Chitchat thread #24

[Snoop Puss]

That looks so delicious, GF. Has it replaced the Aldi croissants as Mr GF's favourite?

[lottie dolly]

Evening all,congratulations Jay,GF you are a tease,looks good,i remember the lady next door going back many moons ago,i was in my late teens,had the first automatic that came out,i remember my mam was eaten up with envy,and not in a nice way either,cannot remember what it was called now,
Glad all went well GF,Burnie i agree about leaving the garden for now,even if i did want to,easter time is plenty early enough for me,i have had a lovely productive day,after a proper nights sleep,all i need now is some more of the same,wonder if it was the ginger wine i had last night,will have a small snifter later on on see,

[greenishfing]

That looks so delicious, GF. Has it replaced the Aldi croissants as Mr GF's favourite?

Croissants are " second breakfast" food. The Paradise slice is an afternoon treat. All include raspberry jam however, hence my query about frozen raspberry jam.

[Snoop Puss]

Morning all.

Another cold, dull day. Proper rain forecast later on, not just drizzle.

Did some doom shopping last night and purchased some jars suitable for canning just to get a feel for the supplier. In the meantime, I'll use some for the preserved lemons and perhaps some mincemeat. I know it's not the season, but I love it in apple crumble or baked apples.

Right, I've got rather a lot of work to get through today, as per, so better get a move on.

Have a great day, everyone.

[Bren In Pots]

Morning

A misty start to the day with rain this afternoon, so not a very nice day to be out and about.

I love anything using mincemeat its a pity you can't buy jars during the rest of the year. I know I can make my own but its convenient to just grab a jar.

Enjoy your day

[Florence Fennel]

Good Morning All Misty here too Bren. Have a good day

[bramble]

Good morning sol. Misty and dull here. Just an indoor day.

[greenishfing]

Good morning all.

Chilly and miserable here. I've just had a supermarket delivery of heavy stuff (and a few sneaky goodies).

Snoop Puss, what is doom shopping? My mind is boggling. (In my younger days I used to play a "shoot 'em up" computer game called "Doom".

I might go out shopping for meat, fish and veg later. As I've stocked up on sea salt I might also start some preserved lemons off too.

Have a good day everybody. Keep warm!

[cariann88]

Afternoon, Dull and miserable here. I sown some rocket and salad leaves yesterday. Going to chill today and read and maybe watch some YouTube or watch old episodes of The Bill on U.

[Snoop Puss]

Snoop Puss, what is doom shopping? My mind is boggling. (In my younger days I used to play a "shoot 'em up" computer game called "Doom".

Impulse purchasing during times of uncertainty (personal, economic or political). Mind you, I've been meaning to get these jars for ages.

[Florence Fennel]

I often indulge in what I call "retail therapy" - it's my solution to most dilemmas

[greenishfing]

I never went out shopping this afternoon but I have started a couple of jars of preserved lemons.


The main reason for taking the picture is to remind me when I can start using them. For the next five days I'll up-end them every time I go past them.

[lottie dolly]

Good evening all,I slept in till almost lunch time ,and the afternoon titivating around in the kitchen,re arranging the work tops,have cut up crimbo cards for note paper/shopping lists,yesterday i thought i will get them onion seeds sown,can i find them,,,,,,,,NO,what the heck i have done with them is stupid,i had about 4 paks og things ready with labels all writen out,were sitting on a ckitchen work top,the only thing i can think is,have they got chucked out with other stuff i had. in the same area,i will now just get some onion sets,i will have another look tomorrow,and empty out my seed box,just in case i popped em in there when tidying up,i sorted them out well before chrimbo and never got done,the sweet peas are growing well,they want putting into compost now,some are a good 3 inch,growin in just a drop of water the wet the tissue,and look healthy,night night ,

[mothhawk]

Morning all.

Grory hop this morning, then nothing much planned.I might make some paradise slice, GF's looks so delicious. Reading through the various recipes, I've realised that my Modern Cookery (circa 1948) has it as individual tarts but without fruit, and called congress tarts. I've often made them, so I'm sure they are even better as a traybake with added fruit.

My mum had a home eye test on Monday, then a home hearing test on Tuesday. My goodness! It was so easy to arrange, and both were very professional assessments, with all the tests you expect, but with amazing portable equipment. And all done in Mum's comfy armchair. No stress or worry about getting to an appointment. Nothing more can be done for her sight, sadly, as she has macular degeneration, but she will be getting 2 new hearing aids in two to three weeks, to replace the old ones she has.

If anyone is thinking of having these tests done at home, I would certainly recommend it

[greenishfing]

Good morning all.

Not too bad a night's sleep. It's 4°C and raining here. I've just slipped out of bed and turned the central heating up a few degrees.

Hopefully the hairdresser is coming at lunchtime. She cancelled when we had the bad snow. Mr GF is starting to look quite Einstein-ish.

After she's been I think I'll go shopping. I'll go in search of some nice sausages as I really fancy sausage and mash with lots of onion gravy today. For some reason, we haven't had it for ages.