scientific is it.

There was a book came out in the 60s. That was proper scientific research, It was called "Pure White and Deadly". It was just as much about sugar as white flour etc.

Less than 1% of the world's population is sensitive to Gluten. It is a myth that it is bad for you, perpetuated by the food industry so they can sell you very expensive products. See link below. You will find a few more telling you the truth but most on YouTube perpetuate the myth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6CK_QlagWA
Sorry I can't remember all the similar videos. I have seen much longer ones that are also more up to date with sugar which is definitely worse than white grains.

Cancer is on the increase for one reason and one reason only. All species can get cancer including plants. It is just because we have eliminated most of the diseases that killed us in the past. The longer we live the more likely we are to get cancer. If you go on any other threads you will know there are lots of people who survive cancer, candlelightand Jackie0 for example.

cbsexec

Did any of you see the food show on Channel 4 last night. They were talking about gluten free foods and how gluten is a source of protein. They also showed how many gluten free products have far more fat and sugar in them yet many people assumed they were healthier.

nursemaggie

As for the frying it is the kerosene for cooking used in developing countries that is the problem not the oil you cook in.

I was going to say you can go to far trying to avoid cancer. Did you know that oxygen and water are carcinogens? Life is a carcinogen.

On the good side we are likely to cure most cancers in the next ten years. Those who die of it will be the ones who put off going to the Dr when they have a problem.

greenbee

nursemaggie wrote: »

Cancer is on the increase for one reason and one reason only. All species can get cancer including plants. It is just because we have eliminated most of the diseases that killed us in the past. The longer we live the more likely we are to get cancer. If you go on any other threads you will know there are lots of people who survive cancer, candlelightand Jackie0 for example.

We're also seeing the generation who survived childhood cancers reach their 30s and 40s and are sadly finding out that many of them have just been in a very long remission. Several of my friends who previously would never have survived beyond infant school are in this situation.

ETA - re. the putting off going to the doctor, this is SO true. It has already been identified as an issue with bowel cancer as people are embarrassed about discussing bowel-related issues even with their GP.