I'm thinking of getting a new pressure cooker. I've got a 9l stove top one - it is far too big for just two of us. It's fine if I want to batch cook or do a joint of gammon, but it is not practical...
they are little so and so's! This is how my day started:- 8.15 Rescue kittens from hall 8.16 Feed kittens 8.16.30 Remove one kitten from hall and put on food dish 8.17 Remove other kitten from hall...
I need to fill a pavlova at the weekend with a dairy and gluten free cream, before I top it with fruit. I won't be able to use ice cream because it will have to be filled a couple of hours before it...
After we lost ASBO I registered us with sone local cat re-homing charities. Due to being ill with covid I had to decline the offer from one during the week for a kitten. I was gutted. Last night, just...
I spent Saturday and Sunday cooking cold desserts for an event next month and stuck the food in the freezer. On Saturday night, we went to a party which is undoubtedly where we both contracted covid....
Some new people have moved into the house whose boundary abuts one end of our garden. Admittedly it is quite a way from the house, but it is not far from our veg plot. It is a large mastiff type....
I am sick of tomatoes. We have had an amazingly good crop this year and I am running out of ideas for them. The last 3 weekends have been spent making soup, passata, bolognaise and ratatouille (we...
When cooking and cleaning I always wear an apron. I always have done. (Just a bog standard blue and white striped butcher's type apron). Mr BM remarked earlier that he had never known anyone to wear...
I have just tried to log onto btinternet, but I get a message saying that my connection is not secure and that hackers may be accessing my information. I tried this on another device and got the same...
Just sorting out my outfit for a wedding later this month and decided on a nice clutch bag which will go well with everything else. And then I realised that not only will I need car keys, house keys,...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10980687/Just-Stop-Oil-eco-zealots-glue-Constables-Hay-Wain-National-Gallery.html This is not the first time a work of art has been targeted by these idiots....
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10699027/Drivers-scramble-petrol-stations-amid-Just-Stop-Oil-protests.html Has anyone been hit by this? There is absolutely no diesel round here. We are 5...
I have had a 14 month battle with a utility company. Having thought it was sorted at the end of last month, they have now sent yet another letter which indicates it is most definitely not sorted and...
A friend of mine (aged 50) is about to be discharged from hospital after a long illness. He has no further medical or clinical needs. However, in my view, he does have care needs. He is dramatically...
On a whim I decided to make some minted lamb kebabs. Normally we would have these with salad and a minty yoghurt dressing. But I do not have much salad stuff and I am not going out because I am about...
I saw a good friend earlier who told me she has had a large lump come up on her boob. It is partly on her nipple and partly underneath the nipple and is about 1.5 inches in diameter. It is very...