confused of chalus
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Everything is ripening very early this year - but I couldnt believe it when I saw the blackberries were ripe already. Our neighbour has aleady made her blackberry jam and I have frozen over a kilo while waiting for the apples (they usually ripen at the same time). I'll be making jam this week, although I dont know what I'll do with it all - there's still a good stock from last year! Kathy
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Hi Sweet 17. If I were you I would plant in the Spring. Your new young lemon tree should get a chance to settle in before it is hit with cold winds and frosts. It's going to be a bit of a risk anyway, especially if it is going in open ground and not a pot, so give it its best chance.
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If you are flying hand luggage only you will have a problem with some foods ... but the twiglet idea made me think of cheddar cheese and pineapple on sticks. Very english, very retro! Security lady at Stansted said that a slab of cheddar in the hand luggage looked just like plastic explosive on the x ray. But she let it through.....[:)]
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Instead of boiling bleach to get the stains off enamelled pans, like le creuset, try boiling rhubarb. (you dont have to eat it afterwards!)
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Never done this before - how long do we get???[8-)]
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So, Hoddy. I thought it was just me! Have you noticed it seems to be technical/scientfic types trying to explain something to us mere mortals!
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I use and half and half solid margarine or butter and the white vegetable fat sold for deep fat frying ( they sell it next to the oils, not in the fridge) . Only problem is that you have to buy a big packet which lasts me about a year! But it keeps well in the bottom of the fridge.Kathy
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They have taken £90 from our account but have no idea yet for which events. You can bet your life it wont be for anything I want to see... my hunch is my OH will be seeing the badminton. Yawn.
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We are with CA Centre Ouest and have found they have taken enormous trouble to accommodate us - the local branch where we have our account has one quite good English speaker and she takes a lot of trouble to translate into English if we look at all confused. When we were setting up car insurance they sent a specialist (she was an English girl with French mother) and she guided us through. There's always an English speaker at head office in Limoges and if we were to need them, they would come out to our local branch.We find it reassuring to have our bank on our doorstep, to have the manager shake our hand as he passes, even though we do most money management on line and get our cash out of the machine!
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Thanks for that Gardian - obviously I would try your recipe but unfortunately I am allergic to chillis [:D]
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Thanks Joelle - but I've just ordered one from the French website. My OH wouldn't let me have a pink or blue one though! (he was worried that the stylish foot would mean it blew over in the wind) so I have a boring forest green one coming next week. I suspect the price will even out if you include postage. Didn't order their worms though - they seemed very expensive at 25 euros for 1/2 kilo. Will have a dig about in my compost heap and see what I have there, or perhaps buy some fishing bait worms - they are the same aren't they?kathy
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Thanks so much pachapapa. I'll get straight on to it. Not pink though..... maybe blue to match the shutters.Kathy
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Has anyone seen wormerys for sale in France. What would it be called? I used to have one in the UK but left it behind (hope the new owners of our house kept feeding my babies). My compost heap here is a mess and I got really good results with kitchen waste with my wormery, lots of liquid plant food as well.Kathy
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I was impressed by the ad but thought it would be very expensive (is it?) and as our 'lawn' is mostly dandelions and buttercups I need something. Last week I got a similar looking weeder from Lidl for 5.99 euros - it works well but unlike the Fiskars you have to put a bit of effort in to twist it into the ground. I'm doing about a dozen a day and should be finished in about 2015
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Just looked properly at the Bradley link, thanks PeterG- and found lots of recipes (some are just plain wierd, seem to be aimed at the USA hunting brigade - Moose heart????) including hints on cheese smoking. Still need to know whether I can mix things up in the smoker though. And any tips/hints.
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Thanks for replies. Can I smoke cheese (there's a cold smoke adapter) and if yes, what sort would you start with? Can you mix say fish, bacon and sausages in the same batch or do you have to just do one thing at a time?kathy
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Today my son surprised me by sending a Bradley digital smoker as a birthday present. It's a very extravagant gift (big birthday) and having never even considered buying one I am a bit flummoxed. Has anyone got one? I dont want it to be consigned to the garage and only brought out once in a blue moon - but we cant afford to buy endless salmon, nor would we want it too often. Any ideas?kathy
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I loved the segment on the winter garden visited by Carol Klein - though I wish they could have identified a few more of the plants. It wouldn't hurt to put more of those subtitles up, surely. Anyone know where I might find some of those extra white silver birches in the Perigeaux/Limoges area?
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Last week, in London, OH lost wallet. So, easy but irritating job to cancel cards and then he realised that without his (English) driving licence he wouldn't be able to drive when we got home to France. Couldnt get a new UK licence , and had no licence to exchange in France. Help!OK I said, I'll look it up on the forum. There, in Driving section, was all the advice we needed and here we are, only 5 days back in France and it's all sorted.DVLA Swansea produced a certificate in 3 days. I downloaded forms here, and the prefecture processed them in minutes. The new licence should be with us in a week and the precious piece of paper that allows him to get back in the driving seat was issued immediately.I just wanted to say thanks to everyone on the Forum who contributes their real expertise and say that it's probably the best resource we've found in our three years rather chaotic life here.Kathy
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My daughter has just got an induction hob and it is brilliant. Quick as gas, supposed to be very fuel efficient and goes cool very quickly once switched off. We bought one in Ikea for the new kitchen. (£299) but cant see it being installed this year! Slow simmering cooking might be a bit of a problem as it seemed to turn itself off, but we were just getting used to it over Christmas and she had lost the operating instructions. While looking for one we saw quite a few 2 ring versions - cant lay my hands on information at the moment but try internet. I know new pans might be an issue, but was surprised to find wok and le creuset both worked well. Just needed a new frying pan.
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Sweets,not much help but I totally agree with you about Oreck. We left UK 3 years ago, bringing with us a bumper pack of bags/filters/bands. It may be because I'm a bit of a slut when it comes to vacuuming, but I've still got plenty. I'm sure they would deliver to France, they are so helpful, and for me it's the best for pet hairs.Kathy
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Up here in Haute Vienne (just about 2kms from border with Dordogne) we woke to about 8 inches. but the n21 at the end of our little 'voie sans issue' is clear and gritted and at midday a commune tractor/snowplough came and sorted our tiny road ( just 3 houses) and gritted it. Now I'll sit and wait to hear how GB has ground to a halt!
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Well, I only wondered if anyone had any ideas about yoghurt. Amazing how interesting sh** becomes once we get off mains drainage. Our system doesnt have a grease trap, but it does have a basket of volcanic rocks that have to be taken out and cleaned, apparently. It was the first time we'd seen inside in nearly six years. Getting the basket out was hard, cleaning the rocks was not pleasant, but ok. But I dont think we'll be doing it too often.[+o(]
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