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  • badmemory
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    There is nothing quite like home grown rhubarb.  Shop bought is no where near as tasty.
  • Hettyhound
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    Oooo I know.  I have a crown squeezed into my garden.  The best pudding ever is rhubarb and strawberry crumble; delicious 😋 
    SPC #023 SPC 12: £125.86[/COLOUR]:SPC 13: £214.98: SPC 14: £297.41 SPC 15: £237.27 SPC 16 £335.39; SPC 17 £662.09 SPC 18 £20MFW #21 Mortgage start Dec 2015 £79,950; Sept 2025 £18,399.00 2025 OP £1703.13/COLOR]/£2,000 MFiT T6 #3 £19070/£25,500 (72.82%%) MFiT T7 #3 £2050/£21,930 (9.34%)
  • badmemory
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    my favourite is rhubarb batter pudding as I'm not that fond of crumble.  Which is probably the equivalent of swearing on here as everyone seems to love it.  Think toad in the hole with sugar!
  • Hettyhound
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    Now I think sounds lovely, I’ll google it 😀
    SPC #023 SPC 12: £125.86[/COLOUR]:SPC 13: £214.98: SPC 14: £297.41 SPC 15: £237.27 SPC 16 £335.39; SPC 17 £662.09 SPC 18 £20MFW #21 Mortgage start Dec 2015 £79,950; Sept 2025 £18,399.00 2025 OP £1703.13/COLOR]/£2,000 MFiT T6 #3 £19070/£25,500 (72.82%%) MFiT T7 #3 £2050/£21,930 (9.34%)
  • badmemory
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    Let me know if you struggle to find it.  It is from a Good Housekeeping recipe book I was given as a wedding present in 1969, the pages of which are now decidedly brown & falling out.
  • Hettyhound
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    SPC #023 SPC 12: £125.86[/COLOUR]:SPC 13: £214.98: SPC 14: £297.41 SPC 15: £237.27 SPC 16 £335.39; SPC 17 £662.09 SPC 18 £20MFW #21 Mortgage start Dec 2015 £79,950; Sept 2025 £18,399.00 2025 OP £1703.13/COLOR]/£2,000 MFiT T6 #3 £19070/£25,500 (72.82%%) MFiT T7 #3 £2050/£21,930 (9.34%)
  • badmemory
    badmemory Posts: 9,914 Forumite
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    It isn't the same one but near enough.  It is right about fruit in season too including apples with cinnamon added.
  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 29,051 Forumite
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    Fab news on the allotment
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £172.5K Equity 36.11%
    2) £1.8K Net savings after CCs 13/9/25
    3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £26.8K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.2K) = 32.6/£127.5K target 25.6% 13/9/25
    (If took bigger lump sum = 54.5K or 42.7%)
    4) FI Age 60 income target £17.1/30K 57% (if mortgage and debts repaid - need more otherwise)
    (If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%)
    5) SIPP £4.8K updated 13/9/25
  • Hettyhound
    Hettyhound Posts: 1,061 Forumite
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    Went onto campus today for the first time in nearly 2 years (was sent home 17th March 2020).  Met with my team to see where we will be working on a Wednesday as we have been told we are expected to work in the “office” that day.  The place they have found for us (they have closed our original office space permanently) is absolutely dire.  A series of small rooms with 3 or 4 desks at the most so we will not all be together as envisaged.  Let’s hope this isn’t the future of our office working environment, definitely better off in my spare bedroom.
    SPC #023 SPC 12: £125.86[/COLOUR]:SPC 13: £214.98: SPC 14: £297.41 SPC 15: £237.27 SPC 16 £335.39; SPC 17 £662.09 SPC 18 £20MFW #21 Mortgage start Dec 2015 £79,950; Sept 2025 £18,399.00 2025 OP £1703.13/COLOR]/£2,000 MFiT T6 #3 £19070/£25,500 (72.82%%) MFiT T7 #3 £2050/£21,930 (9.34%)
  • Jessy103
    Jessy103 Posts: 2,349 Forumite
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    That doesn't sound good at all, fingers crossed it's not as bad you think it if it is, they let you go back to wfh 🙂
    Mortgage Balance as of September 2025 £11,700
    Starting Mortgage Balance (June 2019) £72,000.
    Aiming to be mortgage free by my 40th birthday, June 2026!
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