2025 Fashion On The Ration Challenge

CapricornLass

Where are the trees?  On the road to Larkhill?  Or another direction?

PipneyJane

maryb said:

If you have a digital cooking thermometer, boiling until it reaches 104.5 C is pretty foolproof even for strawberry jam

Sadly, mine isn't digital.  It is a proper cooking thermometer, but I do wonder if instead of hooking it over the side and leaving it in the pan while I heat things, I should only insert it when testing for set.

CapricornLass said:

Where are the trees?  On the road to Larkhill?  Or another direction?

One of the trees was on the roundabout, at the start of the road leading to Larkhill, The Packway.  The other was on Countess Road (the A345) about 100m before roundabout, on the righthand side as you head towards the roundabout.  (Opposite side of the road to Woodhenge.)

Hope my directions make sense, @CapricornLass.  Last time I made Crab Apple Jelly, ? in 2020, I think I sourced them from the same tree on Countess Road.  I definitely parked in the same location that time, but I don't recall the tree being as far from the bus stop where I parked.

HTH

- Pip

maryb

My digital thermometer is one of the most useful things I have in the kitchen.  No more worrying about whether meat is underdone or not.  When it gets to 60 degrees it's perfect or 55 for beef which we like rare.  The temperature carries on increasing while it rests

Nelliegrace

We went to the local Memorial Hall for the monthly film show, £5 each including tea and biscuits during the intermission. The  presenter read out the small print about the characters at the end of the film for us. 

The film was Mr Burton, set in 1942, which I thought the FOTR group might enjoy. 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h6Trx84-gy4

PipneyJane

Thanks for the recommendation, @Nelliegrace.  Wikipedia tells me it's a biopic of Richard Burton, released earlier this year.

- Pip

maddiemay

@Laura_Elsewhere I made a version of your Banana Bites yesterday  Only 1.5 bananas available so adapted recipe to suit, I judged the syrup quantity Guessed!. Problem finding a tin small enough to suit so spread it as best I could. Result some lovely thin crunchy areas, some slightly thicker, absolutely yummy and so quick and easy - will be a fixture from now on.  Very big thank you from the South of the county.❤️

Diane1276

maryb said:

I really want to watch Bookish but we can't get U&Alibi as it's only available on subscription channels.  Still, it'll be on the free channels soon enough and the second series of Karen Pirie was an acceptable substitute (did we really dress like that in 1984?  I'm afraid we did)

I was also gutted when I found out Bookish wasn't on the free channels yet!
I didn't enjoy this series of Karen Pirie as much as the first one, although I did think the costuming in the 1984 bits was excellent. If only I hadn't gotten hung up on how a striking miner had a brand new car 🙈
My watching would be so much more enjoyable if I didn't get hung up on these things 🤣

maryb

Now you see I noticed the clothes but not the cars.  Shows my priorities!

alicef

Well, another coupon to declare as I didn't have enough of the pinky mauve colour and, astonishingly!, nothing in my extensive stash was close enough to wing it. 

I don't have enough of the main body yarn but as this was a charity shop purchase I will select another from the sweater colourwork to do the neck ribbing.

After this sweater I'll switch to Christmas projects - OH socks won't knit themselves!



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thriftmonster

That's lovely @alicef. I do admire fair isle and have booked a course at the end of September. I can do any pattern in one colour - love Aran  - but colour floats scare the heck out of me