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Fab Foodie

hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
Location
Kirton, Devon.
I've just landed at Gatport Airwick. Charles Mingus has been my co-pilot....
 
Had a nice bimble on the bike this afternoon to the hedgerow with the stand of hazelnuts that I've been keeping an eye on all summer. Noticed yesterday that the nuts were starting to drop, so figured I might as well pick what I could before they went to waste.

Ended up with a whole carrier bag full!

It's far more than I thought, which was a pleasant surprise. They're already spread out to dry.

There's good things to be had in that bit of hedgerow, including a crop of good-sized sloes. Not a vast quantity, but certainly enough for a bottle or two of gin. Was wondering whether @hopless500 is still looking for sloes or bullaces...
My newly grown sloe bush has produced enough for this year's gin :okay:
 
How many cats do you have? Can we have photos, please? :wub:

Two. :smile: Poppy, a tortie, and Lexi, a blue bicolour. Both girls are rescues. And for your delectation, I attach the following:

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I've just taken some pork ribs out of the freezer (another souvenir from the Land Of Yellow Stickers).

I picked up a few good souvenirs from Yellow Sticker Land tonight. :biggrin:

Someone must've got something a wee bit wrong at Tesco. There were ten whole *cases* of back bacon in the reductions tonight - £1 for a 500g pack. And the packets still had a month to run on the date. They also had a case of bronze die spaghetti on clearance at 17p a 500g pack, jars of Sacla pesto at 38p a pop and cans of Napolina butter beans at 12p each. All of these also with at least a year to run on the date.

Needless to say I just might've stocked up... :whistle:

Also managed to acquire four tubs of double cream at 10p a tub. I'm going to have a crack at making my own butter. :blush:
 

Maverick Goose

A jumped up pantry boy, who never knew his place
I picked up a few good souvenirs from Yellow Sticker Land tonight. :biggrin:

Someone must've got something a wee bit wrong at Tesco. There were ten whole *cases* of back bacon in the reductions tonight - £1 for a 500g pack. And the packets still had a month to run on the date. They also had a case of bronze die spaghetti on clearance at 17p a 500g pack, jars of Sacla pesto at 38p a pop and cans of Napolina butter beans at 12p each. All of these also with at least a year to run on the date.

Needless to say I just might've stocked up... :whistle:

Also managed to acquire four tubs of double cream at 10p a tub. I'm going to have a crack at making my own butter. :blush:
Any milk or cream you have that's gone a bit off is very handy for making soda bread, btw.:reading:
 
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