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Robert

Hello all,

Thanks for looking for me Cynths and Irene !! (" Dea for dearest " - I like that, it makes me feel all 'loved').

Been a bit busy with grandchildren, then catching up on sleep as I am not 'on top form' at the moment' BUT - I am here now - till my early bedtime!

I see you are all doing well, if a little starved at breakfast time??

Robert seems to have that all under control now (thank you Robert) - Your
'Ulster Fry' sounds delicious - I will try to get to that in the morning before the others munch it all !!

Dea x

Agh... that old Chesnut!

And.......youre not allowed a full name here Mr Chesnut we need to call you???



Dea....youre back

Yes Gins - It's me 'in the flesh' !!

Dea x

P.S. - Have you got any of that Andrex left for the little dog to run around the room with ??

If so, my grandson does a very good imitation of that so PLEASE send some over here!!

Dea Xxx

Do you think they will grow in Wales ,but not in the greenhouse as mine is not very big and rather full of other things at the mo.
And when do you plant them?spring?

OK then.....


Rob, Robs, Robby....or nuts?

I have copied the potato pancake recipes, ta very much, and will offer them up to No.1 once we get some potatoes. No directions as to whether "mealie" (we call them baking) potatoes or otherwise? And I thought you'd all be so precise.

For anything other than fancy baking, your measurements do fine, as long as they're consistent and I remember that your cups are 20% bigger so I either convert to my cups or just up the other ingredients a bit.

btw, I don't eat during the day, not til the lemon chicken at midnight and all, so never worry about holding the buffet for moi. I also detest maple syrup.

Robert


very good - 5 stars - bet your family TREE was easy


Renes

Slightly different spelling check number of t's but R will do fine save on keystrokes as you can tell from my tea I am frugal

Robert

http://www.lylesgoldensyrup.com/lylesgoldensyrup/default.htm

Much better than that maple stuff

Janey Sweetpea...A spud is a Spud of any variety.

Just use older ones, dont use new spuds,they dont mash so good...

Fans!!

I don't know how anyone can dare to call our Janey 'sweet pea' !! -Methinks you are asking for a slap??

Dea x

Nope...you need a floury spud

Examples of floury potatoes: Golden Wonder, British Queen, Maris Piper, Edzell Blue, Shetland Black

Fans

It need to be fairly dry and sun - they will grow in large pots or ideal 15lts paint tins - as they would dry out fairly quickly thru the plastic or tin -------

Plant in May/ June - put several 8/9 whole peanuts in each "pot" - plant in dirt . not compost - always keep on dry side - otherwise the peanuts will just rot

Just thought after all that typing you are talking to me

Are you Fans


Renes

Humming quietly......."Chestnuts roasting on an open fire." ...tra la.....

nah....too Christmassy for now.


I beg to differ JC .......maple syrup is yummy.


Gins......they grow different types of spuds in Canuckland - I had a feeling they would!

Russet Burbank, Shepody, Superior, Atlantic, Yukon Gold, Chieftain, Russet Norkotah, Kennebec, Ranger Russet and Norland.



My poor daughter who has AS and hates change and alterations to her routine is trying to cope with :

a) waiting for a new computer charger (so she can't use her puter) and is frustrated by this.

b) having her bedroom decorated by a neighbour (so her stuff is all over the place) which she detests.

c) just having her boiler turned off awaiting repair (so no hot water) and can't use her washing machine.


I must have had about 6 phone calls from her in the last 3 hours.


Arghhh.

Dea

Hi ya darlin" - hope you feel better after a good night sleepies


hugs

Renes

AAAwwhh Cynths,

I understand how difficult those things would be for your daughter to cope with.

Huggs to her (and to you),

Dea x

I WILL Renes,

'Take each day as it comes, and be thankful for it ' !!

Dea x

We need a bloomin translator for these Canadians!

Russets are apples here

Must have been on the previous page and I missed it, and I'm not going back -- one of us said russets? Yup, that's a baking potato. Is that a "floury" potato??

I grew up on corn syrup (the "golden" kind, not the clear kind I use for making peanut brittle, speaking of peanuts). Poor people food. We weren't terribly poor when I was a kid, just lower-middle, but my dad had got his taste for corn syrup during the poor periods when he was a kid, I guess. He put it on anything: pancakes, bread, ice cream. It's the stuff that's really bad for you, but I still want it on my pancakes! Maple really is revolting, and most other syrups just try to taste like maple. Although "golden" syrup is okay, I guess.

You don't need a translator for us, Ginny. We need a translator for you!