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Last post 22-11-2009 4:52 PM by richardpeeej. 4428 replies.

• 13/02/2009 06:07 PM

  Digger Location: Northern UK Joined on: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 4,743

  Reply | Contact Hi everyone, I haven't got any tiny daffodils growing but I'm hoping i have some big ones that are good enough I got some more seed potatoes today from www.jbaseedpotatoes.co.uk , they are a company up in Annan and they have over seventy different cultivars and they will even send just a few tubers from each cultivar if you wanted to try some of them, I got mine for the showbench and some for eating they really are in good order, nice and clean without any cuts etc.. I am suitably impressed with them.as for the cheese cake I'm not a fan of cheesecake at all, so unfortunately I won't be joining in. It's still cold here with lots of snow still on the hill and we've got ice on our raod but it's slowly goin you've got more to come though susiq!!!  digger

• 13/02/2009 06:30 PM
  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 5,200	Reply | Contact  It's good to hear your mum made it back safely Susiq Just seen the local weather for here and tonight should be our last freezing night (-3) for a while. sue1002

• 13/02/2009 06:33 PM

  mrs_crocosmia Location: Caistor,UK Joined on: 23 May 2008 Posts: 70

  Reply | Contact  Happy belated birthday Miranda, sounds like it was a good one. I am going to make the cheesecake, I love cheesecake and haven't had one since I got here... If anyone wants some snow we can send it to them. At one point last night Caistor was shut down! The A46 was blocked because of a jackknifed lorry and the hill was so icy/snow covered that they (some people waiting there) were stopping the traffic at the top and letting one car at a time slide down the hill so as not to wreck them in a pile up. We ended up with about 6 inches or so of the big sticky flakes. It was so pretty to watch with a cup of coffee, horrid to drive in this morning tho. Here are a few pictures.... the firstare the wolds snow covered and misty and the next is the lake down in Nettleton that has only a small bit of open water left and a lot of water birds in it...LOL               if you clear it, plant it....the weeds will come!! So plant more!!!

• 13/02/2009 06:35 PM
  mrs_crocosmia Location: Caistor,UK Joined on: 23 May 2008 Posts: 70	Reply | Contact  Just a couple of cute ones...........     if you clear it, plant it....the weeds will come!! So plant more!!!

• 13/02/2009 07:41 PM
  Mr_Crocosmia Location: Lincolnshire, Untied Kingdom Joined on: 22 May 2008 Posts: 67	Reply | Contact  Lauri hard at work last summer............. hehehe   What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it.

• 13/02/2009 08:24 PM

  Anemone Location: County Down, Northern Ireland Joined on: 08 Feb 2008 Posts: 575

  Reply | Contact Really pleased you liked the cheesecake Sue1002, you are very welcome.   There's never been any problem finishing it here either and it's a favourite at work as well.  Very glad your mam is back safely Susiq, I'm sure you're relieved.  Don't know about the typeface but hey, it makes your post stand out from the crowd.  digger, unlike my lemon cheesecake recipe, you can't taste the cheese in this one at all.  My eldest isn't a fan of cheese and won't eat any other kind but would scoff all of this one.  I have all the seed potatoes I can use this year but will keep a note of that company for again digger.  I love it when you find a company that will be helpful in that way, sending a few tubers etc.  It is of course how they will keep their customers and saves them a fortune on advertising as word of mouth does it for them. Good luck with the cheesecake Mrs Crocosmia, you won't regret it.  What beautiful pictures too and a lovely reminder of what summer looks like.  Now, I probably will get in trouble for this next question but I'm going to ask it anyway.  Are you Mr Crocosmia's Mrs or are the names just a coincidence?   Anemone

• 13/02/2009 09:00 PM
  mrs_crocosmia Location: Caistor,UK Joined on: 23 May 2008 Posts: 70	Reply | Contact  Anemone, first did I read lemon cheesecake??? Oh could I have that recipe also?? I can tell this friendship is going to expand my waist line....LOL And heavens no you won't be in trouble for asking and oh yes I am Mr Crocosmia's Mrs! if you clear it, plant it....the weeds will come!! So plant more!!!

• 13/02/2009 09:15 PM
  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 5,200	Reply | Contact My son said the cheesecake is the best desert he's ever tasted which is a great compliment  The lemon one sounds nice too, looks like my waistband will be expanding at this rate too. sue1002

• 13/02/2009 09:27 PM

  Digger Location: Northern UK Joined on: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 4,743

  Reply | Contact I like savoury things best, I only ate cheesecake once many years ago when i was a child, it was something my mother had obtained from somwhere? knowing my mother it was probably being thrown away for being out of date or something but it made me violently ill! projectile vomiting and everything I've never been able to even look at cheesecake since, I do like ice cream though, my favourite is tutti frutti with loads of jelly beans on top.  digger

• 13/02/2009 09:53 PM

  Anemone Location: County Down, Northern Ireland Joined on: 08 Feb 2008 Posts: 575

  Reply | Contact   I remember sometime last year we talked about a recipe section - maybe we should think about it again!  digger, tell us what sort of savoury recipe you would like and I'll post something for you.    Lemon Cheesecake Ingredients Base:     15 digestive biscuits               3oz butter               1 tsp sugar Filling:     large tin evaporated milk                220 g pack Philadelphia cheese               1 tbsp sugar                Lemon jelly                1 tsp vanilla essence                zest and juice of 1 lemon Method Base:    Melt butter and sugar, add crushed biscuits and press into base of 9 inch loose bottomed tin Filling:   Melt jelly 30 mins before use in 1/2 pt boiling water and leave to coolbut not set.  Half an hour later whip milk with electric mixer until doubled in volume.  In separate (large) bowl cream cheese and sugar, then add whipped milk.  Whisk together for a few minutes before adding jelly.  Add lemon juice and vanilla essence and mix again.  Pour over base and leave in fridge overnight to set.  Decorate with lemon zest. Your son has very good taste Sue1002, I forgot to say the other evening please say thank you to him from me for posting the seeds. Mrs Crocosmia, hope you like the recipe and thanks for indulging my nosiness, I do try to keep it under control but occasionally it escapes.  Night everyone, sleep well. Anemone

• 14/02/2009 10:31 AM

  Digger Location: Northern UK Joined on: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 4,743

  Reply | Contact Hi all, Those are mighty fine pictures there Mr. and mrs. Croc. Anemone I like spicy food but Oh isn't too she has ibs and so has to eat lots of awful boring pasta and the like, but i am lead to believe that girls like eating pasta. Today is surprisingly warm for the time of year or maybe the heatings been turned up? anyway OH is out at the stables and our young son has gone into the town with his friends, and his pocket money. I might vebnture into the front garden and do some tinkering with the hoe. digger

• 14/02/2009 11:45 AM

  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 5,200

  Reply | Contact  Thanks Anemone, I've printed that one off and will try it next weekend. Here's a recipe in return for Lemon meringe ice cream which we all like   Ingredients 50g (2 oz) broken meringues 300ml (½ pint) double cream Rind and juice of 1 lemon ½ jar lemon curd Method Whisk the cream until it is just beginning to thicken. Stir in lemon rind, juice and lemon curd and lastly fold in the broken meringues. Line a loaf tin with cling film and spoon in the lemon meringue mixture. Cover with cling film and freeze for at least 6 hours. Take ice cream out of freezer 5 minutes before it is required, then slice to serve. It's still pretty cold here but it is sunny and things are beginning to thaw out. We all eat pasta here, my sons fave is macaroni cheese. sue1002

• 14/02/2009 01:45 PM
  Digger Location: Northern UK Joined on: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 4,743	Reply | Contact I've been out into the garden and done some tidying, it's raining now and i'm tired so i've come in to do some reading. digger

• 14/02/2009 02:49 PM
  Phot's-Moll Location: The sunny South coast. Joined on: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 3,347	Reply | Contact  Will you stop it with the recipes! I'm trying to eat healthily Lemon is a fruit ... fruit is healthy ... ah good, it's all going to be OK. Whether you think you can do a thing, or think you cannot, you are right.

• 14/02/2009 03:45 PM

  Anemone Location: County Down, Northern Ireland Joined on: 08 Feb 2008 Posts: 575

  Reply | Contact   I like your logic Phot's. The ice cream sounds very good Sue1002 - I love lemon dishes - I'll make it tomorrow as my brother and his wife will be here for lunch.  I'm going to cook barbecue chicken which looks and tastes very impressive but my secret ingredient is a bottle of Levi Roots Reggae Reggae sauce (of Dragons Den fame).  They will think I've slaved away with herbs and spices and marinades whereas all I have to do is put chicken legs in oven dish and pour sauce over. It's a mild, dull, wet day here.  My washing is hanging in the garage where it may not get much drier but at least it won't get any wetter.  I'm clkeaning mad today - it's good to have visitors every now and then as it makes me pay more attention to the cleaning, especially as it's a sister-in-law coming.  I wouldn't be half as particular for my own sister. Anemone