I have done some chillies in olive oil for the first time, I grilled the chillies cut them up and put them in hot jars and poured the hot oil in, they looked lovely, but after a couple of hours the...
I just had a new back door fitted, when I came home and found that it had no air vents I felt like phoning the company and complaining, but my oh insists that they don't put air vents in outside...
Since I have a surplus of both these veg I wonder if I do roast cauliflower and make some chilli sauce could I put them in jars together as a sort of hot pickle? do you think it would work?...
Why do we like hot foods which cause us pain? My eyes are watering, and I'm wiping my sweaty forehead with the back of my hand. I've had to slug down about half a bottle of Sauv Blanc to try to cool...
Have you seen this programme? BBC 1 (now) 16.00. I've NEVER seen such a load of tosh in all my life. It's SO ridiculous I have to watch it. Do you remember Harry Enfield's "Yah, saw you coming"...
I have a very old hand written recipe for the above jam that says to crack the peach stones and put the blanched kernels in with the fruit, can anyone tell me why please? as modern recipes do not say...
Has anyone seen them this year? we usually see or hear them tapping away on some large stones at the bottom of the garden, but not this year and have not found any empty snail shells either.
I would like to put some chillies in olive oil as I have so many, but do I have to heat the oil or cook the chillies? I want them to stay nice and red, and I want them to keep a long time so I can...
I read somewhere that chestnuts (the conkers type) deter spiders. Does anyone know if this is true? Has anyone tried the spider deterrent sprays that are for sale, and do they work? I am over-run with...
I put 4 green chillies in my piccalilli, but then decided it would not be hot enough for my son so added 4 red ones as well, am now waiting for a visit from son for a taste test, he does like it hot...
I have found an elephant hawk moth caterpillar in my garden [hiding under a globe thistle plant] I have read that they eat fuchsia or willowherb but I don't have any of these plants, will it starve ?...
tomorrow we are getting a quote for cleaning and treating the roof of our two bed bungalow, can anyone give us an idea how much to expect? so we won't get ripped off.
I have seen some niger seed feeders that seem to be made of metal and have lots of tiny round holes over its whole length, but I wonder how the finches get the seed out as they have such large beaks...
for years I bought golden fry gravy granules but now I can no longer find them, does anyone know if they are still made? they are the only ones my other half likes....
I have been given a nice recipe for ginger and lemon marmalade, but told that it don't keep very long and would be better to 'can' it in a water bath, I have not done this before, can I use the sort...