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Marigold123

Joined: 06 Feb 2005
Posts: 224

Posted: Sun Feb 20, 05 3:19 pm Post subject:

jema wrote:

Of course if we are counting booze, we excel with a might stash of elderberry wine and Sloe Gin.

Oh yes, definitely count booze!

Nanny

Joined: 17 Feb 2005
Posts: 4520
Location: carms in wales

Posted: Sun Feb 20, 05 3:41 pm Post subject: how re your stores going?

still have blackcurrant jam from '03 and other jams not yet started, there are a couple of jars of shropshire apple chutney (really nice on a cheddar cheese sandwich) and some green tomatoe chutney that i like but husband doesn't

also mincemeat (lots) in cupboard along with some mint sauce that i made 2 years ago is still going strong some of which we will have tonight with the weeping leg of mutton that is in the overn slowly cooking even as we type.

in the garden i still have a few sprouts, some sprouting broccoli, some kale, leeks and a few jerusalem artichoke plants that i must get up before they sprout in the wrong place

in the freezer are the runner beans that i can't finish off no matter how hard i try, i still find more and there are still several tubs of tomatoe sauce that i made in august and sept. i am fairly sure there are frozen green chilis in freezer no. 2 along with some elderflower cordial that i don't think went particularly well so am frightened to look

and up in the wardrobe is the christmas pudding that i made and stored in there and have completely forgotten about

oh yes ...in the freezer as well is a lump of dry cure bacon that i made in november and stuck in the freezer just in case

can't use it for rashers but great in lumps in boston baked beans and stuff...........

Bugs

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 10744

Posted: Sun Feb 20, 05 5:44 pm Post subject: Re: how re your stores going?

Nanny wrote:

in the freezer are the runner beans that i can't finish off no matter how hard i try

If you have a look on the BBC site for runner bean recipes you should come across one with an odd name, which is more or less runner beans in a tomato sauce. I've made it a couple of times and it is really startlingly nice, much more so than you would think from the ingredients.

Mrs Fiddlesticks

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 10460

Posted: Sun Feb 20, 05 8:25 pm Post subject:

Nanny reminded me there's still a few jars of courgette chutney, plus damson vodka, Christmas spirit, limoncello, and beer. Oh and I forgot the soup - a good few pints of courgette and tomato, and marrow and bacon ( spot a harvesting error there...)

There are also a couple of bags of stewed damsons and some pureed strawberries in the bottom of the freezer, and a pint of elderflower cordial concentrate.

Thing is this is a continual process as I'm sure others will agree. So as we eat up the soup made last autumn so I'm replacing the space with cottage pies and home-made beefburgers, cakes etc, etc. Though at some time it would be nice to run the freezer down for a de-frost!

wildberries

Joined: 04 Jan 2005
Posts: 23
Location: highlands

Posted: Sun Feb 20, 05 10:32 pm Post subject:

Still have a good supply of dried herbs left.
Corriander seeds,lemon thyme, sage, mint,oregano, lemon balm for herbal drink, dried chilli, dried tomato. Also bought at shop but dried at home mushrooms & onions.

several different type of salami still drying.Hams= pork, venison & lamb still to try them yet.

Bacon sausage black pudding in freezer, frozen chillies.Wild plums blackberries & rasps still to be used up.

lastly the home made wines blackberry ginger rhubarb apple and sloe gin.

Marigold123

Joined: 06 Feb 2005
Posts: 224

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 05 6:55 pm Post subject: Re: how re your stores going?

Nanny wrote:

some green tomatoe chutney that i like but husband doesn't

I make the things that I like to eat! Whether anyone else likes them is co-incidental!

Nanny

Joined: 17 Feb 2005
Posts: 4520
Location: carms in wales

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 05 7:17 pm Post subject: store things
well i didn't know he wouldn't like it turns out he prefers store boughten branston so i get all the others to myself i slip some in every now and again and i shouldn't think he evern notices the difference............. what the eye don't see.............................

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