31 October 2021
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I’ve been wondering if I could make potato crisps with my dehydrator. Attempt one was not overwhelming. I finely sliced a potato in my food processor and dried the resulting slices. Meh! After then doing some research, it looks like … Continue reading
30 October 2021
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There are ongoing debates about whether spring and autumn clock changes are still required. We aren’t an agrarian society and many of us quite happily carry on abundant light. Expect debate on the subject in tomorrow’s Sunday supplements. With COP26 … Continue reading
29 October 2021
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This year’s chutney is mainly based on tomatoes and apples. These are the two fruits that we’ve had a glut of this year and which are now starting to go past their best. The solution – cooking them up on … Continue reading
28 October 2021
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Today, I have mainly been working on the All Age service for the first Sunday in November. We had a team meeting this morning and, having put my hand up for a big chunk of the service, I got a … Continue reading
27 October 2021
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When you take a home lateral flow test in England, you are meant to report your results by the end of the next day and there’s a website that is meant to make this quick and easy. That’s a great … Continue reading
26 October 2021
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Brewing season is here again! With no active cooling mechanism, I can keep a brew up to temperature (thanks to a brew belt and a temperature controlled plug) but can’t bring it down. Our kitchen isn’t overheated so, now the … Continue reading
25 October 2021
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We should be good for the winter and beyond for firewood, having just had two cubic metres of seasoned hardwood delivered this afternoon from Stragglethorpe Firewood, a little way over the border into Nottinghamshire. It was free deliver but only … Continue reading
24 October 2021
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We had a very nice bit of roast pork for lunch today, shared with a few friends we invited over. We were all at church in the morning so I put it on before we went out but on a … Continue reading
23 October 2021
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We took a trip down to Bedford today to visit an old friend (and retrieve a winter coat Jane had accidentally left with her shortly before England’s first lockdown!) and decided to take the scenic route, round the east side … Continue reading
22 October 2021
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We harvested the last of our tomatoes this week. Some of the fruit was beginning to look the worse for wear, so we decided to cut our losses and get it in. I haven’t fully totalled up our full harvest … Continue reading