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As far as I know you can preserve them in jars. First griddle them till they turn a lighter colour and the skin is black and easily peels off. The flesh will become floppy. Put in a newly boiled jar of good tasting olive oil so that they are covered. Screw the lid on tight. They taste good at picnic...

Many Indian families still make yoghurt everyday. This is how we do it. 1. Buy a tub of yoghurt you like the flavour of, your's will taste similar to this. 2. Heat one litre of milk in a pan. Full fat gives thick yoghurt, skimed gives watery yoghurt and semi is in between. Bring your milk to a light...

I've made wine that tastes like vinegar , but how exactly does one make pickling vinegar.

I've just compleated a course at Blackhorse Apiary, Blackhorse Lane, nr. Woking, Surrey in skep making. Skeps are the old fashioned hives still pictures on jars of honey. They're made from thatchers straw and the caning that you use on chairs and can get from craft shops. I was amazed at how easy it...

Does anyone have any plans or diagrams of how to make a backstrap loom?

Nailvarnish remover works really well on glass, but don't use it on plastic as it will often disolve the plastic.

A small section on crafts would be good; basketry, weaving, spinning, woodwork, that kind of stuff.

After all, having lots of food is good but you can't wear jam and potatoes.

Please, no suggestions of where to put them.

Cow manure is a great fuel, here are some of the ways to use it. All of them work best if you let it dry as 'patties'. That is when it hits the ground it's round, flat and fairly thin. The thinner it is the better it drys. 1. Beekeepers: It's great to use in smokers, calms the bees more then grass c...

Mozzies are attracted to smells. The one smell which attracts them most...sweat. They're also attracted to blue cheese interestingly enough! So, and I'm not suggesting that anyone here smells, the best thing to do in the evening is just to give your feet a quick wash. You will really notice a differ...

My husbands boss does a roadkill BBQ everysummer. We missed the last one but are looking forward to this years, I'll let you know what it's like when we have it. Here are some of the tips people have told us: Stews are actually better then BBQs as you often have small animals, think rabbit stew and ...

I've heard people talking about them. You eat them when they're rotten but not quite putrid and you have to blett them, or make them just the right kind of rotten. They fell out of favour around the turn of the last century because they couldn't easily be transported in to cities without going putri...

Does anyone know of some good ways to preserve marrows and or courgettes? I've had a lovely marrow chutney, but it was only about 5% marrow! I need a good way to either pickle, jam-ify, brew, or chutney-ify lots of them. Thank you.

Oh, by the way, thanks for such a useful site.