Mundane News

[Serge]

Before my neighbour left for their holibobs, he brought round a large bag of fresh fruit and vegetables. Much as I like fruit and vegetables, there is a limit of how much I could eat.

The strawberries, grapes, apples and tomatoes pose no problem. The courgettes pose a problem. Can I fry them and then freeze them, or boil (once sliced) then freeze them. Similarly there is more celery than I would normally use. How does celery and carrot soup sound, or could I make celery, carrot and courgette soup?

I personally wouldn't put courgette in the soup, that can just be sliced up and frozen without cooking it. It will become a little mushy once defrosted but it'll be fine in a tomato pasta sauce.

Use the carrots and celery with some onions, garlic and fresh coriander to make a soup. This can then be frozen once cooled.

That'll be ten guineas.

 

[midlife]

Just make soup out of everything left over.....don't forget to add some meat

 

[TheDoctor]

Personally, I'd put the courgettes straight on the compost heap. Horrible things!

 

[Maverick Goose]

It rained heavily in Penrith this morning.

 

[midlife]

It rained heavily in Penrith this morning.

Heading into Penrith later, .Seems to have dried up here about 5 miles north.

 

[TheDoctor]

It absolutely hammered it down here yesterday.
There was a particularly heavy downpour starting at 1701. Guess who left work at 1700?
*sploosh*

 

[Maverick Goose]

Heading into Penrith later, .Seems to have dried up here about 5 miles north.

It can be very local sometime... I should think Kendal Calling has called some rain down.

 

[Speicher]

Personally, I'd put the courgettes straight on the compost heap. Horrible things!

They are okay in a casserole, and I think some people use them in a "lasagne" as the pasta layer.

I once put some mangetout into the compost bin, without eating them, cos the pods were so thick.

My builder and I will be recycling loads of stuff. The silt and other gubbings from the drainage channel has been sieved and will be mixed with my compost and spread over the borders. The sandy layer will be sieved and added to the clumpy solid chunks of clay soil dug up when the drain was made deeper. His apple cores and avocado peelings will go on the compost heap.

As for livestock, lots of very large wormses have been rehomed in the compost bins, and one frog rescued from a storm drain. Another frog preferred to fall into the drainage channel and will find themselves somewhere miles away.

 

[TheDoctor]

I wouldn't count on it. I've been trying to find myself for years now...

 

[potsy]

It rained heavily in Penrith this morning.

Heading into Penrith later, .Seems to have dried up here about 5 miles north.

It certainly did, venturing out soon so it will no doubt throw it down again.

Penrith is popular amongst the Mundaner's

 

[Reynard]

Before my neighbour left for their holibobs, he brought round a large bag of fresh fruit and vegetables. Much as I like fruit and vegetables, there is a limit of how much I could eat.

The strawberries, grapes, apples and tomatoes pose no problem. The courgettes pose a problem. Can I fry them and then freeze them, or boil (once sliced) then freeze them. Similarly there is more celery than I would normally use. How does celery and carrot soup sound, or could I make celery, carrot and courgette soup?

You can pickle the courgettes... With dill and garlic. They're very fine that way.

Celery & parsley soup is lush.

 

[midlife]

It certainly did, venturing out soon so it will no doubt throw it down again.

Penrith is popular amongst the Mundaner's

Decided to go into Carlisle

 

[Salty seadog]

Personally, I'd put the courgettes straight on the compost heap. Horrible things!

Booooo....

Great on a griddle.

 

[classic33]

The steam engine was early ! I arrived at Thingley in plenty of time to be told that it was running 14 minutes early at Wooton Basset . I looked around to see a mass of black rain clouds and thought. Ah! Just in time for that rain storm !
The train now being pulled by Union of South Africa or a similar looking A4 Pacific arrived just as it got dark. A few spots were falling just as it passed us on it's way to Bath .
All of the peeps that had gathered to watch the train now made a dash for their cars . Too late! It absolutely hammered down just as I got to my car . In the few seconds it took to unlock the car and open the door I got soaked! . The rain seemed to be making a roaring sound as it continued to pour down .

You don't know if it was 60009!!

 

[Speicher]

You can pickle the courgettes... With dill and garlic. They're very fine that way.

Celery & parsley soup is lush.

I could make celery soup and add the parsley later, I spose. Tis a tad warm for making soup though.