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I agree, Flo. I've lost 4 clothes sizes over the last couple of years-ish and nearly 5 (just bought some size 14 t-shirts - first time in about 30 years :cheers: ). Fortunately, because of my almost complete lack of fashion sense I still happily wear some of the clothes that are a size or two too bi...

I've recently made Courgette Butter. Great in sandwiches, or just melting on top of your cooked veg (or on a steak). It's a very easy recipe - grate, salt and drain your courgettes, then squeeze out as much juice as possible. Fry a couple of cloves of garlic in a good amount of butter (I suppose you...

I've never grown any, Weedo - never had enough land to even consider it. I have bought whole wheat to grind myself as it stores much longer than flour. Having only a hand-powered mill I nearly killed myself making enough flour for one loaf! OK, maybe I wasn't near death but it took ages, mainly beca...

More oats = less grass cutting? We've got a few freebie cereals growing under the bird feeders. Not enough to bother with though.

That looks like fun. You should keep replanting some of it until you get a field full of freebies!

Hi Scott, welcome to Ish. There's loads of info on here, have a good look around, ask questions or answer some.

It's Moroccan, I think. I can take or leave fresh pomegranates - the flavour to pain in the bum to eat ratio is way too low to bother with.
The highly concentrated flavours of the molasses are absolutely delicious though. I even put a splash in my gal's tofu bacon marinade.

Prying allowed. It gave me an opportunity to boast a little - I am quite chuffed about it. I'm sure your T1 diabetes is well controlled but for those less fortunate keto is having good results for them too - although with medical supervision to monitor insulin needs as requirements can change quite ...

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Wed Aug 08, 2018 2:35 pm

The small ones produced 1.4 litres of juice which will be slowly reduced to a syrup for sweetening stewed fruit and making some dried apricot jam.

Sort of a grape molasses. I'd imagine it's really tasty, maybe a bit like pomegranate molasses - have you tried that?

You're being very pedantic, mister, and I may have to come round and sort you out. :lol: I've had weight problems most of my adult life and have yo-yo dieted for all of it. Although never diagnosed I'm fairly certain I was heading for T2 diebetes and probably a load of other health problems. This pa...

Even our new banknotes feel like plastic and have clear windows in!

I obviously can't press y twice. Or proof read.
Melons are too high carb - too much sugar. The only fruit I eat at the moment are fresh or frozen berries - blackcurrants, blueberries, raspberries etc.

When I'm sylph-like I'll indulge in melons and bananas ( I miss bananas very much).

Aye, that'll be progress.
We have a small stack of cheque books - does anyone take cheques any more? I'm not entirely sure wht to do with them. Maybe in a few years I'll be able to sell them as antiques on Ebay.

No. I can't grow or eat melon but I love it.

Luck you.