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I have used both paraffin & beeswax to seal jars of chutney, to stop them drying out. I lay a a disk of waxed paper(sold here in the UK for topping jam. Then I pour meted wax on top & make sure it seals to the glass. Then I top with a screw top. It keeps the chutney very moist & stops the vingar...

Hi Moolie, Maybe the information on this site might be of help to you; there are a lot of links to yet more info contained on it. http://www.pickyourown.org/canningjars.htm I am a Brit living in the UK & over 70 so I remember both my grandmother & mother using these jars (trade name here is...

Sometime back ( a few months ago) I posted that I was experimenting with various old ideas for curing this problem (which I had suffered from for about five years). Well, I have to report SUCCESS !!! :celebrate I started adding vinegar to my bath water & I noticed a slight improvement after a...

ORChick if you are still researching info on these ferments this might interest you....I found it when researching dosas the other day http://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/idli-dosa-faqs-how-to-make-perfect-idlis-and-dosas/ The comments at the bottom of the article are very interesting too ...

:frow Hi DD :lol: :hu It was very early in the morning over here in the UK & it was lasagne that I fancied & that would have taken me at least 3 hours to defrost& cook the meat & assemble the lasagne plus heat it through.......so instead I compromised & finished up the braised rabbit &...

:frow Oh.....I definitely agree...!! I sometimes use rabbit or duck livers in the same way....I save them up in the freezer. I often add bits of crispy bacon at the end, on top of the pasta. Here in the UK I can but giant packs of smoked bacon mis-cuts which are so cheap & delicious. Anna...

:frow Hi Anna, Here are a pile of recipes from over here in the UK. Metric measurements but you are used to them.....!! :D http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/cabbage http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1173/cabbage-with-juniper http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/cabbagewithmustardse_9992...

:frow Tankshill, CONGRATS on the turkey egg & may you have many more. I hope your tom gets the idea......... ;) I am inundated with chicken eggs at the moment & I have a whole bunch of pullets coming up to point of lay. Luckily I have asked around & found some customers for any surplus eggs I...

:frow :frow Hi Gina, I'm fine now the 5 weeks of snow & ice has gone.....that was grim! I hope you are good too? I keep up with what is going on here, even if I don't post much. I check up on you all most days............!!! :ep Hattie

:frow ofg, I thought you might like this blog with it's tasty porkiness........:lol: http://goingwholehog.blogspot.com/2009/09/sweet-onion-pork-stew-lescadaoun-gascon.html I have just been rounding up my previously free ranging cockerels & getting them penned up so I can feed them up a little...

:frow Pat, I like the old fashioned way of serving red-currant jelly with lamb or even rowan-berry jelly. I hope this year my little tree which I planted from a seed will have enough berries for a few pots....you mix it with apple to get a good set. The tree is now 6ft tall. Traditionally it...

:frow Hi BB, Hugh is now doing another campaign......this time on fishing & the huge amount of fish which is just thrown back, dead.........>> http://www.fishfight.net/hugh-fearnley-whittingstall/ Hattie

:frow Yes, I remember it.......about life on the land in the 17th Century. Here is some info on it........>> http://www.petersommer.com/about-peter-sommer-travels/tales-from-the-green-valley http://www.amazon.co.uk/Victorian-Tales-Green-Valley-Collection/dp/B002GP7Q18...

:frow Hi there, I have been looking on the internet over here in the UK & I have found some interesting extra bits of info on Ruth Goodman & the programme. I thought you might be interested.......>> http://www.take3management.co.uk/ruth_goodman.htm *** This is info given out by her agent...

:frow Here, try these. :D http://energyboomer.typepad.com/energyboomer/2007/09/how-to-make-ene.html http://www.ehow.com/how_4855014_make-window-quilts.html http://countrylife.lehmans.com/2007/10/10/making-old-time-window-quilts/ Hope they help. :frow Hattie