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Jec

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  1. I buy UHT Double Cream at our local SuperU.  Can't remember what it's called, but it does say 'professional' on the carton. Unfortunately (depending on how you look at it!) they only sell it in litre cartons and you can find it in the Long-Life milk section. 

    Julie

  2. With many thanks for your suggestions, I ought to explain that the immediate dispatch of the chicken isn't the problem.  We dispatched our first******rel about a month ago.  We drew it and plucked it immediately and then put it in the freezer.  I eventually cooked it in the slow cooker with red wine and vegetables and it was horrible!   I know the bird was over twelve months old and so therefore required a long cooking time, but I don't want to kill another bird if we can't eat it afterwards.  I was wondering if it was because we hadn't hung it to allow the blood to drain.

    Any suggestions?

    Julie  

  3. With apologies to any vegetarians that may read this topic - Could anyone please let me know the procedure for dispatching chickens, i.e should they be hung and if so for how long?  Should they be plucked and/or drawn before hanging?  We have two old girls who have now gone well beyond the laying stage, so recipes could also be useful!

    Many thanks

    Julie

     

     

     

  4. We are still weighing up our options at the moment.  The pond is going to be for our ducks and geese and we thought that they might damage a liner.

    Julie

  5. Could anyone tell me if there is an alternative to a liner. We have dug out to a depth of about 1 metre and although there is quite a lot of clay at the bottom, it is very rocky.  I would prefer not to use a liner if possible.

    Julie 

     

  6. we recently had a similar problem after booking aholiday through SNCF on the telephone. the limit on the card wasn't enough, so I phoned the bank for some advice. After establishing that SNCF would not accept anything other than a french bank card, not even a cheque, I got back to the bank and was eventually issued with a maestro card, which is apparently, much more sophisticated and has a larger limit. Costs the same as the old card and, it might be my imagination, but it does seem to go through the machines more quickly. This was at Credit Agricole.

    Hope this helps.

    Julie
  7. At around about May of this year, the pound was almost hitting 1.52 euros. I phoned HIFX and got an exchange rate of just over 1.50. The amount transferred didn't make a huge difference to the exchange rate,although I suppose it would if you were exchanging hundreds of thousands of pounds, but the minimum amount that they will deal with is 5,000.00.
    Keeping an eye on the exchange rate on the BBC is a good idea.
    Hope this helps.
    Julie
  8. We got our Carte Vitale last year using my husbands E121 obtained from Newcastle. I notice that the CV is due to expire in August. I have phoned Newcastle to ask if I need to obtain another E121, but they say that they last indefinitely.
    Do we have to go to CPAM again, or do they notify us?
    Julie
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