but it does make you think just jow people managed in the wars when there was very little of anything......
maybe we should all take a leaf out of their book...??? _________________ life is so short, you have to embrace every opportunity that comes your way, even if you only try it once.
ditto, cabbagepatches comment, totally fascinating. Plus families where really families in those days.
I like the idea of the stale bread dipped in water, I will try that. _________________ "If we reduce the amount of stuff we allow to accumulate in our lives, we won't have to organise it"
Elaine St James from her book 'Simplicity'
With stale bread you can cube it and fry it for croutons; turn into breadcrumbs for coating fish; make stuffing with it; add it to home-made sausages; make wonderful Bread Pudding; add it to crumble mix for fruit or savoury crumbles. It also freshens up after a short burst in the microwave. My mum used to put cornflakes which had gone a bit soft (we had a damp larder I think!) in the oven! I've never felt the need to do that . . .
We have a Hergom (bit like an Aga, only Spanish). We have two Betty Maids which are on either side of the room. The damper washing goes on the one nearest the stove, and the nearly dry stuff goes on the other one. Small things such as knickers and socks go on the rail of the Hergom or else draped over the copper pans we have on the top. It also dries horse rugs a treat. I don't possess a tumble drier.
I use leftovers for pies, curries etc. If I have a little portion of mince left, that will make the topping for a couple of individual pizzas, topped with cheese. Little left-over bits of curry, mince or whatever get used as the fillings for Cornish pasties. When I am clearing the freezer out, I make freezer soup, from all the odds and ends of veg which lurk at the back of the freezer. I make a basic ratatouille style sauce. This acts as the top of a pizza, a lovely sauce for pasta, the base of wonderful soup and makes a curry go further.
Any plastic bags I have from fruit or bread wrappers, I wash and reuse to store opened packets of cheese, home-baked bread, half onions etc in inside the fridge. I also cut them open and oil to put over dough when it is rising. Well washed, they last several times. Any reduced double cream at the shops, can be put in the Kenwood and turned into butter, which can then be frozen until needed.
There's a wonderful book I have called The Tightwad's Gazette. It's American, but I got mine from Amazon. It is well worth investing in a copy. _________________ http://codlinsandcream.blogspot.com/
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