Free Food Challenge

Sassers

Rosehips and rowan berries(for HM jam/jelly)..:j Off out tomorrow to try and find a sweet chestnut tree.:T

Pink.

Hi Jill,

I have merged your thread with the original free food challenge as it helps to keep all the replies together. As always posts are listed in date order so you'll need to read from the beginning to see all the replies.

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super41

Jar of home-made damson jm dated Sep 2003 from my Mum. Presume it'll be alright to eat?!

ironed_out

frugalfairy wrote:

I've been given the two most enormous marrows I've ever seen! I think they're prizewinning ones! Now all I've got to do is think of ways of disguise them as OH isn't keen and there's only the two of us here. Got a stuffed marrow recipe which is quite nice but we don't eat jam :rolleyes: so may have to make lots of soup or something.

What about marrow rum?
If you want the method let me know :beer:

Penny-Pincher!!

We have done well this week. MIL/FIL have gone away so have given us some bits. Here is what we have received free this week:D

loaf of hovis (MIL)
lettuce (MIL)
cucumber (MIL)
pack of best sliced beef (will freeze it not used today)(MIL)
beetroot (MIL)
2 pints of milk (MIL)
cheese x 2 packets (giving away in Lidls)
bag of home grown grapes (friend)
3 home grown chillies (friend)
half a madeira cake (MIL)
3 pints of Soya Milk (giving away sample packs at BW)
8 soya yogurts (giving away samples at BW)
7 Decaf T-Bags (samples at BW)
toothpaste x 2 (free samples at BW)
8 items from Boots (free with points)

Good week

PP
xx

Lillibet_2

10 windfall pears gathered from a pear tree I was passing on my way back to my (secret) free parking space in Guildford town centre:D Wish I had some almonds to make pear tarts with them.........:rolleyes:

scuzz

Aril wrote:

My Dad gave me a giant puffball this week which he'd picked when out walking and some home grown grapes from their vines
Regards
Aril

I always thought puffballs were poisoness??

thriftlady_2

No, they're not poisonous, they're one of the best fungi for eating. I'm dying to find one and try it out. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has lots of info on them in the River Cottage Cookbook I saw one only the other day, but it had been kicked to pieces by kids:rolleyes:

Lillibet_2

thriftlady wrote:

No, they're not poisonous, they're one of the best fungi for eating. I'm dying to find one and try it out. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has lots of info on them in the River Cottage Cookbook I saw one only the other day, but it had been kicked to pieces by kids:rolleyes:

Nope nto posionus, most types are edible (although none are actually poinonus just a few which aren't very nice!) The big football sized ones are fab stuffed or sliced & fried with garlic butter. They need to be young & fresh or they will taste bitter, as long as they are white on the inside they will be delish:D

Remember where thrre is one there may well be more as the body of fungi lives underground & the mushrooms are just the fruit & most fungi produce more than one fruit, keep an eye open for more!

Penny-Pincher!!

Just been given 2 good sized boxes of tomatoes from neighbour. Most are green still....any recipes for these I was thinking maybe chutney? Is it difficult to make?

PP
xx