Prepping: the new world...

DigForVictory

I’m down in Oxford this weekend & there are boxes of surplus produce (apples, courgettes, tomatoes sighted) absolutely free. Ok, they’ll be on kerbs in residential areas & unmapped but still, if you have the capability to turn unloved courgette & tomato into a hearty pasta sauce, these are splendid opportunities.
Coaxed mum on a walk & we returned with a clean handkerchief of sloes (sisters appalled at my pleas by whatsapp for gin!) - why not forage whilst the hedgerows are generous? If you really want to outpsyche your teenagers I do recommend rose hip syrup. It looks & tastes wholly organic & is rich in vitamin C & history…

Floss

DfV, I'm of the DelRosa generation & loved it - I also loved that orange juice they gave out at the baby clinic (we called it baby orange!) and next-door gave their kids and me malt extract too! I was a very fussy eating child and was regularly given Minadex and we all had Haliborange tablets too.

Cherryfudge

Oh. how I loved DelRosa! I have a clear memory of talking to a school friend and she said she hated Cod Liver Oil. I didn't mind it and we worked out it was possibly because I had mine with DelRosa.

Funny what one remembers.

Nelliegrace

As a dog walker I have small plastic bags in my pockets suitable for foraging blackberries, rosehips, sloes, etc.