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Food and Drink

Your recipes and methods. Questions, problems, solutions, triumphs and disasters!

  

Welcome to the forums.
They opened in Sep 2009 and we heartily thank everybody who has already contributed many great recipes, ideas, tips and some fun bits. Feel free to post your questions, problems, suggestions, tips & tricks. You will receive a response faster in this forum than you would by commenting on the blog. You can take a lot from here and maybe give a little back occasionally. Thanks for taking a look! Why should I register when I do not plan to post anything?

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Starters and Snacks

1 2 3 4

Soup, appetisers, breakfast, brunch

Fri 3-Feb-12
10:22 pm by
Shereen

 46 813

Main course

1 2 3 4 7

Main meals, roasts, vegetables, casseroles, sides etc.

Fri 3-Feb-12
11:38 pm by
KateUK

 98 4515

Drinks

1 2 3 4 5

Homemade liqueurs , wine, cordials

Sat 28-Jan-12
6:47 pm by
Shereen

 65 882

Desserts and Cakes

1 2 3 4 5

Puddings, tarts, baking

Thu 2-Feb-12
2:29 pm by
Sooliz

 70 1334

Jam, chutney, preserves

1 2 3 4 16

From bottling to canning, hedgerow foraging – all good things for storing away

Sun 29-Jan-12
7:55 pm by
JoannaS

 232 3026

Curing and smoking

Preserving by curing, and products like sausage, salami, biltong etc.

Tue 3-Jan-12
6:39 pm by
SumpRat

 10 177

Growing food, Livestock and Pets

Attaining self-sufficiency in your own back yard or balcony

  
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Growing: vegetables, fruit and herbaceous

1 2 3 4 9

Everything under the sun that grows in soil or water

Thu 2-Feb-12
11:24 am by
Terrier

 121 3043

Hedgerow foraging and no-cost sources in nature

1 2 3 4

Find and Identify wild crops and other food for free

Fri 23-Dec-11
7:17 pm by
bobquail

 46 936

Chickens Ducks Geese Rabbits

1 2 3 4 9

Your own food sources for eggs and meat for the pot – caring for, problems, how-to

Wed 1-Feb-12
6:57 am by
JoannaS

 122 1385

Frugal Budgeting and Management

How to cut costs : your tips, tricks and techniques for greater efficiency

  
Forums Last Post Topics Posts

Self sufficiency

1 2 3 4

Ways in which anybody can reduce their dependency on supemarket shopping, power companies et al

Thu 5-Jan-12
3:09 pm by
devongarden

 48 1378

Managing the pantry

1 2

How best to stockpile bounty and store stuff efficiently

Wed 14-Dec-11
4:04 pm by
Toffeeapple

 21 653

Easy ways to be frugal

1 2 3 4

Making the very best of what is available to enjoy high standards on a low budget

Tue 31-Jan-12
8:54 am by
Sooliz

 59 1850

Cottage Arts and Crafts

All manner of creative stuff both for pleasure and for sale (New. Added on Nov-14)

  
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Fabrics

Creative use of textiles, from curtains to underwear embroidery

Tue 17-Jan-12
8:15 am by
Aly

 8 186

Yarn

From pompoms to cuddly toys and hats for santa's elves

Fri 20-Jan-12
9:53 am by
Hattie

 11 737

Other arts and crafts

1 2

Photography, painting, bead work, weaving, repurposing . . .anything and everything

Fri 13-Jan-12
10:29 am by
The Liquineer

 18 583

International village

Pull up a chair and take the weight off your feet

  
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Introduce yourself and say Hello

1 2 3 4 7

Knowing a little bit about you adds pleasure for all members

Fri 3-Feb-12
10:37 pm by
kenny

 104 2171

On the sun-lounger

1 2 3 4 20

Chatting, joking, ranting and downright bitching are all encouraged!

Sat 4-Feb-12
1:11 am by
Danny

 299 31367

Madame Scarecrow

The adventures of a lady living in France on a self-restricted budget

Sat 19-Nov-11
12:15 pm by
Danny

 1 1014

Competitions

Occasional fun compys with prizes

Tue 31-May-11
7:40 pm by
Danny

 7 248

Technical stuff

1 2 3

WordPress and general techie talk of computer-related or other gadgetry

Mon 23-Jan-12
5:35 pm by
KateUK

 32 745

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